May 4, 2006
Roll Call’s John McArdle was on Hardball this evening to discuss the details of Rep. Kennedy’s late night car accident. He says that Capitol police DID GIVE Rep. Kennedy special treatment. Kennedy WAS NOT given a field sobriety test, instead he was let go because he was “late to a vote”. The incident occurred at 2:45AM in the morning …
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6:10 pm [ Quote ]
Hmmm, a wealthy and priviliged member of Congress receives special priviliged treatment for behavior that likely would land an ordinary citizen in jail.
Move along, nothing to see here.
6:18 pm [ Quote ]
ohhhhh…he must be guilty..
So why didn’t Dick Cheney get one too?
6:29 pm [ Quote ]
[...] Update: Hot Air affiliate Expose the Left has video of Roll Call reporter John McArdle on Hardball discussing Kennedy’s accident. [...]
6:31 pm [ Quote ]
This is crap, no matter which side of the fence you are on. Kennedy should have been given a sobriety test as a matter of police procedure. If certain people within the DC police determined that such a test was not necessary, THEY need to be investigated as to WHY they determined one wasn’t necessary.
Kennedy deserves all the bad publicity he gets over this, but so do the police who appear to have let him go.
6:37 pm [ Quote ]
I didnt know the senate was in session at 2:45 am, late to vote my ass. These lifer blowhards (both sides of the aisle) need to get spanked for their transgressions just as the rest of us would.
How about you agree to have a sobriety test when involved in a crash or you lose your senate seat. I know it would never happen but a guy can dream.
6:56 pm [ Quote ]
word on everything victor vicodin said. this is BS and the police should be investigated as much as kennedy. that’s messed up.
p.s. i bet the right wing still thinks it was okay for cheney not to have been interviewed by the cops right after his accident happened.
6:56 pm [ Quote ]
He was obviously intoxicated …case closed
If I were Patrick I would have insisted on a breathalyzer test if I were sober to quell all the speculation.
7:30 pm [ Quote ]
Like Father, Like Son…
Looks as though Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), son of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), has had a little run in with a road barrier on Capitol Hill….
7:31 pm [ Quote ]
Kennedopoly…
When the doubles don’t work out for ya, time to use the “get out of jail free” card….
7:38 pm [ Quote ]
Chappaquiddick II: Kennedy (Hiccup) Crash Cover-Up?...
For some families, traditions run deep. KENNEDY CAR CRASH COVER-UP?Thu May 04 2006 17:12:05 ET Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation int…
8:06 pm [ Quote ]
Have any of you guys actually been in an accident where you were the driver?
I was in an accident a couple of years ago, and I wasn’t given a sobriety test. My buddy crashed his car the other day and he also wasn’t given such test. As far as I know, the cops only do those when there is actually a probable reason to do so, at least in the state I live in. Sure, if Kennedy smelled liek booze but they refused to test him, I’d understand the outrage, but come on, this is just silly.
8:18 pm [ Quote ]
Kennedy Car Crash Coverup?...
Like father like son? The Blogosphere is going wild with this one folks! The jokes are going to be too easy.
Via Drudge
Officers Claim Brass Interfered in Investigation of Rep. Kennedy Incident, ROLL CALL reports… MORE… Police labor …
8:19 pm [ Quote ]
Mary Jo Kopechne …...
Patrick J. Kennedy was one of the top House Democrat recipients of money from Jack Abramoff’s clients. And remember: Chappaquiddick Ted was the genius behind our current immigration woes.
...
8:20 pm [ Quote ]
Kennedys and Driving, Just Mix and Stir…
Patrick Kennedy, the Rhode Island Congressman and son of prominent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy, apparently had a little trouble behind the wheel (from Drudge):Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to all…
8:23 pm [ Quote ]
Like Father, Like Son?...
What is it with the Kennedys when they get behind the wheel of a car??
9 News has learned U.S. Capitol police officers are concerned about the handling of an accident involving Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-Rhode Island) about 3 a.m. this morning.
...
8:58 pm [ Quote ]
I’m sure if I got into an accident and was behaving intoxicated the Capitol Police would give me a ride home too.
9:06 pm [ Quote ]
“As far as I know, the cops only do those when there is actually a probable reason to do so”
He is a Kennedy, that is probable cause by itself. At 3:00 AM, I guess he was trying to get to work early or something. At least he didn’t flee the scence, only to return the next day.
9:47 pm [ Quote ]
Aw, Don’t Be Too Hard On The Kid…
After all, he hasn’t exactly had the best role models. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-RI, affectionately called Patches by local Boston radio host Howie Carr, had a fender bender at 2:45 AM today at the Capitol. It seems he was late…
9:51 pm [ Quote ]
ANOTHER KENNEDY COVER-UP?...
***scroll for updates…report of another Kennedy crash two weeks ago in Rhode Island…an interesting observation below about Kennedy’s “going for a vote” excuse…video: Roll Call reporter*** Rep. Patrick Kennedy Drudge reporting on a Roll Call sc…
10:13 pm [ Quote ]
Zim
from what I’ve read he was driving with no lights on, and he stumbled out of the car for quite some times.
If those are true, it may be enough for at least a test.
In Cheney’s case, you libs can cry and whine all you want, but the sherrif (Salinas) believed that there was no need for further investigation the night of the accident. His call, nobody elses… according to him.
10:22 pm [ Quote ]
Spot the Misconduct…
The fact that officers on the scene were apparently prevented from conducting a thorough investigation into Kennedy’s accident, including the administration of a breathalyzer, is quite troubling. Allowing the investigation into Kennedy’s accident sho…
10:26 pm [ Quote ]
We’ve Heard It Before…
The “Hit and Run” must be a Kennedy Family Tradition….
10:27 pm [ Quote ]
The Camelot Cocktail:
Take one (1) large Kennedy, add any 90 proof liquor and a dash of arrogance, stir with a silver spoon and serve immediately before valet drops off car keys.
10:44 pm [ Quote ]
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10:49 pm [ Quote ]
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12:25 am [ Quote ]
That’s right, drag Cheney into this. He took all of 20 minutes to report the incident to police. For shame
! We all know the Secret Service detail assigned to the Vice President aren’t REAL police. Ditto for his medical personel.
Ugh, I’m starting to get truly disgusted by treasonous and seditious liberals, especially if their last name is Kennedy.
12:38 am [ Quote ]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Crashes Car On Way To 2:45 AM House Vote? Riiiiiiight…...
Well, at least Congressman Pat Kennedy’s accident and cover-up didn’t result in the death of a woman, like his father Senator Ted Kennedy’s incident did over 35 years ago. But poor young Patrick did have to endure the pain of…...
12:51 am [ Quote ]
Cover-Up? Another Kennedy Car Crash…
Baird wrote that Capitol Police Patrol Division units, who are trained in driving under the influence cases, were not allowed to perform basic field sobriety tests on the Congressman….
1:27 am [ Quote ]
Kennedy Car Crash Coverup!...
Read the full police report here. But don’t try to google this accident. You won’t find it. Cover up? Beginning to look a lot like it….
4:19 am [ Quote ]
As I’ve said elsewhere, this looks really bad for the Capital Police.
Let’s call a spade a spade. Kennedy shouldn’t have the pull to get the Capital Police to impede an investigation… they have guns and radios, he doesn’t, and they should have “layed down the law”...
... unless they were ordered to back off because of his claim that he was going to a vote at 2:45 AM.
4:22 am [ Quote ]
And incidentally, Wide Awake, I had difficulty googling it too and I can almost always google anything even obscure items and find them fast.
This is hardly obscure.
Google has been shown in the past to suppress conservative ads and give prominence to liberal ones… the management at Google is definitely passionate left.
5:28 am [ Quote ]
Zim Said:
8:06 pm
Have any of you guys actually been in an accident where you were the driver?
I was in an accident a couple of years ago, and I wasn’t given a sobriety test. My buddy crashed his car the other day and he also wasn’t given such test. As far as I know, the cops only do those when there is actually a probable reason to do so, at least in the state I live in. Sure, if Kennedy smelled liek booze but they refused to test him, I’d understand the outrage, but come on, this is just silly.
REALLY weak my friend.
5:32 am [ Quote ]
Chris from Victoria, BC Said:
4:22 am
And incidentally, Wide Awake, I had difficulty googling it too and I can almost always google anything even obscure items and find them fast.
This is hardly obscure.
Google has been shown in the past to suppress conservative ads and give prominence to liberal ones… the management at Google is definitely passionate left.
Ditto here. Just tried googling “Patrick Kennedy car accident” looked at the first 4 pages…not one link…unf*ckin believable considering all the obscure searches I’ve successfully done before.
5:38 am [ Quote ]
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
7:24 am [ Quote ]
Mary Jo Kopechne To Patrick Kennedy: “Your Sir, Are No Ted Kennedy.”...
Guest Editorial- I have been hearing quite a lot of talk over the last twelve hours about the striking similarities between Representative Patrick Kennedy and his more famous father, Senator Ted Kennedy. For anyone who has not heard, Patrick,...
10:48 am [ Quote ]
If You’re Gonna DWI, You’d Better Be a Kennedy…
You think the headline’s a joke?Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I….
