Bush too bright for shades
I actually felt kind of bad for Bush after reading this story. When reporter Peter Wallsten posed a question at a recent press conference, President Bush asked him if he was going to ask it with his "shades" on. As it turned out, Wallsten did ask his question with his shades on because he suffers from a degenerative eye disease.
(Wince)
Bush called the guy later on in the day after finding out about his condition to apologize and Wallsten was a great sport about it. My favorite quote from the article:
"Wallsten said he thought that was a pretty good line. And his only complaint is that the president didn't answer his question at the news conference."
Shocker, eh?
(Wince)
Bush called the guy later on in the day after finding out about his condition to apologize and Wallsten was a great sport about it. My favorite quote from the article:
"Wallsten said he thought that was a pretty good line. And his only complaint is that the president didn't answer his question at the news conference."
Shocker, eh?
posted by Your Friendly Neighborhood Clark Bar at 6/15/2006 10:59:00 AM
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5 Comments:
Oh, Bushy...isn't that just so typical of him though? Total foot in mouth.
I saw that on the Daily Show last night and felt terrible. Still, good call on him not answering the question.
The more I think about it, the more I can see myself doing something like that. Calling on Wallsten by saying, "Hey, is it bright in here, Corey Hart?" probably would have been even worse.
Hey, at least the reporter had a sense of humor about it. Had it been some other reporters they would have made a federal case out of it. And since he doesn't wear the sunglasses in the briefing room, the mistake was an easy one to make. But still good fodder for Wonkette and Jon Stewart.
Haha, oh snap!
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