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Rand Paul Backing Out of 'Meet The Press'

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Gus5/21/2010 4:31:32 pm PDT

Anyone ever see this? It kind of dovetails with the Rand Paul, Libertarian, free market bull shit artists. It’s from 2007:

Robert Bork Files Slip-and-Fall Lawsuit Against Yale Club

Robert Bork , the one-time U.S. Supreme Court nominee, has sued the Yale Club for negligence. He is seeking $1 million in damages for injuries he sustained from a fall at the club last year. Here’s a copy of the complaint

Bork was at the Yale Club last June to speak at an event sponsored by The New Criterion, a monthly review of the arts and intellectual life. According to the suit filed in federal court in Manhattan, the club failed to provide steps and a handrail to climb onto the dais. Bork fell backward as he was attempting to climb the dais, striking his leg on the stage and his head on a heat register, the suit says.

The 80-year-old Bork suffered a large hematoma, or swelling of blood, in his lower left leg as a result of the fall and the hematoma eventually burst, according to the lawsuit. The injury required surgery and months of physical therapy, according to the complaint. He claims to have suffered “excruciating pain” as a result of the injury and continues to walk with a limp, according to the complaint.

Seems like he was pretty banged up. However, you have to wonder how he would have ruled as a younger man. Or given that lawsuits such as this are typically frowned upon by the right wing. Well, of course they’re frowned upon unless it’s them that’s been injured.