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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.

Monday, February 23, 2009

King of Queens?

(Fox News) - George Mason University crowned its homecoming queen during the school's basketball game last Saturday.

But this year's tiara went to a male student. Ryan Allen, who is gay and performs as a popular drag queen at local clubs, received more votes than the two women who vied for the title. He says: "We're one of the most diverse campuses in the country... we celebrate that."

In the Washington Post, school spokesman Dan Walsch says the university is, "very comfortable with it. We're fine." One female student, Melissa Banjjani, says: "He deserves to be queen. He's already a queen for everybody."

But a male student, Grant Bollinger, counters: "It's really annoying. The game was on TV. Everyone was there. All eyes were on us. And we do something like this? It's just stupid."

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