ted kennedy has brain cancer.

[randy s]

after having a couple of seizures [i thought it was cause he was drunk] tk was diagnosed with the big c. kharma perhaps? i don't like him too much but cancer in anyone sucks big time. anyone care to comment?

[Mary Kay]

i look up to the kennedy family.....i wish the best for him and his family!

[DEZERTSUB]

Well, let me throw out some corrections....

He does not have brain cancer, he has a malignent brain tumor.
Early diagnosis is that they will be able to perform surgury.


I don't wish death or pain upon anyone either, but I sure hope his tenure in the Senate is over.

[wannabe]

Could this be why he has always voted the way he does? Anyway hope he gets better so he can retire.

[randy s]

Well, let me throw out some corrections....

He does not have brain cancer, he has a malignent brain tumor.
Early diagnosis is that they will be able to perform surgury.


I don't wish death or pain upon anyone either, but I sure hope his tenure in the Senate is over.

what's your definition of malignant? he has a grade four [the worst kind] tumor on the back of his brain. that's brain cancer my friend. 90% fatality rate. nearly untreatable. my mom had a malgnant tumor on her breast. she died of breast cancer. they did'nt call it anything else. they did'nt say she died from a tumor. tk has a malingnant tumor on his brain. it don't look real good for the man. regardless, it'll be a long road to hoe.

[DEZERTSUB]

what's your definition of malignant? he has a grade four [the worst kind] tumor on the back of his brain. that's brain cancer my friend. 90% fatality rate. nearly untreatable. my mom had a malgnant tumor on her breast. she died of breast cancer. they did'nt call it anything else. they did'nt say she died from a tumor. tk has a malingnant tumor on his brain. it don't look real good for the man. regardless, it'll be a long road to hoe.

Oh I by no means am a medical professional.
I'm just reporting what I saw on two major television networks, CNN and FOX, as to what is going on. Never did they say he has brain cancer, they always reffered to it as a brain tumor.

[pjc]

Could this be why he has always voted the way he does?

Nah, that is from all his "white male guilt" after he killed Mary Jo.


Such a roll model that turd is.. Eff him!

[Demp]

Are Brain tumors in this year ????????????????? geeezzz those things need to go away !!!!

FYI my dad and i are going to the MORE/Oraf 500 to keep our eyes on the competition :)

[JrSyko]

Well, let me throw out some corrections....



What a nice way to enter a conversation, especially when you have no clue what your talking about.

The man should have stepped down a long time ago but this is no way to be forced out of office. I wish him and his family well.

[DEZERTSUB]

Is Travis talking again???

All I hear is the teacher from Peanuts....

[Infidel Racing Team]

Nah, that is from all his "white male guilt" after he killed Mary Jo.


Such a roll model that turd is.. Eff him!

Do you really mean this?

[JENN]

Kennedy diagnosed with malignant brain tumor
Condition found after he was treated for seizure over weekend, doctors say
NBC News and news services
updated 1:12 p.m. PT, Tues., May. 20, 2008
BOSTON - A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics' most enduring figures.

The Massachusetts Democrat has a malignant glioma in the left parietal-lobe, according to doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital, where Kennedy, 76, has been undergoing tests since Saturday after having a seizure at his Cape Cod home.

The usual course of treatment includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy, but Kennedy's treatment will be decided after more tests.

"He has had no further seizures, remains in good overall condition, and is up and walking around the hospital," said a joint statement issued by Dr. Lee Schwamm, vice chairman of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr. Larry Ronan, Kennedy's primary care physician.

The doctors said Kennedy will remain in the hospital "for the next couple of days according to routine protocol."

"He remains in good spirits and full of energy," they said.

Son by his side
Kennedy's wife and children have been with him each day since he was hospitalized. Senator Kennedy's son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., plans to stay at the hospital for the time being.

"Obviously it's tough news for any son to hear," said spokeswoman Robin Costello. "He's comforted by the fact that his dad is such a fighter, and if anyone can get through something as challenging as this, it would be his father. So he's optimistic, he's hopeful, but obviously he's concerned."

President Bush was notified by his staff of Kennedy's diagnosis at 1:20 p.m.

"He said he was deeply saddened and would keep Sen. Kennedy in his prayers," spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year — and the most common type among adults. It's a starting diagnosis: How well patients fare depends on what specific tumor type is determined by further testing.

Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types — such as glioblastomas — or to about five years for different types that are slower growing.

