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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.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Then and Now: What Nancy Pelosi Says About Pre-War Intelligence

(Fox News) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last Friday was asked whether President Bush deliberately disregarded the advice of his intelligence community before going to war in Iraq. She said — "Five years ago ... I said the intelligence does not support the threat ... It did indicate there might be chemical or biological but not in any way deliverable or a threat to the United States to justify a preemptive strike on Iraq. There was nothing there. That's why I voted against the war... We saw the intelligence. It simply wasn't there."

But here's what Pelosi said on the House floor in October of 2002 — "He (Saddam Hussein) has chemical weapons. He has biological weapons. He is trying to get nuclear weapons."

And then a month later — "Saddam Hussein certainly has chemical and biological weapons. There's no question about that."

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