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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.

Thursday, December 28, 2006

THE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT: TWO GRIM YEARS

By John Podhoretz
NY Post

In the hours since the passing of Gerald Ford, some wild claims have been offered in tribute to him. The wildest is that he basically saved the United States upon his ascension to the presidency in August 1974.

Ford was a fine man and a distinguished public servant, and he deserves to be remembered warmly. But the idea that his presidency saved America is a historical sentimentality.

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