I remember left-wing media hounding Bush 43 for his pronunciation of nuclear: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/09/why-does-bush-go-nucular.html#:~:text

I remember left-wing media hounding Bush 43 for his pronunciation of nuclear: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/09/why-does-bush-go-nucular.html#:~:text=When%20speaking%20about%20nuclear%20weapons,switching%20of%20two%20adjacent%20sounds https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/09/why-does-bush-go.... That Slate article is actually pretty fair to Bush. But others from that time, which I cannot find, were not so fair. Nuc-u-lar versus nuc-lee-are certainly gave my left-leaning extended family reason for an hour of Bush-bashing at one of our gatherings. While I thought then, and still do now, that the whole thing was ridiculous.