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The Phonetic Sarah Palin

An oddity from the prepared text of Palin's speech [emphasis added]:

Terrorist states are seeking new-clear weapons without delay

I didn't look in time to see if it was rendered this way on the teleprompter but I assume this spelling was designed to prevent her from a mockery-inducing Bush-like pronunciation of "newkyuler."

--Michael Crowley