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Old 10-08-2001, 10:58 AM   #14
russotto
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Originally posted by jaguar
I see what you are getting at but he is just *so* weak himself.
Pick any two of the following.

We will assist Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack
Nothing wrong with this one; pretty much any American will understand that "Chinese" means "Mainland Chinese".

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The leader of Pakistan...the General....
I'm not sure what you're complaining about, I think you've cut too much.

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It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). I think it's a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is......
Nothing wrong here, either, except that it rambles a bit. ("how beautiful that country is" is valid American English and does not mean Bush thinks the ANWR is in a separate country)

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While some are just a family trait of being unable to public speak some are just absolute shockers, the leader of the free world doesn’t know world leaders and a basic map? His grammar, he should be forced to do a literacy test himself! The first of those alone destroyed 20 odd years of political ambiguity in one fell fuckup.
You mean the One China policy? Such powerful legerdemain cannot be dismissed by such a simple statement.
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