Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Planet Wingnut News for Tuesday


Limbaugh jokes: ‘Would a white male judge have fractured his ankle’ in the same way Sotomayor did?
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor broke her right ankle yesterday after stumbling at La Guardia airport in New York. According to a spokesperson, she was treated at George Washington University Hospital and released to attend “her full schedule of meetings on Capitol Hill this afternoon.” Conservative talker Rush Limbaugh couldn’t resist making a joke in response to the news of her injury. Noting the incident on his radio show today, Limbaugh wondered aloud whether a “white male” would have broken his ankle under similar circumstances:
LIMBAUGH: She fractured her ankle in an airport. She stumbled in the airport on her way to senate meetings. Now, the question is, would a white male judge have fractured his ankle in the same circumstances in the same airport on the way to Senate meetings?

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