Justice Ginsburg: I Am "Alive & Well-Contrary To Senator Who Said I'd Be Dead Within 9 Months"

[kpete]

Justice Ginsburg to Senator Bunning: “Screw You”
By: emptywheel Friday March 6, 2009 9:48 am

Mind you, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is much too polite to say it in those terms. But this story makes quite clear: one of the things that motivated Ginsburg to return to the Court so quickly and attend Obama's address to Congress was Jim Bunning's prediction of her imminent demise.

One month after her surgery for pancreatic cancer, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday that she expects to be on the Supreme Court for several more years. In an interview, she also vividly recalled why, on her second day back on the bench, she attended President Obama's televised speech to a joint session of Congress.

"First, I wanted people to see that the Supreme Court isn't all male," the lone female justice said of the evening event Feb. 24. "I also wanted them to see I was alive and well, contrary to that senator who said I'd be dead within nine months."

more:
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/03/06/justice-ginsburg-to-senator-bunning-screw-you/

[monmouth]

1. Something wrong with Bunning, he just ain't right....n/t

[Karenina]

2. GO RUTH!!!

You GO, GIRL!!!

[City Lights]

3. Kudos to you, Justice Ginsburg!

:yourock:

Stay strong!

[malaise]

4. Lovely response

Nice Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[Ocracoker16]

5. I knew she would have a good comeback

[gratuitous]

6. I still got five bucks on Ruth

Steel cage match with Bunning. Two go in, only one comes out. Five bucks says it would be Ruth coming out.

[rvablue]

7. What an amazing and strong woman. You go, Justice Ginsberg!!! n/t