My thoughts and prayers are with you, Senator Kennedy.

All of my thoughts, my families' thoughts and prayers are definitely with you, Senator Kennedy.

The Country and the WORLD is praying for you, Mr. Kennedy.

He's truly the epitome of a great American, great citizen, and a Champion for the working folks.

Sorry Ted, Good luck

Sen. Kennedy, I have the utmost respect for you. As a fellow Bostonian, I have long been an admirer of you and your family.

I hope that you pull through this and want you to know that my family, friends, and myself will be thinking hopeful thoughts for you to have a speedy recovery. I wish you good health and strength.

Stay strong.

I don't even know what to say.

I'm praying right now for you Senator Kennedy.

Senator, we're all pulling for you. You always had the ability to reach across the isle to find a compromise, but know there is no compromise when it come to a nation that is praying for your recovery. All the best.

How very sad. Wishing him a complete recovery.
Science has come a long way.
And then there are always miracles.

A sad day.

But the attention and coverage of this man's life, his relatives' lives, the legislation he has supported to help working people are exactly what many in this country need to hear.

My thoughts and prayers are with you as well, Senator. All the best.

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such sad bad news... as i'd feared...
wishing and hoping for the best though...

Hoping for the best for you Senator!!! Hang in there!

This is so sad. My thoughts and wishes go to the Seantor and his family. I sure hope that those great doctors in Mass General can help him.

You'll be known as "the Conscience of America", Senator. God bless.

many may disapprove of ted kennedy but it is hard not to admit that it will be a black day for this country when the institutional knowledge he has is lost to the united states senate.

my best wishes to his family and friends.

Senator Kennedy - Be well and God bless you! Looking forward to seeing you celebrate the success of our next president, Barack Obama.

Not that there is any kind of "silver lining" to speak of here, but with nothing else to be considered fortunate about this situation, at least the tumor is in his parietal lobes, and not his frontal lobes or brainstem.

So there is hope that it might be removed without critically impacting his survival functions or higher cognitive abilities, though only time will tell if he can hope to return to office. All of our solemn thoughts are with him.

Here's to hoping that Senator Kennedy has the strength to fight this battle and come out the victor. There is lots of love in this country to help him as much as he needs it.

I recently lost a family member to cancer, and can imagine how terrifying it must be for Sen. Kennedy's family. I wish you a speedy recovery, sir, and hope you'll be in the Senate kicking ass until well after you've passed Sen. Byrd's (current) age.

Glad they caught the tumor now. Let's hope for the best for Teddy.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family since it brings me back so quickly to almost 15 years ago when the exact same thing happened to my dad. He had a seizure which the hospital thought was a stroke until the next day they told us about the tumour and then the wait to find out exactly what kind. I pray that his will be treatable and he has the strength and courage to undergo whatever is necessary. His reputation as a fighter I am sure will see him through this roughest of times.

I am very saddened by the news this morning. After all Mr. Kennedy has been through, this shouldn't have happened. It distresses me that this had to occur, especially when we need him the most. It's not fair for him to leave us this soon.

*wipes a tear*

I pray for the Senator and his family. I hope that there is some way for the doctors to assist him in order to improve his quality of life. I hope things turn out for the best for him and his loved ones despite this terrible news.

I wish you well, Sen. Kennedy.

Get well soon Teddy. America needs you out on that Senate floor.

The one aspect that people across the political spectrum can agree on is that Ted Kennedy is and has always been a fighter.

Best wishes for your recovery Senator, and love and strength to your family.

Sad news for the Senator and his family but have faith in the treatments! I'm a cancer survivor myself and can vouch for early treatment, early cure. I pray that the tumor was in its early stages and all will be well post treatment. The nation is pulling for you.

When Senator Dodd, his best friend, tried to talk at the microphone he just got out a few words before he broke up a little. This is just so sad and so frightening. The Kennedy family have had way more than their share of tears and they always had Teddy to rely on. They need him and we need him. He's going to beat this thing. He has to.

55 pissed off patricia

Teddy Kennedy is 76, and may pull through yet, but for how long?

How long do any of us have?

Something for people to think about before voting for mccain.

