A drunk in office?

No one is perfect. I realize this so I usually don't expect perfection from anyone. I do however, expect our elected leaders and representatives not to be drunks, drug abusers, or literally crazy as hell.


Yesterday Rep. Patrick Kennedy (son of Edward Kennedy of the Kennedy clan) drove his car into a barrier on Capital Hill. Kennedy insists that he didn't consume any alcohol and that the accident was due to drowsiness caused by an anti-nausea medication. This could be a perfectly logically explanation. Or it could be a perfectly illogical lie. Let's look at some facts…

• A statement written by a Capitol Police officer said Kennedy appeared to be staggering when he left the vehicle after the crash about 3 a.m.
• Officers at the scene of the accident were instructed by an official "above the rank of patrolman" to take Kennedy home and no sobriety tests were conducted at the scene.
• Kennedy said he was disoriented from the drugs when he got up a little before 3 a.m. on Thursday morning and drove to the Capitol thinking he needed to be present for a vote.
• Kennedy reportedly told the police he was late for a vote, but the final vote of the night had taken place some six hours earlier.
• Kennedy spent time at a drug rehabilitation clinic before he went to Providence College and has been open about mental health issues, including being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

That has to be one strong anti-naseau medicine if it has you waking up in the middle of the night thinking you have to be somewhere other than your bed. I think this "anti-naseau" medicine was actually an anti-freezing agent that you and I know as vodka. Now before everyone starts getting all defensive, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having an addiction or suffering from bipolar disorder, but it is a problem when people who suffer from these afflictions are running our country and the powers-that-be decide they are going to brush their problems under the rug. Lots of politicians have had issues—Clinton enjoyed getting head from women other than his wife and George W. Bush can barely read or write, but at least they both acknowledged this! Clinton hired Jimmy Swaggert as his spiritual advisor and Bush hired Condoleezza Rice to think and speak for him. Let's hope that Rep. Kennedy takes it upon himself to go back to rehab before he makes a false move and kills someone. That is, unless that someone is a certain world leader that says words like "nuculear," in which case I say "Drink up Patrick, drink up!"