Bush Blooper BlooperIn October, 2000, future president George W. Bush participated in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch (a special pre-election edition of "Presidential Bash 2000") in which he was to lampoon his tendency to stumble over polysyllabic words.
Bush - who was supposed to say "ambilavent" instead of "ambivalent" and "offensible" rather than "offensive" - had to do two retakes. The problem? He had, incredibly, pronounced the words correctly!
[Trivia: "During his recent trip to Asia," The Economist reported in November 2003, "George [W.] Bush was said to be shocked to discover that moderate Muslim nations had become more anti-American. His surprise is itself shocking. How can he possibly not have known that? It is in every newspaper, every day. The explanation is obvious: Mr Bush does not read the newspapers..."]
Bush, George Walker [George Bush, Jr] [Dubya] (1946- ) American politician, Texas governor (1995-2000), 43rd President of the United States (2001- )
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