Breaking: Senator Edward Kennedy Rushed To Hospital, Shows Symptoms Of Stroke
CNN:
Sen. Edward Kennedy was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts Saturday morning, a well-informed, prominent Democratic source in that state told CNN.
The source said the 76-year-old senator had "symptoms of a stroke."
Kennedy was taken to the hospital around 8 or 9 a.m. from the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis, according to the source. The source said the senator would be transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
That hospital said it had no information on Kennedy.
Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the Senate since 1962. He is one of only six senators in U.S. history to serve more than 40 years. He is known as a liberal champion of social issues such as health care, family leave, and the minimum wage. Read on...
Please send your prayers and thoughts to Senator Kennedy and his family. We'll bring you more updates as they become available.
UPDATE: It now appears that doctors believe Senator Kennedy had a seizure, not a stroke as was previously suspected.
God Bless, and,
Get better....quick!
My mom had that procedure last year.
Get well soon. You're a good man, Senator Kenedy.
I have great respect for Senator Kennedy. When very few would open their mouths against the titanic Bush Administration, Ten Kennedy was telling it like it was. I wish him well and hope to see him on Meet the Press in a few weeks, grumbling because he has to give up steaks and eggs.
this post reads like an obit
i don't like that
Get well soon, Teddy.
Your leadership will be missed in the meantime.
Get well soon. A stroke could leave him disabled. He should resign. He has earned a retirement.
Best wishes and God bless.
Stay with us, Teddy.
anon @ 5:
We'll wait and see how he does, we've survived with a mentally disabled president so far.
God Bless you and your family.
Get well real soon Senator Kennedy, we need you.
Thank you for all the good works you and your family have done for our beloved country.
our prayers to him
My prayers to Senator Kennedy. May God will that he get better, and soon.
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Wow, you are one classy person.
It better not be one of those conspiracy against the Kennedy with the lethal injection from a bullet that can trigger a heart disorder that they have. In all fairness Kennedy should have had a better diet and exercise program. 76 is still pretty young and he has the best care in the world that most of us don't get. He should get by and recover I would think.
Let the sLimebaugh joke fest begin
Here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery! There's still so much to do.
(I bet Fox has Chappaquiddick footage ready to roll...)
Here's an absolutely epic Ted Kennedy Video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SicFn8rqPPE
Pretty hard not to respect the man after watching that.
Best wishes, and speedy recovery for sure.
Anybody who's raised all of his children, and essentially raised all the children of both of his dead brothers....is all right by me.
Speedy recovery, Senator. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
mk @ 14:
No doubt; for preening moralists, they sure don't seem to know the difference between right and wrong. Just ask Michael J. Fox.
Now we get to see how really low Repugs can go.
theWalrus @ 15:
$100 bucks says they already have. Anybody got Tivo?
I do hope he recovers, and we'll hold him hopefully in our thoughts. Blessings on the family at this anxious time.
I met him many years ago at a rally where he was stumping for the Democratic Senator in my state, when he was in his early 40s. He was certainly a good-looking enthusiastic man.
mk @ 18:
Yeah, unfortunately for them, Mass. has a Democratic governor, so no
chance of this being a chance for them to regain power in the Senate.
mk @ 18:
I've seen both sides go pretty low. Who cares.
more material for john gibsons sick radio show no doubt.
Joe! @ 22:
Oh, well that makes it ok then.
So, when did you see a Dem make a crack about a real life threatening situation?
Best. Senator. Ever.
lyleleander @ 19:
First, my sincerest best wishes to Sen Kennedy for a speedy recovery.
Second, I'd take that bet if I knew you were good for it.
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anon @ 5:
What in the Hell do you mean he should resign?? Get a grip!! Do you have all the facts?? I don't think so.
I had a stroke 7 years ago and have had no lasting issues!
He , alone , will make that decision when it is time!!
Dear Senator Kennedy,
Please get well so we can all celebrate together next January!
Jo
I hope he's okay. Despite growing up privileged, he's been one of the most tireless champions of the minimum wage, for example. And his family has just sacrificed and suffered so much.
Just announced on CNN. He's doing okay and they expect a full recovery. Let's hope his good fortune holds.
