I am NEVER driving with the Kennedys! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Skip N · 05-05-2006, 09:46 AM

I think its safe to say that EVRYONE would rather hunt with Cheney than ever drive with a Kennedy! Like father like son i guess

spence · 05-05-2006, 09:56 AM

Yea, addiction and substance abuse can be pretty funny, HAHA

-spence

Skip N · 05-05-2006, 10:10 AM

No its not funny. Neither was Cheney shooting his buddy in the face but folks could'nt contain themselves on that one! Patrick is just luckly he didnt kill somone like his father did. What is it with the Kennedys and odd behavior?

Hopefully Patrick gets some help. Wether it be for the meds or if he was drinking that night. I'm not sure if i buy the Med story he gave but maybe its true, i dont know just yet.

At least he didnt shove an airline worker this time

spence · 05-05-2006, 10:33 AM

I have to disagree...

Cheney shooting his hunting partner was pretty funny

Kennedy is damn lucky he didn't hurt anyone, and if he was drunk the police shouldn't have let him off. I'd wager he might have mixed a few dinks with his meds...

-spence

Sea Dangles · 05-05-2006, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by spence

he might have mixed a few dinks with his meds...

-spence

Puffing pickle with meds?

Bronko · 05-05-2006, 10:51 AM

They are the epitome of what is wrong with American politics. This is not party specific, this encompasses every party. The sense of entitlement that families like the Kennedy's exhibit is appalling. People like this think (and apparently are) above the law. The have absolutely no sense of their actions and the consequences that come from these actions. Their entire life they have been given everything they want, usually costing them nothing. Between poitical junkets, scholarships, trips, gifts attributed to "friends"...the list goes on. For a family as troubled and as tragically flawed as they are (between tragic death, murder, rapes overdoses, DUI's and substance abuse) you would think they would circle the wagons and address these issues. Instead, the binge drinking, glad handing and grandstanding continues.

Why should one of them clean-up, go sober or attempt to set a positive example? They will get re-elcted anyway. Screw the constituents. If I want to knock back a dozen Bombay Sapphire martinis and careen into a retaining wall thats my choice.

I have very little respect for any politicians these days....can you tell?

spence · 05-05-2006, 11:00 AM

Assuming Kennedy was DUI, then issue has more to do with dependence than entitlement.

It's not like the poor or middle class have any problems getting caught driving while drunk, again and again...

-spence

Bronko · 05-05-2006, 12:34 PM

I am talking about the family as a whole, not the poor and middle class in our country. This is just the latest in a litany of DUI's. (Teddy's wife alone has a dozen) I think the fact that many of them are hoplessly dependent upon drugs and alcohol goes without saying.

The gross sense of entitlement and the half century orgy on the taxpayer's dime are different issues entirely.

"uffah!!" · 05-05-2006, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronko

They are the epitome of what is wrong with American politics. This is not party specific, this encompasses every party. The sense of entitlement that families like the Kennedy's exhibit is appalling. People like this think (and apparently are) above the law. The have absolutely no sense of their actions and the consequences that come from these actions. Their entire life they have been given everything they want, usually costing them nothing. Between poitical junkets, scholarships, trips, gifts attributed to "friends"...the list goes on. For a family as troubled and as tragically flawed as they are (between tragic death, murder, rapes overdoses, DUI's and substance abuse) you would think they would circle the wagons and address these issues. Instead, the binge drinking, glad handing and grandstanding continues.

Why should one of them clean-up, go sober or attempt to set a positive example? They will get re-elcted anyway. Screw the constituents. If I want to knock back a dozen Bombay Sapphire martinis and careen into a retaining wall thats my choice.

I have very little respect for any politicians these days....can you tell?

I FEEL THE SAME WAY!!!!!!

stripersnipr · 05-05-2006, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by spence

Yea, addiction and substance abuse can be pretty funny, HAHA

-spence

Only when its Rush Limbaugh right?

spence · 05-05-2006, 07:53 PM

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Only when its Rush Limbaugh right?

I didn't laugh at Rush's addiction, although I thought it was certianly ironic...and a lot hypocritical...

Didn't you???

-spence

stripersnipr · 05-06-2006, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by spence

I didn't laugh at Rush's addiction, although I thought it was certianly ironic...and a lot hypocritical...

Didn't you???

-spence

Limbaugh: Hypocritical and ironic I suppose to some extent because it was so totally out of his perceived character. Very surprsing disclosure.

Kennedy: Consistent behavior not at all out of charecter no surprise at all.

spence · 05-06-2006, 09:24 AM

Well, at least Kennedy has been open about his demons in the past, the people knew what they were getting when he was voted into office.

Rush on the other hand has repeatedly bashed drug users as "destroying the country" and called for very harsh penalties for offenders...not to mention the considerable difference in opinion regarding addiction treatment from a liberal/conservative perspective.

-spence

Swimmer · 05-05-2006, 10:56 AM

Ted being the coward he is drove into a shallow tidal pond with a passenger in his vehicle and just walked away leaving her to suffocate. At least the kid didn't take off from this crash or the one two weeks ago. Thats a stepup as far as I am concerned.