Well, not quite. The nation is not under nuclear attack. The English language is under attack, however, as it was in the days of George W. Bush. It is under "new'-kya-ler" attack by Sarah Palin. Yes, one more nationally prominent politician who can not pronounce "nuclear" correctly. In her predictable, standard canned little speech tonight--this time to the Tea Party crowd--Palin said "new"-kya-ler" at least three times. Good grief! One would think that either she or some person advising her would have known to get that word right. As much of an embarrassment as Bush's chronic mispronunciation was, one would think the Palin handlers woudld want the Wingnut of Wasilla to at least not stumble into that glaring error.
I dunno--maybe she and her entire contingent are totally tone deaf on such matters.
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