Teddy Roosevelt bragged that the president enjoyed a “bully
pulpit” from which he could persuade societal change. President Obama feels he
can enjoy this same Roosevelt leverage to combat climate change with extra-Constitutional measures … see: Washington Times Story.
There is one major difference however … in Roosevelt’s day “bully” mostly meant
“good” and “beneficial.” To Obama “bully” means “intimidation” and “my way or
the highway.”
