memeorandum: Kennedy rushed to hospital with stroke symptoms (Martin Kady II/The Crypt's Blogs)

1:10 PM ET, May 17, 2008

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Sen. Kennedy falls ill; taken to Boston hospital by helicopter … HYANNIS — U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital this morning after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport. — Hyannis fire responded to the compound after a call …

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John King / CNN:

Ted Kennedy rushed to hospital — (CNN) — Sen. Edward Kennedy was rushed to a hospital in Massachusetts Saturday morning, a well-informed, prominent Democratic source in that state told CNN. — Kennedy was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after spending less …

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Associated Press:

Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with symptoms of stroke — BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday after becoming ill at his home, his office said. There was no immediate word on his condition. — A knowledgeable official said Kennedy was in the hospital after suffering stroke-like symptoms.

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MSNBC:

Report: Sen. Kennedy rushed to hospital — 76-year-old Democrat airlifted to hospital after stroke-like symptoms — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts has been hospitalized in Boston after suffering stroke-like symptoms, The Associated Press has learned.

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Boston Globe:

Ted Kennedy said to suffer stroke-like symptoms — Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts suffered symptoms of a stroke or seizure in Hyannis Port and was transported by helicopter this morning from Cape Cod Hospital to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to a leading political source.

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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:

Kennedy rushed to hospital with stroke symptoms — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, one of the longest-serving Democrats in the Senate, has been rushed to the hospital with “stroke like symptoms,” according to cable news and wire service reports. — Kennedy, 76, was air lifited to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

Hillary turns fire on media — PORTLAND, Ore. - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is increasingly aiming its punches not at her front-running opponent Barack Obama, but at the media. — On the campaign trail, in a new ad and in her meetings with donors and superdelegates …

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Beth Frerking / The Politico:

NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement — With the clock running down on a long-fought primary, NARAL Pro-Choice America leaders sent state affiliates reeling this week by endorsing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It was seen as a gratuitous slap in the face to a longtime ally …

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Julie Bosman / New York Times:

A Subdued Clinton, and a Subdued Audience — JUNCTION CITY, Ore. — On the day Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed by the governor of North Carolina, a supporter gave her a three-foot-long balloon replica of herself, complete with blond hair, black pantsuit and wide pink smile …

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
What was NARAL thinking? — Earlier this week, the management …

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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:

Obama an appeaser? How dare you — “That's enough. That - that's a show of disrespect to me.” — That was Barack Obama, a couple of weeks back, explaining why he was casting the Rev. Jeremiah Wright into outer darkness. It's one thing to wallow in “adolescent grandiosity” …

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Karl Rove / CNN:

Rove slams Obama over ‘bitter’ comments, flag pin — (CNN) — Karl Rove launched a wide-ranging attack on Barack Obama during a speech at the National Rifle Association Convention Friday, blasting him for his recent comments calling some small town American's “bitter,” and suggesting …

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Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Huckabee Jokes About Gun Aimed at Obama

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Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:

U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S. from Monday — GENEVA (Reuters) - A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:

Obama Response To Bush McCain “Appeasement” Charge Shows Big Changes (UPDATED) — When Senator Barack Obama responded to President George Bush and presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Senator John McCain's suggestion that he would indulge in the “appeasement” of terrorists …

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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain, Bush to appear together in Phoenix for fundraiser

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Knesset Kerfuffle Shows Obama Not Afraid to Engage

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John H. Hinderaker / Weekly Standard:

A Conspiracy So Lunatic... Only 60 Minutes could fall for it. — Jill Simpson is an unusual woman. A lawyer, she has scratched out an uncertain living in DeKalb County, Alabama. Fellow DeKalb County lawyers describe her as “a very strange person” who “lives in her own world.”

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