justoffal
Senator
"Will no one rid me of this Turbulent Priest" ?
The office of the President of the United States is called Bully Pulpit for a reason. It has that exact effect. Nowadays with mass communication, television, internet and other forms of modern times that pulpit is more than ever a force to be reckoned with.
If the President took to the national pulpit on any given day and singled out one citizen by name and address expressing his anger with that person, expressing his desire that the person not thrive and that in fact he wished that bad things would happen to that person...inside of a matter of hours that person would probably be dead.
That's just how powerful the effect of that bully pulpit is and there simply is no escape of blame to be had by saying...." I had no idea that what I said would have this or that effect ".....for the most part everything that a President says and or does is scripted and for those moments that are impromptu he has advisers who will immediately pull out their hair and brief him on the potential problems with what he just blurted out...in short the shell of total innocence simply does not exist in that station when it comes to words and deeds.
When Obama asked his followers prior to the last election..
"Will no one rid me of this Turbulent Priest" ?
He knew exactly what he was doing and what would come of it.
That kind of abuse has no business on Pennsylvania Avenue, though unfortunately it must be said that Obama does not own it uniquely and that he certainly did not invent it and this is what we will hear time and again from the administration's apologists. " But officer the other guy was speeding too! "....
JO
The office of the President of the United States is called Bully Pulpit for a reason. It has that exact effect. Nowadays with mass communication, television, internet and other forms of modern times that pulpit is more than ever a force to be reckoned with.
If the President took to the national pulpit on any given day and singled out one citizen by name and address expressing his anger with that person, expressing his desire that the person not thrive and that in fact he wished that bad things would happen to that person...inside of a matter of hours that person would probably be dead.
That's just how powerful the effect of that bully pulpit is and there simply is no escape of blame to be had by saying...." I had no idea that what I said would have this or that effect ".....for the most part everything that a President says and or does is scripted and for those moments that are impromptu he has advisers who will immediately pull out their hair and brief him on the potential problems with what he just blurted out...in short the shell of total innocence simply does not exist in that station when it comes to words and deeds.
When Obama asked his followers prior to the last election..
"Will no one rid me of this Turbulent Priest" ?
He knew exactly what he was doing and what would come of it.
That kind of abuse has no business on Pennsylvania Avenue, though unfortunately it must be said that Obama does not own it uniquely and that he certainly did not invent it and this is what we will hear time and again from the administration's apologists. " But officer the other guy was speeding too! "....
JO
