The Democrats attempts to ‘bork’ Judge Kavanaugh has added a new metaphor to the political lexicon – Getting a Dose of Kavanaugh. It’s a mashup of “Getting a dose of your own medicine” and “I’m rubber and you’re glue, your words bounce off me and stick to you.” Michael Ramirez paints the picture….so to speak.
NPR reports, “Kavanaugh Looks On Path To Supreme Court Confirmation, After 4 Days Of Hearings.”
Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped up four days of hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The committee is likely to vote on Kavanaugh in about two weeks.
And nothing in this week’s often partisan-squabbling, protest-interrupted spectacle has changed the likely outcome: a party-line vote in favor of Kavanaugh’s elevation to the high court.
**bork [bawrk]
Word Origin
verb (used with object)
to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media.
Origin of bork
1988, Americanism; after Judge Robert H. Bork, whose appointment to the Supreme Court was blocked in 1987 after an extensive media campaign by his opponents
