1 A Kennedy? Driving drunk? The hell you say! It's just a good thing the slimy piece of shit wasn't coming from happy hour when the streets were full of people. What this country needs are a few more men like Oswald and Sirhan.

2 We tell this joke at Black Caucus meetings all the time: Patrick Kennedy walks out of a bar with a key in his hand and he is stumbling back and forth. A cop on the beat sees him and approaches "Can I help you sir?" "Yessh! Ssssomebody ssstole my carrr" the Congressman replies. The cop asks "Where was your car the last time you saw it?" "It wasss on the end of thisshh key" Kennedy replies. About that time the cop looks down and sees PatrickÂ’s weiner hanging out of his fly for all the world to see. He asks the Drunken Rep "Sir are you aware that you are exposing yourself?" Momentarily confused, Patrick looks down at his crotch and without missing a beat, blurts out.......... "Holy shit ----- My girlfriend's gone, too!!!!!"

3 I wonder if Cynthia McKinney has a real complaint here? She merely pushes past the guard and is seriously hassled. Patrick Kennedy takes drugs, probably drinks and drives, crashes, and he is given a ride back home to work on his alibi and contact his lawyers. Remember: Liberalism IS Racism!

4 IZZY, You know if the Capitol Police stop a Sister for driving like a Kennedy after the bars close, she ain’t getting away with that “late for a vote shit”. Cops start asking the gal for her lapel pin and talkin that kind of slave ship stuff we been hearing for 400 years. There are democrats and there are demo-crats. That’s all I’m sayin.

5 I can't seem to understand where the lines blur. The issue is really black and white. (No pun intended) Assault and battery for the sister and DUI for the idiot. I know I live in a fantasy world but why can't we just get over this hump in America. Breaking the law is..well...breaking the law! Illegal is Illegal, whether it is immigration, driving under the influence or assaulting a police officer.

6 Until all people of color can walk into secure areas of the Capitol without identification, America will continue to be a Plantation run by WHITY. I try to get into the Gubberment building and get felt up like a Bada Bing girl by the Capitol Poooolice!! Some rich peckerwood drives all over the sidewalk twice fortnightly full of scotch and fried clams and the little bitch walks. We both Congressmen ainÂ’t no difference other than he got the right paint job. AMERICA HAS GOT TO CHANGE! IF THINGS DONÂ’T CHANGE, WE WILL REARRANGE!!!! Eww, that rhymes bitch, I like that.

7 Patrick should have been breathalyzed like any other human being. Just like cops should have breathalyzed Cheney after he shot a guy in the face, but the shooting went unreported for hours, until a breathalyzer was useless. Funny how the rich and powerful of both parties get special treatment. It's wrong both times. You and I shoot somebody while hunting, after drinking, when we don't have a license...and see what happens to us. You and I hit a security barrier, stagger around talking crap, and see what happens.

8 Everyone knows that the Kennedys, with one lone exception, can get away with murder, as they've done it a few times, so what's a little DUI?

9 "...Cheney after he shot a guy in the face,..." Way to go making it sound like something it wasn't. I know a few hunters that say Cheney was more wrong than his pal, but let's use a little more intellectual honesty here, jd. The incident was reported immediately. It just didn't hit the papers right away. And everyone admitted he had a beer with lunch hours before. It was an accident. These two situations, the Kennedy one and the Cheney one, were worlds apart.

10 Actually, Oyster, I think you'll find that local police were not notified immediately. Cheney was not interviewed until many hours afterwards. I don't think they are worlds apart, although they certainly are not the same. For one thing, the special treatment that Patrick received is more obvious, because there are a lot more DUI's than there are shooting accidents. Also, it was a large police force, whereas we are talking small town local in the case of Cheney, and small town cops tend to make a lot of exceptions, for people they know and for the wealthy/connected, because there simply is less bureaucracy (of course, there are big city corrupt police departments, like Chicago under the elder Daley, where special treatment was just the norm). but as far as we know, Cheney had plenty of time to get the alcohol out of his system before the cops were called in TX. Was he drunk? Dunno. He had a beer at lunch. He made a really boneheaded move. Guess we'll never know. My main point is--in America (and around the world), rich and politically powerful people get special treatment from cops. It isn't about liberals and conservatives. It's about them and us. And us get screwed, comparatively.