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From ABC News (video at this hyperlink):
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the bench at the Supreme Court today, making her first public appearance since undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer Feb. 5.
The 75-year-old justice entered smiling, with a nod to the press box, and jumped in several times with questions at oral arguments for a total of two hours.
She looked bright and alert with her usual slightly raspy voice. At one point she amused the audience with a sarcastic question to veteran Supreme Court litigator Carter Phillips, which elicited laughter from the courtroom crowd.
Meanwhile, in a “reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” sideshow, Kentucky U.S. Senator Jim Bunning (R) has apologized for making statements that many interpreted as predicting Ginsburg’s death to be happening sooner rather than later:
In a written statement today, Kentucky GOP Sen. Jim Bunning apologized for remarks he made about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in which he predicted that she would pass away in nine months.
“I apologize if my comments offended Justice Ginsberg,” Bunning said. “That certainly was not my intent. It is great to see her back at the Supreme Court today and I hope she recovers quickly. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.”
Note: Bunning’s office misspelled Ginsburg’s last name.
And Bunning is older than Ginsburg for goodness sakes, and two years past the average life expectancy of men in the United States. Talk about cajones to say what he said. Whatever happened to just wishing the woman well and leaving it at that?
Here’s some more pre-emptive information about Bunning’s statements:
During a wide-ranging, 30-minute speech on Saturday at the Hardin County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner, Bunning, of Kentucky, said he supports conservative judges “and that’s going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg … has cancer.”
“Bad cancer. The kind that you don’t get better from,” he told a crowd of about 100 at the old State Theater.
“Even though she was operated on, usually, nine months is the longest that anybody would live after (being diagnosed) with pancreatic cancer,” he said.
I have to stop.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:58 pm February 23rd, 2009 in Congress, Courts, Illness, Law, leadership, Politics, Republicans, senate, Women
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When will politicians every learn that what they say ALWAYS sees the light of day?
Kentucky should be proud. They have a real “winner” representing them.
Well, as a commenter elsewhere said, “Bunning has stupid. Bad stupid. The kind you don’t get better from.”