"sleep driving"... yea, that's the ticket, I was sleep driving.

Nothing unusual about this one, just the normal Kennedy modus operandi.

She should have done what uncle Ted did, disappear!

It must really suck being a Kennedy. The entire family seems to be downright lushes! All that money - see where it gets a person. They think they are immune to the laws.

It was the ghost of Mary Jo Kopekne that forced the gas pedal and turned the steering.

If nothing was found in her system and she did nothing wrong, why does she have to appear in court?

Since they did not find anything the excuse of sleep driving could be valid. Ambien if they even tested for it will be not be detectable very quickly if it is being taken as prescribed.

This is a very scary side effect. You plan to go to bed and some how you must prevent yourself from leaving the house. Have to chain yourself up with a time based lock I guess.

If she has a valid prescription for ambien and she pays for all the damages I suspect they will have trouble prosecuting. A lady a couple houses down has been escorted home a couple of times when she has gone out for a walk in the middle of the street. She was told pretty much told if she continues to take the drug she will get arrested

There's no apostrophe in "its." Normally I wouldn't say anything but I am at my breaking point with this on the internet today. I have seen real estate ads this morning that say "vintage living at it's finest" "downtown living at it's finest" "urban living at it's finest" and another comment that said, "intelligence at it's finest." Oh the irony on that last one. ITS!

It's the same thing as writing "their's," "her's" or "your's."

Why is this news? Another drunken Kennedy....Shocker.

I saw elsewhere she admitted to taking Ambien.

Nothing @ all will become of this, move along, nothing here. Keep moving.

There have been too many cases of 'sleep driving' by the users of Ambien. Just last week a fellow went to McD's drive up, hit the posts lightly, ordered a meal but didn't have any money, no wallet. The police were called in and the fellow didn't remember driving, just that he was hungry. Another case, a person jogging in pj's and didn't know where he was. And they say this drug is safe?

I can hear Hank Williams Jr. singing now; "It's a Family tradition".

Blamo said it best. LOL.

Isn't Ambien a drug? How would that not qualify as impaired driving? If I get drunk, have an accident, and don't remember how I got there, I will be in big trouble.

slow news day for sure!

To Shadie: I will gladly swallow a bitter pill when I spot grammatical errors; however, my patience is extremely tested whenever I read "just sayin'" at the end of a post. To me it's like fingernails scratching a chalkboard.

Ummmm shady ........ it's is a contraction of the words IT IS and in it is okay to do that. But if they are talking in the possessive then the PROPER TERM is ITS' as in it belongs to that thing. Okay English 101 and reading comprehension are done for the day.

Ironic that the Kennedy's are booze hounds....seeing how old Joe made his money. Must be karma at it's finest.

Yes Churchmoose, the very thing that created their wealth and power is destroying them.

Every Kennedy is an individual, bearing individual responsibility for their own misdeeds as well as deserving individual credit for their own good deeds. Don't let an already held dislike or a predisposition to condemn color your ability to see a person as a human being with human frailties.

Non of us bear responsibility for the failings of our family members and our ancestors, nor do we have any responsibility for our genes (and some issues, such as the predisposition to alcoholism, are determined by our inherited genes).

We shouldn't continually and so easily resort to beating the drum of contempt for all individuals of the Kennedy family --whether by birth or by marriage -- when one of them errs or slips-up, or otherwise merely demonstrates that he or she is "human."

We are all human beings, and all human beings stumble. Even you stumble from time-to-time. But fortunately you can take a breath and you can leave your house and live your life without being watched by someone with a camera just waiting for you to fail.

Has anyone ever read a report of a "sober Kennedy sighting"? Must not be any AA chapter is their part of the country.

Shaydie You're right. It's is the contraction for it is! Guess they don't know the difference! Its is the possessive adjective

The whole family is a bunch of Pumpkin heads. From lying,stealing,murder,drugs and booze. What a bummer to be a Kennedy.

If I can understand what the person is trying to say, I don't sweat common errors.

Is proper grammar and spelling important? Of course it is, but for the people who constantly take it upon themselves to correct others, I'll speak only for myself and say that your posts are just as annoying as reading through a typo or grammar error.

Another vote for Shaydie, TiredVoter; the possessive, "its" has no apostrophe.

If Ms. Kennedy's "sleep driving" is not caused by drugs (her representatives claim there were no drugs or alcohol in her system), then it would appear this malady makes her a danger to operate a motor vehicle and her license should be taken away.

A Kennedy impaired? Nothing to see here, just keep moving along.

