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Ted K. to quit club that bans women [Ya Just Can't Make This Stuff Up Alert]
Boston Herald ^ | Jan. 17, 2006 | Jules Crittenden

Posted on 01/17/2006 5:58:14 AM PST by conservativecorner

U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — who ripped Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women — says he’s going to quit a club notorious for discriminating against women “as fast as I can.”

Kennedy was outed by conservatives late last week as a current member of The Owl Club, a social club for Harvard alumni that bans women from membership.

In an interview with WHDH Channel 7’s Andy Hiller that aired last night, Kennedy said, “I joined when I . . . 52 years ago, I was a member of the Owl Club, which was basically a fraternal organization.”

Asked by Hiller whether he is still a member, Kennedy said, “I’m not a member; I continue to pay about $100.”

He then said of being a member in a club that discriminates against women, “I shouldn’t be and I’m going to get out of it as fast as I can.”

The Harvard Crimson reports that, in 1984, the university severed ties with clubs like the Owl, citing a federal law championed by Kennedy.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; harvard; irony; oops; owlclub; senaterats; tedkennedy; theswimmer
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1 posted on 01/17/2006 5:58:16 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner

Petard hoisting PING!


2 posted on 01/17/2006 5:59:29 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: conservativecorner

“I shouldn’t be and I’m going to get out of it as fast as I can.”


What a bum.


3 posted on 01/17/2006 5:59:56 AM PST by mothball
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To: conservativecorner

This report should be titled "The Owl and the Pussy."


4 posted on 01/17/2006 6:00:02 AM PST by D.P.Roberts
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To: conservativecorner

Happy third anniversary!


5 posted on 01/17/2006 6:00:46 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Temple Owl; Irish Owl

I'd be a member of a club like that.

What say we look into membership, fellas?

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

6 posted on 01/17/2006 6:01:11 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: conservativecorner

I heard he was forced out as his man-boobs were getting to large and drunk ted himself was the object of discrimination in this club....


7 posted on 01/17/2006 6:01:35 AM PST by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: conservativecorner
...who ripped Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women...

Discriminates against women?? As I understand it, Laura Ingram was the editor of CAP's newsletter for a time.

8 posted on 01/17/2006 6:01:41 AM PST by Bob
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To: conservativecorner; Howlin; Peach
Asked by Hiller whether he is still a member, Kennedy said, “I’m not a member; I continue to pay about $100.”

????????

9 posted on 01/17/2006 6:01:55 AM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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To: conservativecorner
Asked by Hiller whether he is still a member, Kennedy said, “I’m not a member; I continue to pay about $100.”

Spoken like a true drunken politician.

10 posted on 01/17/2006 6:02:13 AM PST by randog (What the....?!)
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To: mothball

The Owl club, or a submerged Oldsmobile..?


11 posted on 01/17/2006 6:02:18 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: conservativecorner

Kennedy said, “I’m not a member; I continue to pay about $100.”

I am not a member either. Do I owe them $100 too???


12 posted on 01/17/2006 6:02:19 AM PST by frankjr
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To: mothball

52 years he has been a member. And now he gets out?

Lightning fast!


13 posted on 01/17/2006 6:02:38 AM PST by i_dont_chat
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To: conservativecorner

Bwahahahahahaha ... it doesn't matter, Swimmer. Using your own twisted logic, you were a member for all those years and didn't use the power of your presence (barf) to change the policy and therefore obviously approved of it up until you were called on your membership.


14 posted on 01/17/2006 6:02:39 AM PST by NonValueAdded (What ever happened to "Politics stops at the water's edge?")
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To: conservativecorner
Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women

Not sure this is true unless you think that not favoring affirmative action is the same as discrimination, which it obviously is not.

15 posted on 01/17/2006 6:02:45 AM PST by 1066AD
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To: conservativecorner
“I shouldn’t be and I’m going to get out of it as fast as I can.”

Kennedy's thoughts when he realized he was in a sinking car with a woman.

16 posted on 01/17/2006 6:02:59 AM PST by FreePaul
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To: Graybeard58
Time sure does fly when you're having a good time with friends! :>)!
17 posted on 01/17/2006 6:03:46 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner

Oh sorry.

I thought that read: "Ted K to quit club that drowns women."


18 posted on 01/17/2006 6:03:47 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Mo1

What a slimeball. Cannot even give a straight, honest answer about being a member. Want an example for your children of the kind of adult one should NOT want to emulate? - here's the perfect example.


19 posted on 01/17/2006 6:04:16 AM PST by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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To: conservativecorner
"He then said of being a member in a club that discriminates against women, “I shouldn't’t be and I’m going to get out of it as fast as I can.” "


He still belongs to the Owl Club,even after the Alito witch hunt? Your kidding right.......?
20 posted on 01/17/2006 6:04:50 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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