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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.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Here’s Rush Limbaugh Getting Taught Golf By Tiger’s Former Coach

(By Glenn Davis, SportsGrid) - I have a feeling that if I ever met Rush Limbaugh in a social setting, I’d be charmed by him personally. Away from his radio show, away from that persona (which I imagine is a put-on at least to some degree – it has to be, doesn’t it?), I think there’s probably a gregarious, self-deprecating guy in there somewhere, who can emerge from the bluster and blowhardishness.

And fine, I’m basing that in large part on this, plus the video below, in which he attempts to learn the finer points of golf from renowned coach Hank Haney, best known for formerly working with Tiger Woods. But watch as Limbaugh says he doesn’t want to waste Haney’s time with apparent earnestness, how he exults in the fact that he wasn’t heavy enough to deflate an exercise ball by lying on it, and hey, maybe there is some humanity there yet.


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