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A big news story today is the announcement by Patrick Kennedy, son of Ted Kennedy, that he will not seek reelection to Congress from Rhode Island. He claims his life has “taken a new direction”<\/a>.\u00a0 I cannot think of a finer example of the type of human garbage that inhabits the halls of Congress than Patrick Kennedy. Here is a guy that has been elected official since the age of 21 and in his own words has “never worked a fucking day in my life” <\/a>(which was uttered after he said he didn’t need the Bush tax cuts).\u00a0 Almost every year, there is some new scandal with Patrick involving drugs<\/a>, women<\/a>, DUIs<\/a> (plural<\/a>), and dealings with fugitive Democratic fundraisers<\/a>. Patrick also like to manufacture controversy, most recently when he claimed that he was asked not to recieve communion\u00a0 by the archbishop of Rhode Island due to his support of abortion, but failed to mention that the archbishop made this request two years before Patrick’s public announcement<\/a>.\u00a0 Its no secret that daddy Teddy covered for little Patrick\u00a0 and was able to insure all his scandals were cleaned up nicely by the media and other Democrats in Congress. Patrick also played the\u00a0 “I’m depressed and bi-polar<\/a>” card multiple times and used his mental illness as an excuse for his outrageous behavior. Even though we all struggle with personal demons, someone who admits to having serious mental health issues should not be continually elected to Congress but I guess thats okay if you are a Kennedy.<\/p>\n