Sam Alito’s membership in “Concerned” (why is everyone concerned?)
So, Judge Sam Alito, during his college years, was a member of the organization “Concerned Alumni of Princeton” (or so he said on a Reagan-era resume), CAP being an organization famous for its stance in trying to keep the Old Boys Network alive and down on the admission of women and minorities. He is asked about it. He says he doesn’t remember being a part of CAP, but if he was…
“The issue that had rankled me about Princeton for some time was ROTC. I was in ROTC for a time and the unit was expelled from the campus. And I thought that was very wrong.”
Neat. You want to know who he reminds me of?
“When Strom Thurmond ran for President, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have all these problems over all these years, either.”
So, Trent, what do you mean by “all these problems”?
When I think back about Strom Thurmond over the years, what I’ve seen is a man that was for strong national defense and economic development and balanced budgets and opportunity, and that’s the kinds of things that I really had in mind.
I sympathize with Sam Alito and Trent Lott. I joined the KKK because I needed some white bed sheets, and I thought the KKK was mostly just a charitable organization that gave white bed sheets away to those who needed them. Today, I get a lot of heat because of my joining the KKK.