Wednesday, December 04, 2013

book: “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt...

Doris Kearns Goodwin On Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive Era | On Point with Tom Ashbrook:
"...historian is telling the story of Teddy Roosevelt and the transformation of the Progressive Era."



Bully pulpit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 
A bully pulpit is a position sufficiently conspicuous to provide an opportunity to speak out and be listened to.
This term was coined by President Theodore Roosevelt, who referred to the White House as a "bully pulpit", by which he meant a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda. 


Roosevelt famously used the word bully as an adjective meaning "superb" or "wonderful", a more common usage in his time than it is today. (Another expression which survives from this era is "bully for you", synonymous with "good for you".)



"an important job or position that someone can use to persuade other people to accept their ideas"

i.e. "The presidency is a wonderful bully pulpit to convince the country of the need for a balanced budget."

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