Bush mispronounced "Abu Ghraib" during his welcoming of Prime Minister Medgyessy of Hungary to the White House. He's done it before and he'll do it again. Why does this happen? Here's an enlightening letter I received today:

What's really funny about that recording is that it is from Tuesday! The day before yesterday! I so hate to be a single-issue commentator but I swear with my hand to God that Bush's mispronunciation of Abu Ghraib is fully intentional. It reminds me of my old boss who would continuously mangle or forget the names of interns and underlings as a device to remind them of their unimportance. That he keeps doing this betrays the trick as being scripted and deliberate. No question Bush is a feeble-minded twit, but this device in particular is evidence more of his mendaciousness than his stupidity. In fact, I'm so convinced of this that I would like to augment the theory with the prediction that not only will Bush continue to mangle this name, but he will do so unchallanged. He's aware of his reputation as a simpleton and he is, under the guise of making a simple mistake that anybody could make, advancing the position that Abu Ghraib is no big deal. That pause [following the mispronunciation] is a bully's challange to the people in the room to contradict him. The subsequent silence is really compliance and a gaurantee that Bush will do it again. He can say Abu Giraffe if he wants. Nobody will call him on it. All evil needs to succeed is for good people to do nothing.

UPDATE: The incident occurs approximately 8 minutes into the above-linked audio clip.