Blame Chappaquiddick

By Creature

The right-wing fangs are out. The cable news tabloids are all abuzz. The transparent glee on the faces of the likes of Rita Cosby and Sean Hannity could be seen, burned into the screen, even after the TV was off for the night. What was all the excitement about? A Kennedy scandal. A Kennedy scandal that may have included alcohol, but definitely included a car crash, with a sprinkle of special privilege thrown in for good measure. This time it was Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), supposedly an all-around nice guy despite he clear lack of moral grounding, just ask Joe Scarborough.

It seems Rep. Kennedy crashed his car in the wee hours of Thursday morning. It seems that he was drunk. It seems the bigwigs in charge of the Capitol Police let it slide. No sobriety tests were conducted at the scene. Kennedy blames a mix of sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug. The right-wing blames Chappaquiddick. It's amazing how fast archived, and irrelevant, footage of Sen. Edward Kennedy made it to the TV.

But wait, here is my big problem with all of this lunacy: When the Vice President of the United State shoots a man in the face, and is given special privileges by the local police, no one on the right is up in arms. When a Kennedy is given special privileges the sky has fallen down. This is utter crap. You know what? Kennedy should have been given a sobriety test AND the VP should have been given one as well. The VP nearly kills a man and the right is all excuses. A Kennedy has a car accident and his head should be on a platter. No one should have any special privileges, period. But, come on people, can you smell the double standard here? It stinks like Brit Hume's lips after an interview with the VP. The right leaning media have been waiting to catch a Democrat with their pants down, they have one now, and the venom is endless.

P.S. How come when a Democrat is in trouble it is usually over a personal matter, and when a Republican is caught in a scandal it usually involves a tax payer getting screwed?

Update: Kennedy is going into rehab, and the right wing is still running rabid.

(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)