"reason is because"?


One of the things my English teachers used to inveigh
against was "the reason is because ... ". We were told
that, like writing "all right" as one word, that was an
absolute no-no. We must say "the reason is that ... ".

So while watching the "debate" between Obama and Clinton
this evening, I found it interesting to hear Hilary start a
statement with "The reason is because ... ".

Is "the reason is because ... " accepted nowadays as
impeccable English?
.

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