Patrick Kennedy(D-RI), son of Senator Edward Kennedy and nephew of Robert and President John F Kennedy, will seek rehab after a bizarre auto accident in Washington, DC, on May 5.

Now get this....after the accident in which Representative Kennedy ran his car into a safety barricade surrounding the Capital at 3 am, police were called. The first words out of his mouth to the officers were that alcohol had nothing to do with the accident. This despite the fact that according to officers, Kennedy was 'staggering' and 'smelled of alcohol'

As if we were all to breathe a collective sigh of relief Kennedy announced that it wasn't alcohol. No...it was prescription medication: Ambien for sleep, phenergan (also a hypnotic)for G I problems. And the reason he was driving was that, because of the mind altering drugs, he thought he was late for a vote in the House of REpresentatives. Like we were supposed to say "PHEW!! That was close! Lucky us!" And then, of course, we had to hear from the Hero of Chappiquidic who announced that he was proud of his son and how rehab was a good idea.

Let's atart with Senator Edward Kennedy. I think it would be a positive step if he showed less pride in his son's addictions and after care and some shame that Patrick has added another stain to his family tree. Edward should have been a role model to his children and a husband to his wife. He's failed miserably at both.

The Kennedys have been called America's royalty. 'Camelot' and all that. I for one am sick of haring about them. Sure there has been tragedy in the Kennedy clan and they have lived their lives in a goldfish bowl. But this means that you are more cognizant of the public eye watching you and part of your daily lives should not include addictions, murders, assault, infidelity and lying.

I wish Representative well. I just don't want to hear about him any more. "or any of his kin. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"

Sorry...I got carried away by my favorite film, Gone With the Wind.

Well said, Vendome. I wish the Kennedys in general would just go happen to somebody else.

As the old bumper sticker says "Trust Kennedy? Just ask Mary Jo"

I didn't realise there were any young members of the Kennedy clan still alive and kicking!
Co-incidently, I was reading earlier today about the clan patriarch 'Joe Kennedy Sr'. He made a fortune by wisely selling most of his stocks in 1928, just a few months before the Wall Street crash which bankrupted many millionaires. Joe was then able to re-enter the stock market afterwards and buy excellent stocks at bargain prices. When asked why he'd decided to sell when he did, he said 'when the newsboy starts talking about shares, it's time to sell'. In other words 'do the opposite of the masses, and you won't go far wrong'!

Part of Joe the elder's vast fortune came from a massive sale of kiln dried brick to Germany during the late 1930's. The same bricks all stamped 'USA' which were found when the allies started exploring the oven rooms at Auschwitz and other death camps.
Just one of the patriarch's many creative monetary ventures.

Yes, aramis, the Kennedys are like toe nail fungus...one turns up when you least expect it and it's never pleasant.

Joe Kennedy was a snake. He lived his life rabidly anti-Protestant but accepted the Ambassadorship to the Court of Saint James and insisted his daughters be presented to Elizabeth II. When his daughter married a British Earl (or Duke?), he would not attend the wedding and, when the couple was killed in an air crash, he would not attend the funeral. Too many Protestants in one place, I guess.

President Roosevelt asked for his resignation due to his pro-Hitler leanings.

The only ones I have any time for are Carolyn Kennedy Schlossberg, the late President's daughter and Eunice Kennedy, the late President's sister. Carolyn has separated herelf from the Kennedys and lives a life out of the spotlight. Her rare public appearances are to support a book of her moher's favorite childrens' poems or somesuch, ensures that a charity will benefit from the proceeds, and conducts herself with refinement and grace.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, though frightening to look at, is the founder and supporter of the Special Olympics, an organization that has done wonders for physically and mentally challenged young people. People who give of themselves to help children deserve respect and appreciation. But, if you put her photo in the kitchen, the mice would jump on chairs.

You can have the rest of them.