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Sen. Kennedy falls ill; taken to Boston hospital by helicopter
Cape Cod On Line ^ | May 17, 2008

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 110th; kennedy; tedkennedy
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To: Guenevere

Will you get over it? I don’t have time to go back and review. Don’t ping me again - it’s all I can do to keep up with this thread.


301 posted on 05/17/2008 10:02:33 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: retrokitten
Thanks retrokitten but I sure hope you're wrong...

Surely he/she wouldn't call me that....surely.

302 posted on 05/17/2008 10:02:46 AM PDT by Guenevere (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
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To: roses of sharon
you're right, and we are supposed to be the civil ones....

It gets pretty old getting kicked in the teeth
time after time
after time
after time
after time
after time

303 posted on 05/17/2008 10:02:49 AM PDT by ThreePuttinDude () ......Pelosi + Reed = $ 4.00 per gallon......()
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To: Blogger

“Just because certain sins get a pass with us doesn’t mean they get a pass with God.”

You are too cool for saying that. Exactly what I was thinking. I also beleive that even the worst person on earth can make amends with God and his soul before death. We have to hope for conversion and reconciliation for all. If we don’t, who will pray for us?


304 posted on 05/17/2008 10:02:53 AM PDT by atruelady (I wish all of you more cowbell!)
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To: NautiNurse

Did anyone think that they could have waited hours before calling 911. My prayers go out to the family of Mary Jo.


306 posted on 05/17/2008 10:03:24 AM PDT by cquiggy
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To: Blogger

Nice reminder. Thanks.


307 posted on 05/17/2008 10:03:27 AM PDT by Jay Redhawk
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To: All

For goodness sakes FReepers. Could you at least be respectful to Jim Robinson and to FR?


308 posted on 05/17/2008 10:03:34 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: roses of sharon

Turn abouts is not fair play. Just because the Dems would demonize our heroes, doesn’t mean we should follow suit. We could legitimately point out many wrongs, but I think that is different than the kind of demonization the left embarks upon for sport. We should operate with a certain level of class. It’s the right thing to do.


309 posted on 05/17/2008 10:03:40 AM PDT by Blogger
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To: kristinn

I am blown away by the censorship I am seeing on this board.

Just a philosophical question.

What would you say if Bin Laden was rushed to the hospital after a stroke?

Not equating Ted Kennedy to Bin Laden.

But how many people does a person have to kill before someone is allowed to mention that the person killed another.

The censorship on this site is frightening.


310 posted on 05/17/2008 10:03:48 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: COUNTrecount

May he recover. When he does, we will do battle again.

I will not be so kind to Castro. That will be celebratory thread. The same for others who are genuinely evil.


311 posted on 05/17/2008 10:03:50 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: COUNTrecount
All I will say is I wish him no illwill.

As an aside, I stopped by DU to see what they were saying. Turns out that they are hardly talking about it.

The link is down the page a bit and only had 60 posts. I was kind of surprised since he's there hero and all.

312 posted on 05/17/2008 10:03:57 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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To: raccoonradio

This happened in October of last year. . .not today.


313 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:00 AM PDT by ninergold3 (Don't like my attitude? Then get one of your own!)
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To: refreshed
'Not my thread, but don’t make the moderator babysit. You know, my mama said, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” '

You could hear crickets chirping on my end. Ain't helping my hypertension, though. I think I'll go cut the grass now.


314 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:09 AM PDT by Viking2002 (Paul Krugman: Conscience Of A Crapweasel. (For lack of a better tagline at the moment.)
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To: Bommer

The decision on the eternal destination of his soul rests with Almighty God. Although it would have been out of character for Edward Moore Kennedy, he may very well have undergone an epiphany, ala the good thief crucifed next to Christ, prior to being stricken and don’t forget the parable of the vineyard workers who showed up late and got paid the same as those who worked all day. Then again he may not have. We may never know.


315 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:12 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: processing please hold
so whats with all the deletions....If this POS voted against a bill we all loved and he got flamed the posts would remain...I don't think there is any love here for the “swimmer” as he is referred to here on end.
Is there a legal ramification or security issue the FRP is trying to avoid....I don't get it....we can lambaste a scum bag with a towel on their head but not.......Never mind
316 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:13 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: COUNTrecount

Yes I know, all the local stations are running the story as well, however, they just keep repeating what we already know, there are no new updates, they just keep repeating that kennedy had “stroke like symptoms” and right now he is still being “evaluated”. No word of an upcoming press conference by doctors or family.


317 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:18 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR INFIDEL STEPHENJOHNBANKER)
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Maybe, after all this, Teddy will rethink his stand on socialized medicine.


318 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:24 AM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: COUNTrecount
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319 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:36 AM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. - Optimus Prime)
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To: processing please hold

(CBS/AP)2003 In one of the most pointed Democratic denunciations of the war in Iraq yet, Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday called the Bush administration’s case for going to war a fraud “made up in Texas” to give Republicans a political boost.

(JUST MONTHS INTO THE WAR, THIS IS WHO REPUBLICANS CALL THEIR FRIEND, NO TELLING HOW MANY WAR DEATHS THIS CREATED)


320 posted on 05/17/2008 10:04:40 AM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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