Think of every politician on the campaign trail and you'd be hard pressed to find any who don't use hand gestures to articulate points.
Jesus is not entirely absent from
the thinking of politicians.
Leslie Knope will probably be thrilled to meet the Vice President, but it's difficult to
think of a politician who has less in common with Ron Swanson.
It's sad to
think of a politician like Stumpy Harbour bringing a man to his knees like that.
«I can't
think of another politician in this country who has engaged in more flip - flopping for political reasons than Sadiq Khan.
Miller's behaviour confirms the worst people
think of politicians.
I can't
think of a politician who has tried to use it against us.
You'd be amazed at how many politicians (and I'm
thinking of politicians specifically here) take the lack of certainty in the outcome of an event as a justification for doing whatever sounds really good to them at that particular moment in time.
Not exact matches
I can't
think of a reason any
politician would object.
«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career
politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half
of Missouri voters
think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.
«I
think that Huckabee is the most interesting and the best
politician and the best campaigner
of the Republicans, but my sense is he's going to have a hard time carrying through.»
And I
think that would be... You could say that about a
politician or you could say that about a head
of a major corporation or what have you.
The aftermath
of the tragic shooting followed similar patterns:
politicians sent their
thoughts and prayers to the victims and discussed «the difficult issue
of mental health ``, and the price
of shares in gun manufacturers went up.
That gloomy question was behind
Thinking the Unthinkable, a study
of British public policy options by noted British financial firm Tullett Prebon — which was brave enough to ask the question that U.K.
politicians have been avoiding like the plague: «Might there be no way out for Britain?»
We see history repeating itself: A lack
of gun control results in tragic and preventable loss
of life — and
politicians only offer
thoughts and prayers.
Neil Irwin's WaPo piece this AM provides a useful review
of the different ways economists and
politicians are
thinking about the short - term impact
of spending cuts on growth and jobs.
You might
think politicians would write off young voters as a waste
of time, while cultivating seniors with boxes
of chocolates and daily phone calls.
Given that fundamental aspects
of how the Internet works are being decided by the PMO, Shade and Moll say it's up to the public to get Canadian
politicians «up to speed» on net neutrality the way the American public did in the U.S. To date, there is scarce indication that any
of the major parties are
thinking about the issue; McArthur says a letter to his Conservative MP in Edmonton didn't even generate a standard response letter.
Abbott isn't Trump, but it's good to know that at least one prominent American
politician thought to send a message
of well - being to those suffering outside the borders
of the US.
«The question is whether one presumes that the deep state controls the organs
of the state and acts as a puppet master above elected
politicians, and I
think in the US's case, that is a wholly inappropriate characterization.»
«The country is incredibly divided in terms
of thoughts and views on
politicians and leadership.
Despite the high cost
of the oil price crash, most residents
of Fort McMurray, along with Canada's
politicians,
think that oil prices will rebound and things will turn around sooner or later.
In America's Forbes Magazine this week, Alejandro Chafuen praised the leadership
of the conservative policy
think - tanks that helped set the stage for the election
of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success
of conservative
politicians across the country.
But I
think equally it is going to be part
of the solution, that
politicians always feel the need to do something now.
Some
of the retiring
politicians have spent a decade or more in office, so before the writ is dropped I
thought it would be fun to take a look at what some
of them looked like in their younger years in office.
The conservative
politician who can listen to members
of the other political coalition like Reagan did, and who can learn to respond to the arguments
of the other side (as opposed to just posturing for the amusement
of their own side), won't just win over those who currently
think of themselves as swing - voters.
If justice is to be applauded (and I
think it is) and the death penalty is the appropriate level
of justice for murder (and I
think it is) then I'm not sure why we should not applaud a
politician when they have done their duty.
Our media seldom look to them for enlightenment if they can
think of an entertainer,
politician, or journalist instead.