Surgery can be an option for some types, especially to reduce symptoms as a tumor enlarges and puts pressure on the rest of the brain. Many gliomas infiltrate normal brain tissue instead of forming a solid mass, making it hard to remove much of the tumor.

Senators bow heads in prayer
Senate Democratic and Republican leaders both interrupted their parties' regularly scheduled party luncheons to announce the news about Kennedy. Republicans bowed their heads and said a prayer. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., told colleagues that Kennedy is optimistic.

"I'm having a hard time remembering a day in my 34 years here I've felt this sadly," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

"I'm really sad. He's the one politician who brings tears to my eyes when he speaks," former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., said when told in a Senate hallway about Kennedy's condition.

New York Sen. Charles Schumer said, "We pray for him and know he will be back because he is a fighter, and we — and America — need him so."

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia broke down in tears on the Senate floor and said "Thank God for you, Ted."

"I am so deeply saddened I have lost the words," Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said in a Senate hallway. Warner said he and Kennedy had been friends for 40 years. Both served on the Senate Armed Services Committee together.



"We hope and pray that they will be able to treat it and that he will experience a full recovery," said presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain on his "Straight Talk Express."

"I have described Ted Kennedy as the last lion in the Senate," said McCain. "And I have held that view because he remains the single most effective member of the Senate."

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton offered her own well wishes to Kennedy, saying his "...courage and resolve are unmatched, and they have made him one of the greatest legislators in Senate history."

Her rival for the nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, called Kennedy a "beloved friend" and says he deserves the kind of support he's been giving others for so long.

And in a statement issued by the White House, President Bush also expressed his concern for the ailing Senator.

"Ted Kennedy is a man of tremendous courage, remarkable strength, and powerful spirit...We join our fellow Americans in praying for his full recovery."

The 'liberal lion'
Kennedy, the second-longest serving member of the Senate and a dominant figure in national Democratic Party politics, was elected in 1962, filling out the term won by his brother, John F. Kennedy.

Kennedy eldest brother, Joseph, was killed in a World War II airplane crash. President John Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 and his brother Robert was assassinated in 1968.

Kennedy is active for his age, maintaining an aggressive schedule on Capitol Hill and across Massachusetts. He has made several campaign appearances for the Illinois senator in February, and most recently another in April.

Kennedy, the senior senator from Massachusetts and the Senate's second-longest serving member, was re-elected in 2006 and is not up for election again until 2012.

Were he to resign or die in office, state law requires a special election for the seat no sooner than 145 days and no later than 160 days after the vacancy occurs.

The law was changed in 2004, when Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts became the Democratic presidential nominee and Republican Mitt Romney was the state's governor. Prior to the change, the governor would have appointed a replacement who would have served until the next general election.

That would created the opportunity to install a fellow Republican in office, something lawmakers in the vastly Democratic state wanted to avoid.


Among the potential candidates for a Senate vacancy would be Democrats Martha Coakley, the state's attorney general; Rep. Edward J. Markey, former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and Kennedy's wife, Vicki.

Among the potential Republican candidates could be Romney or former Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey.

NBC News correspondents and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24728667/



Either way very sad! Hope everything works out for the better.

[Tom_Willis]

Do you really mean this?


JFK and RFK actually stood for something. Ted Kennedy has been nothing but an embarrassment for his entire career. He will be remembered a lot like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will; not as leaders, not as role models, not even as good parents, but just as opportunists who were in the right place at the right time.

[Infidel Racing Team]

JFK and RFK actually stood for something. Ted Kennedy has been nothing but an embarrassment for his entire career. He will be remembered a lot like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will; not as leaders, not as role models, not even as good parents, but just as opportunists who were in the right place at the right time.

History will judge him. Still, Cancer is a horrible disease.

For a man who took little care of himself and at age 76 still be a US senator it is pretty remarkable in itself.

76 is pretty nice run anyway…..I will be pretty lucky if I get to that age. I hope he goes fast and as painlessly as possible.

[Kartman]

Drowning would be real karma for him.

[pjc]

Do you really mean this?

Gustavo, I do not say thing I do not mean.

Teddy Kennedy is a jackass. "Twillis" summed it up well although I do not completely agree with him about RFK.

[bench racer]

maybe they can cut out the liberal part and make him a card carying NRA member.
JFK was the only kennedy I liked and back then he was a republican compared to the demos today. :eek:

[TCPRacing]

Such a roll model that turd is.. Eff him!

Like him or hate him, that's no way to talk about another human being.
And don't forget, karma is a *****. I'm glad I'm not a member of your family.

