Sotomayor’s Broken Latina Ankle To Heal Faster Than A White Male’s Ankle

sotomayroWASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle Monday morning after stumbling in a New York airport and was treated by physicians at George Washington University upon her arrival in the nation’s capital.

After emerging from the hospital in a cast, Sotomayor read a one-sentence statement for reporters:  ”I am happy to report that because of the richness of my Latina ankle’s experiences, more often than not, it will undergo a faster recovery than the ankle of a white male.”

Right-wing radio talk host Rush Limbaugh said Sotomayor’s statement “unnecessarily politicized her health with yet another racist remark,” but White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said that Limbaugh “took the statement out of context — again.”  Gibbs added that Mr. Limbaugh’s criticism was unwarranted ”because nowhere, and I mean nowhere, did the statement even allude to white males.”

Jun 9