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73-Year-Old Republican Senator Disassociates in Middle of Interview
TNR ^ | 7-23-25 | Ferguson

Posted on 07/23/2025 12:11:28 PM PDT by wardaddy

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy appeared to have a mental episode live on Larry Kudlow’s Fox Business show Tuesday, adding yet another entry to the long, bipartisan list of alarming age-related lowlights from our country’s leaders.

“I’m sure Jesus loves him, but everybody else thinks—everybody else …” said Kennedy, 73, before trailing off. You can see it in his face—his eyes and mouth particularly—as he struggles to remember what he meant to say or where he is before ultimately giving up

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
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1 posted on 07/23/2025 12:11:28 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: wardaddy

Kennedy is one of the best senators. He is normally so mentally quick. I’m going to pray that it is a TIA and goes away completely.


2 posted on 07/23/2025 12:14:06 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: wardaddy

Whew. That was bad. I don’t think Kennedy will stick around just for the sake of sticking around though. He seems like the type of guy who knows when it’s time to bow out gracefully. Hopefully his timing will be just right and he doesn’t leave us in a lurch. Good luck to you, sir.


3 posted on 07/23/2025 12:16:45 PM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: wardaddy

Sometimes forgetting the punch line makes you look foolish, pretty sure that’s what this is about.


4 posted on 07/23/2025 12:18:53 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: wardaddy

It’s not so much if this occurred but how often it occurs.

I’m a little older than Kennedy but I have my share of “senior” moments although a freeze up like this is not one of those.

It just makes me think how amazing Trump is.

He is always ready to let it go full blast without any slip ups or freeze ups.


5 posted on 07/23/2025 12:21:51 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: wardaddy

Nothing new seeen people in their 20’s and 30’s do it and not even being stoned.

Distractions can do it to anyone

Yes age changes people

Nobody gets out alive


6 posted on 07/23/2025 12:24:00 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: wardaddy

Meh. I thought he was pausing until the machine noise in the background stopped. It never stopped and they cut away.


7 posted on 07/23/2025 12:26:14 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: wardaddy

LOL. This s so predictable. While Biden was in office, an elderly politician could s___t in their pants and drool and the MSM would ignore it to avoid questions about Biden’s senility. Now that Biden is out of office, the MSM has a newfound interest in the mental state of any Republican officeholder who is above age 60.


8 posted on 07/23/2025 12:27:57 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Freee-dame

Sounds like he lost his train of thought. That can happen. Let’s hope it was a one-off thing.


9 posted on 07/23/2025 12:29:35 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Freee-dame

Maybe he is being slowly poisoned.


10 posted on 07/23/2025 12:32:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

LOL! Good point. Biden is the standard the MSM established.


11 posted on 07/23/2025 12:36:54 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: minnesota_bound

A scary thought, but possible given how evil the left (both Dem politicians and the propaganda media) is.


12 posted on 07/23/2025 12:37:12 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: 1Old Pro

Kennedy is highly intelligent and one of the best people in congress to listen to. Hope nothing is actually wrong with him. Anyone can forget what they are saying halfway through a sentence.


13 posted on 07/23/2025 12:37:14 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: Mathews

Not sure how the writers at TNR figure it’s disassociative

I guess they moonlight as neurologists or psychiatrists ?

Could be anything

None good

I’m 68 almost

I’ve never done that and I’ve got several morbidity thingies

Kept alive like the Borg I am


14 posted on 07/23/2025 12:38:42 PM PDT by wardaddy ( The Blob must be bled dry but don’t hold your breath have her)
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To: Mathews

Not sure how the writers at TNR figure it’s disassociative

I guess they moonlight as neurologists or psychiatrists ?

Could be anything

None good

I’m 68 almost

I’ve never done that and I’ve got several morbidity thingies

Kept alive like the Borg I am


15 posted on 07/23/2025 12:38:42 PM PDT by wardaddy ( The Blob must be bled dry but don’t hold your breath have her)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Probably stupid question

What does “meh” mean

I’m breaking my own rule not looking it up

Guilty as charged


16 posted on 07/23/2025 12:40:24 PM PDT by wardaddy ( The Blob must be bled dry but don’t hold your breath have her)
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To: Veto!
Anyone can forget what they are saying halfway through a sentence.

And he typically has some real good amusing creative responses. I can see him not immediately remembering his thoughts on delivering the punch line. Very common.

17 posted on 07/23/2025 12:41:07 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: wardaddy

LOL
we post CRAP from the Commie New Republic now.
The most radical Marxist Newsletter in the US .
Are we allowed to publish such
utter piles of leftists lies here ?
Believe not a vowel from this DNC site.


18 posted on 07/23/2025 12:41:38 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: Biblebelter
"I’m a little older than Kennedy but I have my share of “senior” moments although a freeze up like this is not one of those."

I’m a lot older than Kennedy and I have my share of “senior” moments like this...
Particularly when discussing things like the U(1) gauge symmetry. /s

19 posted on 07/23/2025 12:48:13 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: wardaddy

It’s clearly a technical problem, as they said on air. The headline is a lie and should be taken down.


20 posted on 07/23/2025 12:48:58 PM PDT by Kleon
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