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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, July 09, 2008

Botched Bio

(Fox News) - President Bush and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi have reaffirmed their close friendship at the G8 summit in Japan.

But the biography put out by the White House press office in its briefing book for the summit described Berlusconi as "one of the most controversial leaders in the history of a country known for government corruption and vice."

It adds the Italian leader is "regarded by many as a political dilettante who gained his high office only through the use of his considerable influence on the national media."

White House officials have apologized to Berlusconi and the Italian people, calling it an "unfortunate mistake."

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