Fat Teddys Evil Seed & some constitutional law.

OK. You know who this guy is. Aside from being infected with the Kennedy genes, he is one bitter, angry, mean, nasty little prick! Of this there is no doubt. Even the people in DC who support his agenda don't really like him. His father is the boozy murdering philanderer Fat Teddy. His mother, once a brilliant and beautiful woman, was crushed by both the Kennedy clan in general and Teddy and his sister-in-law Ethel in specific. (Just as they tried to do to Jackie) Joan is now a hopeless alcoholic. I believe she is institutionalized.
This lad has, since he has been in congress, had problems with el coca and other drugs along the way...not to mention anger problems that pop up in public. Yet the people of Little Rhodey send his pathetic ass back to congress every time. I cannot imagine actually living in a state where the people elect this sort of person to represent them.
Anyway, on to some legal issues...I don't expect that it is widely known but early in the history of the republic a provision was made that allows any congressman/woman or senator to prevent being impeded by anything when they indicate that they are enroute to a vote. (exceptions are treason and public disorder) A couple of centuries ago this prevented anyone who tried to waylay a rep/senator from getting away with it. It remains on the books and is used by these wonderful people to preclude any legal/police action from being taken against them. (Beginning to get the picture?) Drunk and under the influence of RX's, young Mr. Kennedy still had the presence of mind to invoke this arcane loophole.

I am reliably informed that the watch commander of the Capitol cops thought this was a "hushable" incident...and that they are scared of the Kennedy's. However, the police union of the Capitol Police are raising hell about this...and you know damned well that if you hit a barricade (the big white steel ones that retract, about four feet high) whilst driving with your lights off after almost hitting a Capitol Hill Police cruiser, you'd have been thrown on your face at gunpoint, cuffed and manhandled off to the pokey as a potential terrorist. But young Pattycake flashed his congressional ID immediately and the cops on site called their watch commander(s) who went for the aforementioned hush. The evidence of alcohol has long since been lost. The absolute BEST part of this whole incident is that young Mr. Kennedy claims to not remember any of the events leading up to and including his collision with the barricade. (How very damned comvenient)

A waitress at the Hawk & Dove said she served Kennedy some booze just before this incident occurred. Then the manager of the H&D backs down and says he isn't sure it actually was Kennedy...(as if anyone in the whole city believes this guy)

So, you ask yourself why did Pattycake all of a sudden decide to go to re-hab??? PRESSURE. Pressure from the democrats in the house and the senate...they don't need this little shit making such a huge mistake with elections in November...so they hit Fat Teddy with something of an ultimatum...get the kid straightened out or the Dems would not be especially supportive. Good for them...some spine was shown against the damned Kennedy's...for that we must all be thankful.