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Dems Renominate Patrick Kennedy from Rehab
Less than a week after he crashed his car into a Capitol Hill police barrier, rehabbing Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy received a rousing endorsement from the state Democratic Party, who touted him as a competent, if flawed, public servant at their convention Monday night.
In a speech described by the Associated Press as “moving,” state Representative Paul Crowley said Kennedy’s ability to do his job should not be questioned - downplaying the fact that the he’s had two car crashes in the last month, hit himself in the face with a hammer two weeks ago and admitted over the weekend that he was addicted to booze and pain pills.
“We do not walk away from our friends,” declared Bill Lynch, chairman of the state Democratic Party.
On Saturday Mr. Kennedy checked himself into the Mayo Clinic after acknowledging that he had misjudged the extent of his problems, which he described as ranging from binge drinking to misuse of prescription drugs.
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