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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.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Pro-Infidelity Super Bowl Commercial That Got Banned by Fox

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - The Super Bowl is know for its funny, smart, and even racy commercials. But there‘s one steamy spot viewers won’t be seeing next month: a “discreet” dating service’s lingerie-clad add encouraging partners to cheat.

The commercial is for AshleyMadison.com, which calls itself “the world’s premiere discreet dating service.” Translation: it’s a dating service for married people. “Life is short. Have an affair,” the site says. It even offers a an “affair guarantee.”

In order to raise its profile, the company produced a 30-second commercial for next month’s Super Bowl. But Fox, which will air this year’s game, banned it. 'SportsGrid' describes the ad:


The ad features adult film star Savanna Sampson, who walks into a corporate boardroom and announces that her executive husband has been cheating on her. Cue a montage of everybody hooking up with everybody (yes, there’s even dude-on-mascot smooching). The ad ends with her in a bra, and the tag line “Isn’t it time for AshleyMadison.com?”

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