Bush apologizes to blind man
From CNN ...
Wallsten was shockingly nice. I don't care if he is the president. If I got a call from an apologetic Bush on my cell phone, I'd have said, "Please hold. I've got another call on the other line."Wallsten said Bush called his cell phone later in the day to apologize and tell him that he didn't know he had the disease.
Wallsten said he interrupted and told the president that no apology was necessary and that he didn't feel offended since he hadn't told anyone at the White House about his condition.
"He said, 'I needle you guys out of affection,' " Wallsten said. "I said, 'I understand that, but I don't want you to treat me any differently because of this.' "
Wallsten said the president said he would not treat him differently, so Wallsten encouraged him to "needle away."
"He said, 'I will. Next time I'll just use a different needle,' " Wallsten said.
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.
