Ted Kennedy, Senator Dumbass.
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.
LOL.
I'm sending it to Senators Spector, Sessions, etc. and hope other freepers do the same.
I want to see Kennedy's face when they tell him he was played for a fool.
Not a week goes by when Kennedy doesn't make an a$$ of himself.
I hope some senator enters this into the record when the Senate goes into floor debate on Judge Alito..... and spend sometime setting it up.
Rush Limbaugh talked about the piece being satire on his program yesterday. He jokingly questioned whether or not there was a Conservative 'mole' on Kennedy's staff since it was bound to be revealed that the quotes were written as cynical humor. It just shows that Teddy's alcohol-sodden brain cells are truly drowning to death (how fitting).
With the increased number of published comments about Kennedy's disgraceful performance on the Judicial Committee, I suspect/hope that this is the beginning of the end to his political career. When is he up for reelection?
"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."
But imagine. . .if a GW or any Repub had made such a public fool of himself while reading into the 'record' journalistic satire. OMG. . .
I'm so happy our conservative reporters have been delving into stuff, instead of letting the Rats lies remain as truth.
Staff member: 'Bought it from a stranger at Starbucks!'
(Karl Rove Strikes Again!)
Send it to Committee members!
Do you really think that any of the shows will even bring this up?
This will probably be burried and "forgotten"....
Guess now we know why only associate professors testified at the hearings about this, huh??
BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!
Murrymom - "My IQ is lower than Teddy's."
It sounds like Frist will not tolerate delays; let's hope he means it.
Ted Kennedy, Senator Dumbass.
FOFL!! ... it must really stink to be a Dem
psssst. He's not wearing any clothes.
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