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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.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Charles Krauthammer Scolds Mark Shields and Nina Totenberg: 'What Planet Are You Guys Living On...I’ve Rarely Encountered Such Thickness'

(By Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters) - Charles Krauthammer justifiably lost his patience with his fellow panelists on PBS's 'Inside Washington' Friday evening.

No matter how many times he explained that Republicans last week proposed a revenue increase that Democrats refused, PBS's Mark Shields and NPR's Nina Totenberg couldn't seem to grasp this simple concept leading Krauthammer to ask, "What planet are you guys living on...I’ve rarely encountered such thickness":


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