Liberal media
The New York Times sometimes acts as if things don't exist until they appear in its newspaper.Thus, George W. Bush did not exist until Nov. 8, 1967, when the New York Times made its first mention of the man who would be the 43rd president.
At the time, Bush was a senior at Yale University and former president of the school's chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
In the article, Bush defends the practice of branding new fraternity pledges with a hot coat hanger. Bush says in the story that the resulting wound is "only a cigarette burn."
Bob Woodward mentions this article in his latest book, "State Of Denial," but he doesn't say whether the folks at Delta Kappa Epsilon complained about the coverage. You know, did DKE demand to know where were the New York Times stories about the things the fraternity did that didn't involve burning its pledges?
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Was DKE actually doing anything at Yale that didn't involve branding pledges?
Good question. The only other New York Times article on DKE in 1967 is this story from a couple weeks later, in which Yale fined DKE for holding "sadistic and obscene" initiation ceremonies. An unnamed former DKE president — probably Bush again — explains the coat hanger incident as causing a mere second-degree burn that forms a scab in the shape of the Greek letter Delta.
Interestingly, this New York Times article from 1956 says DKE fined 50 of its chapters for holding illegal initiating ceremonies, including one at MIT that killed a freshman.
Was George Bush actually doing anything at Yale that didn't involve branding pledges?
Yes he was.
Indeed, grave-robbing is a more sophisticated pursuit than branding pledges.
Sigh. They grow up so fast ...
Okay, Josh. But John Kerry was also a Bonesman.
Here's what else he did at Yale, other masturbating into coffins.
Kerry did some other good stuff, so it is okay to you that he was also in Skull & Bones? And about that "good stuff," he graduated from Yale with a 76 average, which I assume is a C.
Which, in today's grade-inflated market, would be at least an A-.
For the love of G-d, he was president of the debate team at Yale. It's a slightly different accomplishment than head cheerleader. And, speaking as one who did not exactly graduate with honors, I really don't care about GPAs.
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