Flashback: Ted Kennedy 'Borking' Bork (1987)

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• ted
• kennedy
• robert
• bork
• supreme
• court
• 1987

[Albyiscool]

@oldjoe5

I wouldn't be in a position to talk if I was trying to exonerate a drunk murderer by bringing up a hunting accident.

[dunkelfier]

Ted Kennedy's America is a land in which a woman can die because they were riding with a drunk driver, and the driver responsible could go on to serve in the Senate for 40+ years.

[KidSheIeen]

....and as impeccable as they always were. But sometimes he got lost driving. And once he was able to name my three sisters and one brother but looked me straight in the eyes and insisted that I was his brother and got angry when I told him that I was his son. That was in Feb 2011. What went on in the White House with Reagan you've done a terrible job of characterizing. And you obviously know nothing about the disease. Thank you for your sympathy. I appreciate it.

[KidSheIeen]

@GeorgiaKev Reagan left office in Jan 1989. He was a lame duck in office at that time unable to run again. If he was diagnosed in 93 that is 4 years later. Alot can happen in 4 years. My father was diagnosed with beginning stages dementia in 2005 and when he died in April 2011 he was still in a stage of dementia on the way to possible Alzheimers. He was still able to interact socially. His sense of humor was intact. He loved nature the same way as in the past. His opinions were as strong...

[Patriot751]

This demonic scum was a unfair, mean, hypocrite of the first order. Nasty son of a bitch had alot of nerve saying these detestable comments about Robert Bork. This scum was drunk when his car went off that bridge killing that woman and then he let her drown. He then ran a hid while he sobbered up and then used his family's influence to get out of it. Their are 2 America's, an America where this embarassment can murder someone and get away with it and everyone else, and lefty's still loved him.

[jbjumpback]

I hope Ted Kennedy is still slowly turning on the spit of hell.

[GeorgiaKev]

@KidSheIeen Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1993 and he revealed his illness to the public in 1994 (he died in 2004). However, he was clearly in the early stages of Alzheimers throughout his second term and the White House staff covered it up. The only reason I brought up Reagan's health issues is because YOU brought up Kennedy's health issues.

In any case, I'm very sorry to hear about your father. My sympathies are with you and your family.

[GeorgiaKev]

@KidSheIeen That's right, we should just put anybody the president personally handpicks and immediately put them in one of the most powerful positions in the country, that being a seat on the Supreme Court. Are you freakin' kidding me? Anybody appointed to a seat on the Supreme Court should have their background THOROUGHLY examined. In fact, I don't think any judge should be confirmed without at least 60% approval of the Senate.

[KidSheIeen]

@GeorgiaKev I would have screamed that he didn't get a fair hearing without Senate testimony? I think the Senate hearings are unnecessary. Maybe they should last one day and every Senator gets maybe 5 minutes of questioning for the sake to the American people and TV. But in current form the hearings are only designed for democrats to grandstand and smear Republican appointees. That's why Biden and Kennedy made me sick.

[KidSheIeen]

@GeorgiaKev Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease in 2004. I took personal care of my father who was determined to have dementia. Another doctor told me it could be the beginnings of Alzheimers. Do you know anything personally about the two? My dad died this year. He had memory issues and other issues but his character was as strong as ever. And he was as intelligent as ever. We had a total invalid in the White House? Go fuck yourself

[GeorgiaKev]

@KidSheIeen Bork was too extreme to be a Supreme Court justice. You're right, the Senate should have simply voted on the nomination before the hearings and ended the entire matter. Of course, you'd have screamed that the man didn't get a fair treatment because he never got to testify before the Senate Judicary Committee.

So my intelligence level is the same as Biden's? Thanks, I don't think I'm worthy of such a compliment. You are the one who doesn't realize how brilliant Kennedy was.

[GeorgiaKev]

@KidSheIeen No, they wouldn't have been. The government has no right to tell a woman what to do with her own body (as the 4th Amdt clearly encompasses a right of privacy). Furthermore, the death penalty is unconstitutional as it is a "cruel" form of punishement, forbidden under the 8th Amdnt What about the two flag-burning cases in 1989 and 1990? Bork OPENLY said he'd have voted to uphold the ban had he been on the court. Would that ruling have been correct given the 1st Amdnt?