On dialect...
...The ability to speak clearly, without an accent is VERY important for anyone who gives speeches and wants to create the illusion that they have some kind of intellect.(skin color is completely irrelevant Mr. Reid!)
Remember how everyone (especially the Dumobrats) made fun of Bush and his Texas accent? I wish to God he would have at least tried to speak with a more neutral accent. His Texan accent is severe - even in Texas! It just sounds dumb.
We don’t hear broadcasters saying “ya’ll, brutha, or Nucular”. They all have “neutral” accents and that is by design. It takes work and practice to speak like that...especially when you start off with a severe dialect.
Reid is clearly an idiot on many levels, but spot on about the dialect. He is obviously a racist.
You don't seem to understand the difference between "dialect" and mispronounced words, i.e., "nucular."
GWB grew up in a home with parents from the Northeast who do not have a TX accent and attended Andover ...which last time I heard isn't in West Texas. So, where do you think GWB got the accent you think sounds "dumb."
I think you think dumb.
Yes, I have a TX accent and I'm not embarrassed by it. The last I heard there is no correlation between the rate of speech and intelligence. Too many people get into trouble when their tongue gets ahead of their brain!