Nader Wants Answers About Skull and Bones

Posted on October 22, 2004

Author Alexandra Robbins induced 100 former Bonesmen to break their vows of secrecy during the research for her 2002 book Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power, which described the Yale secret society, Skull and Bones, to which both John Kerry and George W. Bush belong. Now Independent candidate Ralph Nader has demanded that John Kerry and George W. Bush come clean about the secrets of Skull and Bones.

Founded more than 150 years ago, Skull and Bones is shrouded in mystery; its members are some of the world's most powerful people. It started admitting women in 1991, although Barbara Bush, the daughter of President Bush who went to Yale, did not join. Only 15 Yale students are tapped to join Skull and Bones each year.

Citing video footage of a Skull and Bones ceremony, Ralph Nader said: "Initiation rituals involve morbid admission of personal sexual experiences and coerced displays of sophomoric masochism and mystical mumbo jumbo, hooded robes and members carrying skulls." So far, neither candidate will talk about Skull and Bones, so those who wish to know more will be left perusing the pages of Secrets of the Tomb.