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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, October 05, 2007

Craig Stays, C-Span Adds Senate Restroom Cams :-)

(ScrappleFace) — Following Idaho Sen. Larry Craig’s announcement that he would remain in the senate working to clear his name after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct charges, C-Span announced today it would add Senate restroom-cam programming to its C-Span2 lineup.

“As part of our mission to hold public officials accountable for their actions in Washington,” said an unnamed C-Span spokesman, “during our regular programming, we’ll continually display a picture-within-picture video feed of the floor under the stall walls of senate restrooms.”

Sen. Craig, a Republican, said “I’ve come to realize that the people of Idaho elected me primarily to make them feel good about themselves. Now, I can serve them best by using my taxpayer-funded salary, office and staff to work hard for Idahoans to assure they’ll no longer bear the shame of hearing the phrase ‘disgraced former Idaho senator’.”

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