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Sotomayor Breaks Entire Body, At Airport

by Jim Newell  2:34 pm June 8, 2009

Seems the National Review erred in dubbing Sonia Sotomayor the one “Wise Latina” on Earth, because, as Joe Klein might say, if she’s so smart then why can’t she walk? “WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle Monday morning in an airport stumble on her way to Washington to meet with senators who will vote on her confirmation.” That is clearly not why she was in an airport, silly AP writer with a “September 10th” world view. [AP]

{ 36 comments }

TGY June 8, 2009 at 2:37 pm

Haha, a likely story. No doubt she had her foot up somebody’s ass SO far, she broke her ankle.

nbawriter June 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Great … now when a Senator argues that she leans left, there will be no rebuttal.

Way to go, Soeye Sofellondafloor.

Electric Zen June 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Yeah, let’s see you vote against a DISABLED Latina now, Republicans! Keep it up, smart guys, and we’ll make her gay, too!

tehbenton June 8, 2009 at 2:41 pm

In other news, Jeff Sessions (R – Dickistan) was reported absent from the Senate floor and Capitol Hill PD has reported the theft of one anti-riot baton…

rereridiculous June 8, 2009 at 2:41 pm

Why does everyone always make such a big deal about Sotomayor being Mexican or something? It’s obvious she can’t walk because she’s a woman.

lizard scum June 8, 2009 at 2:41 pm

Heal thyself, Wise Latina.

The Real JR Revisted June 8, 2009 at 2:42 pm

[re=334113]nbawriter[/re]: lol I love you.

Capricatony June 8, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Also known as the Scooter Libby sympathy ploy.

sezme June 8, 2009 at 2:49 pm

Ankle casts are good places to hide suicide vests. Just saying.

dijetlo June 8, 2009 at 2:50 pm

I’ve seen this before, the vodka on domestic airlines is the rottgut from the Holiday Inn mini-bar but it will put you on your ass if your not careful. I’m not saying that because she’s a woman, I’m saying it because she’s a messikan…you know how them people drink.

Come here a minute June 8, 2009 at 2:51 pm

An old white man would have hurt himself moving boxes instead of tripping in an airport.

Rosie Scenario June 8, 2009 at 2:52 pm

If memory serves Stephen Breyer broke his arm falling off his bicycle around the time he was nominated. Fun SCOTUS fact.

WadISay June 8, 2009 at 2:53 pm

[re=334120]Capricatony[/re]: I bet she’s gets no empathy from the Repubs on the Judiciary Committee.

norbizness June 8, 2009 at 2:53 pm

A more appropriate Family Guy clip. And by appropriate, I mean totally inappropriate, in that the way it depicts Senate Judiciary hearings is inaccurate, in that the Senators aren’t standing individually in front of the nominee to question her.

19kevin8 June 8, 2009 at 2:53 pm

“She was keeping her six appointments with senators despite the injury, which has her walking with crutches.”

Can you imagine the howls from the Republicans if she hadn’t kept the appointments?

freakishlystrong June 8, 2009 at 2:53 pm

[re=334123]dijetlo[/re]: She is a rasicst and practices “identity polictics” therefore, she was on her ass due to tequila.

StoneAge June 8, 2009 at 2:54 pm

How long before Limbaugh claims this was an intentional act to gain sympathy?

iwillsavethispatient June 8, 2009 at 2:54 pm

Hmm… weak bones… low calcium intake… aha!

WHY DOES SOTOMAYOR HATE OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY?

boatapple June 8, 2009 at 2:56 pm

This means she’ll be hopped up on Percocet for the confirmation hearings. Is that good, or bad?

lizard scum June 8, 2009 at 2:57 pm

Maybe she can have one of her cats drive her to the hospital, the loser.

Blender June 8, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Where was Tonya Harding when this alleged “ankle breaking” occured?

TeddyS June 8, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Now Senator Sessions has to break his entire leg, all the way up to the elbow, to show a white man can do it better.

SayItWithWookies June 8, 2009 at 3:00 pm

[re=334132]19kevin8[/re]: She’ll make the appointments — but she might skip the jai alai game later tonight.

Lionel Hutz Esq. June 8, 2009 at 3:01 pm

Who knew that Jeff Gillooly and Shawn Eckhardt were now chief strategist for the Republican Party?

lizard scum June 8, 2009 at 3:01 pm

[re=334138]lizard scum[/re]: As the New Republic would say.

Lionel Hutz Esq. June 8, 2009 at 3:02 pm

Of course, this is what you have to expect when you hire your Supreme Court Justice from a bunch of day-laborers in front of the Home Depot. She was probably drunk or high or something.

queeraselvis v 2.0 June 8, 2009 at 3:08 pm

It all comes back to Newt, who tried to pull a Tonya Harding on Soto by coming at her with a baseball bat while screaming “PINATA!”

takes12no1 June 8, 2009 at 3:09 pm

see Rush….right…right ankle…means she puts more weight on her right “ankle”. Of course your right is her left…

Zadig June 8, 2009 at 3:11 pm

[re=334146]SayItWithWookies[/re]: But will she participate in the SCOTUS bocce ball tournament?

lawrenceofthedesert June 8, 2009 at 3:14 pm

She actually broke it dancing in the Tony’s broadcast, a side gig she will give up if named to the Supreme Court or to the preliminary card of a championship fight. Soon to be “Flashdance III: Rags to Robes and Rope-a-Dope.”

SlipperyDick June 8, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Does this mean she can’t dance with the Sharks anymore?

BobLoblawLawBlog June 8, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Looks like somebody ate the worm.

NoWireHangers June 8, 2009 at 4:51 pm

Clearly, someone forgot to take their Boniva.

Bruno June 8, 2009 at 6:19 pm

Ooh, the TSA has a new enemy. If they hadnt made her take off her shoes, this would have never have happened.

Would anyone else pay to see TSA employees waterboarded and/or anal probed?

Scandalabra June 8, 2009 at 6:21 pm

Isn’t she going to sue LaGuardia? What kind of American is she, anyway?

Morbo the Annihilator June 8, 2009 at 7:31 pm

This is the story of her red right ankle…

Also, thanks to Newt Gingrich, I can’t tell what’s parody anymore.

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