Posted on 05/05/2006 1:49:54 AM PDT by beaversmom
WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy wrecked his car in an early morning accident on Capitol Hill Thursday, and police say supervisors stopped them from giving him a sobriety test.
Two police union officials, who were not at the scene, complained that the Rhode Island congressman and son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., looked like he'd been drinking after crashing into a barrier near the Capitol building at 2:45 a.m.
"The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering," Officer Greg Baird, the acting head of the Capitol police union, wrote in a letter to his boss, according to the newspaper Roll Call.
Lou Cannon, president of the Washington chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, said Kennedy looked intoxicated.
"It's my understanding that he had an odor of alcohol about him and he was unsteady on his feet," Cannon said.
Kennedy, who has a history of substance abuse and depression, admitted to the car accident, but denied he had been drinking.
"I was involved in a traffic incident last night," said the 38-year-old. "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident. I will fully cooperate with the Capitol Police in whatever investigation they choose to undertake."
Late Thursday night, Kennedy put out a second statement saying he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness.
Baird complained in his letter to acting Capitol police Chief Christopher McGaffin that Kennedy and a pair of sergeants thwarted any proper investigation.
When cops first approached, he "declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote," Baird's letter says. "The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident."
It was unclear if Kennedy raised the voting issue intentionally to avoid being detained and tested, because Capitol Hill lawmakers get a legal...
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Thunderbird enlightening, very very frightening, Wheee!
This type of human garbage ruin the people they come in contact with... and usually just move on to their next foul-up. Their enablers are just as much at fault... and THIS family has thousands of them!
He's just living up to a genetic disposition. Kennedy in gaelic means "the ugly headed one" (and I am dead serious! somebody told Me , and I didn't believe it, so I looked it up!)
CC
"No! No! The other excuse!"
"The sleeping pill thing?" . . . .
A little Queen to start the day.
Probably takes the phenergan so he can keep down that half gallon of Fighting Cock.
Imagine what a storm it will be when the press has no choice to but acknowledge the accident he had 2 weeks ago. he had a fender bender with someone when he cut her off entering the parking lot of (I kid you not) a drug store. He was hurrying to get a prescription before the 24-hour store closed.
And to boot, go out and drive around town. With those sleeping pills, you are warned not to take them unless you can devote the time for a full night's sleep.
Some interesting info about Ambien (zolpidem)-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolpidem
Considering the Kennedy history regarding drugs and alcohol, I wouldn't be surprised if Patrick needs serious help in that area. If that's true, it is a huge disservice to the people, and to Patrick himself, if he isn't held accountable.
That's what my gay brother likes.
>>Thunderbird enlightening, very very frightening, Wheee!<<
LOL
It was the lead story on GMA this morning.
He was drinking at the Hawk & Dove, too. Drinking, drugs and driving? Must be a Kennedy.
Remembering the defense in the McKinney case, he was coming or going and is therefore immune from arrest.
He was drinking here:
http://www.hawkanddoveonline.com/
I'm holding my breath,
face turning blue.
Arrgggh. Had to take a lung full of air.
Mic's pushed into his face? Demands for him to step down? 1/2 hour in depth coverage of his other accidents? The families accidents? Abuse of power? Drag net through all the bars in the area looking for people who have seen the lad taking a few too many at any time?
Nope, don't see it. This story will be old news by the next news cycle.
"Kennedy's is so scribbled it cannot even be said that it looks like a child. It is very short (2 1/2 lines of larger "printing"), few of the words can even be read, and the writing goes all over the place (up - down - sideways). "
His Indian name is "Writes With Fist," which should help explain his penmanship. He got that name when he travelled with Teddy to an Indian reservation. Teddy's Indian name, by the way, is "Swims With Fish."
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