I can't believe I'm actually sticking up for a Kennedy on the internet.

[R_TAYLOR]

maybe they can cut out the liberal part and make him a card carying NRA member.
JFK was the only kennedy I liked and back then he was a republican compared to the demos today. :eek:

now thats a home run in my book.

[DEZERTSUB]

As I stated previously, I do not wish pain or death upon anyone.

However, as some have insinuated before, he is nothing more than taking advantage of his NAME.

As TWILLIS said:
Ted Kennedy has been nothing but an embarrassment for his entire career. He will be remembered a lot like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will; not as leaders, not as role models, not even as good parents, but just as opportunists who were in the right place at the right time.

Cosinder that liberal loon Ward Churchill, the unhinged "ethnic studies" professor from the University of Colorado. He spouted off deliberate garbage, such as "the Americans who were killed on 9/11 were 'litte Eichmanns' who deserved their fate because they were evil capitalists".

Why was this guy even given any consideration? His NAME.

Teddy Kennedy's situation is the same.

[pjc]

Like him or hate him, that's no way to talk about another human being.


Jeeze.. See what a Kalifornia public school education creates!

Here's another one for you about another human being. "Osama Bin Laden is vile P.O.S. that deserves to be gutted at the throat and flung in a pig wallow to die and be devoured ala Mr. Wu's on the defunct Deadwood series."

[TCPRacing]

Jeeze.. See what a Kalifornia public school education creates!

Here's another one for you about another human being. "Osama Bin Laden is vile P.O.S. that deserves to be gutted at the throat and flung in a pig wallow to die and be devoured ala Mr. Wu's on the defunct Deadwood series."

It was actually the Texas public school system. Damaged me for life.
Now I am going to work on staying off your bad side.

[pjc]

It was actually the Texas public school system. Damaged me for life.
Now I am going to work on staying off your bad side.

Must have been in Austin.

[Infidel Racing Team]

My grandfather died a horrible death from throat Cancer, that I don’t even wish it on Stalin or Hitler.

If someone hurts you or your family, I would like to make that person pay and make him realize that is me inflicting that pain….not a disease. There is no honor in that.

Osama suffers from kidney failure, but I hope he doesn’t die from it…I hope he either gets killed by enemy fire or he is hanged after a trial.

Ted Kennedy was after all an elected official by your fellow countrymen; he at least deserves enough respect for holding that office so long and for being elected.

Pat, Is your hate that big for those who disagree with you?
I hope not, If you do all those humanitarian things you say you do, you can’t harvest those feelings toward people who think differently…..

I ask you seriously again, Do you really mean what you say about Ted Kennedy?

[Tom_Willis]

Here's a question:

It's the sixties. You're a young black man from a poor family driving around drunk with a white woman. You drive off the road, end up upside down underwater and somehow get out of the car. You decide to leave the white girl (who might still be alive) and deal with that situation once you've sobered up, talked to your family and consulted an attorney. In what universe would you avoid a lynching and instead become a "revered" American senator?

[pjc]

Here's a question:

It's the sixties. You're a young black man from a poor family driving around drunk with a white woman. You drive off the road, end up upside down underwater and somehow get out of the car. You decide to leave the white girl (who might still be alive) and deal with that situation once you've sobered up, talked to your family and consulted an attorney. In what universe would you avoid a lynching and instead become a "revered" American senator?

Well said! Ted Kennedy totally got away with manslaughter.

Now examine the mindset of the person that would revere such a piece of garbage.

[pjc]

Osama suffers from kidney failure, but I hope he doesn’t die from it…I hope he either gets killed by enemy fire or he is hanged after a trial.


"Dead" is dead.



Ted Kennedy was after all an elected official by your fellow countrymen; he at least deserves enough respect for holding that office so long and for being elected.

Pat, Is your hate that big for those who disagree with you?


Stop with your utterly self serving, moronic assumptions Gustavo, they only make you look like a relentless fool.

I don't hate that fat turd but I think he deserves his fate.

I do hate OBH and I do hate the extortionist leaders of the present day environmental movement. Both are my enemies.

[Infidel Racing Team]

Stop with your utterly self serving, moronic assumptions Gustavo, they only make you look like a relentless fool.
.

You are a lousy Simon Cowell impersonator.:D




I don't hate that fat turd but I think he deserves his fate.

I do hate OBH and I do hate the extortionist leaders of the present day environmental movement. Both are my enemies.

Your microscopic empathy as a human being is only matched by your ability to change.