[nfb-talk] Blindness: New Challenges for Clinton and Voters

[Michael Bullis]

Glad you enjoyed it.
Mike

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blindness: New Challenges for Clinton and Voters


> Great one Mike!  I sent it to my chapter leader and a few sighted
> friends.  I am not sure if the sighted ones got as much enjoyment out of
> it as I did.  Maybe I am a bit slow, but I actually thought it was true.
> I cracked up laughing, when I read, April fools.
> I sure needed that. I have been under the weather and sure hope I will
> be well enough to go to National.
> Terry Powers
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sherri [mailto:flmom2006 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:08 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blindness: New Challenges for Clinton and Voters
> 
> Okay, who got this one going?
> 
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Bullis" <mabullis at hotmail.com>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:39 AM
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Blindness: New Challenges for Clinton and Voters
> 
> 
> Blindness
> New Challenges for Clinton and Voters
> AP--Washington D.C.
> April 1, 2008
> 10:31:00 EST
> 
> In a startling turn of events, Hillary Clinton, the democratic candidate
> for 
> President, announced this morning that she has retinal atrophy and will,
> in 
> all likelihood, be totally blind within three years.
> 
> How this announcement will effect her campaign to be the Democratic
> nominee 
> is unclear.  Flanked by her opthalmologist, Dr. John Freemont, she said,
> 
> "This campaign goes on as usual.  If a blind person can be the Governor
> of 
> New York, a blind person can be President."
> 
> Reporters were clearly taken aback a bout how to ask questions and not
> seem 
> patronizing.  Niels Gunard of the Economist asked, "Do you think that
> your 
> blindness will create problems?"  Clinton answered that she has been a 
> problem solver, "all of my life" and, "I'll solve the problems my lack
> of 
> sight may create."
> 
> April fools.
> Mike Bullis
> 
> 
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