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Posted on 12/01/02

Read my lips. Not even stupidity excuses Bush's 'Pakis' slur

U.S. President George W. Bush this week called his Pakistani allies "Pakis," a word I dislike even using in print. This is an entirely different level of "mangleton" than his previous gaffes, like referring to the "Grecians" or the "Kosovians." God knows what he'd call us if we weren't already called "Canadians." "Cans" maybe.

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