Patrick Kennedy Holds Press Conference…

…and apparently wants no special treatment:
New York Daily News – Home – Treat me like I’m black, sez Teddy’s son

Denying that he was drunk and or that he asked the Capitol Police for preferential treatment, Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman, said he’s prepared “in terms of bookings, in terms of mug shots, fingerprints, whatever they might have me do.”
“It’s what anyone else would have done to them if they were an African-American in Anacostia,” Kennedy said in a shaky voice, referring to the mostly minority neighborhood in southeastern Washington.
Later, Kennedy fretted that “there are probably people who want to throw the book at me a little more to prove that they’re not treating me special.”

This might be just me but Kennedy might have found a slightly better way to make his point. Perhaps one that weren’t so…say…condescending? Pat, here’s a hint: maybe try saying you’d like to be treated like “anyone else” instead of singling out a particular race.
It might go over better, buddy.
William Smith
ConservativeBlogger.com