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NATIONAL SADNESSES

Sotomayor Breaks Entire Body, At Airport

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]


2:34 PM on Mon June 8 2009
By Jim Newell
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  1. Haha, a likely story. No doubt she had her foot up somebody’s ass SO far, she broke her ankle.

  2. nbawriter says at 2:40 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

    Way to go, Soeye Sofellondafloor.

  3. Electric Zen says at 2:40 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  4. tehbenton says at 2:41 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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…

  5. rereridiculous says at 2:41 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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.

  6. lizard scum says at 2:41 pm, June 8th, 2009

    Heal thyself, Wise Latina.

  7. The Real JR Revisted says at 2:42 pm, June 8th, 2009

    nbawriter: lol I love you.

  8. Capricatony says at 2:43 pm, June 8th, 2009

    Also known as the Scooter Libby sympathy ploy.

  9. sezme says at 2:49 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  10. dijetlo says at 2:50 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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.

  11. Come here a minute says at 2:51 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  12. Rosie Scenario says at 2:52 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  13. WadISay says at 2:53 pm, June 8th, 2009

    Capricatony: I bet she’s gets no empathy from the Repubs on the Judiciary Committee.

  14. norbizness says at 2:53 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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.

  15. 19kevin8 says at 2:53 pm, June 8th, 2009

    “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?

  16. freakishlystrong says at 2:53 pm, June 8th, 2009

    dijetlo: She is a rasicst and practices “identity polictics” therefore, she was on her ass due to tequila.

  17. StoneAge says at 2:54 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  18. iwillsavethispatient says at 2:54 pm, June 8th, 2009

    Hmm… weak bones… low calcium intake… aha!

    WHY DOES SOTOMAYOR HATE OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY?

  19. boatapple says at 2:56 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  20. lizard scum says at 2:57 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  21. Blender says at 2:59 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  22. TeddyS says at 3:00 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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.

  23. SayItWithWookies says at 3:00 pm, June 8th, 2009

    19kevin8: She’ll make the appointments — but she might skip the jai alai game later tonight.

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

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

  25. lizard scum says at 3:01 pm, June 8th, 2009

    lizard scum: As the New Republic would say.

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

    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.

  27. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 3:08 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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!”

  28. takes12no1 says at 3:09 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  29. Zadig says at 3:11 pm, June 8th, 2009

    SayItWithWookies: But will she participate in the SCOTUS bocce ball tournament?

  30. lawrenceofthedesert says at 3:14 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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.”

  31. SlipperyDick says at 3:50 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  32. BobLoblawLawBlog says at 3:56 pm, June 8th, 2009

    Looks like somebody ate the worm.

  33. NoWireHangers says at 4:51 pm, June 8th, 2009

    Clearly, someone forgot to take their Boniva.

  34. Bruno says at 6:19 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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?

  35. Scandalabra says at 6:21 pm, June 8th, 2009

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

  36. Morbo the Annihilator says at 7:31 pm, June 8th, 2009

    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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