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WriterofLight - Those were two articles taken from ...
... the Princton college newspaper. One a recent article, the other from 1986. I was only addressing the validity of your statement as to the quality of CAP. - As for Kennedy, why toss in red herrings. I thought we were discussing the nominiation of Judge Alito, and I provided some 'facts' as to why some may hve been concerned with his membership in CAP.
posted by
blogflogger
on January 22, 2006 at 2:08 PM
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Thanks, blogflogger, for pointing out the left's hypocrisy!
Referring to Judge Alito, you opined, " He will have to explain how he permitted himself to belong to an organization that was overtly racist and sexist for its entire 14-year existence — at times passionately so, too."
And shall you make the same demand of Senator Kennedy, who until today maintained an active membership in just the kind of organization you describe? If you are going to say it was wrong for Alito, then you must also say it was wrong for Kennedy, who so pompously sat in judgement of him, as well.
posted by
WriterofLight
on January 17, 2006 at 6:47 PM
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Daily Princetonian -- last week
Almost 20 years ago, the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) collapsed like a modern House of Usher, so rotten from within from its own deceptions and peculiar madness that it could no longer sustain its own weight. For Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito '72, the reappearance of CAP in the national press last week because he included it on that now infamous 1985 job application must have been as shocking as the reappearance of Roderick Usher's dead twin sister in Poe's famous story.
Or, it should have been. At the very least, Judge Alito will have to explain to the Senate Judiciary Committee why he paid dues to an outfit whose modus operandi was deceit and dirty tricks. He will have to explain how he permitted himself to belong to an organization that was overtly racist and sexist for its entire 14-year existence — at times passionately so, too.
posted by
blogflogger
on January 17, 2006 at 6:39 PM
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The Daily Princetonian doesn't quite agree
The following op-ed ran in the Sept. 18, 1986 edition of The Daily Princetonian. Dujack's Nov. 22, 2005 op-ed, published after the nomination to the Supreme Court of Samuel Alito '72, a former member of Concrned Alumni of Princeton, can be read here.
In contemplating the possible demise of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton and its irresponsible magazine, Prospect, it is tempting to find the appropriate metaphor for the organization.
Perhaps it is an infection that has run its course, having produced a fever in its host but leaving it essentially unchanged. But infectious diseases, according to biologist Lewis Thomas '33, are the result of failed negotiations over a possible relationship of symbiosis. Though Prospect promised in its first issue that CAP's goal was "not to interfere but to be of genuine service," it demonstrated from the very start that it had been conceived as a pathogen.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/01/13/opinion/14252.shtml
posted by
blogflogger
on January 17, 2006 at 6:36 PM
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Going over someone's head . . .
-----------Reason and logic ----------->>>
(It's been a long day!)
posted by
WriterofLight
on January 17, 2006 at 6:08 PM
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Welcome, blogflogger!
Flog away, my good reader. You are mistaken; the CAP club to which Alito belonged lobbied for an end to unfair reverse discrimination. See Corbin's slightly grammatically challenged ("the" = "they") response to below.
posted by
WriterofLight
on January 17, 2006 at 6:07 PM
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Great post, writer.
Amen to Corbin and Offbeat's comments.
posted by
JanesOpinion
on January 14, 2006 at 12:14 PM
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Writer
I heard one of the Democratic say yesterday how embarrassed he was by this inquisition (as he referred to it) of this man. Between big mouth Bidden and Ted, I can't find Mary Jo, it should be very apparent to the American people that the Democratic party no longer exists. Maybe in name only, but without leaders and substance!
It was so bad, I was embarrassed for them..
posted by
Offy
on January 14, 2006 at 8:21 AM
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but they discussed and made complaints to the college about the COLLEGE letting in too many blacks, Mexicans, and women.
That's a matter of personal interpretation......The opposed quotas and lowering of academic standards to meet those quotas.......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 14, 2006 at 8:13 AM
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Writer...
Talk about going right over someone's head......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 14, 2006 at 8:11 AM
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Slightly Mistaken??????
How about admitting that your knee-jerk, bash liberals first diatribe was TOTALLY wrong!
posted by
fwmystic
on January 13, 2006 at 5:28 AM
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WriterofLight
Regarding the issue of the college clubs, there really is a difference. Most all male clubs fought woman members until the 90’s. Male Ivy leaguers always belonged to all male clubs in the East. SOP. In fact I think we should have continued to all private clubs based on gender if that’s what the private club wants. -- The Club that Alito belonged to was all male, but they discussed and made complaints to the college about the COLLEGE letting in too many blacks, Mexicans, and women. This is day and night to me. – But I will say that after watching the hearings while the club may have been bigoted I really don’t think Alito is or was. (See not all liberals or Democrats talk trash about Republicans.)
posted by
blogflogger
on January 12, 2006 at 9:11 PM
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