Too bad she wasn't driving over any bridges, she could have just went home slept off her buzz and THEN called the police.

It is pathetic what the Kennedy family name has become.

.... JFK must be rolling over in his grave. Sad. Very, very sad.

Tired voter: FAIL. You didn't read Shaydie's post. She was correcting properly. You don't have to correct her.

Robert:

True, anyone can fall off the path of righteousness. However, no one in my family has ever:

1) Driven a young girl off a bridge and left her to drown.

2) Been as much an inveterate and unapologetic c0cksman as JFK. Oh, and RFK, too.

3) Crashed a plane due to inexperience and arrogance, killing himself and two others.

4) Died of demerol and cocaine overdose.

5) Raped a young woman and got away with it.

6) Assaulted a pediatric nurse.

7) Made a fortune from bootlegging.

8) Been a Nazi sympathizer.

9) Had an affair with a teenage babysitter.

If we'd had a family like that in our neighborhood, my mom would have told me to steer clear of them. Don't be an apologist for them. They're bad news. They don't think the rules apply to them. And sadly, we indulge them.

American Royalty, indeed. Bunch of criminals and ne'er-do-wells is more apropos.

Robert,

Every Kennedy has gotten ahead in life because of their family ties. They have all enjoyed power and wealth far beyond what each has individually earned. I have no problem letting them experience the flip side of that coin.

Not all the Kennedy's are bad apples, and I am not a fan of the Kennedy's. Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver are two examples of honest, law abiding citizens.

Kerry Kennedy could suffer from narcolepsy. If that is the case, she should not have a driver's license.

raleigh dolly:

...Maria Shriver are two examples of honest, law abiding citizens.

Not really. When she was the first lady in California, she was caught on video talking on her cell phone while driving, which is illegal. She too, exhibits the Kennedy sense of entitlement. It's in the genes.

@Arieus; just in the interest of FAIR & BALANCED.. have you ever googled" Bush family history"? Seems ALL the "Royal Families" have some interesting @!$%# in their backgrounds. Dunno why folks don't talk as much about the Bushies as they do the Kennedys?

A Kennedy in trouble for drunk driving?

Now why does this sound so familiar?

Hey, the Ambien Defence kinda worked for Congressman Patrick Kennedy.....It is now part and parcel of the standard Kennedy Defences....

"Patrick Kennedy says several hours before the accident, he had taken two
prescription drugs prescribed by the attending physician of the U.S. Congress:
Phenergan, to treat gastroenteritis, and Ambien, a sleeping pill.

"Following the last series of votes on Wednesday evening, I returned to
my home on Capitol Hill and took the prescribed amount of Phenergan and Ambien,"
said Kennedy. "Some time around 2:45 a.m., I drove the few blocks to the Capitol
Complex believing I needed to vote. Apparently, I was disoriented from the
medication."

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-250_162-1590041.html

Pleaded Guilty to driving while Ambien-ing and got a slap on the wrist....

Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) pleaded guilty today to driving under the influence of prescription drugs after a late-night car accident last month.

Kennedy was ordered to pay a $250 donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington and a $100 fine to the Victims of Crime Fund, as well as serve 50 hours of community service with the boys and girls club.

Kennedy will also serve 12 months probation along with attending weekly meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and a recovery group facilitated by his physician at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2073464&page=1

This one will skate with a slap on the wrist, if even that, just the douchebag Kennedy way.

There's a term for someone who chooses to ingest a mind altering drug and drives intoxicated.

"Guilty"!.

If the Kennedy clan cannot take responsibility for their illegal actions, we need to force them to take responsibility.

@ shaydie... you are incorrect... for example, The bowl is in its place. ITS. The dog likes his bowl because it's always where he can find it. IT'S (it is). So while the examples you cited are correct, the blanket statement that its doesn't have an apostrophe is not completely correct.

wow, the kennedy haters are really out in force here. i have to agree though, ive never heard of anybody else but a kennedy ever get drunk or cheat on their spouse or have a car accident or talk on their cell phone while driving or get a job offer from friends of their parents or any of that other stuff.

The real news story is that no one got killed...being a poor driver is kind of a Kennedy trade mark.

Oooh, driving while talking on a cell phone! Well, you really got Maria there. Along with 90% of the population. That's right up there with saying she was speeding. Yeah, yeah, I know it's wrong and personally I don't do it, but I'm 100% positive that I could find something like that you do and say, "See, you're just like a Kennedy!"

So sad, put "Kennedy" in the headline and you can fill in the rest.

