California Conservative

According to published reports, Congressman Patrick Kennedy says he wants to be treated like a black person when and if he gets charged for crashing his car, possibly under the influence, on Capitol Hill.

Kennedy said, “It’s what anyone else would have done to them if they were an African-American in Anacostia. There are probably people who want to throw the book at me a little more to prove that they’re not treating me special.”

Poor baby.

Personally I’m getting tired of people like Cindy Sheehan comparing herself to Rosa Parks, no relation; gay marriage activists or any liberal group comparing their cause to the Civil Rights Movement, and now Patrick Kennedy wanting to be treated like black people when it comes to driving under the influence.

First of all, Kennedy was given a ride home after his accident by Capitol Police and charged with three minor traffic violations. A black person, or anyone for that matter, would have been arrested after declining a field sobriety test. Kennedy wasn’t given one, and some police were reportedly complaining he was getting kid-glove treatment.

Kennedy denies he was drunk despite eyewitness reports that he was seen drinking heavily in a bar that night. Kennedy denies that he asked the Capitol Police for preferential treatment, and said he’s prepared to do “in terms of bookings, in terms of mug shots, fingerprints, whatever they might have me do.”

So more than a month after he checked himself into rehab, it’s still not clear whether Kennedy will be charged for smashing his Ford Mustang into a barrier near the Capitol at 2:45 a.m. on May 4th. He was driving without headlights, nearly collided with a police cruiser, and told officers on the scene he was going to the Capitol so he could vote on a bill.

Now while the D.C. attorney general’s office says they can assure us that if any charges are brought in this case, he will be treated the same as anyone else in similar circumstances, I’m not buying it. If that were the case, he would’ve been busted already.

Kennedy got behind the wheel after taking Ambien, a popular sleeping aid and It says on the directions: “Do not operate heavy machinery under this drug.” That goes for cars and most black people can read.

Now while I understand the Kennedy family has had more than its share of personal tragedy including assassinations and plane crash death, Patrick is a United States Congressman, and with that, receives many perks and privileges.

The fact that he was allowed to walk away from a possible DUI is an insult to many whom are now sitting in jail, as well as the victims of those they may have collided with.

And to use black people, as Democrats love to do to show us all how they feel our pain, is laughable at best, disingenuous at worst. He may have gone into rehab because he felt it was the right thing to do. He may have done so to get public sympathy. Whatever the reason, Patrick Kennedy seems to be in spin mode and for that, deserves to be treated like anyone else.

Be careful what you ask for. You just might get what you want, and you may not like it.

UPDATE: (6/12)
Michelle Malkint: Kennedy Pleads Guilty to DUI

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Bob Parks is a former Republican congressional candidate (California 24th District), Navy veteran, single father, member/writer for the National Advisory Council of Project 21, and is a Staff Writer for the New Media Alliance, Inc.

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