 WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Democrats endorsed an absent Rep. Patrick Kennedy, being treated for addiction to prescription pain drugs, for re-election Monday night at their state convention.
| "He may be a whacked out nonentity, but he's our whacked out nonentity. Except that he's from Massachussetts. But we're not very big, so it didn't take him too long to learn his way around. He still talks funny, though.... |
| It's Baja Massachussetts, what do you expect? |
Kennedy checked into the Mayo Clinic on Friday for his second stay in less than five months after a middle-of-the-night car crash near the Capitol on Thursday that he said he couldn't remember.
| "I can't remember, man! I was sooooooo whacked out!" |
It was his second car crash in three weeks. Republicans have said Kennedy should step aside because he can't fulfill his duties. But Democratic leaders said Monday night that he has done a good job and deserves support in his battle with addiction. "We do not walk away from our friends," Democratic Party Chairman Bill Lynch said.
| You should indeed stand by your friends, but you don't necessarily return a depressed, bipolar, alcoholic, drug addict to Congress. |
| It's never stopped Teddy from being re-elected |
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