11:59 am [ Quote ]
Another Kennedy car crash…
What IS it with these people?CNSNews.com) – He says medication made him do it: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), the son of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) says he “consumed no alcohol” before crashing his car near Capitol Hill in the middle…...
12:00 pm [ Quote ]
[Besides Kennedy, t]here’s another pretty tawdry story that’s out there—one about members of Congress getting sauced up at rollicking parties and set up with hookers by crooked defense contractors in exchange help bagging pricey defense contracts.
That’s pretty salacious too. You’d expect the press to be all over it. As reported yesterday, the legendary Watergate Hotel has already received mulitple subpoenas from federal investigators investigating the hotel’s role in ‘Hookergate’. So this thing’s for real.
Yet, I’m not seeing any morning show’s running with it. [Silence from Expose the Left too. Hmm, if those filthy criminals were from, say the “Left” side of the aisle, don’t you s’ppose Ian Schwartz would be “Exposing” them? Just askin’.]
And, while the Kennedy story is ‘newsy’ it doesn’t really have any greater policy implications. And the public trust implications are minor. Wilkes-Watergate-Hooker story, on the other hand, is both. It’s salacious, which the press loves. And it’s also directly tied to crooks ripping off taxpayers, probably allowing our service members abroad to have shoddy equipment or defense dollars going to worthless projects.
So, we’re on the Kennedy case. But why the silence on the much bigger scandal bubbling up out of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee?
—Josh Marshall
12:09 pm [ Quote ]
Kennedy says he was taking the drug Ambien and sleep-walking/sleep-driving. Two months ago the New York Times did a feature about this being an not uncommon side-effect of the drug. Kennedy admits he was wasted—he said he drove to the Capitol thinking he had to make a vote. He was clearly impaired and admitted as much. Maybe it’s the drug? Maybe he has a drug pronblem? I wonder what Rush Limbaugh thinks now.
12:09 pm [ Quote ]
Driving While Kennedy
“Ah wuzz jus gonna’ vote fer sum leg-iz-slaaa-shun, occifer…”
12:31 pm [ Quote ]
salacious crum,
you might want to check out the Conspiracy of Silence documentry, it was commissioned by Discovery channel but it was pulled at the last moment. It deals with sex scandals in the 80s that seem to go pretty far up in the economic and political chambers of power in this country. You can find it on YouTube. This certainly isn’t the first sex scandal to be covered up.
12:36 pm [ Quote ]
Whether it was a stiff martini or really was the Ambien and/or the Phenergan (promethazine)that caused Kennedy to be unable to safely operate his motor vehicle he is still DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
A prsecription medication, legally prescribed and taken as prescribed, does not remove ones responsibility to not get into a DEADLY WEAPON when they are inpaired. He has admitted to being under the influence and the events leading up to the accident support he was unable to safely operate a motor vehicle.
He should be summoned to address these charges before a court.
1:06 pm [ Quote ]
Ray you are 100 percent correct. I have a friend who’s sister was involved in an accident and told the police she had taken Ambien. She wanted to clear any problems with it being alcohol related but was still arrested for DUI.
This is BULLSHIT that he get off without any arrest just because he is a political figure. They are NOT ABOVE THE LAW and should be treated as everyone would in the same scenario! ! !
However, I do beleive with all the attention regarding this situation something will be done eventually. At least I can hope. . .
1:32 pm [ Quote ]
[...] Update: Hot Air affiliate Expose the Left has video of Roll Call reporter John McArdle on Hardball discussing Kennedy’s accident. [...]
2:20 pm [ Quote ]
Ah, yes…..they vote for them in Mass and they vote for them in R.I…..and the Democrats have the self-rightious audacity to believe they are progressive thinkers and can come up with a platform that people will buy.
The elections have to be fixed in their states for these individuals to be put in office. Kerry, too. You talk to someone from those states and the typical answer is “hell no, ah didn’t vote for that bahstahd!”.
Spineless, liberal, limp-wristed, pandering, patronizing wankers.
AMF
3:40 pm [ Quote ]
Okay, just remember you heard it here first…
Kennedy is going to use the Ambien defense….
In the last few months there had been news features about the affect of Ambien of seleral people that had,”while sleeping; drove cars, mowed their lawns at 2am, had sex with their spouses”, and not had any recollection that the above events had transpired…
“I simply do not remember getting out of bed, being pulled over by the police, or being cited for three driving infractions,” Kennedy said.
So, it was that nasty drug that caused this…
When he gets out of his “REHAB“, which will be a 2-4 week holiday, he will introduce a bill or some other form of legislation about the side effects of Ambien. He may even demand an FDA review of the meidcation…
10:35 am [ Quote ]
check out this funny anti kennedy video…
www.thepublicadvocateusa.org
hiliarious! enjoy.