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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.

Friday, November 05, 2010

Liberal Civil War Breaks Out on MSNBC: 'Progressive' Glenn Greenwald vs. ‘Socialist’ Lawrence O’Donnell



(By Matt Lewis, Politics Daily) - One of the reasons I really like MSNBC's "Morning Joe" is that it eschews the typical yelling and screaming that have become commonplace on cable TV. Of course, there is a place for heated discussion -- especially when the discussion is timely and based on real disagreements.

Such was the case this morning when Salon's Glenn Greenwald faced off against MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell on "Morning Joe." Greenwald had recently accused O'Donnell of "trying to blame 'the Left' and 'liberalism' for the Democrats' political woes."

O'Donnell, who noted that he was, himself, a "socialist," tweaked Greenwald by saying: "I'm not a liberal who's so afraid of the word that I had to change my name to 'progressive.'"

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