It has been stated that he "himself" called off a luncheon more than two hours after the 911 call. Make of that what you will.
I met him last summer in Hyannis at the dedication of a statue of his late brother. I was shocked by the extent to which his back was crippled up. When you see the physical difficulties he battled in recent years first hand and contrast it with the fiery lion persona he was still able to project on the Senate floor - it's clear that he lived the words of JFK in doing that which is hard, if only because it is hard to do.
I suspect it may have all caught up with him, and it is somewhat poetic that it happened on the compound, where he much preferred to spend his time among friends and family. He's completely surrounded by them and supported by them now, to be sure.
Hang in there, Senator.
anon @ 5:
We don't even know what is wrong with him and you already have him resigning. I know that if you have the right kind of stroke and you get thrombolytics (clot busters) early you can have no residual effects of a stroke. Before I show of my lack of knowledge let's see what his diagnosis is.
Get well soon, Senator. We all love your service to our country.
From the Boston Globe -
So, again, we really don't have very much information.
anneyhussein @ 31:
anneyhussein @ 31:
Batocchio @ 30:
I hope it is true that he is OK!! He is an amazing Senator for the American People!! Get well, Senator Kennedy!! We need you badly, especially to help us get though this election successfully!!
A full and speedy recovery to a true patriot. Godspeed, Senator.
Warning, I wouldn't believe any of these early reports. Let's just wait and see.
So, Logan wants us to send our "prayers," huh? OK, well here goes:
Dear Santa Claus, gnomes under my petunia garden, the Almighty Spaghetti Monster, Zues, Iris and any other of the other mythical rulers of the universe: I realize that in your divine plan you slated May 17, 2008 as the day you wanted our friend, Ted, rushed to hospital with some calamitious condidition that must immediately be treated but I pray to you now to reverse your decision and send him back to the Senate where he's so desperately needed.
Thank you. Your humble servant,
Rev. El
PS. Please don't pull that shit again.
ron Ft lauderale @ 35:
Apparently he had a seizure of some kind, not a stroke. That doesn't sound wholly good to me, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I see the trolls have stopped by and have either been expelled or expunged. Chapaquidic was certainly lept upon by the right back in the '70's. It was their springboard to the Presidency in 1980. I suppose this will bring all that back up again.
I hope Kennedy has a full recovery.
Hoping the same thing for the Democrats because we need to get back in the ring and throw some serious punches to get our country back.
Rev. El Mundo @ 39:
What a jerk!!
xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 41:
!00 % agree with you. The trolls are running scared. They are so afraid as to what will be uncovered from these last 2 Repug terms in office!!
I am an athiest but when someone offers a prayer of good intentions is not really the time to bring that up.
Get well soon Senator Kennedy, Our thoughts are with you.
The titan of the Senate.
Best wishes always, Mr. Kennedy.
I'll be thinking of Robert -- who should have joined John as an occupant of the White House -- this next week. Hard to believe it's been 40 years.
CNN reports - " Kennedy hospitalized, but who cares -Hillary won his state".
Great reporting again CNN.
Almost as good as yesterdays, when after Obama addressed the incendiary Naz/Hitler remarks made by Bush , CNN called that even "Oprah-esque". Now they link Nazis to Oprah??
The amount of hate speech by the networks now exceed their powers envisioned by our Congress and Constitution,
The 111th better buy a shi**load of rat traps, it's got a lot of cleaning to do.
I have enormous respect for this Champion Senator and eventhough I am not a US Citizen, I have seen him in action at the Senate. I have never seem someone with such energy, such passion and such enthusiam to fight for what he believes in, social justice, equality for all, and hero in the cause for poor. OH! who would have heard the voices of poor in this country if not for Senator Kennedy. Sir, please get well soon. The fight has just begun and without you, it is impossible to win. Stand up sir, we need you more than ever. God bless you Dear Sir.
God bless Senator Ted and speedy recovery. We need you, Senator!
I had a parental unit have three strokes before dying, and not only was it nervewracking as a kid to be a witness to alot of this, and all the hospital visits, but it broke an otherwise comfortable family to the point where we almost never financially recovered.
