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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, February 01, 2007

Iranian Attitudes

Fox News

A new survey of Iranian and American attitudes about terrorism reveals people in Iran have many of the same opinions as folks in the U.S. The survey published on worldpublicopinion.org says 70 percent of about 1,000 Iranians questioned felt international terrorism was an important threat to their country's vital interests. 76 percent said attacks against American civilians in the U.S. are never justified. And 74 percent view Usama bin Laden unfavorably — all sentiments in line with majority opinion in the U.S.

One big difference, though — Iranians giving approval ratings of 75 percent to Hezbollah and 56 percent to Hamas — groups viewed unfavorably by huge majorities in the U.S.

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