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June 6, 2006

Patrick Kennedy Plays the Race Card

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) is done hiding at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and ready to face the world again after driving drunk with no headlights resulted in him nearly colliding with a police cruiser and then crashing his car on Capitol Hill.

Since he's a Kennedy, he was not thrown in jail, but instead given a ride home and spared the breathalyzer test that would have confirmed the testimony of witnesses who had seen him getting tight at a local bar. As you might recall, Kennedy's account of that night's events were all over the place: he was on his way to vote at 2:45 AM; he couldn't remember any of it; it was all the fault of drug companies for selling him Ambien.

But now Rep. Kennedy is ready to take responsibility for his irresponsibility — or at least pretend to in the silliest way possible, by proclaiming that he's prepared to do "in terms of bookings, in terms of mug shots, fingerprints, whatever they might have me do." His voice shook as he indulged in idiotic race rhetoric by declaring, "It's what anyone else would have done to them if they were an African-American in Anacostia."

Apparently we are to take this to mean that he was not let off because he's a Kennedy, but because he's a Caucasian. Were this not absolute nonsense and an insult to our intelligence, it would mean that white people have immunity from drunk and reckless driving charges.

The race card has been played just as absurdly, but much more effectively by Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), who would have us believe that assaulting a Capitol police officer was justified in her case since only race would explain her being asked for ID before entering a high-security building. More than two months after an incident for which she should have been immediately jailed, the prosecutor's office offers no indication as to when they might stop goofing around and put this sociopathic woman in a cage where she belongs. Apparently they are waiting for people to lose interest so they can just let the matter drop.

Someone should tell Kennedy that when playing the race card, it helps to be black. But no matter: he has already played his privilege card, and despite his posturing, there is no chance of consequences for his criminally reckless behavior.

Thanks to V the K for the tip.

Posted by Van Helsing at June 6, 2006 1:39 PM

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Posted by: Mickey at June 6, 2006 2:54 PM