God bless you and your family, Senator Kennedy.

Dumbledore is leaving us. Now it is Harry P.'s time to step up.

I join all these good people in wishing you the best of outcomes, sir. You are one of my political heroes; a real "lion" in the Senate.

Very sad news. He has carried the burden of the many family tragedies with him all these years, yet still spoke out for the unfortunate. I have great admiration for him.

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65 Dr. (Bitter Hussein) Matt

I’m going to shower now.

Don't forget the loofah.

the hidden risk of cell phones

is there any link here?
who knows but i dont see any one raising the question
there was questions when fame attorney Johnnie Cochran pass away

i just heard the news about senator kennedy,truly a sad day for america. although a staunch gop from massachusetts,i've never stopped respecting the senator for fighting for what he believes is right. i pray for his family and for the senators' recovery.

God bless Senator Kennedy and his family and help them through this time. We progressives are greatly indebted to Ted Kennedy's staunch and steadfast leadership through these many years in the wilderness. I hope he lives long enough to see the candidate he has worked so hard for take the oath of office in January.

:(

I sent my regards to the Kennedy family via the form on his senate site. (Thanks Amato and crew for providing us with that information.)

Also, some should stop by michellemalkin.com and read some of the comments on this there. I will admit, a majority of them are pure and decent. Setting politics aside for human decency. But there are some extremely vitriol comments being made there that should be noted.

shocked......very sad......and the family will deal with this..with CLASS and DIGNITY....as always...

God love him, I can see and hear him speaking his eulogy for Bobby as if it were yesterday.

My own father buried the last his three brothers forty years before his own end, and his one comfort was that he might meet them again on the "other side".

In "Tír na nÓg", the Land of Youth.

Some kind of Irish thing.

Live or die, Senator Kennedy will be well.

We are the ones facing a loss.

Well Ted, you take care of yourself cause the country still needs you. I hope you recover completely and I'm looking forward to seeing you back on the Senate floor in the not too distant future. Cause guys like you don't just give up. Your a man amongst men Ted. Ok Ted, you're in my thoughts, But I still have to go with the Lakers. Lakers / Celtics finals Ted. I know who you are going to be rooting for. Be well Ted. Get some rest. You deserve it..

Thoughts and prayers for Sen Kennedy and his family.

My mother had a similar seizure (It was a Brain Tumor) and lived almost 4 years after treatment. During that time, she got her FCC license, her ham radio license, and continued taking courses on Investment planning.
It wasn't until 2 months before she died that she started to fall apart.
All my best to the Senator, and his family.
Enjoy the time you have together.

Hey Ted;
Want to feel better? Sponsor some legislation that will really piss them off. Like impeachment. Not that you don't piss them off already. Just really go for it. I'd love to see the MSM making excuses for you.

"Hands that help are far better than hands that pray" - Robert G. Ingersoll
You can talk about praying and thinking positive, pray, talk about miracles... or you can make a donation to the party in his honor. The latter will be far more effective.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your faimily sir.

This is too sad for words.

My prayers are with him.

Ahh man... damn... I'm a Kennedy kid from all the way back to the beginning... This hurts all over again. Odd in a way that it should this far down the road, but it does. Just like it did when John and Bobby was taken way too soon.... Senator, you have my best wishes and prayers for your full recovery. Bless you sir for your service to this nation and my hopes goes out that you will continue to serve this country in the coming years with the same honor you have shown over the years to your job and family, get well sir; respectfully yours; Jack Damage.

This is truly sad news. This man has done more for the blue collar, working class Americans than any other 10 politicians, and most likely more than all the collection of snarky, self serving repug politicians combined.

My prayers are with him and his family, and I sincerely pray that he will make a quick and full recovery. Our country needs you, Senator Kennedy! We owe you our deepest gratitude and respect. God bless you!

crazytown @ 96:

Because Ted Kennedy is in this world, my heart has a bottom and a resting place. He is the soul of decency by instinct, a fireplace by which to warm ourselves, a comfort to the sane, a father to the many children of his brothers by vow, a father to his country doing the right things, the kind things, the hospitable things that are antidote and refuge from the pathological evils that have overtaken our government and turned it grotesquely malevolent.

