Posted on 07/05/2006 4:06:42 AM PDT by seanmerc
Just six months after quitting the all-male social club to which he belonged for 50 years, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is questioning one of President Bush's nominees to the federal bench about his membership in an all-male dining club. "What is your reason for failing to resign from the club any earlier than February 2, 2006?" Mr. Kennedy demanded in writing of Oklahoma lawyer Jerome A. Holmes, nominated to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Documents provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obtained by The Washington Times show that Mr. Holmes belonged to the Men's Dinner Club of Oklahoma City but quit after expressing interest in becoming a federal judge. Mr. Holmes told the committee in writing that he never perceived the dining club to harbor any bias toward women but he resigned to clear up any appearances of impropriety. "Its membership consisted of widely respected business, community and government leaders, including at least two judges of Oklahoma's courts of last resort," he explained to Mr. Kennedy. "I recognized in February 2006 that some might perceive the Men's Dinner Club as being an improper organization of the kind discussed above. That was unacceptable to me." In January, Mr. Kennedy quit the Owl Club after The Washington Times revealed his continued membership in the fraternitylike organization for Harvard University's select male students and alumni. Mr. Kennedy's ties to the Owl Club came to light after he interrogated Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. over his association with Concerned Alumni of Princeton, a group founded to combat campus liberalism at Princeton University. Judge Alito's affiliation "with an organization that fought the admission of women into Princeton calls into question his appreciation of the need for full equality in this country," the Massachusetts Democrat said during the January hearings.
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If he owns/owned an Oldsmobile he's SOL!
Well, Mr. Kennedy, YOU are a male. Don't you think it's time you rectified that injustice?
Mr. Kennedy, what was your reason for driving of a bridge?
Coffee...coffee!
Ya wonder how in the world he is where he is?
What a joke.
I hope Bush never appoints an Eagle Scout or we will get grilled by Kennedy and his liberal media.
I saw a History Channel segment on the Kennedy's last week and it covered Fatboy's pathetic challenge to Carter in 1980. One of the bastids reasons for pulling out was so that the could spend more time with 'Patches'
You can't make this sh*t up!
If he'd a "pulled out" we wouldn't've had to endure Crashes Patches.
No barricade left behind!
In fact, it was sooooo strict that one year a long time member (over a decade) was summarily kicked out after it was found he got a female family member in by duplicitous means - a phony nickname.
So I guess I better put my resume back in the drawer. Oh well. :-)
And I suppose the program presented with a straight face Kennedy's wish to spend more quality time with Patches. It should make the Leno show.
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