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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: bill1952

Thanks....it’s gone.


381 posted on 05/17/2008 10:13:49 AM PDT by Guenevere (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
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To: Guenevere

Retro is correct.
PITA is pain in the azz.


382 posted on 05/17/2008 10:13:50 AM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: RummyChick

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.


383 posted on 05/17/2008 10:13:52 AM PDT by Mom MD (The scorn of fools is music to the ears of the wise)
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To: Guenevere

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.


384 posted on 05/17/2008 10:13:57 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: ninergold3

I’m very sorry for your loss (mom and her kitties, pets are family, too).


385 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:05 AM PDT by retrokitten ("Those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn't hear the music.")
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To: roses of sharon
(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)

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.

386 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:25 AM PDT by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: COUNTrecount

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.


387 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:25 AM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Vote for my German Shepherds!!!! They're smarter than what's running!!)
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To: mkjessup

LOL


388 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:30 AM PDT by Guenevere (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
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To: Guenevere

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.


389 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:32 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Happily watching the Left go full-goose bozo.)
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To: Guenevere
I've been censored....

Not nearly enough.

390 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:32 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: processing please hold
I don't know what's going on with all the pulled post except that censorship on comments is riding high right now.

Mods are ebil!

392 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:34 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: airborne

I don’t think its a good idea. We need to prove we are self-policing, and people need to have a little patience.


393 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:40 AM PDT by refreshed
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To: Blogger

I care about Sen Kennedy’s putting our troops in danger.


394 posted on 05/17/2008 10:14:42 AM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: Guenevere; All
I'm heading out soon to attend to my own family medical situation. Please give the mods a break today. Thanks.

My apologies for not responding individually. I'm short on time today.

395 posted on 05/17/2008 10:15:00 AM PDT by kristinn
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To: Abathar

I already have.


396 posted on 05/17/2008 10:15:04 AM PDT by Guenevere (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
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To: ThreePuttinDude

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.


397 posted on 05/17/2008 10:15:31 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Guenevere; retrokitten
Thanks retrokitten but I sure hope you're wrong...
Surely he/she wouldn't call me that....surely.


Guenevere my dear? Nothing personal, but it's not about you.

And don't call people Shirley! This is HUGH and SERIES! ok?
398 posted on 05/17/2008 10:15:35 AM PDT by mkjessup
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To: processing please hold

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.


399 posted on 05/17/2008 10:15:52 AM PDT by Blogger
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To: Guenevere

Please quit whining, Guenevere. We’ve all had a post or two pulled, sometimes without our agreement.


400 posted on 05/17/2008 10:15:52 AM PDT by refreshed
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