Dove feathers in the President's mouth etc

[Richard Fiero]

Paul Nightingale wrote:
>Do Bush's language skills have the same meaning, or even 
>something remotely similar, for Americans? Undeniably, Bush 
>did choose his parents more wisely than Prescott, but does he 
>lose points for his accent? Is Bush perceived as something of an outsider?

Incredibly, there are large numbers of Americans who think Mr. 
Bush's remarks make good sense and who would consider 
emphasizing his speech idiosyncrasies to be in very bad taste.

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"There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch
what they say, watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks
like that; there never is."  --Ari Fleischer