And the Buzzflash GOP Hypocrite of the Week is...

[demobabe]

Robert Bork

Robert Bork has made a living out of being the bilious, hateful symbol of right wing jurists. Since he was "Borked" and denied a seat on the Supreme Court in 1987, the former Nixon hit man has become even more embittered.

According to Wikipedia, "Bork served as acting Attorney General of the United States from 1973 to 1974. As acting Attorney General, he is known for carrying out U.S. President Richard Nixon's order to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox following Cox's request for tapes of Oval Office conversations. The firing incident is known as the "Saturday Night Massacre." Nixon's Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Richardson's Deputy Attorney General, William Ruckelshaus, resigned rather than carry out the order. Bork, next in line after Richardson and Ruckelshaus, became acting head of the Justice Department, and Nixon reiterated his order to fire Cox. Bork complied with Nixon's order and fired Cox. He subsequently resumed his duties as Solicitor General."

Wow, what a pedigree! And at the favored right wing "think tank" of Cheney and Bush -- the American Enterprise Institute -- Bork championed such favorite GOP goals as "tort reform" in the ongoing Republican effort to please corporations by limiting the right to sue for injuries and damages.

So it came as a bit of a hypocritical surprise that Bork recently sued the Yale Club of New York for $1 million. What was the basis of the suit?

Read the rest here: http://gophypocrites.com/2007/06/hyp07024.html

[bbinacan]

1. Agreed. Hypocrite. n/t

[demobabe]

2. kick!

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