What was the name of that prison?

Bush had trouble pronouncing "Abu Ghraib" when he gave his speech yesterday. Three times the name came up (all in a single paragraph). But, as our audio clip reveals (133k .wav), he got better each time. Now that's a sterling example of the president learning on the job!

NOTE: Joan Walsh in Salon's War Room '04, has some pithy comments about Bush's inability to correctly pronounce "Abu Ghraib".

UPDATE: Via The Hamster, we learn of a Yahoo/Reuters report on the flubs. Excerpts:

Two rehearsals for his prime-time speech were not enough to keep U.S. President George W. Bush from mangling the name of the Abu Ghraib prison that brought shame to the U.S. mission in Iraq.

... the Republican president, long known for verbal and grammatical lapses, stumbled on the first try, calling it "abugah-rayp". The second version came out "abu-garon", the third attempt sounded like "abu-garah".

posted by Quiddity at 5/25/2004 12:19:00 PM