To be fair, Bush didn't really mean to be cruel to a disabled person, he just wanted to embarass the guy by pointing out he wore shades on an overcast day. (Subtext: you press guys are more interested in looking cool than asking valid questions.) The reporter later said (after Bush's staff learned afterward about the eye condition and apologized) he was not offended, but that he still didn't get a straight answer to his question about Iraq.

The reporter actually showed great restraint and professionalism and made no excuses or explanations for his shades, my instinct would have been to unload a broadside on GWB right then and there.