Wonkette
- RUTH BADER GINSBERG HAS CANCERS!: Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which kills about 95% of people. But! Her cancer was detected as early as possible, giving her a pretty good shot of living another 75 years. Treatment, however, will still be a terrible pain in the ass. Ginsberg also had cancer in 1999, in her colon, which also usually kills people. She is so tough. [AP]
Hang on, Judge! Each year on the bench is another stake in Scalia’s heart.
Meanwhile Thomas and Scalia order another round of steaks.
Cancer sux, y’all, but at least our president doesn’t eat baby chipmunks and appoint his poker buddies to the supreme courts.
Sigh.
I need Dave Denby to show me how to tastefully handle a cancer thread.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg is a pretty cool supreme court justice. eh kills babies and doesn’t afraid of anything.
It’s okay for her to retire now, and for Obama to appoint some uber-pervert. Yay, Democrats.
It doesn’t explain why she is only 3 feet tall, though.
Ruth, I am rooting for you!
Obama will replace her with Judge Judy.
Thank the electorate that we have President Obama, ESQ. (who understands about The Supremes) in the choosin’ the next Justice seat.
Madame Justice, this Portia’s thoughts are with you for beating the odds. And those odds are formidable.
Wish I could quote the lines from Goodfellas(?) about “catching a cancer”. Anybody?
Yay! Maybe soon Barry can carry out his fiendish plan to appoint his BFF (butt-fuck friend) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Supreme Courts!
If Ginsberg retires, who then becomes the hot babe of the Supreme Court?
Let’s all wish Justice Ginsberg our best, but plan for this 95% possibility. My mom passed away from cancer a few months ago, and she did everything she could to get her affairs in order - and if she had been a Supreme Court Justice and I had been the President at the time, we’d would’ve had a good talk about who she’d want to succeed her…
Stop being so mean to Ted Kennedy!
Tough indeed. “In her previous bout with cancer, Ginsburg received treatment throughout the court’s term and never missed a day on the bench.”
I can’t picture Justice Ginsberg berating a 20 year old college student for asking a legitimate question. Actually, I can’t imagine anyone other than a knuckle draging mouth breather berating a 20 year old for asking a legitimate question.
Appoint Hillary and half the GOP will have a heart attack.
Godspeed Justice Ginsberg. This story gives me the sads.
“But!”
Jim, that ain’t where the pancreas is.
Best wishes to Judge Ginsburg. I’d like one of those Federalist groupies to retire, however…not the lovely Ruth.
bamaboy: And after the next Justice falls, appoint Bill and give the other half a heart attack.
What’s the reaction from ‘The Corner’? I’m sure that they are full of Denby-approved remarks on this item.
Daschle for SCOTUS!
…FUKK, isn’t Michelle a lawyer?! Hmmmmmmmm.
bamaboy: Supreme Court Justice (William/Hillary) Clinton…. I likey!…
That cancer’s name is Antonin Scalia.
Best wishes to the only remaining lady justice.
However, I will note that for some reason when I saw this post all I could think of was Tina Fey’s comment years ago about Ruth Bader Ginsberg oiled up on the cover of Maxim. Madam Justice, I luvs you, but that mental picture made me weep.
This sort of vicious, hate-filled attack by the vulgar and jealous Wonkette Internet site on a fellow woman in distress is exactly what is wrong with American society today, and what is wrong with all of the Internet traditions with which I am familiar, also.
Paging David Ogden, paging David Ogden because just the thought of him & Scalia & Thomas arguing the merits/legality of porn would be hi-larious!
My gawd, we should all be praying to Mecca & thanking Allah that Barry is president now & not Walnuts & Bible Spice. Since Walnuts would have keeled over by now, Bible Spice would have appointed one of Todd’s friends that had been to court to contest his illegal moose hunting ticket.
Bearbloke: Madame Justice Michelle Obama…. Nice! But, due to the Doctrine of Separation of Powers, would that mean they could have sexytime only during State of The Union Addresses?
Larry Fine: John Roberts.
“Swayze & the Gins”
A new buddy-cop comedy-drama coming this Spring to NBC.
See how many seasons it goes!!
As far as I am concerned, when Ruth Ginsberg dies, she will be carried bodily into heaven for soldiering on through 2009, so Bush couldn’t nominate her replacement. I hope Barry replaces the whole left wing of the SC in the next four years, and the sooner he gets on with it, the better. Barry should replace her with someone very liberal, female and young, I’m thinking Jennifer Aniston.
Let’s not write Ruth off yet. She’ll be back or we’ll clone her. And while you’re at it, clone a Ginsberg for me. She sounds like fun.
Servo: That was the name of her colon cancer. I believe this one is named in honor of Scalito.
And let us not forget that Justice Stevens, may he live forever, is about 125 years old. We have dodged a bullet with Barry’s election.
Unfortunately all the oldest justices are the liberals, such as they are. President Obama will probably have to go through a few replacement appointments before the liberal-to-conservative ratio changes. Unless the NRO cruise should meet with some sort of iceberg.
WadISay: What about Ashley Judd?
Mr Blifil: Ahm but they sold their souls to the Devil, thus don’t need to worry about death.
Larry Fine: you KNOW Scalia wears drag in private, so he is lobbying for that position.
why does cancer have to go after adorable people like ginsberg, instead of hateful lardasses like limbaugh? why does it always seem like horrible diseases never afflict truly horrible people?
SayItWithWookies: As long as they are all liberal and under 50, I’ll take it. Still, it would be something for Scalia to spontaneously combust in a fit of rage over something like civil rights. One can always hope.
PerhapsSo: Perfect! Nominate an actress as tribute to Ms. Ginsberg’s acting career:
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…. Justices don’t have to be attorneys, I’m sorta remembering….
Ruth has a job with insurance, so right there she has a much greater chance statistically than most people in America.
Mr Blifil: … took me a while to make the connection, ordering food-wise, but aren’t there some peanut butter-filled product that we can send as early Valentines to certain black-robed gents?
When the time comes, and I hope she lives a long time, but let’s hope BHO calls a halt to this reaching across the aisle shit when it comes to nominating her successor.
bitchincamaro: I agree. But do the repubs have enough votes (or trickery) to put a stop to a nomination? Or are we finally at a place where they are just going to have to suck it.
This sucks. Fun fact, I was her grand daughter’s summer camp counselor years ago, and she was one legit six year old. She gave me an ice cream maker for my birthday and sang an adorable song about the birthday girl. And she hated kid yoga class. All in all, a fine individual- maybe she could be the replacement?
SayItWithWookies: No, not an iceberg. They’ll use that as another excuse to debunk climate change!
MORE CONSERVATIVE JUDGES, pwease.
bitchincamaro: Wait, you’re saying Susan Collins shouldn’t be her replacement? Th-th-that’s not change we can b-b-believe in!
Shoulda been Scalia.
jagorev: Oh, hell, why not go full-retard: Kay Bailey Hutchison.
shanemacgowan: Listening to bore-ass arguments, or Scalia, while your body’s being tortured with chemo and scalded with radiation is pretty goddam hardcore. Good for Ruth. That is awesome.
Bronkers: Earl Warren, after whom the wingnuts named “The Warren Court,” which they hated, was governor of California when Ike appointed him. The wingnuts hated the Warren Court because it brought: one man, one vote; school integration; and many other modern horrors that define “civilization.” Unfortunately it seems unlikely that Hopey would nominate someone who’s not a member of his tribe (LLDs, not Luos).
I can see David Denby taking notes for his next book about snarky, female and evil (redundant?) bloggers and readers of Wonkette who laugh maniacally every time a political figure gets cancer, throw cancer-themed parties and pray at nights for everyone in DC to get cancer. Denby is onto us.
Why did it have to be Ginsberg? Let’s see how Democrats screw this one up if and when she resigns. They will surely try to find as spineless a candidate as they themselves are to be the next token woman in the SC (in the spirit of bipartisanship of course), while the Republicans claim that she is a communist who spends her spare time killing babies for fun.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is so tough, she once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
actor212: But she read him his rights first.
V572625694: Yowie… I remember the “Impeach Earl Warren” signs in some of the less-enlightened areas of Our Noble Republic. Jeeze-o-pete, he was a brave man.
And given what I know about justice in Kenya (and I do know Luos, Luyas and Kalenjens, amongst others…), you’re right. It’ll be one of the law tribe, for a certainty.
That Barry BlackBerry will be getting a lot of use today…..
When I initially saw her pic on CNN I was screamed OH MY GOD BUSH GETS TO APPOINT A…wait a minute! *sigh of relief* Our Boy Barry is in the appointing chair. She’s from Brooklyn and she’s Jewish. This knowledge gives me hope that she’ll last a hella long time.
Texan Bulldoggette: Ha!
I hope she gets better. I shudder to think of Scalia without his Domme.
sanantonerose: But not so long as to let another Republican be in the appointing chair.
Even the haters on WaPo are posting “Get Well! Best Wishes! Speedy Recovery!” messages to that story. That’s impressive!
If the worst happens, I nominate Tina Fey.
polichi: Jane’s daughter? I had Copyright Law with Jane Ginsburg, and she would throw in some very amusing examples from conversations with her kids sometimes.
I hope Justice Ginsburg pulls through, both for her, and because I am fond of her daughter.
Links: I smell a seeeeeeeeeeeeequelllllllllllll.
Lemming Caution:
No,it’s her son James’ kids…the whole family is so unbelievably nice and cool though, I’m sure Jane is awesome from the stories I’ve heard…and the kids are hilarious. Ex: “My grandma who works in Washington told me George Bush is a mean man.”Also, the ice cream maker works great.