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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, August 17, 2006

Iraq War Flip-Flop

Fox News

The White House is pointing the finger at commentator Joe Klein of TIME magazine, saying the critic has completely reversed himself on the war in Iraq.

In this week's issue, Klein writes that the president's "disastrous decision to go to war transformed Iraq into a terrorist Valhalla."

But just before the war, White House official Pete Wehner notes that Klein told NBC's Tim Russert that war was "the right decision," saying: "Saddam Hussein has to be taken out."

Klein argued that: "The message has to be sent because if it isn't sent now it empowers every would-be Saddam out there and every would-be terrorist out there."

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