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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, October 27, 2006

Match Game

Fox News

In South Carolina, Republican Karen Floyd is a mother of twins who is running an outsider's campaign against college professor and administrator William Kanes for the job of State Superintendent of Education.

So imagine her surprise when she learned that her opponent had received a $100 campaign contribution — from Floyd's own stepmother. It turns out the Democrat Kanes worked with Floyd's father for many years and is a family friend.

Floyd's stepmother says her belief that an educator should be superintendent led her to make the contribution. But she adds she never would have done it if she had known it would be made public.

Since that happened, Floyd's father has written a matching contribution to his daughter's campaign.

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