Funny, how the issue of drug addiction never entered the press reports, before Kennedy uttered the phrase... despite it apparently having been a matter of public record. To find out now, after a day and a half worth of these reports that he was treated over the congressional recess at Christmas for addiction to a pain medication, is interesting, and perhaps revealing by what it doesn't say.

A comparison is in order:

Rush Limbaugh went through an ordeal recently with regards to an addiction to pain medication. I doubt there are many readers of this blog who will not have remembered it. Wasn';t it about a week ago that the deal was finally closed? There were many on the left who chided him before being less than kind to addicts of so called "recreational drugs". I even made reference to that point in this space.

I pointed out at the time, that there is a massive difference between someone becoming addicted to "recreational drugs" and someone becoming addicted to pain medication which was under the care of a doctor. I still hold that be the case.

If, in fact, Kennedy is telling the truth here, (and leaving aside the question of his smelling like he'd been drinking, and reports from two different bartenders in two different bars that he had been a patron of each of them that evening...) if his addiction to the pain medication in question was in fact the cause of the apparent 'loss of control', shall we say, then the man deserves at least a modicum of support. It is fair to say that under such conditions he would not have arrived at that juncture by choice, as would someone addicted to 'recreational drugs'.

However, let's ask now, as we saw asked by the left regards Mr. Limbaugh, just which medication he did become addicted to, and where it was he got his supply from.

I seem to recall Mr. Limbaugh being chased for months and years over an alleged incident of doctor shopping. It was alleged that Mr. Limbaugh are used this method to obtain the drug that he was addicted to. Did Mr. Kennedy?

Consider this carefully... Any doctor who would have Mr. Kennedy in his care, would certainly have been aware of his being in a rehab for his addiction, wouldn't you say? Unless, perchance, he went to another doctor, who didn't know is case very well, and yet was willing to ride out a prescription .

Why have no such questions come up from the press as regards Mr. Kennedy? Why are the legal authorities in the area is represented by Mr. Kennedy not looking into this? One possible reason, of course, is that they, too, are Democrats.

Further, why is it that we're not hearing about which medication that Mr. Kennedy became addicted to? Is it possible that Mr. Kennedy became addicted to the very same medication that Mr. Limbaugh did? If so we would seem to have been even more glaring double standard then we started with.

And again, all this assumes that Mr. Kennedy is telling the truth, that his addiction to painkillers medications and not alcohol was the cause of the last couple of accidents that he's on record as having caused. This would seem to be a rather large and unwarranted assumption.

In either case, whether Mr. Kennedy is telling the truth or not, Mr. Kennedy should resign, or be forcibly removed from his office, being unfit for the position. Several laws have been broken and need to be enforced regardless of how the question of his honesty about the cause of all of this comes out.

If the people that were grave dancing as regards Mr. Limbaugh are being honest and truthful they will join me in calling for Mr. Kennedy's ouster, prosecution, and jailing. Just like they did Rush.

Funny, isn't it, how this 'fairness' thing works?

I’m playing catch up on some of the stories that have caught the attention of the blogosphere this week so forgive me if some of what I blog about tonight seems like old news.
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) got...

I certainly hope Patrick Kennedy is receiving the best of care.

Indeed. Although, letting him drive while impaired by prescription drugs, doesn't strike me as meeting this requirement...

What IS it with these people?CNSNews.com) - He says medication made him do it: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), the son of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) says he "consumed no alcohol" before crashing his car near Capitol Hill in the middle......

I have friend who is seriously ill and whose doctors have not finalized their diagnosis. She does have Celiac Disease and they now suspect she may also have Addisons Disease. They just don't know.

There is a strong hereditary link for both of these diseases. Knowing that JFK battled Addisons Disease, I certainly hope Patrick Kennedy is receiving the best of care.

(Apologies to Hank Jr...)