Ruth Bader Ginsburg not 100% sober during the SOTU????

[CTyankee]

"Supreme Court Justice and flawless living goddess Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted that she may have been napping a little during President Obama's State of the Union address, but it wasn't because she was bored. It's because prior to the speech she'd been drinking a "very fine California wine."

Ginsburg revealed this endearing anecdote during a talk at George Washington University this week, according to The Hill,

"The audience for the most part is awake, because they're bobbing up and down, and we sit there, stone-faced, sober judges. But we're not, at least I wasn't, 100 percent sober," [...]

"Because before we went to the State of the Union, Justice Kennedy brought in … it was an Opus something or other, very fine California wine, and I vowed this year, just sparkling water, stay away from the wine, but in the end, the dinner was so delicious, it needed wine," Ginsburg said.

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I don't know what to make of this...but it was in Jezebel today...

I say bless her heart. A bit of wine in old age isn't so terrible...

[TwilightGardener]

1. Who cares? She's in her 80's and a cancer survivor. She can do whatever

she wants, as far as I'm concerned.

[CTyankee]

4. and she did have a "designated driver" to get her home...

[TwilightGardener]

7. LOL, that's good to know.

[madamesilverspurs]

2. Ginsburg "not 100% sober"

is preferable to Scalia/Thomas/Alito in any condidition at ANY time.

[MADem]

3. I saw the interview on TV--she was HILARIOUS!!!!!! She flat out admitted that she

was having a wine snooze, and got called out by one of her grandkids! CSPAN needs to put that clip up, it was funny. Makes me like her all the more, that she understands that good food needs good wine!

[KamaAina]

5. Did Justice Long Dong have a rum and Coke?

[bigwillq]

6. Neither was Boehner.

I would have to drink to sit through the SOTU.

[Blue Owl]

9. Enter Tan Man

n/t

[Hoyt]

8. We need more like her. If it was one bottle shared among several, she wasn't too inebriated.

Most of us would need something much stronger to sit with that bunch.

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. And how many Jack Daniels did Boehner throw back during dinner?

The speech is at 9. I rarely drink and I don't recall the last one I actually stayed awake for the end. Likely during the Clinton Administration.

Everyone goes out for dinner before. Hell, it isn't like she was doing Fireball shooters DURING the speech.

People need to get a grip.

[madokie]

11. My wife has a little sign hanging in the kitchen

On it are these words. Wine a little you'll feel better.