bully pulpit
(US, chiefly, politics) An advantageous position from which to express one's views, especially a political office.
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Born ~1858 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Shared psychosis through group hypnosis leads to mass hysteria; that’s how he was able to cheat to win- and we believe he ACTUALLY won. Shared psychosis is also how people have created religions, from Bully Pulpit
What'a a "bully pulpit" and when has it worked? Oh, it's claimed that's how LBJ got the CRA/VRA but factually is untrue. It was all member by member wheeling and dealing as always. No such thing as the bully pulpit. T…
Senator Bernie Sanders has a bully pulpit. Citizen Bernie Sanders has less of a mouthpiece. We hear more of what he has to say because he's a Senator, not because he can give a speech.
Biden didn't have a bully pulpit. The media saw to that. He was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. They repeated every utterance of Trump who did nothing but criticize and belittle Biden and they downplayed eve…
Just heard Rubio, at the Bully Pulpit, claiming Iran is illegally "blockading" the strait. Absolutely a bass ackward lie. Jesus Hech Christ.
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(US, chiefly, politics) An advantageous position from which to express one's views, especially a political office.
“Shared psychosis through group hypnosis leads to mass hysteria; that’s how he was able to cheat to win- and we believe he ACTUALLY won. Shared psychosis is also how people have created religions, from Bully Pulpit”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What'a a "bully pulpit" and when has it worked? Oh, it's claimed that's how LBJ got the CRA/VRA but factually is untrue. It was all member by member wheeling and dealing as always. No such thing as the bully pulpit. That's a fiction.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Senator Bernie Sanders has a bully pulpit. Citizen Bernie Sanders has less of a mouthpiece. We hear more of what he has to say because he's a Senator, not because he can give a speech.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Biden didn't have a bully pulpit. The media saw to that. He was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. They repeated every utterance of Trump who did nothing but criticize and belittle Biden and they downplayed everything Biden actually did.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just heard Rubio, at the Bully Pulpit, claiming Iran is illegally "blockading" the strait. Absolutely a bass ackward lie. Jesus Hech Christ.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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