Night Live skit making fun of New York Gov. David Paterson an attack
on all blind Americans.
Federation spokesman Chris Danielsen says the portrayal on Saturday's
television show suggesting Paterson as befuddled and disoriented
because of his blindness is "absolutely wrong."
The skit features SNL actor Fred Armisen as Paterson, who must appoint
someone to replace Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Armisen says he has three criteria: economic experience, upstate
influence and someone with a disability and unprepared for the job —
like himself. He holds up a chart illustrating the state's job losses
upside down.
Paterson says he can take a joke, but adds that most blind people
can't find work and the skit's "third-grade" humor won't help matters.
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