Our police chief is from Boston and has an unfortunate speech impediment. His speaking voice is horrible, and his accent grates on our Green Bay ears. But you know what--he's a damn good police chief, and a beat cop got into trouble for mocking him by calling him "Chief Woowis (Lewis)." Would you disparge our chief because of the way he talks?
I find certain accents and vioces grating--Liddy Dole's honey lips southern accent, for one, and I hate the high squeaky Eastern accent voice Terry Jeffries has, and Katherine Harris' southern deb voice drives me to distraction. And I can't stand Rita Cosby's whistle, and I think that Brit Hume is one nanosecond away from a huge, blowing-out-windows belch. Don't even get me started on Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather & Peter Jennings. But I can understand the message. Apparently, you won't be happy until everyone has a bland, made-for-TV, non-regional accent, with everyone in the US sounding alike.