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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.

Friday, August 04, 2006

Palestinians Take on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Fox News

With the U.S. backing Israel in its current offensive, anti-American sentiment is running high in the Palestinian territories. And much of it is directed at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Articles in Palestinian newspapers have called Rice, a "black spinster." One political cartoon pictured her pregnant with a monkey. A Palestinian newspaper editor tells the Jerusalem Post many of his people single out Rice "because they think that all black people should be on their side."

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