How Justice Ginsburg stole the #SOTU show
The Notorious RBG strikes again
First, she came prepared with her hometown paper. You know, just in case she got bored:
Love this pic of Justice Ginsburg bringing her hometown paper to the #sotu. In case she got bored. pic.twitter.com/pqlzKVjIOa
— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) January 21, 2015
Then, she got to enjoy the company of her coworkers.
From left to right: Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor & @pattonoswalt pic.twitter.com/xlk2GBxrpD
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 21, 2015
But since this year’s State of the Union address was just like every.other.state.of.the.union.address President Obama has given, Ginsberg decided to take a beat mid-speech. Being a Supreme Court Justice is hard work, you know.
We are all Ruth Bader Ginsburg now. pic.twitter.com/2FCUGeVxxr #zzzzzzzzz #sotu
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 21, 2015
Jurizzzzzprudence. RT @postpolitics: Another SOTU, another nap for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg http://t.co/uS4XkBPA6z pic.twitter.com/Q3sYjnRi9Z
— Steve Chiotakis (@RadioChio) January 21, 2015
Can you blame her though?
Pretty sure I would’ve totally Ginsburged it were I at the #SOTU.
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) January 21, 2015
But wait! Vindication from the vicious nap rumors!
No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not napping during the State of the Union. http://t.co/Wp7V2MeE0j
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) January 21, 2015
Jezebel got to the bottom of Napgate:
Viral pic of Ruth Bader Ginsberg 'napping' is not from tonight. That's a Reuters shot of her just now w/blue necklace pic.twitter.com/sXMYktkAKz
— erin mccann (@mccanner) January 21, 2015
The plot thickens…
So #RBG wasn't sleeping, she was tipsy? #SOTU http://t.co/Sfzbyg9g3x
— Andrea Hatcher (@Prof_Hatcher) January 21, 2015
Per the Washington Post:
This year, Ginsburg, put up a strong fight against the urge to snooze through the SOTU, fiddling with her gloves (yeah, she often wears a black lace pair) and blinking to keep her eyes open. But when that wasn’t enough, it was Kennedy and Breyer to the rescue: Kennedy delivered a sharp elbow at one point to rouse her, and Breyer did the yeoman’s work, subtly nudging her at least eight times (we counted) and frequently flicking his gaze to check on her.
They’re no strangers to such duties: in previous years, they’ve helped prop her up so she didn’t slump over in slumber.
And her propensity for sleeping through speeches apparently has nothing to do with the material, or with the noise level (she wasn’t awoken by some of the most thunderous applause lines of the president’s address). Ginsburg credited her 2013 catnap to a “very good California wine” that Kennedy brought to a pre-SOTU dinner. Wonder if the Justices were pre-gaming again?
Those gloves though…
I would totally wear her gloves RT @HuffPostPol: This is the best hug in the history of liberal America pic.twitter.com/y40D0Ec3tl
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) January 21, 2015
Crushed it.
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Comments
Lookin’ to sleep in alll the wrong placesss
Nap away, sweet pea.
Now you’ve stepped in it, Henry.
My darling wife’s nickname is Sweetpea. Technically, you have an argument that it isn’t spelled EXACTLY the same so it should not be assumed to BE the same.
If we were discussing two labels for substantially similar people, I’d rightly be accused of being overly sensitive. But my wonderful wife is a WA state coordinator for Tea Party Patriots, a coordinator for Tacoma Narrows Tea Party, a district committee chairman for the WA state GOP 26th leg. dist. and was the primary mover-and-shaker for flipping this district from 2 blue 1 red to 3 red 0 blue last election.
But her main claim to fame is when she and a bunch of other cranky citizens ran into the establishment state GOP chairman (with a few cronies) at the capitol. He introduced her to them as “Watch out for her; she’s a troublemaker.”
So we are NOT talking about two similar people. But since this is your first “offense” albeit innocently done, you merit forgiveness and a warning:
Mess with Sweetpea at your peril.
🙂
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