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
Wil you please drop your pity party and give the Mods a rest. Jeez.
Thank you! My husband’s stroke was last Sunday night, and was released yesterday without need for rehab ... so if he heeds the wake up call we should be in good shape.
=)
BTW, how are you feeling?
You can’t say you weren’t warned...repeatedly.
Nice day for a drive in the country. See you tomorrow.
May it be thus, O Lord, may it be thus ...
1) Yes
2) Not ruddy likely
“Siometimes I get chest pains just paying attention to the senate.”
Doesn’t help my blood pressure, either.
I really do dislike much (most) about Sen. Kennedy’s politics and the “Kennedy Machine” tactics. It’s intersting to note that Ted is the only one of the Kennedy brothers in his generation who lived long enough to even have a stroke or other ailments typical for old age.
Yup. He’s not in the driver seat this time. The Big Guy is.
Much better since early April. Went to the Derby a couple of weeks ago. Had a wonderful time!
As a retired Naval Officer I am still disgusted and appalled at Abu Ghraib. It is demonstrative of a breakdown in command and a lack of personal integrity. There is nothing to be said in its defense, nothing. For Kennedy to remind us, on this occasion, that America does have values of human decency is ok.
And no I am not a Kennedy supporter, but man oh man, at least attack the man for when he did something wrong and not for when he stood on a principal that is right.
Like nearly everyone here, I found the man’s politics to be reprehensible.
Having said that, it would have been very easy for him to simply live off the family trust fund, and yet he did not do so. It would have been very easy for him to get out of public life altogether after the deaths of his brothers, and yet he did not do that either.
The man has been a serving member of our government for nearly 46 years, which is longer than most Americans have been alive. Instead, he could have been sailing and playing golf. He chose to serve instead.
I respect that, and honor him for it, if nothing else.
What a wonderful display of both sides of the spectrum today here at FR.
I get a decent even-handed thread kicked to the curb becuz so many here needed to be paddled in public on this thread for not haven’t a shred of decency in them or choosing to hide what little they would have to offer. Jim would be so proud, I’m sure. Hate eats a person from inside, I reckun.
Maybe there is a message there for all of us. Grow up.
To those suspended , enjoy the time off. We will.
"STOP PULLING OUR POSTS!!!!"
That is great to hear!
I pray that Sen Kennedy repent of his lifestyle of wanton paganism.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach AdonaiI pray that he repudiate his support of mass murdering of innocent babies,
mostly black babies.I pray he repudiate his support for perversion.
I pray he repudiate his support for stealing money
from people to give it to others in order that he feel
like he is doing the lord's work.I fear that if he does not seek the face of G-d and repent,
he will spend eternity separated from the creator of the universe.It appears that he is being given a chance to repent.
When the L-rd knocks you off your donkey,
pay attention and repent.
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