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.
Mod Note: We're watching this thread and are more than happy to hand out suspensions
Thanks....it’s gone.
Retro is correct.
PITA is pain in the azz.
The time to fight battles is face to face with your opponent (notice I said opponent, not enemy , bin laden is in a different class) WHEN they are able to defend themselves. When someone is critically ill, it is time to wish them well. Plenty of time to fight it out when they have recovered, or with their successor.
I understand your frustration, but please, give it a rest!
The poor Mods are trying to read every post on this list, plus police the rest of the site on a busy Saturday.
It wasn’t personal, you said something they didn’t want quoted on this site so they pulled it, it really isn’t a big deal.
They are tasked with what is essentially herding cats in a situation like this, cut them some slack.
I’m very sorry for your loss (mom and her kitties, pets are family, too).
(JUST MONTHS INTO THE WAR, THIS IS WHO REPUBLICANS CALL THEIR FRIEND, NO TELLING HOW MANY WAR DEATHS THIS CREATED)
It needed to be repeated. And we're expected to have warm and fuzzy emotions and pray for him. Not me - not now - not ever.
I’ve been praying for his spiritual welfare since I heard of this....those of you with like minds, please join me?
We can rag on this man, this family....another time.
LOL
I think what Admin Mod is saying is this:
DO NOT ATTACK A POSSIBLY DYING MAN. IT IS IN EXCREBLE TASTE.
I don’t care how bad he was, what traitorious acts he may have done, or whatever. We are FREE REPUBLIC. We have CLASS, GREATER than many other sites on the Internet. WE ARE ABOVE SUCH THINGS.
Got it? Hide the hate. This is neither the time nor place.
Not nearly enough.
Mods are ebil!
I don’t think its a good idea. We need to prove we are self-policing, and people need to have a little patience.
I care about Sen Kennedy’s putting our troops in danger.
My apologies for not responding individually. I'm short on time today.
I already have.
It would be like none other. A real freak show. And they’re are all like caricatures of themselves. If that’s possible
All will be straining to be the most relevant, the most seen, and make the most impact.
Truly a circus.
Who says you are supposed to have warm and fuzzies? Nobody is saying that. We are just saying you should respect that a human being is ill and not dance on his death bed.
Exercise some restraint folks. Just because you CAN say something, doesn’t mean you should. A time and place for everything, and now isn’t the time.
Please quit whining, Guenevere. We’ve all had a post or two pulled, sometimes without our agreement.
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