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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, September 27, 2007

Ferry Tale

(Fox News) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's campaign is distancing itself from supporters who harassed fellow candidate Rudy Giuliani Friday night on the Mackinac Island Ferry in Michigan.

The Detroit Free Press reports dozens of Paul enthusiasts taunted Giuliani by saying "9/11 was an inside job." A witness says the group threatened to throw Giuliani overboard and he took refuge in the ferry's pilothouse.

A Paul spokesman says the candidate does not think 9/11 was an inside job and a Giuliani spokesman says his man was not intimidated and welcomes verbal jousting.

5 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Yup. Nice math. "One eyewitness" plus one truther out of one hundred non-truthers must equal One Hundred Truthers!

Now, do you have any non-made-up stories?

Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is Faux News, after all. They are the self-described No Ron Paul, none of the time network.

Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:58:00 PM  
Blogger Andy W. Rogers said...

Ron Paul was on The O'Reilly Factor the other week...

Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think you missed the point. Faux News has made it a point to marginalize Ron Paul by only reporting stories about him that have negative connotations, giving lots of time to pundits and other candidates who make derogatory remarks about him, and only giving him direct access through their resident kook-baiter and sludge-monger, O'Reilly.

Sean Hannity, who is and always has been a useless little weenie anyway, has made it a personal crusade to demonize Dr. Paul. Let's face it, Foaux News has become the agit-prop arm of the neocons. They are slobbering all over Rudy Giuliani and/or Fred Thompson. Of course there is other method to that madness. Both of those guys are the candidates most sure to lose to Hillary next fall, and Hillary is Rupert Murdoch's chosen Presidential candidate.

Always follow the money, Andy.

Friday, September 28, 2007 11:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I watched the last half of the GOP debate last night and was quite pleased with the media-anointed lower tiered candidates. They were candid and honest (especially Paul and Tancrado). In addition, there was real discussion about the Constitution. Go figure. Presidential candidates talking about a founding document. Paul even spoke on principal against the softball and apple pie question of US government intervention in Darfur. I remain continually impressed with Ron Paul. Also, in case you did not see the debate, Alan Keyes was on the platform too!

RWM

Friday, September 28, 2007 2:11:00 PM  

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