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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.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Bernie Goldberg: Here We Go Again …

(By Bernie Goldberg) - This was the headline in a column about the Arizona shootings in the Sunday Guardian out of London.

"In the US, where hate rules at the ballot box, this tragedy has been coming for a long time"
And then the sub-headline:

"The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords may lead to the temporary hibernation of rightwing rage, but it is encoded in conservative DNA"
Yes, the Guardian is a far left piece of work so we shouldn't be surprised by the shallowness or visceral hatred of conservatives by one of its pundits. But the same message, in slightly less outrageous form, is the topic of much conversation in the American media too.

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