Voting With Her Feet

by guest blogger Cara Finnegan

The BAG has never been afraid to explore the visual politics of feet [1, 2],
so let's check out what are most certainly the political toes of the
week. They belong, of course, to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
Despite fracturing her ankle at La Guardia on Monday, the judge has
spent the last few days limping cheerfully through the inane
pre-confirmation ritual of meeting with senators (Roland Burris?!). She's got a great pedicure, to be sure. But most professional women I know would not be
thrilled to have their toes on such public display, a fact which
gives this photo a voyeuristic quality. A metaphor for the entire
confirmation process itself? Perhaps. The shrewdly placed signature
belongs to Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), who met with Sotomayor on Monday.
I can't quite make out what she wrote above her name, but it's pretty
safe to say that Landrieu has confirmed Sotomayor with a foot vote.

And
guess what? You can too! Never one to miss a beat, Organizing for
America (the Obama campaign's presidential offshoot) has created a virtual cast that everyone can sign. Of course they have.

(image: Jim Young/Reuters)

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FEET OF CLAY – “The phrase comes from the Old Testament (Dan.2:31-32). There the Hebrew captain Daniel interprets a dream for Nebuchadnezzar, founder of the new Babylonian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed of a giant idol with golden head, silver arms and chest, brass thighs and body, and iron legs. Only the feet of this image, compounded of iron and potter’s clay, weren’t made wholly of metal. Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar that the clay feet of the figure made it vulnerable, that it prophesized the breaking apart of his empire.
Over the years readers of the Bible were struck with the phrase ‘feet of clay’ in the story and it was used centuries ago to describe ***an unexpected flaw or vulnerable point in the character of a hero or any admired person.”**** From the “Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
Literally and figuratively she has feet decidedly not made of clay. Repubs would love to show her flaws. Here she is demonstrating go ahead, you can see everything and I am hiding nothing.
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I can’t help but compare & contrast Sonia’s pedicure to Sarah Palin’s recently showcased polka-dotted toenails.
Tena

Yep – toes are not shown; slingbacks are not worn by professionals, either.
That’s why Palin is so damned inappropriate – decals yet. Lord.
But Sotomayor just seems very down to earth and this accident underscores that.
elfpix

Thank goodness for a sense of humor. She should coax every supporter to sign the cast and walk around the halls of Congress without mentioning it as it fills up with signatures!
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Hilarious!
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Darn! I was about to sign it with a good-luck wish for her performance at the confirmation hearings:
Break a leg!
But no, not these days. It is better to remain silent and be thought a dullard.