Sentences with phrase «americans than any politicians»

Liberal professors are more detrimental to Americans than any politicians are.

Not exact matches

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

It is rare that American politicians, even on the left, go much further than that.

The survey found that Americans blamed politicians more than any other group for the recession, with 73 percent of respondents laying the blame at their feet, just above the 72 percent who blamed big banks.»

Ted, they are Americans and unless you want to take that battle to all of the other politicians that come in with their own personal groups than you post just sounds extremely pety.

Got ta wonder who these American politicians are really loyal to.I believe atheists would be more likely to represent all Americans than a Christian would, if a situation occured where the choice would have to be made.

American politicians know that they need something more than secular contract theory to persuade Americans to perform these acts of political loyalty.

Then later, he decides that «these wars are fought by politicians and pundits far more than by ordinary Americans.»

Quoting from the article,»... these wars are fought by politicians and pundits far more than by ordinary Americans.»

James Davison Hunter and Alan Wolfe disagreed fiercely over the reach and power of the culture wars, but they agreed on one thing: These wars are fought by politicians and pundits far more than by ordinary Americans.

His «constant gripe» about American politicians was that they were «stupider, prouder, more self - righteous, more moralistic, more vain - glorious than the American people on whose behalf they spoke.»

Even so, the twenty - seven speeches collected in We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr. and Joy - Ann Reid, are neither better nor worse, for the most part, than any other American politician's speeches: often muddled, consistently unmemorable, and boring.

Surveys show that African - Americans attend church in higher numbers than white Americans do, and Democratic politicians have long made a habit of speaking from black pulpits in the leadup to Election Day.

«Catholic politicians should build new coalitions in support of protecting innocent human life: Coalitions, first and foremost, with American women» the majority of whom are pro-life» who understand that Roe's abortion license has encouraged irresponsible male sexual behavior more than any other legal act in our history.

The awareness of the predicament (on the part of both the politicians at the microphones and the voters in the streets) conceivably could lead to a reconstitution of the American idea, but the finding of the phoenix in the ashes presupposes a debate rising from an intellectual structure a good deal sturdier than the one lost in the wreckage of the World Trade Center.

Fortunately, these ideas never shaped the normative documents of the American civil religion, nor have they characterized its greatest heroes — men like Jefferson, Lincoln, and Martin Luther King — but they have formed an important tradition of interpretation, one carried by nationalistic clergymen more often than by jingoistic politicians.

Few things need the piss taken out of them more than the pretensions of American politics and American politicians.

After raising money for Alan G. Hevesi, the former city and state comptroller, and other Queens politicians more than a decade ago, Mr. Meng became the first Asian - American elected to the State Legislature, in 2004.

By emphasizing citizen concerns rather than politicians interest, the Conversation breathed new life into the American tradition of town hall meetings, attracting 1,700 citizens, 64 elected officials, and 48 community leaders.

If true, this means that there are more than 64 million American atheists, a staggering number that no politician can afford to ignore.

At an American Enterprise Institute event discussing the findings, AEI's Ramesh Ponnuru observed that politicians could loudly promise to spend $ 9,000 per pupil and most voters would think that they were calling for an increase in school funding rather than a significant cut.

They call it «freedom flights» from the Bahamas when it's really nothing more than exploitation for profit while at the same time, local politicians outlawed pet stores from selling puppies bred by American dog breeders.

Apparently, he thinks that only American politicians other than the president should face electoral accountability on global warming policy.

The most one could say is that these sorts of groups have opposed specific legislation, such as carbon taxes or drilling bans, that Brulle wants politicians to enact into law.50 This opposition may explain a lot about Brulle's motivations, and it definitely shows that he's more interested in political victories than science, but it says nothing about how Americans form their views of the science of Global Warming.

Coal - port expansion is the fifth most carbon - intensive project currently planned in the world, bigger than anything else over which American politicians have control.

Vote 4 Energy, which was mocked by a parody commercial during its public release, is the American Petroleum Institute's newest money dump to pretend that most Americans support politicians who represent Big Oil more than their own constituents.

Such a system — which would have direct and visible positive financial consequences (i.e., rebate checks larger than energy price increases) for 80 % of American households — might not only not be difficult for politicians to support, but it might actually be difficult for politicians to oppose!

Her powerful and courageous voice pointedly criticized American politicians for being so easily swayed by money than by the people who voted them into office.