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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, November 10, 2006

Iraq is the GOP's Health Care Disaster

By George Will

WASHINGTON --
Ten years ago next month, when the Dow was at 6,381.94 and the NASDAQ was at 1,300.12 -- last Wednesday they were 12,176.54 and 2,384.94, respectively -- Alan Greenspan warned against "irrational exuberance.'' But last Tuesday's election results were fresh evidence that two events which profoundly shaped American politics during the last two presidencies were episodes of irrational exuberance unrelated to economic behavior.

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