Now This Explains A Lot
(By John Hood, Carolina Journal Online) - On a recent survey of civic literacy in America, elected officials scored lower than the general public did.
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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.
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