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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, June 14, 2006

RE: Dobbs: President and Senate allied with 'corporate supremacists'

For the most part, I have no problem with anything Dobbs says. I find myself wondering what he means by this:


Our largest and least represented group of citizens in Washington cannot even be assured that our elected representatives in both the House and the Senate will pursue the national interest and secure our borders and ports.


There is no "least represented group of citizens" in this country, so I assume this refers to the power of lobbyists and other special interest representatives. That follows the thesis of the article, but it is worded in a pretty inept way.

The results of the poll seem to match what I hear from different people I talk to on a daily basis.

Kudos to Dobbs for being so persistent on this issue.

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