<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>impaired = colorless and noncharismatic</title></head><body> <div>I know nothing about this new Argentine president's politics.  But this is a typical treatment of impairment by our "educated" class of journalists.</div> <div>The very first paragraph goes off describing the Argentinian president's impairments.  And some wonder why I write about disablism - according to some it doesn't exist! Here it is.</div> <div>marta<br> <br> Argentine Politician Played Game of Survivor</div> <div><b>Colorless</b> governor Nestor Kirchner chose his allies well on his way<br> to the presidency.<br> By Héctor Tobar and Andrés D'Alessandro<br> Times Staff Writers<br> <br> May 18, 2003</div> <div>RIO GALLEGOS, Argentina -<b> The next president of Argentina has not<br> risen to power thanks to his charisma. He speaks with a heavy lisp<br> and one of his eyes often wanders in a different direction from the</b></div> <div><b>other because of a childhood illness.</b><br> Nestor Kirchner, 53, is an unknown quantity to most Argentines. He<br> won the presidency last week by default, when Carlos Menem, the suave<br> and controversial former president, pulled out of the race four days<br> before the election. He will be inaugurated next Sunday.<br> http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2Dfg%2Dk<span ></span>irch18may18&section=/printstory</div> <div>--</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Marta Russell<br> Los Angeles, CA<br> http://www.disweb.org</div> </body> </html>