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Third time's a charm! - 5/25/2004 10:18:17 PM

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Bush trips over Abu Ghraib pronunciation

Tue May 25,12:12 AM ET from Yahoo News (Rueters)

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Two rehearsals for his prime-time speech were not enough to keep U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) from mangling the name of the Abu Ghraib prison that brought shame to the U.S. mission in Iraq (news - web sites).

During the half-hour televised address, Bush mispronounced Abu Ghraib each of the three times he mentioned it while announcing U.S. plans to tear down the infamous jail and replace it with a new facility.

The prison, the scene of torture under Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and the setting for the Iraqi prison abuse scandal under the U.S. military, has a name that English speakers usually pronounce as "abu-grabe".

But the Republican president, long known for verbal and grammatical lapses, stumbled on the first try, calling it "abugah-rayp". The second version came out "abu-garon", the third attempt sounded like "abu-garah".

White House aides, who described the speech as an important address on the future of Iraq, said Bush practised twice on Monday before boarding his helicopter for his trip to the speaking venue at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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RE: Third time's a charm! - 5/25/2004 10:39:03 PM

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Yanno, all politics aside, I find it infuriating that the leader of the greatest nation on the earth is a poor public speaker.

I mean, really- the guy has _crews_ teaching him to give speeches, and he still screws it up. It's getting to the point that Quail is looking better in retrospect. Clinton was a great speaker, Bush Sr. was a passible speaker, Regan was a great, Carter was pretty good- Hell, even Ford was good, when he wasn't falling off the stage. Nixon was less of an embarassment, even if he got poor marks for empathy.

I really don't remember anyone elses style- has ANYONE ever been such a poor speaking president?

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RE: Third time's a charm! - 5/26/2004 12:43:50 AM

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We have a president?

News to me.

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RE: Third time's a charm! - 5/26/2004 1:14:52 AM

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"Come the millennium, month 12, in the home of greatest power,
the village idiot will come forth to be acclaimed the leader."

--Nostradamus, 1555

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RE: Third time's a charm! - 5/26/2004 6:04:17 AM

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LOL

Geez, sometimes i wish Nostradamus was NOT right!

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