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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.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

FBI Probes Conservative Blogger for Opposing GOP Rep.

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - Last year, Clay Bowler became active in politics. He didn’t support Billy Long, a Republican* running for U.S. Congress in his southwest Missouri district, so he started a website, began attending campaign events, and even started asking the candidate tough questions. But when Long eventually won, Bowler — and his website Long is Wrong — went away.

So when the FBI showed up at his door recently saying he was a perceived threat to the congressman, he was shocked.

“I’m not a threat to Billy Long,” Bowler, who says he’s a conservative, told KSPR on Thursday. “I find the whole thought very funny, because I’m such an advocate for constitutional rights that I would never do anything that would put in jeopardy those constitutional rights like the Second Amendment.”


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