When will the frigging DUMB-ASS learn to say "nuclear"?

[npincus]

...instead of NU-CU-LAR.

I just heard a soundbite of a statement he made today, and said THE 'N' WORD 3 times in a matter of seconds! I don't think I can take it anymore.

What a DISGRACE.

[fooj]

1. Maybe his brother can loan him a piece of his "educational" software.

Assholes...the lot of them.

[MrModerate]

2. Nah, he's just playing to his base . . .

The no-opposable-thumb crowd cums in its collective jeans when Georgie shows 'em he ain't no lily-livered elitist.

It's homey, ya know?

[LisaM]

3. Never - pretty soon we'll all be saying it

and the dictionary will change its pronounciation, just like it did with "coupon".

[stubertmcfly]

7. Nevah!

I refuse to mispronounce that word. But I do agree that dictionaries will change to have (p)Resident Jackass' version included as an alternate pronunciation. Ugh.

[smirkymonkey]

15. Also, if he started pronouncing it correctly, it would be an admission

that he had been pronouncing it incorrectly all along and you know he'll NEVER admit he was wrong. NEVER.

[ben_thayer]

4. I think it's a deliberate attempt

to NOT sound like an intellectual "Elitist". Trying not to alienate the lowest common denominator in his base...
Just my HO.

[peace frog]

10. I agree

it's all part of his carefully crafted folksy down-home manner. What, ya'll don't find it endearing and gosh-darn cute?! :crazy:

[Arkansas Granny]

12. I think you are right on this one.

[Zen Democrat]

5. Noam Chomsky thinks he does it on purpose ....

Chomsky believes that "W" is a brand that was created by the same people who sell us toothpaste. And that his handlers have carefully crafted a "president just like the average guy" because that would sell. Chomsky says that the pronunciation "nu-cu-lar" and such words as "misunderestimate" and other garbled speech are carefully crafted to appeal to Joe Six Pack.

The reason for this is two-fold, to appeal to the less than average American -- and to disguise the fact that this guy is going for king/dictator of the country. If you think he's an idiot, you would never suspect that he's a diabolical, Macchiavellian, evil-doer planning the demise of democracy whilst he chuckles.

[ElboRuum]

8. You know, I've heard this many times...

The whole he's an evil genius schtick. I just don't buy it.

Honestly, do you think he's anything short of a figurehead at this point? You wouldn't know who * was if Cheney had better people skills.

[hedgehog]

6. What's worse, now I have to stop and think whenever I use the word

I have to work my way from "nucleus" to "nuclear" to ensure that I'm saying it correctly.

[Occulus]

16. I just tell people this:

"It's NUCLEAR, because it's new and it's clear."

Usually works.

[Rocknrule]

9. When I mentioned this in an argument with a RWer

he responded "It's because of his Texan accent!"

These people have no brain. Seriously.

[liveoaktx]

11. I'm Texas, I have an accent and I don't say NUKULAR

[Lone_Star_Dem]

13. Not true

At least not in my experience. I know that Texas accents vary, but I've not found bush's particular one in a single other Texan.

Everyone I know with a Texas accent says Nu-CLEER.

[Zen Democrat]

14. People who think that Jr. is a stereotypical Texan are nuts.

He stands alone as what he is .... whatever he is. He's a product of growing up in New England as much or more than Texas. He's a Yale boy. And a New England prep school yell leader.

For the last time, please .... he's not like any Texas guy. He's Karl Rove's Frankenstein monster at this point. Bushenstein!