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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.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Jimmy Carter rewrites history (badly)

The Patriot Post

Jimmy Carter has garnered a lot more respect than he deserves as an elder statesman. Much of his post-presidential career has been spent writing best-selling books and traveling the world as a so-called peace broker, which essentially means that he sticks his nose into affairs that often run contrary to American interests and its stated foreign policy. He’s been living off the glory of the 1978 Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and believes that his role in that fleeting moment of peace in the Middle East makes him an expert on issues currently facing the region.

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