NOW I've heard it ALL:

[Earth_First]

this from a music discussion list serve that i belong to that was discussing the possibilities of * being an alcoholic:

and i quote:

"i honestly think much of it is to piss people like you guys off. he knows that nuculer is wrong and that its nuclear, and obviously aids have told him this over the years. he knows people hate the way he talks, his laughs and smirks, but he also knows that those same people will look like idiots in every sense by letting defamatory comments skirt some issues.

next time he says nuculer or y'all, just know that he knows it pisses you off and is doing it completely on purpose"

[Radical Activist]

1. Yes, he is doing it on purpose.

But maybe not for that reason. He wants to get the Southern and hick vote. Bush was born in CT to one of the most wealthy and powerful families in the nation. He doesn't have a natural hick accent. He's a gigantic fake.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. I'm always (well not always anymore) surprised that more Southern people

don't recognize the fakery, and buy into this "Bush as Southerner/Texan" thing.

[Earth_First]

3. I'll meet you half way on this one...

On his ability to maintain his Texan accent, yes. On his remarkable ABILITY to coin new words, I cannot meet you any further.