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February 5, 2003
Our Nucular President
So why does Bush, leader of the free world and a product of Yale and Harvard, consistently mangle this vital and often-used word?
It's possible, Guenter says, that he does it to be liked.
"There is always an appeal to a certain amount of folksiness by a president," Guenter says. "The president is supposed to be populist and of the people. I don't think [presidents] make any overt attempt to come across as learned or scholarly. This country has a big distrust of people that are considered to be too educated."