Teddy Kennedy: Hypocrite quits all-male Harvard club

That beacon of moral-certitude, Senator Edward Kennedy, has made a fool of himself once again. Kennedy tried to make hay over a club SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito was part of over twenty years ago.

Alito was a member of Concerned Alumni of Princeton, a group that ceased to exist in 1986. The group was founded in 1972, it was opposed to the Ivy League school going co-ed--also, it was an all-male group. CAP was also anti-affirmative action--in my opinions, one can be against affirmative action and not a racist, although I'm sure Teddy would disagree.

Perpetually red-faced Kennedy was found to be a member of his own all-male group, the Owl Club. Teddy quit the group this week, as the Harvard Crimson reports:

Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 has severed his ties to all-male Owl Club, a spokesman for the eighth-term Massachusetts Democrat told The Crimson today.

Kennedy’s affiliation with the Harvard final club drew national attention after the senator criticized Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. for having once joined Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP), which opposed the integration of women at Alito’s alma mater.

As recently as last October, Kennedy donated money to the Owl Club.

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