Bush Inaugural Malapropism

[Margaret Lee]

I mentioned here a few months ago that Bush often refers to himself as "the President":  Ex, "As the President, I believe that..."



Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
 CNN and FDCH also have a
more trivial error, his inserting the word "the" before "president." I
have not attempted to study audio of the oath to verify the truth of the
wording, but am curious about whether this alleged discrepancy has been
noticed before.

Fred Shapiro


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