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, Im 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 Stargardts 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 Bushs comments did not offend him at all. I never advertise it to him. Ive never told him.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/14/bush-reporter-shades/
Bush’s Banter Goes Too Far: Taunting a Blind Man
* Peter Daou
Posted June 14, 2006
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-daou/bushs-banter-goes-too-fa_b_22983.html
* Peter Daou is an Internet strategist who has advised leading campaigns and organizations including Hillary Clinton for President, Kerry-Edwards 04, the United Nations Foundation, Nuclear Threat Initiative, AARP, and Clinton Global Initiative. Peter’s site, The Daou Report, which he edited until joining Hillary Clinton’s team as an Internet adviser, was a leading blog and opinion aggregator.