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"When President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork, liberals mounted a well-organized, well-financed campaign against him, and conservatives were slow and ineffective in responding."
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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>
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* 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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