I feel for Mary Kennedy's children the most...I don't know the details but you know it's like "The Firm": once you're in the Kennedy Clan you can't ever leave. Sick, and very sad family.

If you're really want to see how twisted Joe Kennedy was - just look up the story of Rosemary Kennedy's life, sister of JFK. No Kennedy story is sadder than hers. I honestly hope Joe Kennedy rots in hell for what he did to his own daughter.

So very sorry ....... but the possessive for the word its does have an apostrophe. the PROPER term is ITS'.

Now as for shadie, if I read you wrong I am deeply sorry and apologize.

CJK101: Please, first learn to read, then learn how to comprehend what you read.

Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver are two examples of honest, law abiding citizens.

My response to this comment had nothing to do with the level of Maria Shriver's unlawfulness, but that Maria Shriver being "an example of an honest, law abiding citizen" was not accurate.

Quoted from the article: "Kerry Kennedy voluntarily took breathalyzer, blood and urine tests — all of which showed no drugs or alcohol whatsoever in her system," said Ken Sunshine. "The charges were filed before the test results were available."

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Gosh, folks, do we really think it fair to presume to be judge and jury before we even learn the facts?

And what if the above statement turns out to true?

Prejudging a person merely because that person is a member of a family which you dislike or hold in contempt, seems rather ... un-American, to me.

I'm just sayin' ....

First, I find it insulting to think any one in the US is considered a royal family. Sorry, so far we haven't had a king or queen since the revolution.

Second, I find it disgusting that this incident even made national news. Just imagine the lenghth of such a list if names everyone in the US that was accused of ( Accused is the word) driving under the influence.

Also quoted from the article:

The New York Daily News reported that Kennedy told police she had taken Ambien, citing an unnamed law enforcement source, who also said she was taken to Northern Westchester Hospital where she consented to a blood test, the results of which are expected in about a week.

If the blood test results will take about a week to process, how can her lawyer claim they are negative?

Concerned...her lawyer can say anything he wants...she is married to a Kennedy...which is probably why she drinks.

CoCo, She isn't married to a Kennedy; she is a Kennedy.

Who's there? Who cares?

compared to the Bush's .... Now thats one scandalous family. ( Breaking the country with two costly wars, The Savings and Loans scandal.... plus..........

Wars that both Bushes (Iraq I and Iraq II) as well as Afghanistan went to CONGRESS to get approval for, unlike say Barry Obama that bypassed Congress and meddled in Libya's affairs. And the S&L situation is comparable to the meltdown of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that Democrat Barney Frank said "were not in any financial difficulty." Barney had a boyfriend that was a senior officer of Freddie Mac coincidentally. And then there's that joke of a near trillion dollar "stimulus" bill that was rammed through Congress in 2009 that was supposed to keep unemployment from going above 8% and create millions of "shovel ready" and "green energy" jobs that never materialized (just ask Solyndra). Everything is relative...

Both wars are nothing compared to Kennedy, Johnson and Vietnam. Tell me exactly what Bush did on his own that was scandalous. The wars were voted on by BOTH parties. And I am sure with all your logic, we do not spend on the military in times of peace. You are from Michigan, that explains a lot.

10tacle you left out my fav solindra some one refresh my memory 500 billion give or take.

kevint not to mention johnson was buddies with some people at a helicopter co that was going under. let me see the name of the co was ????????????? bell

The is always 1 person on these boards that can turn anything in political referendum. Thanks 10 you the winner today. Hey there is a sorry about a missing cat, let's go over to that board and start laying blame on who is to blame. Democrats or Republicans

Thanks f hill.

Crap! What in heck has your post got to do with the story? Focus, dumah!

saron its tough getting old im to easily side track.went to go brush my teeth ended up doing wash and mowing the lawn. never did find my teeth!

Uh, Rich, did you conveniently overlook where the political detour started, #9.0, with Michigan Mark at the wheel? Yeah...thought so.....selective oversight.

ok if it makes you feel better I point my finger at him then. Does that make you feel better?

fhill: I'll refresh your memory. It was half a billion, not 500 billion. Or you could look at it as 500 million. Either way you were just wrong, but you knew that because you asked for a refresher.

U r showing your age kid. JFK was instrumental in getting the Viet Nam War raging. Had Oswald not shot him, he would have done what LBJ did.

Then how would you remember him? If you could?

They mean the charges were filed before the results were changed.

Oh yeah right. The Kennedys are notorious outlaws and murderers. The Bushes walk on water compared to that Family.