This man, as a Senator, has done more for the people of his country than any President in our history. And would have done much much more if more of our "leader" had half his moral convictions. God bless Ted Kennedy, and may his recovery be speedy and complete.
What the hell is a "parental unit"? Did you mean a parent?
OliverDreams @ 53:
Yeah, and his family has paid a higher price than any other family in the politics of this country.
my prayers go out to the senator and his family...may he have a full and speedy recovery
He had an operation to clear a blockage from the carotic artery in his neck - which probably means he didn't have a stroke, but a blood deficit that temporarily starved part of his brain of oxygen.
This happened to my Dad. He was sitting in his office and suddenly couldn't see anything. His vision partly returned and he called an ambulance. The doc found a blocked carotid artery, which was sliced open lengthwise, scraped clean and stitched up. He was good as new and the problem never recurred.
ysbaddaden @ 52:
It is families like yours that Ted Kennedy has spent a life time fighting for. We, the people, need to start DEMANDING a national single-pay health care system that eliminates the nightmare of for profit insurance leeches.
anneyhussein @ 54:
Ja wohl.
ron Ft lauderale @ 30:
... no, he isnt a prince. He represents his constituents. Am I to believe he is the last quality person from his state? He is nearing 80 and has had a stroke. He should resign to allow someone better physically suited to represent his state and he should focus on getting better and enjoying Hyanisport.
You speak for yourself alone as does he. Unlike him, you do not represent the interests of your state. He needs to think of those he represents.
Annoyed Canuck @ 57:
Let's hope that's it. So, you bought the old man a life insurance policy and stuffed him with Canadian bacon ... eh?
Just think how more advanced we would be today, it Pappa Bush and the Bay of pigs commandos hadn't blew JFK'S barains to smitherines. Hey just a question, but since it has been 45 years since the assinations. Would it really obstruct National security to release over 1000 documents pertaining to 63 coup of America.
anon @ 60:
That sounds like a good reason for voting against John McCain.
Come to think of it chainey has an intra cardiovascular device keeping his heart pumping; he should've never been allowed anywhere near the White House.
ysbaddaden @ 63:
Absolutely. People in Az have tried recalling him twice.
anon @ 65:
But if it isn't up to Kennedy to decide for himself, shouldn't those he represents have the responsibility of decidin his future at the next vote, like those in Arizona?
Saint Augustine @ 9:
...and a brain dead Rethuglican congress.
I wish the Senator a quick and speedy recovery.
anon @ 60:
Give the man some breathing space will ya??? This medical crisis just happened today. Take a few good deep breaths and let what is going to happen happen, before you start telling the Senator he should resign!! I am quite sure that the majority of his constituents, while appreciating your concern for them, would not agree with you at this time.
God bless you Teddy. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I want you to be around for my kids to see and be inspired by.
Feel better Teddy!!
Blessings on Senator Kennedy. If prayers heal then all is well. This is one Senator who has done more for our nation than any before.
We love you Senator Kennedy
anon @ 6:
You obviously know little about Senator Kennedy. Anon you need him whether you realize it or not!
Get well Teddy. Lots of prayers coming from Dearborn Mi.
Get well soon, Senator.
Wish him a fast and full recovery. He's a truly great, if all too human, statesman. The world needs more like him.
Positive vibes your way Senator Kennedy!
Get well soon...you're a fighter!
reports are sayin he's going to be ok.
Wishing the Senator a speedy recovery. We do need him, now more than ever
Only the best wishes to the Kennedy family -- to Ted and to America, from me.
Sending best wishes, and prayers for health and recovery to Sen. T Kennedy.
Dear Senator Kennedy,
The measure of a man is determined by his actions, Senator Kennedy you have exceeded that standard!! Thank you for years of tireless service to the American people, thank-you for standing up for the poor and disillusioned, thank you for standing up period!! As you embark on this journey, please remember there a lot of people praying and sending good thoughts for your speedy and full recovery!
Senator Kennedy has done more for this country than most Presidents. MY thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. Ted has always and tirelessly stood up for the working people {which by the may is the huge majority} Many prayers and thoughts are going out to our wonderful Senior Senator.
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