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To: Jim S who wrote (3707)	2/27/2001 4:51:08 PM
From: Paul Senior	Respond to of 4711

"Paul: Bush is either to stupid to learn to speak properly, or too lazy to make the effort. In either event, he offends me." I'd not characterize him or anybody else as 'stupid'. I don't know enough to say that. But ignorant, maybe. (I need more information: Do his parents speak like (as? -g-) he does? Is it a Texas ranch thing?) He offends me. Yes. Because he TRIVIALIZES something I aspire to and admire -- proper use of grammar when speaking in public. I want that in my leaders, in my bosses -- in people who are my superiors. I'm not saying I'm good at grammar, but darn, if it's not important, then my years as a student struggling to get it right, and worse, my parents' and immigrant relatives' attempts at trying to speak properly and get me to speak properly-- all are meaningless. -------------------------------- You can't be saying, can you, as regards this quote: "Laura and I are looking forward to having a private dinner with he and Mrs. Blair Friday night" that the man has a speech impediment/problem here? That he can't say 'him', so he has to say 'he'? I could be wrong, true. But imo, you cut the man too much slack. Regardless, I'm just going to have to become inured to his words and ways. At least it wasn't "Laura and me are looking forward..." What's going to happen is this: Just as I listen to sports interviews on TV and know that I will mentally count the number of "you knows" per minute, I'm going to listen to President Bush's words both for both their meaning and for their language. Paul Senior