Yea, the world is coming to an end because a person misspeaks a single word. So she's got nucular stuck in her head. Does that mean she can not qualify for VP, or maybe President? Come on Zoo, stop the nit picking and accept she did good (see how I didn't say great).

The things they tell kids in school to motivate them now a days [e digicons](\(\[/e] .

Probably, but in a good way.

She said it like 4 times.  It's a pet peeve and I don't want to hear the word, 'nucular' over and over again.  Ugh.  It's annoying.

She did okay...which is to say she exceeded expectations of not erupting into a giant ball of total failure. 

Hey...it was the computer that told me that...some stupid program we had to do. I think it was called Accelerated Reader...but it's been many years since then.

Oh...now elitism is good...when it's a conservative.  

~Zoo

I must say that being at the lower level would probably help in a nationally televised debate.  Much of America is, well let's face it, stupid.  The more the Senator or Governor talk down to the general public the better?  I know it seems to be quite an irrational argument and implies a lot, or does it?

Our school uses Accelerated Reader too, Zoo.    (too, Zoo...that's sounds silly)

Kurtin...are you a guy?  I dunno but I keep picturing you as a gal.  But anyway my husband said the same thing as you pretty much.  Most of the public does better at a 6th grade level.  If that's the case, Biden did better than Palin looking at it that way. 

This reminds me of my own speech patterns.  I am constantly getting down here in FL either "what part of Boston are you from" or "what part of New England are you from?" 

Today in Walgreens a guy was having trouble on the machine that you select pictures with your camera photo card as I was sitting at the other machine.  I offered to help him and as I told him what he needed to do he asked me what part of Boston I was from.  He's a "New Youka"  (get it?)   We take r's out of where they should be and add them when they shouldn't be.  Like we say "cah"  instead of "car."   I sak "Mauk" instead of "Mark."

So tonight we had company from a trio who came for visitation from a local church.   We went to their church only once so they had never met us.  We all hit it off great and then the older gentleman asked about our kids.  When I gave him the info, he remarked at how smart they all were.  When he asked who they took after I deferred to my husband as the brains in the family and he said he didn't know but that I was pretty smart myself.  So I guess it's true, language or speech patterns should not dictate IQ. 

Although we've all heard the saying it's better to keep your mouth shut and let others think you're stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.  But then again, it not  how you're saying things, but what you're saying that tells the story.  

It was a very good debate because I really enjoyed seeing Palin, but the whole thing was marred by Biden's string of pathological lies. He was really smooth at delivering one after the other though. He's much like Obama... very comfortable while telling people lies. Probably because they are both lawyers.

You must LOVE Jimmah Cawtaw too!

But LBJ at least could enunciate Pictoratus. It was just how "y'all" would say it.

When I worked for a national retailer, there was one receptionist in Lubbock.  her voice could melt steel!  She had the best and most beautiful Texas twang you could ever want to hear! 

Now THAT should be the American normal!