May 23, 2008 -
While not mentioning his cancer diagnosed earlier this week, a contemplative yet outdoorsy looking Sen. Edward Kennedy said Thursday it was "good to be home" at his family's place in Hyannis Port, calling Cape Cod "the best place on earth."
In a video aired in Boston and then shown nationwide on CNN, Kennedy also acknowledged the "incredible amounts of wonderful notes and letters from friends and colleagues in the Senate, as well as from people here in outpouring of support," which he called "very uplifting and touching."
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Sep 27, 2008 -
Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May, was briefly hospitalized Friday near his Cape Cod home, the Associated Press reports.
His office attributed the need for medical attention to a change in medication, and the Senator returned home after three hours.
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May 17, 2008 -
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy fell ill at his home in Hyannis Port early Saturday morning and was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital before being taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston by helicopter, CNN reports.
The politician, 76, suffered an apparent seizure, his family said.
"He is undergoing a battery of tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure.
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Aug 26, 2009 -
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090826_remembering_the_real_deal/
By Robert Scheer
The light has gone out, and with it that infectious warm laugh and intensely progressive commitment of the best of the Kennedys. Not, at this point, to take anything away from the memory of his siblings—Bobby, whom I also got to know, was pretty terrific in his last years—but Sen. Ted Kennedy was the real deal.
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Aug 28, 2009 -
Former US president Richard Nixon is pictured here in 1973. Ted Kennedy, who died earlier this week, so enraged Nixon that the disgraced president pushed in 1971 for snooping on the senator for proof he cheated on his wife, according to once-secret recordings.
Ted Kennedy and his first wife Joan are pictured here in 1971.
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Aug 28, 2009 -
Sen. Edward Kennedy, first elected in 1962, died late last night at the age of 77. He had been suffering from brain cancer, which was first diagnosed in May 2008.
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Mar 06, 2009 -
On his radio show Friday, Rush Limbaugh suggested that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) would be dead by the time health care reform legislation passes. "Before it's all over, it'll be called the Ted Kennedy memorial health care bill," the talk show host says.
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Jan 04, 2009 -
I don't care what anyone says, this is one smart cookie!!!! It’s nice to get along.
The rest of the world cannot understand how after bitter election campaigns, American politicians can return to reality.
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Aug 25, 2009 -
Ted Kennedy has been one of my favorite senators for awhile. I don't integrate personal issues into my politics so whatevs, and he has never been afraid to break rules for what he wanted. My type of person-to me a political basass!
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Nov 17, 2008 -
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | November 17, 2008 08:15 AM
GQ has named Barack Obama one if its "Men of the Year" with a cover and article — penned by Senator Ted Kennedy — that went to press before Election Day.
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GQ named Obama "Game Changer of the Year," and an excerpt of Kennedy's piece appears below:
As I write this, Barack Obama and John McCain have just completed their final debate, and the country is a few short days away from a historic election.
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