Posted on 05/17/2008 9:02:55 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
HYANNIS -- U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital this morning after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport.
Hyannis fire responded to the compound after a call was made around 8:30 a.m. It's unclear what Kennedy's medical condition is, but after he spent almost two hours in the emergency room a decision was made to transfer him to Mass General Hospital in Boston.
Kennedy, 76, was placed on a stretcher and wheeled out to the MedFlight helicopter around 10:15 a.m. where it took off from Barnstable Municipal Airport.
The Kennedy family is preparing to host the annual Best Buddies Challenge event in Hyannisport this afternoon, which is a fund-raiser for the organization. Best Buddies was founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver and helps people with intellectual disabilities.
Hundreds are expected to participate in the event, which kicked off this morning with a 100-mile bicycle ride from the Kennedy Library in Boston to Hyannisport.
A concert at the Kennedy compound is scheduled for tonight.
Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for forty-three years.
He was elected in 1962 to finish the final two years of the Senate term of his brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, who was elected president in 1960.
Since then, Kennedy has been re-elected to seven full terms, and is now the second most senior member of the Senate.
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could be, that would be the airway protection problem
People who are not able to swallow or are in danger of aspirating can also be intubated to prevent aspiration and further problems.
If he is indeed intubated, and I am only guessing from the picture upthread, it is not good no matter what the underlying reason.
the gov in mass is a demoRAT
Yeah..... they’re sure talking like they don’t expect to be covering him anymore.
Unbelievable.
Ted has a lot of power. So does it evaporate if he is totally incapacitated (My guess that will be his condition if he even survives) or will it be bestowed on another kennedy. I can’t see Joe have that much power.
But I can see Caroline Kennedy campaigning as the substitute for Ted.
Either that or they're just using this as an opportunity to use some of their warehoused eulogy talking points.
I agree.
Ping - this one looks like it will stay up. Sorry we had to yank your post.
When things like this happen to people like Sen. Kennedy, I try to remember that Christ died for all humanity and I hope that the person came to salvation in Christ before he either died or became mentally incapacitated as a result of his illness- in either case, it would be too late to make the decision to trust Christ for forgiveness of sin and for salvation. God said it is not His will that any die in their sins and spend eternity apart from Him.
None of us are guaranteed the next five minutes of life. - including those who have been blessed with great wealth, and fame, and power. All of our lives are in God's hands- and it is a horrifying thing to spend your entire life at enmity with God, die, and have to face Him having spent your life rejecting Him and being at war with Him.
I hope Sen. Kennedy will be okay if only for the purpose of having more time to come to God.
HUH? Is that like helping people understand that liberalism is good? Or are they trying in their own pc way to name retardation or learning disabilites?
Abba !
Father !
King of the universe,
I pray send your Ru'ach HaKodesh
to breath on the soul of Edward Moore Kennedy
in his hour of need.
Breathe on him and draw him nearer to you.
I pray that if it be your will have him come to know your Son
I ask that peace and comfort be given
to his family and friends
I ask these things in the
Holy Name of Your Son
The Word of Elohim:
b’SHEM Yah’shua HaMashiach
Amain and amain !
We are thinking the same. I cannot forget the hard work he has put in to support abortion and homosexuality. Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those that call evil good and good evil. I hope Mr. Kennedy can find it within him to have a sincere repentance,but after so long he more than likely thinks he hasn’t done anything wrong. The people of Mass. made sure of that! God have mercy on him!
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Drudge still has not put this up. Strange...
Maybe temporarily, but McCain has "worked" with Kennedy for decades whereas Obama is a mere child. McCain can turn any mindless "sympathy vote" his own way if he has a brain and can figure out how to do it without peeing off any more Republicans.
Prayers for Sen. Kennedy
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