During Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update," Fred Armisen once again portrayed New York Gov. David Paterson.
The subject was Paterson's appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate seat.
Although this time Paterson's vision impairment wasn't brutally mocked by SNL the way it was in December 2008, his vision still was the source of jokes.
When Armisen as Paterson said he was going to read a prepared statement, he brought out binoculars and focused on the paper. "Paterson" then said he was just kidding and put down the binoculars.
Speaking of his selection of Kirsten Gillibrand for the Senate, "Paterson" said, "Honestly, I haven't heard so many people screaming at me since I took that archery class."
When "Paterson" was done speaking and Seth Meyers was resuming the news, "Paterson" wheeled his chair behind Meyers acting as if he couldn't make his way off the set.
As I said, it wasn't nearly as bad as last time, but SNL still saw fit to make fun of Paterson's limited vision.
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