Robert H. Bork 1927-2012, RIP

Pajamas Media ^ | 12/19/12 | Roger Kimball

[cotton1706]

A great jurist and Solicitor General.

[chrisser]

RIP, Your Honor.

[Buckeye McFrog]

R.I.P., Judge Bork.

You will sadly always be the Poster Child for how the Left sets out to absolutely destroy good people through smear campaigns orchestrated by their fellow travelers in the mainstream media.

[albie]

I wonder how the media will portray him? Never mind. Stupid question.

[fatnotlazy]

Perhaps if Judge Bork had been on the Supreme Court, we might not have Obamacare.

Rest in peace, Judge.

[apillar]

You will sadly always be the Poster Child for how the Left sets out to absolutely destroy good people through smear campaigns orchestrated by their fellow travelers in the mainstream media.

Well it might be a bit of a stretch to see the bright side, but if he would have won confirmation way back then, Obama might be filling his vacancy today....

[skeeter]

The Left set a new low standard during Judge Bork's confirmation hearings.

A low they've since surpassed by a long shot, unfortunately.

[stevio]

After reading the article, trying not to think ill of the dead (i.e. Kennedy) but rather bless Bork for having to endure it. R.I.P.

[AU72]

Thanks to Ted Kennedy and his ilk, the country was denied a great jurist on the Supreme Court.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Bork was an intellectual giant, a brilliant legal mind. Of course, in Lib-landia, that’s not what they’re looking for. They want the best Hispanic female who is pro-abortion under any and all circumstances. Et cetera.

[exit82]

A great man, who did not deserve what the Democrats did to him.

You can trace the takeover of the Democrat Party by the Left to 1987. This is when the mask came off, and from 1988 to 1992, the major Dems went from pro-life to pro-abort.

In 1991, the Dems went full bore against Clarence Thomas and supported the liar Anita Hill. This was the spring after our tremendous military victory in the First Gulf War. The complicity of media with the Dems to destroy a conservative black man was unprecedented.

In 1992, the SOB traitor Bill Clinton was their standard bearer—what a gift he and his wife were to our country and our culture.The tactics of personal destruction and media complicity was perfected in those years. Like the Communist Party that had taken them over, the Dems never yielded in their protection of their members, no matter how outrageous the conduct. They politicized everything.

Now, with their perfected takeover of the vote counting process, they will be almost unstoppable.

But Bork was the event that introduced us to the new Democrat Party, and 25 years of hell as they proceeded with their single-minded mission to “fundamentally transform” America.

[Joe 6-pack]

RIP Judge. While I had always instinctively leaned conservative, it was not until I read Judge Bork's Slouching Towards Gomorrah in my mid-twenties, that I started to put those gut feelings into a more seriously considered philosophy and became able to articulate why I believed what I believed.

I didn't agree with all his conclusions, but even in those cases, it was because of him that I forced myself to articulate why I disagreed.

When it came to opposing abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, there were few who could make or communicate a better case.

[pgkdan]

R.I.P to one of the truly great ones!

[Candor7]

I wonder how the media will portray him?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Borked. ( A new word was created in the English Language.)

Sarah Palin was borked by the GOP and the left.

[Chickensoup]

Slouching to Gomorrah was the first conservative book I read and gave me much to think about.

[Common Sense 101]

In a way, Robert Bork had the last laugh. Ted Kennedy went to his grave a rancid, lumbering, pathetic laughing stock.

He did? Then why do the lying communist propogandists in the media continue to refer to lying POS scumbag as the "lion of the Senate".

[TexasTransplant]

Your Honor

TT

[rightwingintelligentsia]

RIP to a great judge. He would have made an excellent SC Justice.

[Mike Darancette]

R.I.P

[massgopguy]

If Bork had been on the court. Obama would appoint his replacement.

[massgopguy]

The real case against Bork was The Saturday Night Massacre.

[M Kehoe]

Requiescat in pace.

Amen.

5.56mm

[izzatzo]

Great American, great Constitutional jurist, RIP

[TurkeyLurkey]

Well, I know one thing, he is in great torment now, has been since he went to the grave, and will be forever.

[TurkeyLurkey]

Very true...and very well put.

[yobid]

“The truth is that the judge who looks outside the Constitution always looks inside himself and nowhere else.”

We’re losing all of our good guys.

[TurkeyLurkey]

#24 - Kennedy, of course.

[Iron Munro]

Perhaps if Judge Bork had been on the Supreme Court, we might not have Obamacare.

If Judge Bork had made it to the Supreme Court we would not have Obama sitting in the White House.

Another great American has passed from the scene.

[acapesket]

Dead ted was first and foremost a Communist Collaborator, drunken murderer and a loser. Lets call a spade a spade.

[Disambiguator]

The so-called “Lion of the Senate,” Ted Kennedy, surely one of the most despicable men ever to hold high public office in the United States (yes, that’s saying something), stood on the Senate floor and emitted a serious of calumnious lies designed not simply to prevent Judge Bork from being appointed to the Supreme Court but to soil his character irretrievably.

The damage done to this country by Ted Kennedy is incalculable. He gave us third-world immigration (along with a host of other abominations), the gift that keeps on giving.

[newzjunkey]

On the plus side, Obama is not now able to appoint Bork’s successor.

[freekitty]

RIP. This country was robbed of one of the best men ever due to the sick minds of sick people. Justice Roberts take note.

[andy58-in-nh]

Robert Bork's deep wisdom will outlive the shallow contempt of his adversaries.

A great mind, a great jurist and a great influence on many. RIP.

[AuH2ORepublican]

May he rest in peace. Prayers for his family.

He was a good and great man, whose contribution to our legal system cannot be overestimated.

[Biggirl]

RIP.

[meyer]

Rest In Peace, Robert Bork!

You should have been on the Supreme Court, but the left denied you that honor. For that, they should not be forgiven.

[MinuteGal]

"Then why do the lying communist propagandists continue to refer to him as 'the Lion of the Senate?' "

Because Teddy Kennedy WAS "the Lyin' of the Senate".

Leni

[pbear8]

He did? Then why do the lying communist propogandists in the media continue to refer to lying POS scumbag as the "lion of the Senate".

He truly was the Lyin' of the Senate.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Had Judge Bork been on the Supreme Court, there may not have been a President Obama...

[smokingfrog]

RIP

[Solson]

Robert Bork confirmed why I was a conservative. After reading his book, "The Tempting of America", I saw, at the same time, his brilliance, what a Supreme Court Jurist should be, and why I am a conservative.

Robert Bork was a GREAT American and a good man. Rest in Peace Mr. Bork. Thank you for your contributions to this country.

[Liberty Valance]

RIP Judge Bork

[MichaelCorleone]

May God welcome you into Paradise, Judge.

And we thank you for what you did here and for what you tried to do here as well.

[TexasFreeper2009]

*shudder* if he had been on the court.... Obama would be replacing him!

(for the first time in my life I am glad Bork didn’t make it on the court)

[Dave W]

I had the same exact thought, assuming he had not retired.

[SueRae]

One of the really good guys. Thank you, your honor. May you rest in peace.

[left that other site]

My heart aches as all the history of what was done to this Good Man passes before my memory.

RIP, Your Honor.

[shove_it]

Rest in Peace, Your Honor. Thanks for posting this fine eulogy by Roger Kimball.

[trisham]

Rest in peace, Judge Bork.

[LUV W]

May he rest in peace. We are losing a lot of great men and only the dregs seem to be left.