Catspaw, you really aren't the brightest bulb are you. My comment was in regards to your sarcastic comment about whether i planned to discuss music. It was stupid because, as you still seemed to be confused about, this PARTICULAR thread has not dealt with music. Now, I am not going to waste any further time with you because it is now obvious that i can kick your ass in terms of intellectual discourse or in swapping insults...

As for some of you amateur linguists, some of the criticisms directed toward Bush IS because of his regional speech patterns. Since most of you seem to be arguing the opposite based on uninformed opinion, you might find various issues of the acdemic journal American Speech to be informative. On another note, Andy Rooney is in the process of preparing a public apology to Bush. That's because he said that Bush isn't smart (or something to that effect) because Bush referred to Taliban HARBORS. Since Rooney knows that Afghanistan is landlocked, he ridiculed this use of the word. However, it was soon brought to his attention that within the context of Bush' speech, Harbor indicated santuary or place of refuge. Sometimes trying to split linguistic hairs at someone else's expense can backfire. A lesson for all of you would be wordsmiths.