BAD DICTION

This post is from many years back.  I wanted to give myself some comic relief amidst the present political maelstrom.

"I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation.
But I'm the decider (not dictator [sic]) and I decide what's best." 
 Rose Garden, Washington D.C., April 18, 2006

The Long War President has spoken.

He hears the voices!

But the voices he hears are not delivering fine-tuned language.

Is decider an actual word in the English language?

Yes.

Is it a very good word?

Not really.

But the Long War President is in the habit of using bad words.

Not bad as in scatological. Just bad.

As in bad diction.

Examples:

1. "If the terriers and bariffs (barriers and tariffs) are torn down, this economy will grow." 
Rochester, New York, January 7, 2001

2. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." 
-Washington, D.C., 5 August 2004


3. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country." 
-Campaign speech at Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 6 September 2004

4. "I can only speak to myself." 
-George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005

5. "We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." 
-George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005

6. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend." 
-George W. Bush, on visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29, 2005

7. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." 
-George W. Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005

8. "It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way." 
-George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005

9. "But Iraq has - have got people there that are willing to kill, and they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the Iraqis to secure their future." 
-George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005

10. "Who could have possibly envisioned an erection - an election in Iraq at this point in history?" 
-George W. Bush, at the White House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2005

IT'S ABOUT RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND DICTION