Word: pulpiteers
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Overdue Bill Tough-talking William Bennett spent nearly two years fighting narcotics from a Cabinet-level bully pulpit. But Bennett left his drug-war ) post so meekly and with such meager results that some wondered if the general had gone AWOL. Bennett then backed off from his acceptance of a job as head of the Republican National Committee, throwing the party into even greater disarray...
...three months, it was Saddam Hussein vs. most of the world. Then, last week, it suddenly seemed to be George Bush vs. most of his own countrymen, or at least everyone with access to a microphone, an op-ed page or a pulpit. Criticisms ranged from the reasonable (an appeal for the Pentagon not to cancel troop rotations) to the ridiculous (the suggestion that the U.S. is defending Arab princes' right to polygyny and Swiss bank accounts). But the significance of the controversy lay less in the substance of specific gripes, caveats and misgivings than in the overall tone...
...shown to seats in the sanctuary of the Clifton Jewish Center, one of the buildings they defaced. They were chewing gum, cracking knuckles, trying to balance yarmulkes on their heads. Markovitz broke the tension. "Am I to judge you by your earrings?" the rabbi asked one boy from the pulpit. "You all grew up with beautiful families, but you must never take anything for granted. You must always relearn the lesson of freedom...
...afterward. When Bush tries to communicate with a TV audience, he often lacks confidence. More important, except when he is campaigning for himself, Bush shrinks from framing options in a stark and persuasive manner that can force people to make a choice. He often speaks of using the "bully pulpit" to get his way, but to him it means little more than "telling people how deeply you feel" instead of knocking heads together to get things done...
...guise as TV journalist, Jackson will have to prove that he can elicit the opinions of others and not just expound on his own. He will, moreover, have to demonstrate that his TV platform is not simply a political launching pad. Does Jackson consider his new bully pulpit a key to the White House? "I see this as a key to all houses," he replies. "Everybody's house will see this." Sounds suspiciously like...