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Princeton CAP magazine piece Kennedy read was satire
Powerline ^ | January 14, 2006

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.


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To: MEG33

Well...Since socialist thought has infected, most especially, the Ivy League Schools, it would make sense that Princeton would PRETEND not to notice.


81 posted on 01/14/2006 7:59:19 AM PST by Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin
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To: b4its2late

his letter of resignation?


82 posted on 01/14/2006 8:01:09 AM PST by Palpatine (Every single liberal is now an enemy of the republic!)
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To: Howlin

Well it confirms what we already know.

What Kennedy did speaks louder about the liberal mindset and agenda for America than any essay, article or document can say.

Liars. Decieved. Ignorant. Discriminatory. Racist. Gullible. Corrupt. I am sure there are more but it is summed up in the word "evil".

Kennedy owes the Alito family, and America, an apology. Then he should go hang himself.


83 posted on 01/14/2006 8:01:55 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Peach

rush@eibnet.com


84 posted on 01/14/2006 8:02:30 AM PST by ncpatriot
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To: Peach

85 posted on 01/14/2006 8:03:09 AM PST by STARWISE (Sedition:an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority- to cause the overthrow of govt)
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To: Peach
As if people needed a reminder about Chapiquiddick, he has to name his dog Splash.

What is it about TK and water. He is so dense that he doesn't see how that could be used against him.

He no doubt meant to refer to the Irish colloquial phrase "just a splash" used when asking for another drink of whiskey, but most people are only going to think of poor Mary Jo!

86 posted on 01/14/2006 8:05:01 AM PST by texasbluebell
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To: Peach
Kennedy admitted on Friday the piece was satire?

Kennedy didn't admit it, but Limbaugh broadcast that fact to Limbaugh's listeners. He wondered if the GOP ha planted a mole on Kennedy's staff, to get something that obvious through in order to cause the Senator some serious embarassment.

The serious embarassment is yet to come, but man oh man, I sure hope it comes in spades.

87 posted on 01/14/2006 8:05:35 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: musicman
Johnny (The Geiko Caveman) Damon

LOL.

88 posted on 01/14/2006 8:07:46 AM PST by Bahbah (An admitted Snow Flake and a member of Sam's Club)
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To: Cboldt; Peach; All

http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/60326.htm
KENNEDY & THE CLOWNS
snip
The issue of Alito's membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton vanished into thin air when a search of the conservative group's records — so angrily demanded by Kennedy — failed to turn up even a mention of Alito's name.

(Senatorial courtesy being what it is, none of the Massachusetts Democrat's colleagues noted the irony of Ted Kennedy judging Alito on the basis of things that took place some 35 years ago. Or the fact that the article Kennedy had quoted to show the group's extremism was, in fact, a satire.)

snip


89 posted on 01/14/2006 8:08:51 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: MEG33; Peach; Txsleuth

Can you imagine what they would've done to Harriet Miers??


90 posted on 01/14/2006 8:09:33 AM PST by STARWISE (Sedition:an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority- to cause the overthrow of govt)
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To: Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin

#89


91 posted on 01/14/2006 8:09:43 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Peach

This is priceless :-)


92 posted on 01/14/2006 8:09:43 AM PST by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: pepsionice
I'm going to make a guess that the Republicans will raise an issue and ask that he be placed on another committee of some type. The fact that he (or his staff) would draw a satire piece to place as serious material in front of a national audience...leaves his credibility to be in shreds.

Hope you are more than right in your analysis. . .

93 posted on 01/14/2006 8:10:27 AM PST by cricket
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To: Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin
Princeton should be up-in-arms, about being smeared by Kennedy. It should be all over the news. What's goin' on?

The far left is in charge of MSM (Fox in charge of the chicken coop)

94 posted on 01/14/2006 8:11:07 AM PST by bulldozer
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To: rellimpank

That is another hiolarious piece, I think Rush is correct, there must be a Mole working among Teddy's staff


95 posted on 01/14/2006 8:11:08 AM PST by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: Peach
This is at least the second time in a month that Kennedy has been duped (something not too difficult to do, I admit).

Remember this?

=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550292/posts
(Kennedy Touted Anti-Bush Spy Hoax)
96 posted on 01/14/2006 8:13:46 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: Howlin

I think the article is entitled

"In Defense of Elitism" by H. W. Crocker, III

But I've not been able to find it anywhere at this time.

There are some references to it on the net when looking for Crocker and Dinesh D'Souza


97 posted on 01/14/2006 8:13:47 AM PST by deport
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To: Mo1

My sentiments exactly! What a maroon!


98 posted on 01/14/2006 8:15:43 AM PST by NonValueAdded (What ever happened to "Politics stops at the water's edge?")
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To: Peach
Most of them have webform addresses, but you can access their e-mail addresses easily from this website: http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/senateaddress_03a.htm

You may like to save it for future use.

99 posted on 01/14/2006 8:16:30 AM PST by PeskyOne
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To: deport
this ?
100 posted on 01/14/2006 8:21:23 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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