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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, July 19, 2006

RE: Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill As Promised

Steve opines: "Let's see. Bush won't veto a whole laundry list of reprehensible crap, but he chooses this point to draw his line in the sand? This pure pandering. It is an attempt to win back the good opinion of the religious right. As Neal Boortz said, it is a good veto, but for the wrong reason. Bush is a fool and as of now, he is probably setting the bar for how bad an American President can be in the twenty-first century. He's lucky he's serving now. Ten years earlier and he would be giving ol' Smilin' Jimmy a run for his money."

Maybe Bush vetoed the bill because he was against it... Bush has been speaking out against this since the early months of his presidency. Personally, I'm glad he vetoed it, even though his reasons for being against it are probably different than mine. I was against the federal funding aspect of the bill.

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