[nfb-talk] Fw: Paterson's blindness mocked

[T. Joseph Carter]

Ed,

Who says they can't make fun of him for being black?  C'mon, this is late
night!  They can make fun of him for everything!

I happen to think the Mr. Magoo gags are a total riot, but I don't think
I'm so insecure in my blindness as to believe that anyone sees Mr. Magoo
gags and looks at me in the same light.  And if they do, they learn
otherwise--abruptly, because Mr. Magoo I'm certainly not.

The gags are just that.  And some of them are pretty darned funny.

Joseph,
Who is shocked that there hasn't been a joke where Patterson says, "Man,
they just won't take me seriously in Harlem because I'm white!"  Oooh.
HEY LENO!  If you use that, you have to send me five bucks!

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 07:21:25PM -0500, Ed Meskys wrote:
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> Edmund R. Meskys
> NIEKAS Publications
> National Federation of the Blind of N.H.
> Moultonboro Lions Club
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> my credo:
> Clinton lied, nothing happened
> Bush lied, thousands died
> and over 3,000 permanently brain injured
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark L Blackman" <marklblackman at juno.com>
> To: <edmeskys at localnet.com>
> Cc: <marklblackman at juno.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:27 PM
> Subject: Paterson's blindness mocked
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> They can't ridicule him as black, but late night comedy shows apparently
> can make fun of the new NYS Governor for being (legally) blind.
> 
> One presented what was claimed to be a clip from his speech to the press
> last week (after the Spitzer story broke), though, of course, was
> actually an actor.  First, "he" walked all the way across the stage,
> right into the flag, both falling.  A second clip showed "him"speaking to
> them while facing the wall up front instead.
> 
> It looks like Mr. Magoo gags are going to get revived.