If nothing else can convince us to fight like hell against these forces, it's our love for a man like you, dear Ted.

Maybe it's time for us to grow up.

Warmest thanks and love to you, no doubt forever.

that is so beautiful. Here a few of the words used tonight to describe Ted Kennedy “the life force in the Senate, the light in the room, living legacy, liberal lion, warrior for health care, Happy warrior, war horse”

I know what it is about Senator Kennedy and many members of the Kennedy family that moves me so deeply. They are wealthy and they do not need to fight for the rest of us…BUT THEY DO… over and over again they do. Senator Ted Kennedy is a prime example of his brother’s (Ted Sorenson) call to all of us “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”.

This call to step out of your own needs and do it for the next guy or gal who is suffering more than you are moved my generation for a while but only for a while. Many people became caught up in their own lives, their own belongings etc etc.

The Kennedy’s set the bar high…step out of your own worries and woes and give back…give back. A huge message a message that sets ego aside and touches spirit, empathy and compassion. This is the clear message that I get from Senator Kennedy and many of the other Kennedys. I thank them for their example.

But I so want Senator Kennedy to survive. We need him.

If prayers and love can heal it’s coming at him in buckets

My own father buried the last his three brothers forty years before his own end, and his one comfort was that he might meet them again on the “other side”.

In “Tír na nÓg”, the Land of Youth.

Some kind of Irish thing.

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Tir na nog is the Land of the Living. According to ancient Irish lore, the world we live in is the Land of the Dead.

I've seen Tir na nog described as having rivers flowing with wine and mead, stones that make heavenly music (supposedly withough Keith or Sir Mick), plenty of comely young maidens, and always pork on the spit, and one alive to spare.

But there's also Tir inna M'beo

And Tir inna M'ban

I believe the last one is the Isle of Women.

Then there's the more generic Emain Macha, a land of the dead on the moon.

Of course the Welsh had their Ynys Avalloch, the English Isle of Avalon, however that's more like the Norse Valhalla, where heroes fight and slay each other during the day, and come back to life and feast, drink, sing and dance all night. Avalloch was a Lord of the Heroic dead. Later in the Mabinogion tale of The Dream of Rhonabwy were suggestions that the now gigantic statures of Emrys (Emperor/King Arthur) and his retinue took this place, as they would the Saxon Wodan in The Wild Hunt, a nighttime hunt in the skies for human souls.

However, I often wondered if Arthur could take the place of the Saxon God Wodan (Odin), could he under the Saxons have taken over the role of the Saxon God Thur (Thor), as in
Ar-Thur.

There was a vague reference to an Irish God in the Tuatha de Danaan (Irish Sons of the Goddess Danu), whose name was Artur, but no details are given as to him or his exploits.

Once again I am very saddened and sick of seeing some post on other blogs that actually woohoo Senator Kennedy cancer.
I can only think those ppl are sick, and lack common sense and compassion for life.

Its the same story over again when Tony snow and Beth Edwards both came out the same time roughly to announce thier cancers had returned. The post on A-blog/ other blogs as well, were horrid and disgusting. Yet nothing was done to stop it, the webmaster even let ppl post who should die first,,,,,ahem. For ppl like that I say,, piss off and the posters too. There is nothing cute or funny about cancer. It eats the body, robs the brain and shrinks the bones until one person of whom you knew prior resembles nothing like them ever again. I pray that Ted beats this rare and accute form of brain cancer. Odds are not good, but yanno what they say about the Irish, piss em off enough and they come back even stronger.

My dad who was a republican until the end of his rare bone cancer was shocked that president bush tried to block back in 2006 more cancer research money that congress set aside. All along that Bushs older sister died from cancer when she was a child. My father was such in a uproar he changed parties and said of bush, he isn't worth of toilet paper should he fall in to a cow pattie. When i told my dad about morons on the blogs saying who should die first, tony or beth he was even more shocked. His words were,, ´´when a person is given a death sentence and they only have a few years left, after that its drips and bed, who in their right mind who's not sick with cancer would dance around that persons hospital bed with glee? Only the truly mentally sick or those that hate life itself´´

He said prayers for tony snow and Beth Edwards, and fall all the cancer patients he knew of. Sadly my dad died august 8th 2007 from his four year battle with a rare bone aggressive cancer. He Never once gave up nor lost his sense of humor.

