Kennedy Quitting the Owl
Liberalism is the club for the elite, and Kennedy intends to keep his full-time membership.
The Boston Herald is reporting that Ted Kennedy is quitting the all male Owl club. Here’s what the Herald reports:
Kennedy was outed by conservatives late last week as a current member of The Owl Club, a social club for Harvard alumni that bans women from membership.
In an interview with WHDH Channel 7’s Andy Hiller that aired last night, Kennedy said, “I joined when I…52 years ago, I was a member of the Owl Club, which was basically a fraternal organization.” Asked by Hiller whether he is still a member, Kennedy said, “I’m not a member; I continue to pay about $100.” He then said of being a member in a club that discriminates against women, “I shouldn’t be and I’m going to get out of it as fast as I can.” The Harvard Crimson reports that, in 1984, the university severed ties with clubs like the Owl, citing a federal law championed by Kennedy.
Amazing how a blast of transparency will cause a stubborn old hypocrite to change his ways. What I’d like to know is this: Had conservatives not said anything, would he have thought about quitting this club and would he still be hypocritically ripping on Judge Alito?
UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin calls it “another red-faced Teddy K. moment”
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRing
January 17th, 2006 at 9:32 am
Kennedy is so hypocritical. How could he unrelentingly attack Alito over CAP when this was out there, not in his past, but the present? Maybe he will think twice before opening his mouth and cricizing other people. Naaaaah.
January 17th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
I like his moronic comment i am not a member but i still pay my $100 dues. What a hypocrite. Then again its drunk all the time Kennedy who said it so why am i not surprised.
January 17th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
I know they figure things differently in Boston, The Cape and MA in general, but how on earth do you pay $100/year dues and not be a member? Was he just an “associate” or something?
No matter. Bottom line is he has spent, at $100/year, in excess of $5000 supporting a club that is at least as bad as CAP, and probably worse because it stoops to allow a Kennedy into its membership!
Oh, I forgot. He (wink, wink, nod, nod) isn’t a member.
January 19th, 2006 at 8:55 am
The hypocrtical nature of the entire confirmation hearing is so disappointing yet not surprising. I’m going to remaing optimistic and hope that the floor debate is a little more classy and relevant!
January 19th, 2006 at 9:03 am
This is not the first time Kennedy has displayed this hypocrisy - recall that when Judge Alito was up for a position on the federal court of appeals, Kennedy supported him because of his “distinguished record.” He even said he looked forward to supporting him for that position. How can he berate Judge Alito now and sing such high praises then? I hope this doesn’t have anything to do with partisan politics but the fact that the Democrats controlled the Senate at the time is notable. Even still, I totally agree with Mr. Kennedy on one thing - Judge Alito does have a very distinguished record…
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