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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, August 07, 2008

Obama: “America is no longer what it once was”

(By Ed Morrissey/Hot Air) - When presidential candidates answer questions from children about why they want the job, most will give an answer that uplifts the child and the candidate. Not Barack Obama. At a campaign stop in Elkhart, Indiana, a seven-year-old girl asked the Democrat why he wants to be President — and he told her that America has gone downhill...

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

From National Review Online:

It seems strange that as he is saying America is no longer what it used to be, someone else is declaring that she's proud of her country for the first time in her adult life. One spouse says we used to be great and have fallen; one spouse says we haven't been great until now.

Thursday, August 07, 2008 3:42:00 PM  

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