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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.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Mike Nifong Bankrupt

Disgraced Duke prosecutor lists $180M in liabilities

(The Smoking Gun) - Disgraced and disbarred, Mike Nifong is now bankrupt. The former North Carolina prosecutor, whose career imploded with his botched handling of the Duke University rape case, today filed for bankruptcy, listing liabilities in excess of $180 million. ... Almost all of that sum represents legal claims filed against the former Durham County district attorney by members of Duke's 2006 lacrosse team, including the three players who were accused of raping a stripper at a team party. Included among Nifong's assets are a 2003 Honda Accord, about $9000 in personal property, and his $235,000 home. He lists nearly $5000 monthly in pension or retirement income and describes himself, charitably, as retired.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Only the North Carolina Democrat machine could enable someone this inept, this corrupt, and this bag-of-hammers stupid to rise to the position he occupied. If Nifong hadn't stumbled into this stripper's briar patch, he could have very well gone on to become a sitting judge (and, therefore, indestructible), the Attorney General, or even a Supreme Court Justice.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:51:00 PM  

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