The subject is the CAP article that Kennedy used to rail against Alito, and used in an attempt to tar Alito as associating with a bigoted group, the CAP.
Yesterday, we wondered about the article from the Concerned Alumni of Princeton's magazine, Prospect, that Ted Kennedy used to discredit that organization. It sounded suspiciously like a humor piece. ...Oh my - it should have been obvious without hindsight, given the comments by those where WERE members of CAP who discussed it's function and purposes. But in open Senate hearings, Kennedy used a piece of writing that he couldn't recognize as satire, morphs it into a serious piece of bigotry and attempts to tar Alito by association.
"People nowadays just don't seem to know their place. Everywhere one turns, blacks and Hispanics are demanding jobs simply because they're black and Hispanic. The physically handicapped are trying to gain equal representation in professional sports. And homosexuals are demanding the government vouchsafe them the right to bear children."... You can read the full Prospect article on Kennedy's site. Its subject is a lawsuit by a female Princeton student who wanted to be admitted to an all-male eating club at the university. As the title suggests, it argues more broadly that elitism isn't a bad thing. The article is written in an arch style that doesn't do much for me, and I don't think it's very good. But there isn't anything especially offensive or even controversial in it.
Dinesh D'Souza was the editor of Prospect at the time, and he confirms that the article, by H. W. Crocker III, now an editor for Regnery Books, was a satire ...
Oh please please please, I hope the fact that this was satire gets into the public psyche. Pretty please?
Kennedy has no shame.
I was aware it was satire but I don't think the dumocrats get it or care even if they do.
First, I want to thank you for the insight, thoughts, and knowledge you shared with us during these hearings. I've enjoyed and learned from them.
I'm curious as to how many other judicial positions are still open and the status of each (e.g., need nomination by President Bush and/or approval by the Senate). Does anyone have a list?
Thanks!
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