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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, December 17, 2010

Bernie Goldberg: Slobbering Media Enabled Obama; Created Unrealistic Expectations

(By Colby Hall, Mediaite) - Want to know how best reinforce the meme that President Obama is a failure? First accept it as a factual thesis before debating the different ways in which the President has “fallen from grace.” Case in point, the following segment on Fox News’ 'America Live' in which Bernie Goldberg blames the media for creating false and messianic expectations for a President who, in his words, passed unpopular things. Host Megyn Kelly accepted the premise on its face, before deflecting the blame to Obama’s staff.

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