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* when [[Robert Bork]] was nominated to the [[Supreme Court]] in 1987, interest groups on [[the left]] hijacked the [[confirmation]] process and used [[Senate hearings]] to launch [[personal attacks]] and “tar and feather” Bork<ref> [http://www.savethecourt.org/site/c.mwK0JbNTJrF/b.886561/k.6DB0/What_Borking_Really_Means.htm What "Borking Really Means"] </ref> | * when [[Robert Bork]] was nominated to the [[Supreme Court]] in 1987, interest groups on [[the left]] hijacked the [[confirmation]] process and used [[Senate hearings]] to launch [[personal attacks]] and “tar and feather” Bork<ref> [http://www.savethecourt.org/site/c.mwK0JbNTJrF/b.886561/k.6DB0/What_Borking_Really_Means.htm What "Borking Really Means"] </ref> | ||
| + | * The Washington Post (7/11/05) reported the Bork history this way: "When President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork, liberals mounted a well-organized, well-financed campaign against him, and conservatives were slow and ineffective in responding." <ref> [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2592 "Borking" History] - [[FAIR]] </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:04, March 14, 2008
- when Robert Bork was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1987, interest groups on the left hijacked the confirmation process and used Senate hearings to launch personal attacks and “tar and feather” Bork[1]
- The Washington Post (7/11/05) reported the Bork history this way: "When President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork, liberals mounted a well-organized, well-financed campaign against him, and conservatives were slow and ineffective in responding." [2]