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Home Front: Politix
Patrick Kennedy, Motivational Speaker
2010-03-13
Posted by:tipper

#17  Good grief.

Obviously he holds his likker well - he's not even slurring his words....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-03-13 23:46  

#16  If you hit him in the liver, I doubt he'd feel it. Kennedy livers have powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-03-13 18:50  

#15  woulda punched him right in the liver. When I was charged, I'd say I assaulted his conscience. Nobody would convict me due to lack of evidence

Frank G this works on so many levels you could have been a Russian novelist.
Posted by: regular joe   2010-03-13 18:47  

#14  re: #11 - maybe.
Posted by: lotp   2010-03-13 18:41  

#13  Afterward he came up to my coworker, apologized, said he didn't mean it, and that he'd only done it as that's what his constituents expect of him

I woulda punched him right in the liver. When I was charged, I'd say I assaulted his conscience. Nobody would convict me due to lack of evidence
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-13 17:50  

#12  As Boston columnist Howie Carr has noted these types of outbursts occur after lunch, suggesting young Kennedy had ingested a bad ice cube.

True story: a co-worker of mine was testifying before a congressional panel recently, giving a thoughtful and thorough answer to idiotboy's question. Patches began screaming at him, hurling wild and baseless accusations (it was after lunchtime, natch).

Afterward he came up to my coworker, apologized, said he didn't mean it, and that he'd only done it as that's what his constituents expect of him.
Posted by: regular joe   2010-03-13 17:21  

#11  lotp, I would submit that this man doesn't suffer from any disorders, he enjoys every minute of them.

And that's the real problem.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2010-03-13 15:41  

#10  Doubleplusundead has a post of Patches' history of yelling. As they note, he needs to use his "inside voice". Another moronic outburst on Youtube
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-13 15:20  

#9  he has no problem taking meds, apparently
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-13 14:52  

#8  Hey, he don't take his meds...not my problem.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-03-13 14:39  

#7  I agree with both tu3031 and lotp, and that ain't easy :-)

Patches needs to confront and surmount his personal demons. I don't know what they are and I wouldn't render a medical diagnosis based on what I've seen so far, but this man shouldn't be in Congress. He needs to get his personal life in order and find some interesting, useful and less stressful work.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-03-13 14:28  

#6  I'm sorry this man is bi-polar. While the term is certainly overused, those who really fit the diagnosis don't have it easy.

OTOH I don' think he ever belonged in Congress and it's a Good Thing he'll be gone soon.
Posted by: lotp   2010-03-13 13:42  

#5  Great to have nothing to lose, ain't it, Patrick?
Just get out there on the national stage and...be yourself. Quite liberating, I'll bet.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-03-13 12:00  

#4  Must have come from the shallow end of the Kennedy gene pool.

see: "like, um, like, ummmm" Carolyn Kennedy. There is no deep end
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-13 11:30  

#3  Is Patrick Kennedy channeling Howard Dean???
Posted by: WolfDog   2010-03-13 11:28  

#2  Must have come from the shallow end of the Kennedy gene pool.
Posted by: DMFD   2010-03-13 10:34  

#1  Maybe in an asylum.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-03-13 09:31  

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