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malthaussen

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5. I remember Bork most for the Saturday Night Massacre,

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 09:40 AM

Jan 2013

... and I was certainly pleased when his nomination to the Court failed. A tragedy, certainly, by the actual meaning of the word, but the thing I've always thought interesting about tragedy is that the "fatal flaw" is, after all, a flaw. We were better off without him.

-- Mal

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Robert Bork’s Tragedy by Linda Greenhouse [View all] elleng Jan 2013 OP

The rigidity that caused him to snap about Specter Warpy Jan 2013 #1

His name has become a synonym for something broken beyond repair Confusious Jan 2013 #4

Robert Bork? Nobody even remembered him when he died. He was a nobody, not a martyr graham4anything Jan 2013 #2

Not exactly. You may not like him; neither do I, but . . . elleng Jan 2013 #3

I remember Bork most for the Saturday Night Massacre, malthaussen Jan 2013 #5