WASHINGTON - Representative Patrick Kennedy (D -R.I.) the 38-year old son of Senator Ted Kennedy, crashed his car into a barrier on Capital Hill at 3 a.m. Thursday. Police say he staggered from the car and appeared drunk but no sobriety tests were conducted. Kennedy claims that prescription medication caused him to appear to be drunk.Now Congressman Kennedy is lashing out at the news media for reporting the story. In a press conference this morning, Kennedy claimed that the media "consistently holds the Kennedy family to a higher standard" than anyone else in public life.
"Other people in the public eye get away with far more egregious misconduct," Kennedy said. "Everything from vehicular manslaughter, to sexual indiscretions in the oval office, to rape, to drug abuse and cocaine addiction, even murder. Heaven help the Kennedys if we were ever involved in any of those things -- the media would crucify us, and we'd never be able to rear our heads in public."
A reporter quickly reminded the Congressman that the Kennedys have been involved in all of those things. Kennedy abruptly ended the press conference and hurried out of the room.
