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Plane Carrying Kennedy Hit by Lightning (Ted)
breitbart.com ^ | may 14,2006 | breitbart

Posted on 05/14/2006 6:13:23 AM PDT by blogblogginaway

A plane carrying U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy from western Massachusetts to his home on the coast was struck by lightning Saturday and had to be diverted to New Haven, Conn., his spokeswoman said.

The eight-seat Cessna Citation 550 plane lost all electrical power, including communications, and the pilot had to fly the plane manually, according to spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner. No one was hurt.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 109th; tedkennedy
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1 posted on 05/14/2006 6:13:24 AM PDT by blogblogginaway
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kennedy just got done saying "if i'm lying,may god strike me dead"
2 posted on 05/14/2006 6:15:16 AM PDT by kinoxi
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Yeah White Lightning


3 posted on 05/14/2006 6:15:45 AM PDT by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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And everyone wondered how he got on the 'no fly list'.


4 posted on 05/14/2006 6:17:19 AM PDT by heywoodubuzzoff
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Wonder if this incident knocked some sense into him, naw, wth am I thinking???? LOL!


5 posted on 05/14/2006 6:17:20 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (Say what you feel, those that matter don't mind, those that mind don't matter.)
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Lightning
6 posted on 05/14/2006 6:17:41 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Gee, I wonder which lobbiest owns the plane. No---couldn't be---only republicians get free rides from contributors, right??


7 posted on 05/14/2006 6:18:42 AM PDT by taillightchaser (!)
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you mean the no drive list


8 posted on 05/14/2006 6:19:03 AM PDT by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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~~~~~~snicker~~~~~~~~


9 posted on 05/14/2006 6:19:25 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland
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OLD NEWS
10 posted on 05/14/2006 6:19:38 AM PDT by xrp (Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
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"The eight-seat Cessna Citation 550 plane lost all electrical power, including communications, and the pilot had to fly the plane manually, according to spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner."

I thought most planes are lightening proofed these days?
11 posted on 05/14/2006 6:20:34 AM PDT by ketelone
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The only appropriate death for this soulless reprobate is one by drowning.


12 posted on 05/14/2006 6:21:04 AM PDT by montag813
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Death by Bungee


13 posted on 05/14/2006 6:22:57 AM PDT by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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Yeah White Lightning

LMAO!!! POST OF THE DAY

Bravo! :)
14 posted on 05/14/2006 6:23:29 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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How does God keep missing???


15 posted on 05/14/2006 6:24:15 AM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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I'll bet that sobered Teddy up pretty quick.


16 posted on 05/14/2006 6:24:21 AM PDT by Thombo2
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kennedy just got done saying "if i'm lying,may god strike me dead"

lol. That is a good one, but SERIOUSLY, I am glad he is ok. Don't agree with a word from him, but don't wish anyone dead either. My darn morals always get in the way...dang it.


17 posted on 05/14/2006 6:24:36 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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LOL! I was thinking the same thing of the pantaloonless Senator from Massachusetts.


18 posted on 05/14/2006 6:26:35 AM PDT by saveliberty (God Bless Tony Snow - [snoq])
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If the propeller fell off, I would have suspected Arkanside but it looks like he's still on the good side of the Clintons.


19 posted on 05/14/2006 6:26:47 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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Should have been a sea-worthy Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.


20 posted on 05/14/2006 6:27:02 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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