the word "strategery" ( ) was used in a "saturday night live" sketch, written by james downey, airing october 7, 2000, which satirized the performances of george w. bush and al gore, two candidates for president of the united states, during the first presidential debate for election year 2000. comedian will ferrell played bush and when asked by a mock debate moderator to "sum up, in a single word, the best argument for his candidacy", replied "strategery" (a mock-bushism playing on the word "strategy"), thus satirizing bush's reputation for mispronouncing words. the episode was later released as part of a video tape titled "presidential bash 2000".