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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, February 06, 2008

Better to Give

(Fox News) - Senator Clinton routinely tells crowds she has — "been working to bring positive change to people's lives for 35 years," and, "I've spent so much of my life in the nonprofit sector."

But Matt Sterns of McClatchy Newspapers notes Mrs. Clinton has held only one full-time job in the non-profit sector — spending less than a year at the Children's Defense Fund. She also worked briefly as a law professor.

But Clinton spent 15 of those 35 years at one of the most prestigious law firms in Arkansas — where she represented big companies such as Wal-Mart and TCBY while simultaneously serving on their corporate boards — a practice frowned upon because of potential conflicts of interest.

The report says Clinton's Web site biography devotes six paragraphs to her pro bono legal work for the poor — but has just one small sentence about her 15 years at the Rose Law Firm.

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