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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, November 03, 2010

Guess How Many People Showed Up For Alvin Greene’s Election Party

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - The newscaster from South Carolina’s WLTX-TV summed up U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene’s (D) campaign succinctly: “Alvin Greene did shock and sometimes embarrass Democrats by winning his party’s nomination.”

That shock and embarrassment climaxed a few weeks ago when during an appearance on MSNBC he refused to say much more than “Jim DeMint caused the recession,” which bewildered host Lawrence O’Donnell.

So it probably comes as no surprise that barely anyone showed up for his election night party on Tuesday — save for about a dozen family members and close friends — and that Greene refused to concede the race even though the Associated Press called it as soon as the polls closed.

Instead, he went after winner Jim DeMint in his signature aloof manner:


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