Hey 10tacle, sure the congress approved Iraq 2 because Bush lied to them saying he had proof that Sudam was building a nuke and had weapons of mass destruction, where are they? Never was any, that war was because Sadam put a bounty on his old mans head after Iraq 1. So 7000 or so Americans died because of a personal vendetta, how's that for a scandal.

Michigan mark...this thread has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Bushs the wars or LBJ. This has to do with the the lying no morals Kennedys and the dumb women that married them and they turned into drunks.

Robert in Oregon

Good for you. I wish I could say something to add to what you have said but there seems to be some narrow-mined people who have already made up their minds.

Thank you for your focus on human nature and their frailties. If any of the people who have commented have had " family problems" let's be glad that they do not make front page.

I do not adore or respect or hold in awe the Kennedy anymore than anyone else, but please give them the right to be human They make mistakes just like the rest of us. They also pay for them on the front pages of every newspaper or news program and internet .

Good Grief.

she is due in court.. hahaha thats a laugh...she will get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again until next time it happens and she kills some innocent person.

I'd do her!

Midnightridr.....for the money!

It is easy to get approval for a war when you are cherry picking the information that you disclose to build a case for declaring an unprovoked war.

midnight, you'd do a knothole in a fence.

@Dasvet --- In this case a knothole would be set up. At least he could be seen with a knothole is broad daylight without being embarrassed. The only thing Kennedy has going for her is a light switch and a non recycled paper bag.

Midnightridr - you'd probably do a handful of worms.

...Same with anyone who is popular, has money, and power. Rich, powerful people are never responsible for their actions, unless they do something to other rich and powerful people. When these people do something to the little guy...of course, it is always the little guy's fault!

doodles, sounds like Oblama to me. I am beginning to believe Oblama is the illegitimate child of old Joe Kennedy.

Like Ron White says, "You can't fix stupid!"

In spite of all their "stolen, illegal money" and all their "fabricated class"... the whole world knows that,

the Kennedys are nothing but 100%, Low-life, White Trash, pretending to have class.

No, Irish whiskey, probably.

Zing!! Good one, Dasvet.

I am Irish and I and my family have 100% more class and morals than the white trash Kennedys. You know, the ones that think they are Christians because they are Catholic. Guess what...none of the Catholics I know have the morals of the low life Kennedys.

PValdes, anyone would expect to be immune, if they could get away with murdering a Mary Jo Kopekne, and the other times when people died at their hands.

I don't know anyone who didnt' get their life totally screwed up by their first DUI.

darciesdaddy:: Evidently you don't live in a certain state which will go unnamed to pacify people.

sat in district court waiting to testify in a case there were 3 dui cases heard the first 2 you could tell the people had some money i know the lawyers cost them around 5 grand becouse i knew both of them the fine was 1500. now the 3 case you could tell the guy didnt have much money no lawyer his fine 500. i thought to my self if i ever have to go to court im wearing old clothes and not getting a lawyer. i think judges look over cases and set fines on someones ability to pay

6079smithw - Jan Brewer and John Boehner seem to have a problem of a similar nature...

Right Wing extremist love to hate the Kennedys or anyone connected to them.

Funny you never hear them speak of Cheneys DUIs, or Bush's DUIs or L Bushes Vehicular Manslaughter case

(Vehicular manslaughter is when you kill someone UNINTENTIONALLY while driving and you committed a traffic infringement in the course of doing it) L Bush ran a sep sign and hit a man and killed him. She did not mean to kill him so she is guilty of VM. If she had meant to kill him it would have been Vehicular Homicide.

But nice white 17 year old girls did not go to jail of such when that occurred in Texas.

Stop hating on anyone who is connected to the Kenedys.

"sleep homicide" (more commonly known as "Teddies magic bridge ride")

"sleep infidelity" (Jack's favorite)

"Ambien embezzlement" (more commonly known as "Madof's disease")

"sleep-ophilia" (common among "state college" ex-defensive coaches)

"sleep-ation" (common amongst sitting presidents to raise revenue)

Add your own. It's fun!

MRZ-1191248

"sleep homicide" (more commonly known as "Teddies magic bridge ride")

"sleep infidelity" (Jack's favorite)

"Ambien embezzlement" (more commonly known as "Madof's disease")

"sleep-ophilia" (common among "state college" ex-defensive coaches)

"sleep-ation" (common amongst sitting presidents to raise revenue)

"sleep-ism" (common liberal thinking process)

Add your own. It's fun!

And you took the time to write this anyway even if you didn't care?

He's still dead? Well how can he vote? Oh wait.........The Lion of the Senate was a Dem wasn't he.