Everyone has words that trip them up when said aloud. For me, it’s “politicization,” as TEMS viewers know. For Barack Obama, that word appears to be “intrepidity,” which he included in his otherwise outstanding remarks on awarding a posthumous Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Jared Monti. Obama pauses right before he says “intrepidy,” which seems to indicate that he knew he’d have a problem with it:

Of all the privileges serving as President, there’s no greater honor than serving as Commander-in-Chief of the finest military that the world has ever known. And of all the military decorations that a President and a nation can bestow, there is none higher than the Medal of Honor.

It has been nearly 150 years since our nation first presented this medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.

That word will appear in every MOH ceremony that Obama will have. He’d better practice it. If it wasn’t for the eight years that the Left spent ridiculing every mispronunciation by George W Bush, it wouldn’t even really be remarkable.

By the way, if you missed Obama’s speech for SFC Monti, be sure to watch it. It’s one of his best, other than the fumble at the beginning.

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