Sotomayor Breaks Her Ankle

[Are_grits_groceries]

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was taken to George Washington University Medical Center in the District this morning for X-rays of her right ankle after stumbling at the La Guardia airport in New York, White House officials said.

The X-ray revealed a small fracture in her ankle. She was released from the hospital after less than two hours and is now using crutches, said Ben LaBolt, an assistant press secretary at the White House.

"This morning, on the way to Washington, D.C., Judge Sotomayor tripped at LaGuardia Airport. After an X-ray at Medical Faculty Associates, it was determined that Judge Sotomayor has a small fracture in her right ankle," LaBolt said. "She has been treated and released, and is looking forward to keeping her full schedule of meetings on Capitol Hill this afternoon."

LaBolt said Sotomayor was rushing through the hallways at LaGuardia to catch her flight when she injured her foot. He said she boarded her plane despite the injury and traveled to the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House before determining that she needed treatment.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/08/sotomayor_breaks_her_foot.html?hpid=topnews

And the attacks saying she should not be seated because she is clumsy will begin in 7..6..5..4..3..2..

[Patsy Stone]

1. She's clearly going for the sympathy vote, here.

:)

[otohara]

3. Latina Drama Queen

now she will have even more "empathy" for folks with disabilities.

[rurallib]

10. DISABLED Latina Woman

[Patsy Stone]

18. She's as good as confirmed!

:rofl:

[BuyingThyme]

11. Brilliant.

[BR_Parkway]

2. I thought Justice was supposed to be blind, not clumsy

[rateyes]

6. Try running through LaGuardia with your eyes closed.

My bet is you'd break an ankle, too. :evilgrin: :hi:

[MorningGlow]

4. Which Repuke tripped her? n/t

[Kali]

5. I did the same thing a few years ago

(cracked an ankle bone, not slipped in LaGuardia airport - heh) pretty darn painful and I'm a tough old broad. I am impressed she is going to keep her schedule.

Good for her. Hope it heals fast and uneventfully.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. I've done the same and it is painful. My doctor told me that a crack is still considered

a broken bone and not to take it lightly. It takes the same time to heal.

[peace13]

7. Shades of Scooter Libby.

I hope they didn't put a 'chip' in her while she was at the hospital! :)

[KingFlorez]

8. I'm sure this will be used somehow

Her detractors have nothing else, so this will be perfect fodder for them.

[gratuitous]

20. Gordon Liddy will demand to know if she was menstruating

You're right, these clowns will grasp at every straw, no matter how foolish. And our "librul" media will breathlessly report every stupid utterance as if any of them had any merit at all. Fighting against teh stoopid is just exhausting, and the right wing dimwits seem to have a never-ending supply.

[47of74]

12. I wonder if some right wing turd will say that she's going for the disabled vote now?

[Reader Rabbit]

13. Give her a break! Same/Similar happened to my congresscritter.

Bow-tie Earl Blumenauer broke his ankle while taking out the recycling bin for trash pickup.

:P

[Rebubula]

14. Get well soon...

...you have a lot of work to do, Judge.

As someone that is very clumsy...I like her better already...she is one of us, the many, the proud - the clumsy

[undeterred]

15. That just proves shes racist

and she would be biased in favor of people who have hurt their ankles. Disqualified.

[eppur_se_muova]

16. Oh noes ... Now she'll lean to the right!

But maybe that will help her get confirmed. :P

[dionysus]

17. go break a leg is supposed to be a figure of speech

[aikoaiko]

19. Where was Newt?

:shrug: