Ohio coal miner robert e. Murray, 72, is still wearing oversize steel-toe boots and a shirt that reads bob over his heart when he mispronounces President Obama's name for the third time. Coming from one of the nation's top-producing coal executives, the heavy accent is no accident. "I say Bear-ick Obama because I never heard the word Baracfcbefore," he explains. "My wife keeps telling me, 'It's Barack.' O.K., Barack. It's Barack. To me, it's Bear-ick."
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