I'm Gonna Scream If I Hear Bush* Mispronounce "Message" Again

[arwalden]

It's meSS-age! Not MESH-IGSH.

Even if I knew NOTHING about him, I couldn't bring myself to vote for someone who can't manage to control his mouth well enough to form a simple "S" sound or "G" sound.

I'll bet it drives Laura nuts. How does she restrain herself from hitting him with a rolling pin as he sleeps?

Thank you for listening.

-- Allen

[MikeG]

1. I always thought it was Messich.

[Bluebear]

2. Oh it's a Texas thang, idn't it? He speaks southern, dudn't he?

He can't even do the accent right, phony as it is.

[Skittles]

18. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[freetobegay]

3. It's ok is if Bush or any of his cabal misspeak

Some peope here are only concerned How Democrats speak.

[liberalmuse]

4. In the breakroom...

during lunch, I have to force myself not to stand up and yell obscenities or flip the bird whenever his face is shown on CNN Headline News (the only damn channel they run in there).

[MissMarple]

21. At least it's not FOX. As small a favor as that is.

[goclark]

5. I don't think they sleep together

He sleeps in his crip.

[onebigbadwulf]

6. im still bent up about NUKEULAR

the ultimate bush line...

"we juss interCEPTed a messich ... terrarrists are gonna attack with nuke-u-lar weaponries of mass disstruckshun"

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. I think she does which is why his motor function is so impaired

[redqueen]

24. I was thinking the same thing

Maybe it was never a pretzel or falling off a bike...

[NMDemDist2]

8. i guess if Kerry can say "idear" bush gets a pass on that one

but it doesn't excuse nuclear

[Kat45]

15. "Idear" is a Boston accent thing.

[VOX]

16. Yes! Kerry's is a regionalism, *'s is lazy (or booze-slurred) speech..

And I'm leaning towards the latter...

:kick:

[Misunderestimator]

9. I think you mishundereshtimate him

[arwalden]

12. This Ain't My First Time At The Rodeo... I Know How Fat My Tongue Feels

and I know how difficult it is to control one's mouth when it feels tingly or numb because of, uh... a self-induced chemical imbalance.

I honestly believe that he's lost a few important brain cells. The ones that control personality, judgement, anger, intelligence, logic, speech, and motor skills.

-- Allen

[redqueen]

25. I'm pretty sure you're right

I've seen tapes of him speaking from years ago, and he doesn't seem to have this same trouble with his speech. Sad.

[IronLionZion]

10. I heard he had a stroke years ago

that causes him to sound like a dumbass and his staff is forbidden from mentioning it. Or he really is a dumbass.

[Ron Green]

11. It's a redneck linguistic thing...

people who affect a hypermasculinity keep the tongue 'way back in the mouth, and the "s" sound tends to "sh." Otherwise, a dangerous lisp might occur, even though the lingual movement toward the teeth gives sibilance, and more clarity. Notice that it's not limited to males; Karen Hughes has the same sort of dumb-sounding speech.

[arwalden]

13. Interesting Observation. --- So What Explains His "Monkey Face" R-sounds.

You know... that hyper extended protruding pursed lips. It's especially noticible in words that END with the R sound.

-- Allen

[TOhioLiberal]

14. because...

...he is a monkey, arwalden! (with all due apologies to ACTUAL monkeys ;))

[Ron Green]

20. Again, I think it's the retraction of the tongue

...or at least the movement of the lips forward away from the tongue. In the rural homiletics of white fundamentalist preachers, you can hear the "s" sound whistle, at times, as the tongue is retracted into an "anti-lisp." Chipmy's pursing of his lips on the "r" sound is, I believe, a kind of imitation of the southern hyper-macho sound. As we know, he's not a real Texan, and in his effort to pose as one, perhaps these affectations in his speech have come about.

[Skittles]

17. I'M GEORGE W. BUSH AND I APPROVE OF THIS MESHAGE.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[arwalden]

19. Look Inside For My Reply, Sweetie....

[redqueen]

26. Why does that remind me of a Tool video? n/t

[terrya]

22. I always marvel at the fact that this is a man with a pedigree education.

This is a man who has had...HANDED to him...a premium education. Andover Academy. Yale. Harvard Business School.

And yet, he always sounds like he's the country bumpkin at the general store.

Just absolutely unbelievable.

[Eurobabe]

23. he-he