Wow.Mr.Limbaugh's belated «apology «aside, I find myself stunned at the level
of vitriol, rudeness, and sheer hatred we seem determined to spew at each across the web nowadays; its advent has obviously unleashed some deeply - buried, long - simmering resevoirs
of hate, scorn, and opprobium that has finally boiled over among many
of us.If we spent even a third
of that energy seeking solutions to righting the badly - listing ship -
of - state called America... Well.The
politicians aren't going to do it, fellow citizens.As clever as we
think we are venting over folly and nonsense on these websites, we had better get busy getting our nation's affairs in order, or we'll become the laughingstock
of the world, with tiny,no - name third world countries thumbing their noses at us and telling us to «Get lost, America, you silly, Hollywood has - been.
James — while disagreeing with you assessment
of Obama's presidency, I do agree that most LDS
politicians are quite a bit more centrist than most would
think.
Darren Edwards, the author
of Chav Church, said: «I
think that a working class boxer is being mistaken for a middle class
politician.
I
think we need fewer
politicians that practice laying on
of hands.
Certainly someone who filibustered the bill has
thought through the answers but I'll be darned if I can find a single journalist who
thought to ask these questions
of the media's favorite
politician this week.
But do you
think that maybe the majority
of the body
of religious in general (religious being the majority
of the planet, and about 85 %
of the USA) are decent folk, and not like these
politicians, and that maybe you are offending a lot
of good people.
But because
of the relationship between permissible expression in national discourse, and in the subnational discourse that takes place among blacks, a broadening
of debate in the black community may encourage white
politicians and intellectuals to speak, and
think, with a greater measure
of candor on this issue.
India does not need to repeat the stages through which Britain and France have traveled (contra the pessimism born
of London School
of Economics educations among Congress Party
politicians that
think India needs to go slow, to plan, to wait before leapfrogging into a post-computer world).
This kind
of thinking takes the fear out
of the
politicians minds as they are making incredibly ridiculous decidions in Washington, decisions that harm me (the one working and paying the taxes) and only benefit them.
It is also some
of these people that
think they are saved but continue to willfully sin
thinking that it is okay, since this is what they are taught, most
politicians and world leaders and many others.
I
think this speech is actually not bad compared to some
of his other ways
of being a
politician.
«It's highly unusual, and I don't
think we ever have done it where we've had a single
politician be the center
of our risk items.
We aren't sick
of God being mentioned with politics we are sick
of Politicians thinking they are Godly.
He is not a
politician whose only
thought is to gain and hold political power, but a statesman whose central concern is for the right conduct
of public affairs.
The majority
of European nations & North America who voted for immorality are on the verge
of financial collapse do u
think that any
politician can get straiten out the economy?
He said: «Both
of them were becoming war weary and wanted to find a way out and I
think at long last after very bloody battles I
think we're finally at a stage where we might see a truce holding to allow the
politicians to do their work.»
Think Mitt Romney's a lying weasel
of a
politician?
«I
think the nation at that point appreciated her being present, and particularly William and Harry, and I
think that was a unifying force
of which there were no
politicians who managed that.»
We have seen every Catholic adoption society in effect closed down because, apparently, the leaders
of the Church
thought they had a deal with
politicians over «gay» adoption.
Rosie: I wonder why you
think it is that
politicians who have other faiths don't seem to come under the same amount
of scrutiny as you did as a Christian?
In
thinking about the public order, notes Turner, Calvin College has drawn heavily on the legacy
of the Dutch
politician Abraham Kuyper (1837 - 1920), but he agrees with Mark Noll's observation that recent evangelical political thinkers have also borrowed «from the Anabaptist heritage, from the mainline Protestantism
of Reinhold Niebuhr, or from the neoconservative Catholicism
of Richard John Neuhaus, Michael Novak, and George Weigel.»
Jesus had to have been married and had lots kids, cause the way a lot
of preachers and
politicians talk one would
think they are directly related to him.