The first president who was elected to fill a quota, is making fun of disabled people.
What a buffoon.
Does anyone else remember how ape-shit liberals went when Bush made fun of some guy who was wearing sunglasses because of some visual disorder they had? I mean, Bush didn’t even know the guy had a disorder and the disorder he had was as obscure as you can get. Someone needs to get Drudge to find that story about liberals getting all upset over Bush making that comment.
“At a press conference this morning, President Bush needled Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Wallsten after he stood up to ask a question wearing sunglasses. “Are you going to ask that question with shades on?” Bush said, telling Wallsten, “I’m interested in the shade look, seriously.”
But as Wonkette first noted, and which ThinkProgress subsquently confirmed, Wallsten is legally blind. Wallsten tells us he has a rare genetic disorder called Stargardt’s Disease. The disease is a form of macular degeneration that can be slowed “by wearing UV-protective sunglasses and avoiding exposure to bright light.”
Wallsten said Bush’s comments did not offend him at all. “I never advertise it to him. I’ve never told him.””
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/14/bush-reporter-shades/