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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Terrorists Have Feelings Too

From R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator:

LONDON -- Well, in less than a week it appears the British authorities got them! But what are they? The BBC last week edited out the word "terrorist" in its coverage of July 7th's subway and bus bombings in favor of the word "bombers." The BBC believed that the word would be less offensive to certain aggrieved British groups. Yes, terrorists have feelings too. Now that the men who committed these grisly crimes appear to be Islamicists with terrorist sympathies and suicidal intent, can we call them terrorists? Can we call them Muslim terrorists? Can we call them Muslim suicide bombers and terrorists?

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