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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.

Friday, August 24, 2007

(Patriot Post) - In May, Utah’s Ogden School District named James A. Madison Elementary School in honor of our fourth president and the author of the U.S. Constitution. Wonderful, right? Well, not exactly. As a history teacher at the school pointed out recently, James Madison did not have a middle name. To quote the great political historian Homer Simpson, “D’oh!” School-board member John Gullo, whose American Dream Foundation has donated a painting of James Madison to the school, said, “I’m blindsided. I hate being embarrassed.” As luck would have it, the superintendent of the district, Noel Zabriskie, was able to notify the company making the school’s sign in time to have the error corrected. Never fear, our childrens is learning! Alas, they is learning from adults who need a remedial course in history.

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