Who is going to bork Harriet Miers?
There are two definitions of verb 'bork;' one is the fake ‘original’ and the other what liberals called the ‘revisionist’ definition of this verb. The original verb definition is one that came many years before Judge Bork was ever nominated to the Supreme Court. A well-known joke said that "borking" was "firing a man for doing exactly what he was hired to do" (i.e. Judge Bork had "borked" Archibald Cox, whose job had been to investigate criminal activities in the Nixon White House).
The most famous (or infamous) use of the verb, “to bork,” occurred in July 1991. Florence Kennedy addressed the conference on the importance of defeating the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. She said, 'We're going to bork him.' Bork was the victim of the most recent rejection of a nominee that came in 1987, when the Senate refused to confirm Robert Bork. In 1991, Clarence Thomas' choice was almost derailed by allegations of sexual harassment; however, he was eventually confirmed by a narrow vote of 52–48. Fake, original or revisionist description of the verb aside, I hope that Miers, a graduate from Southern Methodist University Law School, as opposed to the expected Harvard or Yale, does not suffer the fate of ‘borking’ by the liberals.
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