Posted on 01/17/2006 6:42:24 PM PST by MamaDearest
Sen. Kennedy Severs Ties to Harvard Club By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 17, 3:14 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), who criticized Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's past membership in a controversial Princeton University alumni club, severed his ties Tuesday with a former Harvard college social club that bans women members.
"He has decided to be taken off their rolls, believing that it is a mistake to continue to be affiliated," Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said in a statement.
The Massachusetts Democrat, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, grilled Alito during Senate confirmation hearing last week about Alito's ties to the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, an alumni group that opposed the admission of women and minorities at the Ivy League School.
A Washington Times story about Kennedy's Owl Club ties last week sparked criticism from Republicans who branded Kennedy a hypocrite.
Kennedy joined the Owl Club when he was a student at Harvard. Though not an active member since college, he donated about $100 to the club last October, his office said Tuesday.
Kennedy has sent a letter to the club asking for his name to be removed from all official documents.
"Senator Kennedy joined Harvard's Owl Club in 1954, a social organization similar to a fraternity, before women were admitted to the campus and long before they were integrated into campus life," Wagoner said.
Harvard ended its ties with the all-male club and others like it in 1984.
"While we are glad Ted Kennedy has decided to get on the equality bandwagon, it's laughable given that his revelation comes less than a week after his hypocritical attacks on Judge Alito,"
Republican National Committee spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said Tuesday.
Kennedy's spokeswoman said the Owl Club was primarily a social club, while the Princeton group actively supported excluding women and minorities from the school.
"There is absolutely nothing in common between this social club and an organization like CAP that was established to push a political agenda to prohibit women and minorities from attending Princeton," Wagoner said. "No one can question Senator Kennedy's lifelong commitment to fighting for civil rights, equality and justice."
Too little too late.
So the timing is purely coincidental.
I might have a crumb of respect for The Bloated Ladykiller if he'd just said "I realized I was full of **** for bashing Alito on this when I was a member of a sexist organization." Too much to expect my senator to be honest for once.
He should now appear before a mirror and repeat his inuendo against Alito.
Ted Kennedy has no interest in clubs with no women.
Too late, fry the bloated killer, has to resign. That spokeswomen better be careful, or she will join the Teddy's Drowner's Club.
And ignored by us at the AP till we had to report him leaving the group...
If Teddy looks in a mirror does he see his reflection?
LOL!! Wonder what caused a change in old Teddy's heart??
Yesterday, Kennedy said he wasn't a member of the club, but gave them $100 per year. Sure. Lots of people pay dues to an organization without actually being a member. Does "he has decided to be taken off their rolls" mean the same as "he has decided to give up his membership"?
Teddy only quite after it was pointed out to him what a lying hypocrite he is. The man is in a meltdown.
Exactly so!
"No one can question Senator Kennedy's lifelong commitment to fighting for civil rights, equality and justice."
I can.
When will Teddy quit that group???????????????????
Next thing you know, Senator Byrd will turn in his pillowcase.
In other words: "He hasn't done anything wrong and he'll never do it again."
As to questioning Mr. Kennedy's "lifelong commitment to fighting for civil rights, equality and justice", Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
Hey Ted, do the name Ruby Begonia ring a bell?
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