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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.

Friday, December 31, 2010

PA Gov. Ed Rendell (D) Calls Delay Of Football Game “A Joke,” Argues With TV Weatherman

(By Mark Joyella, Mediaite) - Gov. Ed Rendell thinks we’re becoming a “nation of wussies” for delaying the Eagles-Vikings game because of the blizzard not “in any way, shape or form a blizzard.”

The Pennsylvania governor went on FOX’s Philadelphia station, saying it was a “joke” that the football game had been scrubbed, saying that football fans were smart enough to make their own decisions about getting safely to the stadium–and, he believes, for braving a few inches of snow:


“I was looking forward to this. It would have been a real experience. This is what football is all about. We’re becoming a nation of wussies.”


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