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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 17, 2006

Wal-Mart & the Breck Girl...

Strother opines: "How could've Edwards lied here? Some volunteer staff member decided to call Wal-Mart about a Playstation for John's kid. Sounds believable. And not that I think you'd ever stretch the truth regarding a Democratic presidential contender, Steve, but do you care to name the last bald-faced lie from which Mr. Edwards skated off scot-free? I forget..."

Personally, I believe he's lying with this statement:

In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. "If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out," Edwards said.

I have a hard time believing that his 6-year-old son was aware that a classmate was wearing sneakers from Wal-Mart. I sincerely doubt that any 6-year-old knows or cares where their shoes come from. If I was in the media, that statement would be the one I would focus on because it's not believable.

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