"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor today of faking a broken ankle in order to get sympathy votes during her Senate confirmation. "She's only wearing that fake cast to help her rack up votes," Mr. Gingrich said.  "The minute she's confirmed, she'll whip it off and start dancing a jig." While Ms. Sotomayor reportedly broke her ankle while rushing to catch a plane, the former House Speaker said, "The fake-ankle-cast thing is the oldest trick in the book."" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Projecting again. - Todd Hoff

And suggesting she faked her broken ankle is libelious at best; he's gonna look like a total fool (or even more of one) when he finds that her ankle is indeed broken. - Rene, Pro Button Pusher

what an asshole! - Cee Bee

OMG! That is just more unhinged than I expect from him. - Katy S

That's exactly as unhinged as I expect from him, honestly. - Eric P

"The fake-ankle-cast thing is the oldest trick in the book." tells a lot about the books he reads then. - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

I hope so. Been hearing so much craziness from the camp that I´m getting speed blindness I guess. Sorry about that. - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

I'll admit, I got fooled. =P - Andrew C (✓)

Since when do religious right wingnuts have a sense of humor? And even if it is a joke, it's in very poor taste. - Rene, Pro Button Pusher

Andy Borowitz is a comedian, and a funny one at that. Check out some of his other news articles at http://borowitzreport.com/archive... : "Gitmo Detainees Transferred to ‘Big Brother'" or " Bush Charges $150,000 to Speak; $1.5 Million to Speak in English." Don't take this seriously!. - Stephen Mack

Ah, so it's a fake news item ... I get it. It's friday, my brain is shutting down ... - Rene, Pro Button Pusher

Oops. Sorry, folks. Got me, too. Oh, well. ... Anyone wanna take bets on if and when Newt will go this route? :D - Steven Perez

I thought it seemed too much on the loony side for Newt. Good to know it was a bad joke, I guess. - Katy S