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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I’m a Respiratory Therapist and they are definately bagging him.
Which means?
He was bi-partisan only when republicans saw the merit in marxism, which has been fairly often lately. So technically, Pat's right. Except for the "great" part.
Regardless, I don't wish the man ill.
Senator Ted Kennedy’s said that Iraq is “Bush’s Vietnam.”
“In Najaf, the militant Shiite cleric Al-Sadr echoed the refrain Iraq could become quote, ‘another Vietnam’ for America.”
I wish him well despite my political disagreements I have with the man. If it is his time to go may the Lord bless him.
The Kennedy-fest begins.
Thanks for the info.
I pray he uses this time to search his heart so he can be in right standing with God through the mercy and grace Jesus offers to each one of us.
A worthy foe. He’s kicked our butts a time or two or ten thousand. A salute and a prayer.
Looks that way to me as well, but without official confirmation, I didnt want to make a definite statement. Thanks for your confirmation!
Which means he’s having trouble breathing on his own.
Definately NOT good. For him.
Putting him in a bag?
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Just saw on FNC that his doctors said Teddy is so heavy he found it difficult to walk.
bagging?
Prayers for the Senator.
It was to be specifically applied to this thread, not to history in general. I was curious if we could be more civil than the DUmmies had a similar thing happened to an ultra-conservative national figure.
Contrast what’s happening on this thread with the hateful bile spewed on more liberal boards when the Vice President has been hospitalized.
Prayers up for the guy. I know we are against him politically and he has a lot to answer for Chappaquiddick and all, but but we must remember he is a fellow human being who is experiencing health problems and needs all the help he can get. Let’s hope he fully recovers.
Possibly a good opening for Mitt?
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