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Originally posted by gothweb
My guess is that Jackson wanted to say that President Bush is not a very intelligent or well-read man. (This is petty much true.) Had he said "Bush is illiterate" he would have been saying he couldn't read, as that is the commonest definition of the word-- and also untrue. Thus, to avoid appearing to be saying something outright false, he used an alternate-- and viable-- construction. Just because "Illiterate" is a word doesn't mean "Unliterate" can't be.
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No one is saying it can't be a word -- it's just not a word now.
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=unliterate