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Bush accidentally mocks blind reporter's 'shades'

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Wednesday June 14, 2006

This Exchange between United States President George W. Bush and journalist Peter Wallsten at White House Rose Garden, June 14, 2006:

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PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah, Peter. You're going to ask that question with those shades on?

PETER WALLSTEN: I can take them off --

BUSH: No, I'm interested in the shade look, seriously here.

WALLSTEN: All right. I'll keep it then.

BUSH: For the viewers there's no sun. (Scattered laughter.)

WALLSTEN: I guess it depends on your perspective.

BUSH: (Laughs, laughter.) Touche. (Laughter.)

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Peter Wallsten is blind.

I'd have loved to hear what he said when someone hipped him to that little factoid

I listened to Randi Rhodes rip him a new one over this (I think that was shortly after she went on a serious LIHOP rampage) and my thought was... jeezus, give it a rest. I mean, I loathe him as much as the next (insert noun here), but this was just pathetic and warranted only the minimum of attention. He should send the guy a muffin basket and make a big donation to macular degeneration research and we should move on.

This is just another classic example of the slacker Bush not spending time to find out about the people who sit in on his briefings EVERY DAY.

I don't understand why the guy didn't make Bush look like an ass at the time. From what I saw on the news, Bush initiated the back-and-forth shades talk; I assume because Mr. Wallsten didn't ask a pre-programmed question that Georgie knew the answer to beforehand. Peter should have said, "I wear shades because I'm blind you fucking nitwit. Jesus H. Christ I've been to about a hundred of these conferences you shit-for-brains lame duck retard, get a clue...." But that's just me.