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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.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Re: Re: The Doctor Says

Okay.

"You called his article weak and dumb but only offered the weak and dumb counter-argument that Republicans do the same thing."

He's the pot calling the kettle black, my man. It seems to me that his whole point was to illustrate how 'the opposition' also used a political technique that we all know 'his side' mastered first. That was his whole shoddy point. Weak. Dumb.

"Then you offered up this bit of trash from Mrs. Airhead Brinson to rebut? That's not just sad, that's pathetic."

Despite your personal feelings about a fellow Stokes County resident and taxpayer (Mrs. Linda C. Brinson, Editorial Page Editor for the Winston-Salem Journal), I was simply referring to yet another example of a widespread consensus: 'Mr. Frist is wrong about Schiavo, right about stem cell research... and the abortion issue is complex.' Throw in the pubbie yuppies/biz majors/young capitalists that are all for abortion rights, and you have a spicy recipe for major conflict within the GOP. You've gotta admit that.

The Republican Party chose these battles, and now they'll have to fight 'em.

I like this one, though:

"Heaven save us from the morons on both sides of the aisle who deify any fool who managed to stay sober long enough to graduate med school."

Agreed. I'm with 'ya.

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