<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#003366><EM>From the Boston Herald---what a hypocritical jerk!</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#003366><EM>But I sort of think getting bombed and leaving a woman to drown in a car is just a teensy bit worse.</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#003366><EM>TL</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#003366 size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#003366 size=4>Ted K. to quit club that bans women<BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT class=bodyDate color=#666666>By <B>Jules Crittenden</B><BR></FONT><FONT class=bodyDate><FONT color=#666666>Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - Updated: </FONT><FONT color=#990000>11:41 AM EST</FONT><BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=right><A class=smToolsFont href="http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=121646&format=email"><FONT size=2><IMG title=!
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cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=8><SPACER height="8" width="8" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> 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.” <BR></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=8><SPACER height="8" width="8" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> Asked by Hiller whether he is still a member, Kennedy said, “I’m not a member; I continue to pay about $100.” <BR></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=8><SPACER height="8" width="8" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> 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!
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<BR></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=8><SPACER height="8" width="8" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> The Harvard Crimson reports that, in 1984, the university severed ties with clubs like the Owl, citing a federal law championed by Kennedy. <BR></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=8><SPACER height="8" width="8" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> Meanwhile, Kennedy admitted to Hiller that he himself probably couldn’t pass Judiciary Committee muster. <BR></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=8><SPACER height="8" width="8" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> “Probably not . . . probably not,” Kennedy said. <BR></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=8><SPACER height="8" width="8"
type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> The committee will vote on Alito’s nomination on Jan. 24, and the full Senate will begin debate the next day. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said he looks forward to a “fair up-or-down vote.”<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><p>
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