I just read this online and it's on all the newspaper sites. Thus the reason for the seizure over the weekend.

Sen. Edward Kennedy has malignant brain tumor

US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the veteran lawmaker from Massachusetts who is the last surviving brother in the legendary Kennedy family, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, his doctors said today.

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Very sad news. this is the kind of cancer that killed my mom.

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Very sad news. My thoughts and prayers will be with his family. I know taking care of his health has to be a top priority, but I sure hope he will remain a senator. He is probably the most powerful senators in our history.

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That is what my dad had too. Very aggressive. Yet another Kennedy family tragedy.

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I don't think a 76 year old man with cancer should be categorized as a tragedy.

Sorry, as a friend of the Kopechne family, its hard to feel sorry for this teflon guy when young innocent people die every day.
I dont wish any one to die, I just dont feel all that bad about this one

That's what I always think of when I think of Ted Kennedy. His negligence in that accident. That and he is one of the most liberal senators and a Catholic. You can't be a good Catholic and be liberal. For a Kennedy man he's lived a pretty long life. Hopefully he gets right with God before he passes.

That's how I feel, too. While I am sorry he has a brain tumor, I had lost all respect for him over the Chappaquiddick incident:



"The low point was 1969, when Kennedy drove a car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island on Martha's Vineyard. The accident killed aide Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy at the time was married to his first wife, Joan, whom he later divorced. The tragedy may well have cost him the presidency."

I don't see how you can be conservative and be a good Catholic . . . I doubt Sen. Kennedy has any problem with God at all.

And I don't think that God has a problem with him either.

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WHAT!

What a ridiculous statement.

I'm sorry he has what looks to be a fatal tumor. But I'm already tired of the eulogies all over the news and CNN. Can't they wait till the man passes away?

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Wow. for a second here, I thought I had stumbled back onto the politics board.

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But saying you can't be a liberal and a good Catholic makes good sense to you?

Maybe if Jesus walked the earth today he wouldn't be a Catholic, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been a conservative, either.

If you are truly Catholic and follow the guidelines of the Catholic Church you cannot vote pro-choice and Kennedy certainly has. If he doesn't want to be a good Catholic then he should be a Protestant, Pretty simple logic.

OT, but, ah, what the heck, this one has already derailed..... My BFF was brought up Catholic and always had a problem with the teachings of it (no birth control, view on abortion, etc) so she changed religions when she got older. Kathy,I understood your comment to mean that Senator Kennedy is liberal (believes in abortion, gay marriage, etc) all of which is against the Catholic religion. Made perfect sense to me, just not sure this is the board for that ......perhaps the Election Board?

ETA: I'm glad they found out what caused the seizure, just sorry that it is a brain tumor. I, too, am sick of the eulogies already.

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Seems to me the only person qualified to be judging Senator Kennedy should be God. That is not for mere men to do.

Also, I don't think it is incorrect for anyone to have questions or differences of opinions on a religions' teachings. You can still honor an organized groups concept without accepting without question every edict that goes along with that belief.

In any case, I respect the Kennedy family and all their many contributions to the entire world over time. I will keep the man and the family in my thoughts and prayers.

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What the hell...I will bite. I am a cradle Catholic from a long line of Catholics and I have never recieved my booklet that outlined what I should be voting/supporting for. I am just about sure that Sen Kennedy didn't either. If you got one, could you please forward a copy to the rest of the Catholics who will be amazed to learn that if they do believe in choice, they should not check that little box next to Catholic but instead should be putting their rosaries down because they are truly Protestant.

Do you really think that the Pope tells us how to vote? Please link where that is.

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I'm thinking He might. I don't think God would look favorably on someone who has been such a staunch proponent of the abortion rights movement (and has the nerve to call himself Catholic all the while!). I just don't see it. I'm not saying He would agree with all the stands of the Conservative thinking either, but I would think promoting the right to kill His unborn children wouldn't sit well with Him.

I guess that I won't presume to know what God thinks about anything except what I am doing with my life. I can't really speak for God when it comes to judging someones heart.

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The whole "Thou shalt not Kill" pretty much summed it up for me.

If that doesn't clear it up, The Bible is another good source.

This one might need a thread all of its own.

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Man, my son fires a gun every day in Iraq.....lots of people's sons, daughters, husbands fire guns and actually kill people every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. If we are to be against "killing" (note I didn't say choice) then the logical conclusion to that argument is no killing at any time. Not just when it is convenient...which would mean no Capital Punishment, no war. Government sanctioned killing is still killing.

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We've lost over 46 MILLION babies by choice since 1/73. Senator Kennedy has a responsibilty for his part in this. Sometimes war is necessary to root out evil-like Hitler for example. You really can't compare the two. It's naive to think that you can just say "no killing period". However, killing the most innocent and vulnerable of a society leads to the unraviling of said society. I heard someone say tonight that maybe God has given him this tumor so he has time to reflect on his life and cleanse his soul because he didn't get taken instantly like his brothers. That was an interesting statement.

Very sad when this happens to anyone. Sen Kennedy has worked tirelessly for years for poor and downtrodden people fighting for worker's rights, civil rights, and equality for all.

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So when religious conservatives die from cancer what do you blame it on? I usually don't insult people but you have uttered some of the most ignorant words I have ever read on the Internet and that is saying a lot.
I am sure you are a nice and smart person but a statement like this makes you sound like an idiot. I am curious though so God smites Sen Kennedy with brain cancer for voting prochoice how do you explain the cancerous deaths of those who vote "pro God" or to word it differently those who agree with you in all your righteous glory?

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