Bully Pulpit

Back in Theodore Roosevelt's time, bully was used to signify strength, something used for a good purpose.

So in his day, using the bully pulpit was using his position as President to send out strong messages to both foreign and domestic recipients.

Of course the term has changed over the years and today we have an actual bully using the bully pulpit.

I actually understand, to some extent, how it is nice to see some self righteous people get their comeuppance.  There have been times in my life when some self-righteous a**hole felt entitled to point out what I was doing that wasn't acceptable.

It happened a lot more when I had a lot less money.

I am convinced that we need to move progressive forces forward in this country for the benefit of all.

This was the future I grew up believing in, as the predictions of the future included a shared benefit for all, not what we seem to be developing, haves and have nots.

However, sometimes, maybe too often, people come to act like they are just better than everyone else.

When you start to tell people what they should think, or what they should say without accepting that other opinions might be valid,, you have become self-righteous.

Americans have always loved movies where the authority figure who was imposing his/her will, was taught a lesson at the end.

Now of course our dontard can be on either side of that, but to many he has punctured enough ego balloons to become a bit of a hero.

In fact he has become a bit of the last man standing in the Republican party which originally felt he didn't live up to their standards.

From the other party's side we saw some of the same things at work with Bernie Sanders, who punctured a few balloons of his own.

Americans love underdogs, at least for a time.

This one has outstayed his welcome.