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 don’t need that. The glass isn’t full.
Maybe they should get a treadmill or something? Jus' sayin'.
That’s wonderful! God bless you both.
Gotcha. Thanks.
I didn’t touch it. Nobody saw me. You can’t prove anything.
Same thought. You have to wonder why he didn't turn the seat over to another Kennedy and enjoy his last decade at Kennebunkport. Why leave regrets?
It could have been easy for him, but he was power mad and wanted to bring a Cultural Revolution. He deserves no respect as a Senator.
No problem, I suspected as much.. Take care! Sorry I missed all the early action. We don’t need a ‘Wellstone’ moment here, “We’re better than that”.. (Stuart Little?)
You’re a better woman than I.
I stole it.
STOLE it.
THe best thing about the Rockefellers, or the Kerrys, or the Dodds, or the Kennedys is that they have huge fortunes, yet are always calling for heavy income - but not asset - taxes. Hey, Teddy Boy, how about low income taxes and high taxes on unearned assets.
THe best thing about the Rockefellers, or the Kerrys, or the Dodds, or the Kennedys is that they have huge fortunes, yet are always calling for heavy income - but not asset - taxes. Hey, Teddy Boy, how about low income taxes and high taxes on unearned assets.
Lmao!
Yep, but that seems to be a universal characteristic of the class, membership in which includes, very sadly, our own sitting president.
Wht can you say?
I’d tell ‘em to take up field hockey or sumthin’ real physical.
just so they stay away from the Nascar race thread tonight. ;-)
You are SUCH a kiss-up, it’s amazing.
*shakes head* *walks away*
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