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To: George Coyne who wrote (721680)	1/16/2006 8:59:35 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Kennedy ‘Exclusively’ a Moonbat Posted by Bobby Eberle January 13, 2006 at 7:37 am >> Printer-Friendly Version If there is one thing to be learned from the confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court, it’s that liberal Democrats will waste no opportunity to grandstand for their far left-wing even if that means being misleading with the facts, unprofessional with the questioning, and hypocritical with the insinuations. Case in point is liberal moonbat Ted Kennedy who blasted Judge Alito for being a member of an “exclusive” club of Princeton alumni without mentioning that he is a member of an “exclusive” all-male Harvard club. During testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Alito was asked repeatedly by Sen. Kennedy about Alito’s membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP). Kennedy blasted Alito on the “insensitivity” of the organization in that when it was founded in the 1970s, the group was opposed to admitting women into the university. As reported in the Washington Times, Kennedy said during the hearings that Judge Alito’s “affiliation with an organization that fought the admission of women into Princeton calls into question his appreciation for the need for full equality in this country.” During testimony, according to the Washington Times, “Judge Alito rebuked the sentiments and said he had no recollection of the group. He said that he must have joined because he was in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, and the group also opposed the expulsion of Princeton’s ROTC program from campus during the anti-war years of the 1960s and 1970s.” However, this was not good enough for Kennedy who spent the bulk of his time on Wednesday hammering Alito about his membership in the group. But the Washington Times learned that Kennedy was a member of Harvard’s Owl Club, an “exclusive” all-male club which has been criticized in the past and which “was evicted from campus nearly 20 years ago after refusing to allow female members.” According to the Times, ” Student opposition to the Owl Club — even after it had been expelled from campus — was so strong that involvement in it was fodder for scandal.” Kennedy spokeswoman Laura Capps downplayed the nature of the club and said there was “absolutely no comparison” between the Owl Club and CAP. The fact of the matter is that Kennedy’s whole point was to label Alito as “insensitive” and thus somehow unworthy of a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kennedy’s words ring hollow, however, and show that his hypocrisy knows no limits.