So for the sick twisted ppl out there that hahahhaa at some one having cancer and its looking bad, how dare you play god and wish that person dead or more agony. How dare you even call yourself a christian either. How dare you even be allowed to type your shit based on your hate for life.

He was one of the most prominent and vocal supporters of minimum wage increase in recent years.
A fighter to the end.

May God Bless You and your family in this fight. This is a fight that many Americans fight without any health insurance. Senator Kennedy we hope you win this fight and lead the fight for all Americans who are in need of health insurance. Every American should have health coverage as good as any federal employee. This is my one of my basis for putting Hillary on the ticket with Obama so that all Americans will have health insurance coverage.
My prayers go out to you and all Americans who fight this disease. Keep your spirits high and fight this disease like many who have it.
My mother beat breast cancer and a stroke she lives with me and works today in order to keep her health insurance. My wish through the power of Jesus Christ is that she would be able to retire and enjoy life. Remember John 3:16 offers forgiveness and eternal life in Gods kingdom. But while we are here on earth its in our government powers to bless everyone with health insurance and other needs in order improve our quality of life. Prayer is the answer! Senator you and many others can make this happen and we all wish you well. Fight On Please!

My thoughts and prayers to you Sen Kennedy.
Thank you for all your years of tireless work
on behalf of the everyday, working Americans
who have it a little bit better because of champions
like you! Get well and all the best Ted!

Thanks for the link, C&L. I left my message at Sen Kennedy's Get Well site. He's always been one of my heroes, and I'm hoping for the best.

sorry to hear that.

I see the trolls are here.

Donaldd @ 64:

Drs Say Edward Kennedy has a malignant glioma tumor.

"Summary
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
January 2008, Vol. 8, No. 1, Pages 37-49
(doi:10.1586/14737175.8.1.37)

Gliomas constitute the most frequent and malignant primary brain tumors. Current standard therapeutic strategies (surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapeutics, e.g., temozolomide, carmustin or carboplatin) for their treatment are only palliative and survival diagnosis is normally 6–12 months. The development of new therapeutic strategies for the management of gliomas is therefore essential. Interestingly, cannabinoids have been shown to exert antiproliferative effects on a wide spectrum of cells in culture. Of interest, cannabinoids have displayed a great potency in reducing glioma tumor growth either in vitro or in animal experimental models, curbing the growth of xenografts generated by subcutaneous or intratecal injection of glioma cells in immune-deficient mice. Moreover, cannabinoids appear to be selective antitumoral agents as they kill glioma cells without affecting the viability of nontransformed counterparts. A pilot clinical trial on patients with glioblastoma multiforme demonstrated their good safety profile together and remarkable antitumor effects, and may set the basis for further studies aimed at better evaluating the potential anticancer activity of cannabinoids."

I pray for TEDDY, his family and hope his medical treatment is successful!!

Absolutely amazing..."The Forbidden Medicine", indeed. As for Senator Kennedy- he has been the bulwark, the resistance to the right wing for all these years. Shudder to think that this country would be even further gone than it is without him. He is, simply put, A Giant.

Cayce Healed Me @ 98:

Get well Senator.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch. To all the posters who bless this, pray to god for that, karma whatever... superstition is the root of all ignorance.

Hear! Hear! Thanks for pointing out the usual meaningless blather to which we still have not recovered, the part of us that knows full well the truth about Santa and an Easter Bunny. Surrender to any situation (like an adult) is where liberation occurs on-the-spot.

Thanks Ted, for being a real human being. It hurts like a muthuh. We want you to stick around a good time longer. I know personally of a boy who got your same diagnosis at age 19 back in '89, he'll be 38 in October (gave up the Kentucky Fried) and they said the same thing to him, "you've got a year or two". Bullshit.

The latest diagnosis is that his tumour is one with the worst prognosis: glioblastoma mulitforme. Sad news indeed.