Posted on 01/14/2006 7:08:01 AM PST by Peach
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:
The essay may not have been funny, D'Souza acknowledges, but Kennedy read from it as if it had been serious instead of an attempt at humor. "I think left-wing groups have been feeding Senator Kennedy snippets and he has been mindlessly reciting them," D'Souza said. "It was a satire."
The bottom line is that if this is the most "offensive" article CAP was responsible for in its decade-plus of existence, the Democrats' whole guilt-by-association effort was much ado about nothing. If being associated, however remotely, with attempts at humor that don't turn out to be very funny is enough to place a public figure beyond the pale, the Democrats had better stay away from Al Franken.
LOLOL!
Thanks for the ping. Ted Kennedy is an example of the brain damage caused by advanced alcoholism.
just looking at Neas gives me the creeps
You know, his staff is blocking the criticism - if he know what a fool he made of himself - it would reflect badly on THEM.
And there is no way the snotty, arrogant self-centered libs who run his office would allow that for a second.
Just sit back and watch this whole party of "me first"s destroy itself.
The Boston Golbe editorial against Alito today:
"He would not publicly condemn the odious Concerned Alumni of Princeton club he once claimed fealty to, whether he was an active member or not."
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2006/01/14/not_fit_for_the_court/
Never mind thathe CAP issue has been thorughly discredited - the libs have only one thing to say, and they can't stop saying it, until they get orders from Howard Dean to stop.
That, and the fact that The American People don't want a perpetually "puzzled" man as president. (I hope it's okay for me to speak for The American People)
-PJ
Terrific post!
"We need to start a list of all the incidents where libs use satire to support their arguments."
One lib on the Florida floor took issue with Rush's speech at some conservative meeting many years ago. He was using satire. He said he bought his mother some dog food and a can opener. This lib used it to trash him and Republicans. He said other things that she used against him but I can only remember the dog food part.
It's "hate speech" when one of their sacred cows gets skewered. It's "satire" when it's one of our own. Did you forget the world you live in?
Kennedy is only capable of doing what his staff tells him to do. And liberal DemocRATs are among the most humorless peole on earth.
where has Howard Dean been lately?
OXYGEN THIEF!? I love it!!!!!!!!! Perfect!
Well, I suppose that makes sense, but I can't help thinking "Splash" must have a couple of meanings for old TK!
"where has Howard Dean been lately?"
Maybe someone explained that his party job is actually supposed to be about fund raising and not policy. Or maybe someone from Senator Clinton's campaign had a "talk" with him.
The more Dean talks, the worse for the Democrats.
I'd heard about it. I hope it makes it to the talking heads shows tomorrow morning
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On the Foxnews segment with Tony Snow this morning , Bob Beckel agreed that it was time for Kennedy to go!
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