A Touching Family Tradition
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 9:51AM Patrick "Itchy" Kennedy gave an impassioned speech last week to charity group about his bout with substance abuse. He then retired to a local bar and slammed down shots with bar patrons. This from Roll Call:
Rep. Patrick Kennedy was spotted doing vodka shots last week at a Capitol Hill bar just hours after he spoke about his history of substance abuse at a charity event.
An HOH tipster and a pal were sitting at the bar at the Capitol Lounge around 11 p.m. on Tuesday when the Rhode Island Democrat walked in and took a seat between the pair. The tipster’s friend asked the Congressman what he was drinking, and when Kennedy replied vodka, the group ordered vodka shots, the tipster tells us.
After slamming down the first round, another was ordered, then a third. Our tipster and his friend stopped doing shots, but Kennedy drank three more until the bartender cut him off, at least from obtaining any more shots, our tipster says.
Our tipster adds Kennedy was in a lively mood, joking with others at the bar and even boasting about President Barack Obama, calling him “the best president ever.”
When our tipster countered: “Wait a second. What about your uncle?” — referring, of course, to President John F. Kennedy — the younger Kennedy jovially responded, “Oh yeah! Good one,” and slapped our tipster’s back, he says.
No word on when Kennedy left the lounge, as our tipster headed out before the Congressman.
Earlier in the night, Kennedy received an award for his work on mental health issues at the annual fundraising dinner for N Street Village, a local charity that helps low-income women battle homelessness and drug addiction.
Kennedy — who was introduced at the soiree by his one-time substance abuse sponsor, former Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) — touched on his personal history in his acceptance speech. The Congressman recalled the late night in 2006 when he crashed his car into a Capitol Hill barricade and subsequently headed to rehab for a prescription drug addiction.
Reader Comments (5)
Love the special edition Kennedy vodka bottle. The hands on the cell door are a very thoughtful touch.
The cell door is nice Commander, except Kennedys never see the inside of a jail cell, no matter how many crimes they commit.
This is just so typical of the Kennedy clan. Give some BS sobriety speech that your laughing under your breath about and then go slam down shots with the drunks. It's so completely disingenuous it's beyond belief - even for a Kennedy.
Maybe Patrick just drinks enough until a picture of his wife starts to look good, then like
a good little boy he rush's home....
He was heard last year telling another patron in a bar, while crying like a baby, that his uncle was known as the town drunk.
The other guy, trying to console him said," don't be so upset, lots of small towns will hang that label on someone who drinks, you remember Mayberry, Otis Campbell was know as the town drunk because no one else drank."
Kennedy said," thanks, I feel better about Uncle Ted."
The other guy said," In what town does your uncle live?"
Kennedy,"Washington, D.C."
This is not original, an old joke.