OMG - Bush is using that Autistic Boy -He has no shame

[dogday]

Bush is standing with the Autistic Boy who played in that basketball game and sunk several 3 pointers. He is using him for photo op... Leave it to Bush to use the handicapped.....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/14/national/w083456S10.DTL&feed=rss.news

President Bush is the latest in a string of high-profile fans to call on Jason McElwain, the autistic basketball manager who drew national cheers by scoring 20 points in four minutes for his high school team.


On his way to Canandaigua, N.Y., Tuesday to speak at Medicare events, Bush stopped at an airport near here and greeted McElwain — accompanied by his parents and coach — and called him "a special person."


"Our country was captivated by an amazing story on the basketball court," the president told reporters gathered on the tarmac, his arm draped around the 17-year-old senior, with Air Force One, the presidential jet, in the background. "It's the story of a young man who found his touch on the basketball court, which in turn touched the hearts of citizens all around the country."


The president joked that if his aging body would let him return to the basketball court, he'd want a lesson from McElwain.



edited to clarify:

[MadHound]

Who's using who?

I'd say that the autistic young man is much more intelligent than Bush, and just might be figuring that a photo with a president, any president, could come in handy later in life.

Just because the guy is autistic doesn't mean he is stupid or helpless, quite the opposite in fact, autistic people are usually quite intelligent. They just don't process and filter input like the rest of us.

[dogday]

3. I doubt that very much

The story about this kid drew lot's of national attention.. Movie people are already all over it... This kid does not need this photo op... Bush does.....

My younger sister is Autistic and is the sweetest person I know....

[murielm99]

1. Maybe his parents are repukes.

If * wanted to use any of my kids for photo-ops, he would have to go through me first.

[EvolvedChimp]

2. Hey come on now

Bush finally found someone that doesn't make him feel foolish. I wish I could say the same for the boy though. Poor kid

[TheBaldyMan]

5. I suspect that the kid is more socialised than Bush

fifteen times smarter and a much nicer person.

He also doesn't throw like a girl.

[aden_nak]

There's a George Tennant "Slam Dunk" joke in here somewhere.

But I am too groggy to make it right now.

[Iris]

4. All they need is a rep from a pharmaceutical company

to assure us that this young man's condition was not caused by mercury in vaccinations.

[0007]

6. Yawn! what else is new? Terry Schiavo is right up ther too...

Then ya got the Jessica Lynch lies ....The Pat Tillman lies and the beat goes on

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[Callalily]

7. He just keeps

proving over and over how shameless he is.

[TahitiNut]

8. The western 'burbs of Rochester are more con than right wing Rochester

Greece, Chili, etc. are even more conservative than the 'average' in the Rochester, NY, area.

Unquestionably, however, Junior uses people as a means to his own ends and never as an end in themselves.

[earth mom]

9. I want to puke.

Putting someone so pure and good next to such evil makes me sick. :puke: