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UPDATE 1-US Sen Edward Kennedy rushed to hospital-CNN
Sat May 17, 2008 11:45am EDT
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WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent American political dynasty, was hospitalized in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with symptoms of a stroke, CNN reported on Saturday.

Kennedy, 76, was taken to the hospital early in the morning, CNN said, citing an unidentified prominent state party member

The source said Kennedy was to be transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

The long-serving Massachusetts senator is a leading liberal voice in the United States who has actively campaigned for Barack Obama in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Kennedy had preventive surgery in Boston in October to unclog a partially blocked carotid artery in his neck.

The blockage was discovered during a routine check of Kennedy's back and spine, doctors said. A blocked carotid artery can lead to a stroke and death, they said.

Kennedy has suffered from back problems since a plane crash in 1964 in which the pilot and one of Kennedy's aides were killed and the senator was pulled from the wreckage with a back injury, punctured lung, broken ribs and internal bleeding.

The youngest brother of assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy was elected to the Senate in 1962 and currently serves as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

He helped win an increase in the national minimum wage this year and worked with Republicans to produce broad immigration reform, which failed in the Senate after stiff opposition from conservative Republicans. (Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Jackie Frank)


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This article on Ted Kennedy brings to my mind the picture of him in a neck brace following a swim to his hotel in Edgartown after leaving Mary Jo Kopechne in the water in a submerged vehicle after they attended a party on Martha's Vineyard and somehow ran of the Dyke Bridge.

Ted Kennedy hasn't shut up since that time and we are all living with his attempted or passed legislation.

ITS ALL PART OF POLITICAL DYNASTIES WHICH AMERICA SEEMS DETERMINED TO PERPETUATE. HOW ABOUT A CHANGE FOLKS!

KENNEDY/BUSH/CLINTON

Well if he lives though this maybe he'll retire ! But be prepared for a even worst Ultra -Lib Progressive to come along . lot of tags for a person to live by huh ? Ultra Lib Progressive

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaki ... y_sai.html

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If he kicks or becomes incapacitated for some reason, there will be a 1000 others to take his place.

Kinda like terrorists!