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re: Question for older posters: Why did Bork get Bork'd?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:42 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:42 pm to SlowFlowPro
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i want subjective memories
Ted Kennedy blasted him with stuff like: if Bork is on the SC "black women will again be on the back of the bus" and "women will be forced to have abortions in alleys". Crap like that.
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:43 pm to Kim Jong Ir
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Ted Kennedy
I actually cheered the day that fat sick frick croaked.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:43 pm to Kafka
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Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists would be censored at the whim of government, and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens for whom the judiciary is often the only protector of the individual rights that are the heart of our democracy
CATS AND DOGS LIVING TOGETHER
MASS HYSTERIA
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:45 pm to the808bass
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The left lost their mind with the nomination. Bork was perhaps one of the most qualified people ever nominated and his character was assassinated over a nothingburger.
...True, and the Clarence Thomas hearings were part 2 of that. Maybe even worse. Thomas countered them perfectly and put them in their place. I've always loved Thomas because of the absurd abuse he received in that hearing. I wish people could see what an arrogant a-hole Joe Biden was in that hearing.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:45 pm to LSU92
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I would argue that Ted Kennedy's speech on the senate floor changed decorum in politics to what we see today.
He reserved a special place in hell for himself after he pulled that little stunt that violated sacred grounds like Congress.
Solidified himself as a thug piece of shite that disgraced his brother
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:49 pm to Sentrius
quote:He already had a confirmed reservation
He reserved a special place in hell for himself after he pulled that little stunt that violated sacred grounds like Congress
complete with deposit
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:49 pm to Wally Sparks
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Ted Kennedy
I actually cheered the day that fat sick frick croaked.
Chappaquiddick. Boom.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:49 pm to LSU92
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I wish people could see what an arrogant a-hole Joe Biden was in that hearing.
it's on Yotuube
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:50 pm to LSU92
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the Clarence Thomas hearings were part 2 of that. Maybe even worse. Thomas countered them perfectly and put them in their place. I've always loved Thomas because of the absurd abuse he received in that hearing. I wish people could see what an arrogant a-hole Joe Biden was in that hearing.
That hearing is the biggest and best example of the most racist behavior you will ever see democrats putting out. So racist it would make Strom, Byrd and LBJ proud. Watching youtube videos of it, it really is amazing to watch the sheer gall of it and how democrats gave zero fricks about it because they had the press on their side and didn't have to worry about social media.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
I suggest people watch it. It shows what an empty suit coward Biden was and is...
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
I seem to remember Ted Kennedy leading the charge and painting him as the Devil himself.
I know it seems tiresome after the past 2-3 months and lord knows I've grown tired of it after the past several decades but the Democrats basically painted Bork as (all together now):
Misogynistic - who would force women into the back ally
Racist - who would prevent blacks from voting or receiving equal justice
And also to blame for everything from Watergate to Irancontra.
They were relentless and America -at that time- didn't have the stomach for the shite ton of name calling that rained down on him on TV. So, no filibuster-proof vote for him...
I don't remember him being labeled as a homophobe, though. Which is kind of telling because even though the AIDs crisis was front and center at that time, what we would now call the LGBT(QRSTUVWXYZ) community had not consolidated and the vast majority of politicians -even the Dems- were still squeamish to be very 'open' in their advocacy.
I know it seems tiresome after the past 2-3 months and lord knows I've grown tired of it after the past several decades but the Democrats basically painted Bork as (all together now):
Misogynistic - who would force women into the back ally
Racist - who would prevent blacks from voting or receiving equal justice
And also to blame for everything from Watergate to Irancontra.
They were relentless and America -at that time- didn't have the stomach for the shite ton of name calling that rained down on him on TV. So, no filibuster-proof vote for him...
I don't remember him being labeled as a homophobe, though. Which is kind of telling because even though the AIDs crisis was front and center at that time, what we would now call the LGBT(QRSTUVWXYZ) community had not consolidated and the vast majority of politicians -even the Dems- were still squeamish to be very 'open' in their advocacy.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:53 pm to Sentrius
Utterly disgraceful.
It was a seminal moment in my political maturation whereupon I realized that I could never be a Democrat.
It was a seminal moment in my political maturation whereupon I realized that I could never be a Democrat.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:54 pm to the808bass
Leading Antitrust expert
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:55 pm to LuckyTiger
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Utterly disgraceful. It was a seminal moment in my political maturation whereupon I realized that I could never be a Democrat.
Me too
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:00 pm to Sentrius
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That hearing is the biggest and best example of the most racist behavior you will ever see democrats putting out.
It was an education of how the democrat party really viewed their double standard with regard to race. It holds true to this very day.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:05 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Bork believed that personal politics was sufficient justification to use the courts as an agent of the executive branch, undermining basic federalism.
explain
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About what I expected from him.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:12 pm to SlowFlowPro
What Ted said about Bork will be exactly what is said about Gorsuch. You can bank on it.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
YouTube is full of stuff... Here is one of the shorter clips
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:20 pm to StrangeBrew
The difference was that there was no counter to the Kennedy/media narrative. No alternate opinions were given reasonable airtime. Bork was evil incarnate per the big three networks. No Fox or Limbaugh to even suggest that something wasn't right about those reports.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:24 pm to Jake88
Exactly.
You just discussed how wrong it was with your coworkers around the water cooler.
You just discussed how wrong it was with your coworkers around the water cooler.
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