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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, May 31, 2007

Holy Hit Man?

(Fox News) - An Illinois gun rights group plans to complain to the Catholic Church after a Chicago priest appeared to call for the murder of a suburban gun shop owner.

Cybercast News reports Reverend Michael Pfleger mentioned the owner by name at an anti-gun rally — saying — "We're going to find you and snuff you out... You're going to hide but like a rat we're going to catch you and pull you out...We're going to snuff out John Riggio, we're going to snuff out legislators that are voting (for gun rights)."

The head of the Illinois State Rifle Association called the comments "disgusting and dangerous," and said it was "shocking" to hear a priest advocate murder.

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