Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
15. That article is easily disproved. George HW, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald Ford
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 06:18 PM
Apr 2019

all wore corrective glasses -- and they were just ones off the top of my head.

http://www.americanheritage1.com/presidents/george-h-w-bush.htm#glasses

President Bush (1989-1993) was a Stickler for Not Keeping His
Glasses on for any Extended Period Of Time. He Usually Kept them in his Left Front Suit Pocket and was Constantly Fidgeting with them as he Placed Them on his Head and Right Back to the Front of his Left Breast Suit Pocket.

Mr. Amyx became Interested in this Peculiarity and began Researching the Subject of Presidential Eyeglasses over a Period of Years. Interestingly, and also in the Amyx Collection, are the Actual Written RX Prescriptions, as Prescribed for Use of President George H.W. Bush from the Time of His Ambassadorship until the End of his Incumbency as President. For the Present Time the Identity of the Internal White House Staffer that Gifted the President's Eyeglasses and Actual Prescriptions of the President to Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Must Remain Confidential.

https://www.2020mag.com/article/potus-specs

A look at LBJ’s Rx shows that he definitely needed visual correction. While a man his age would be expected to demonstrate some presbyopia and thus a need for reading glasses—he was 55 when he assumed the presidency— he also suffered from hyperopia, with a distance Rx of +3.50 +1.00 / +4.50 DS. Still, the amount of glasses left behind spoke to something more than just visual correction. After all, how many spares does the average person have—even if that person is the President of the United States? “He frequently kept glasses lying around in case he might need them, especially inside desks and bathrooms and near televisions,” says Joshua Pitt, museum technician at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. “He was also prone to switching out glasses frequently for reasons unrelated to correcting his vision, such as if he decided that they didn’t look good on him when he was photographed, or appeared on television.”



AND THE LAST PICTURE AT THIS LINK IS PRES. GERALD FORD IN GLASSES -- and smoking a pipe.

https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/avproj/campaign.htm

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
You forgot Trump. A HERETIC I AM Apr 2019 #1
I think Trump wears reading glasses, or are you only talking about the nearsighted? nt Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #2
Trump can't read. John Fante Apr 2019 #9
Okay, I walked right into that one. :D I may need to get my glasses checked now! nt Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #10
Fact (ijmu*): Trump does not wear glasses when he is lying, rurallib Apr 2019 #14
seriously, concern worry about Warren & glasses, looking professorial? appalachiablue Apr 2019 #3
. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #4
. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #7
LBJ was often pictured wearing glasses. John Fante Apr 2019 #5
Really? Less professional? WTF? Like RGB or Chuck Schumer or AOC? Weird! nt USALiberal Apr 2019 #6
FDR? That makes four. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2019 #8
Does that have anything to do with whether any of the others needed glasses loyalsister Apr 2019 #11
Anyone over 50 probably wears at least reading glasses...not a big deal Indygram Apr 2019 #12
George H.W. Bush was seen wearing glasses quite often. BlueStater Apr 2019 #13
That article is easily disproved. George HW, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald Ford pnwmom Apr 2019 #15
They're talking about people who needed to wear glasses all the time - all the other presidents Midwestern Democrat Apr 2019 #24
The three I named didn't just wear glasses for reading. They just didn't wear them for the cameras pnwmom Apr 2019 #31
DUers will be DUers IronLionZion Apr 2019 #16
I didn't know that. Interesting. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #17
How many have worn plaid. I'm asking for a friend. marble falls Apr 2019 #18
A few more Lithos Apr 2019 #19
This is such a typically American thing to focus on. cwydro Apr 2019 #20
It's just interesting (albeit sort of incorrect) trivia. BlueStater Apr 2019 #21
Well like you said, it appears to be incorrect anyway cwydro Apr 2019 #22
"focus on" KayF Apr 2019 #23
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #25
FDR did have glasses. He copied the no_hypocrisy Apr 2019 #28
I don't care about glasses, but do any of them wear tan suits? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #26
That doesn't mean they could all see. KPN Apr 2019 #27
Cool, the "all glasses" ticket... InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #29
Sanders won't be POTUS. No worries. nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #30
Not exactly true--several wore glasses just not publicly. book_worm Apr 2019 #32
How about wearing madras? White after Labor Day? We need appalachiablue Apr 2019 #33
Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»Democratic Primaries»Only three American Presi...»Reply #15