The type/amount of attention Kennedy is garnering...

[SHRED]

...in comparison with the type/amount of attention Limbaugh received.

Damn "liberal media"!
:sarcasm:

[AndyA]

1. Kennedy is NOT the story right now. Hookergate is the story.

I hope Kennedy will be forgotten very quickly once Hookergate gets up to full steam, and Fitzpatrick takes down another Bush Administration member.

Ignore the man behind the curtain! :rofl:

[SHRED]

3. I think it will be soon...

The media loves a good sex scandal.
Especially if this turns out to be male prostitutes.

[SHRED]

5. Duke's possible man-love

http://www.washblade.com/print.cfm?content_id=7073

If this is true then what an even bigger POS he is.
obtw: He is my former Rep. here in SoCal.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. They're always 4 -7 days being any real news

that you can find all over the internet.

[Broken_Hero]

16. I find that

to be a rather accurate statement. I am on DU a lot, about 3hrs plus a day, and I read/learn a bunch of new stories, and insights in our world. And I notice, quite a bit, three or four days, after I read a story on DU, I hear the story gettign air time on one of the affiliate stations, nbc/cbs/abc. When that happens, I usually tell my wife, "damn, i heard that days ago on DU."

My wife falls into that trap a few times also. She doesn't spend that much time on DU at all, maybe a couple hours a week tops. Sometimes, she comes home, with "new news", and most of the time, i respond "heard it a few days ago on DU, sorry for not telling you."....I just find your post, to be stunningly, accurate...:)

[Gabi Hayes]

4. funny you should mention that....isn't it amazing how the media

REFUSES to cover any aspect of RW corruption, even as they remind us, ala Goss himself (show me a blue dress, or something very close to that), that the Clinton scandals were so compelling because they revolved around sex, when pugs get involved in sleazy sex scandals, they're ignored.

I had dinner with a very smart friend last night who had NO idea who Jeff Gannon was, and refused to believe the story of male escort/WH press corps member

said I was making it up, basically, that it would have HAD to have been a huge story

[malaise]

12. Where does this fit into that story

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Gannon_comes_out_Former_escort_conservative_0506.html

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Maybe it's because the media felt that too much time had passed since

the last "Kennedy story", and they have been too well-behaved as of late and not acting according to script. (Cynicism speaking . . . )

[mikelewis]

6. Let's be fair though...

Kennedy could have hurt someone while driving around under the influence. Rush was only hurting himself. According to the news (and that's not saying much), this is his second accident in a month.

It was Kennedy's second auto crash in three weeks. His car struck the rear passenger door of a car while he was making a left turn from a roadway into a pharmacy in Portsmouth, R.I., according to a police report on the April 15 accident. No injuries were reported and Kennedy was not cited.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060506/ap_on_go_co/patrick_kennedy;_ylt=AjDPn5VV18YK55lEReWMqf.MwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

Now, I'm all for supporting the guy and praying for a speedy recovery but he's become a danger not only to himself (like Rush) but a danger to others on the road. They should have arrested him for driving while under the influence, plain and simple. They did no one any favors by attempting to sweep this under the rug. If I were to shoot someone in the face.... I'm sorry, if I were to crash my car because I was fucked up on a prescription drug, I would be put under the prison, not escorted home and tucked into bed. They also didn't do Kennedy any favors by not arresting him. He obviously needs help and let's hope he gets it but you're not comparing apples to apples. Limbaugh has a chauffuer drive his fat ass every where he goes and did not pose a danger to other drivers.

And besides, it's a story about a Kennedy. Who the fuck cares what Fatty Fat Fat Limpballs does. I hope he chokes on that hillbilly heroine and dies while riding bitch-bareback on Jeff Gannon's shlong. That might be newsworthy. However, a Kennedy is always newsworthy.

[SHRED]

7. I understand

So the possibility of Rush DWI is out of the realmn of possibility?

I hear you when you speak of the double standard.
They both have that.
You or I would have gbeen "sent up" in both instances.

[mikelewis]

9. No, it's definitely not out the question...

but Rush is a wannabe debutante who has to drown his guilt in oxycotin. He doesn't drive himself anywhere, is what I hear but no, it's not out of the question. However, Mr. Kennedy has had two accident in a month and in one of them, we know, he was messed up on medication. He has become a liability and needs help.

Rush on the other hand, doesn't need help. What he needs is truckloads of oxycotin delivered to his house everyday and handfulls of the shit rammed down his throat with a cannon plunger.

[Gabi Hayes]

11. and who has/had more influence on the political process: Kennedy or

that bloated Nazi gasbag?

he was invited to GREET, officially, the congressional class of 1995. they CREDITED HIM with their successful election. THAT fateful election is what brought us the impeachment of WJC, and the successful character assassination of EVERY major democratic political figure from that point on. it continues to this day

Limbaugh and his repellent radio/TV spawn are the major weapon the fascists wield in their campaign to keep the masses as ignorant and fearful as possible.

As the big fish in this polluted pond, Limbaugh still wields enormous power, and remains the symbol of all that's corrupt and venal in political discourse.

Patrick Kennedy is important ONLY because of his name. he's a feckless, halfbright legacy, on the order of, uh, the pResident.

[ima_sinnic]

15. we have no idea who Limbaugh might have hurt

who knows what he's covered up in his life?
I certainly do not feel safe with him frothing at the mouth everyday, warping the minds of his glazed-eyed, knuckle-dragging listeners.

[SoCalDem]

10. In fairness...Limbaugh is a radio blowhard.. Kennedy is a congressman

There is a difference...especially with a high profile name..

[Gabi Hayes]

13. with all due respect, Limbaugh has been/remains a much more influential

figure on the political scene

see post number 11

love your picture site, as always

finally have it bookmarked, thanks to your posting on another thread today

[SoCalDem]

14. true, BUT the corporate media pretends that Rush is "an entertainer"

and basically ignores/excuses him..

Kennedys have always been "big news" no matter what they do or happens to them..