Caption of opportunity.

From the AP: President Bush has met with the autistic manager of a Athena Greece High School (Rochester, NY) basketball team, after the 17-year-old inspired people across the country by scoring 20 points in four minutes in his only game.

Now there is also a picture, with caption.

George Bush, right, walks with Jason McElwain at
Greater Rochester International Airport, March 14, 2006.

It's the identifier "right" which amuses me-- as if one could not distinguish the autistic teen from the President. Which is its own joke.

I imagine the President's handlers made damn sure that the teen stood to W's right. Had their positions been reversed in the wire photos, caption editors all over the world may have opted for:


Idiot, savant.