9/26/2007

In His Defense, He's Been Leader of the Free World for Only Six Years

"The United States salutes the nations that have recently taken strides toward liberty, including Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan [KEYR-geez-stan], Mauritania [moor-EH-tain-ee-a], Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Morocco."

From a leaked draft of President Bush's speech to the United Nations, complete with phonetic guide

"I think that's a offensive question. I'm going to just decline to comment on it."

Press Secretary Dana Perino at a White House press gaggle, responding to a question on whether Bush has "a hard time pronouncing some of these countries' names"

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