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BOSTON (Reuters) - A small Massachusetts Roman Catholic college rescinded its invitation to Vicki Kennedy to speak at its graduation ceremony this spring, saying the local bishop objected to honoring the widow of the liberal lion Senator Edward M. Kennedy. A spokesman for Worcester Bishop Robert McManus declined to say why exactly he objected to the choice of Kennedy, a member of the most prominent U.S. Catholic family in politics. "Bishop McManus is acting, he feels, consistently with what all of the U.S. bishops asked colleges or higher institutions to do going back to 2004, that they not honor ......

A Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts has withdrawn an invitation to the widow of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy to speak at graduation after concerns about her views were raised by the Bishop of Worcester. Anna Maria College in Paxton announced Friday that ``concerns were expressed about the college being in conflict with the bishop.'' Victoria Reggie Kennedy was scheduled to speak at May's commencement. The college did not cite Bishop Robert McManus's specific concerns. A diocese spokesman says the bishop has followed directions that Catholic institutions should not honor Catholics who take positions contrary to church principles ``particularly on the...

Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family - with his wife, Vicki. Multiple sources in Massachusetts with close ties to the liberal lion say his wife of 16 years has long been his choice to continue carrying the family flame in the Senate. Kennedy won the seat in 1962; his brother John held it from 1953 to 1960. "There's no question that he'd like Vicki to continue in his seat," said one Massachusetts Democrat with ties to the Camelot clan who spoke to Kennedy...

Teddy Kennedy’s brother-in-law pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court last week. Moreover, it appears as though the man is also a confidential informant in a case against a former Hillary Clinton aide. This story has gotten little play in the media, which is too busy cranking out articles and impassioned editorials about Tom DeLay to notice much else. You’d think that when a major Democrat player who has worked in the Clinton, Gore, and Kerry campaigns begins to sing like a birdie for the Feds, it would be newsworthy. You’d be wrong. Kennedy’s brother-in-law, Raymond Reggie, is the...

Taxpayers Put Millionaire Kennedy Wife Through College: Reggie Family Cost Americans Millions Through Years Of Fraud And Abuse Breaking News by Dan Riehl After reading this piece (http://vodkapundit.com/archives/007801.php) on Raymond Reggie at Vodkapundit, research into Raymond Reggie's past turned up more than just one previous family scandal which have already cost taxpayers millions of dollars - and also involve Victoria Reggie, current wife of Senator Ted Kennedy (D) MA. Reggie family patriarch, Judge Edmund M. Reggie, has a distinguished history which includes being a former Tulane Board Member, a "king-maker" in Louisiana Democrat circles, a convicted criminal whose misdeeds cost...