Sentences with phrase «as politicians like»

A broad, diverse, and growing chorus of voices continues to tell Washington that Enough Is Enough as politicians like Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) squabble for more special - interest handouts veiled as so - called «fixes» to the fundamentally failed Renewable Fuel Standard.

Ultimately, PMQs doesn't have nearly as much impact in the real world as politicians like to think.

Not exact matches

Sugar said: «If [politicians] lie, which results in massive decisions like leaving the European Union, or gaining votes in a general election, then this should be a criminal offence as it would be in a public company if I lied to my shareholders.»

As allegations continue to rain down on powerful media moguls (like the recently - convicted comedian Bill Cosby), as well as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstreaAs allegations continue to rain down on powerful media moguls (like the recently - convicted comedian Bill Cosby), as well as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstreaas well as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstreaas high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstream.

«I was trying to explain, in response to a question about the election, that my limited understanding was that the President talked to a portion of America like an accessible person they could relate to, as he was NOT a politician.»

«Canadians might not like them as politicians — they may not vote for them because they're too conservative on social issues — but they're not the kind of governors that make trouble for Canada.»

During her first 100 days as dean of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, Sally Blount's calendar looked like the schedule of a politician in the heat of a race.

For all his talk about principles like openness and free speech, his leadership is better viewed as a balancing of constituencies, a reality familiar to any politician.

But if you're looking for more hints that The Rock is beginning to seriously consider a presidential run, his comments to Fallon about why people were looking to him as a possible candidate certainly sound like those of a politician.

It's tempting to cast Clement's attendance at every graduation and rubber duck race in his riding as the labours of a man who knows what it feels like to be unloved by constituents, but he's always been that kind of politician.

Even as his counterparts like Atlanta rapper Killer Mike — who has been very vocal about America's racist war on drugs and his own political beliefs — used their celebrity for fundraising, meetings with politicians, and self - penned articles; the rapper usually left politics to the side as he expanded his business and rose to the top of the corporate ladder.

Maybe our wise and patriotic politicians will start selling off our military assets just like they did with our manufacturing base so they can pay the tsunami of interest on our debt and China will take over as the world's police?

A matter such as US tax reform was never going to pass without comment from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who tends to lurk in the background of his bank's results calls like a grumpy uncle at a Thanksgiving dinner, occasionally piping up with a tirade against clueless politicians or rickety US infrastructure.

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.

But they try to make it look like it is about «belief» in the sense of faith (in a deity or non faith in a deity) and as often as not it is about political views (beliefs) and elections and politicians (and nothing to do with deity).

This is probably common with people who try to present a certain image to the public, such as public figures like politicians, certain religious figures, swindlers and con men.

Now I know as soon as I use words like «behavior» and «moral» people will say; «what gives politicians the right to lecture us?»

@Sarah: You may choose to focus on what you like as well but it doesn't cancel out the fact that in our political arena today, we have religious right politicians coming out of the woodwork and campaigning on their alleged moral superiority.

Throughout the cold war, and now into the newly instigated War on Terrorism, tens of thousands of Americans died - many multiples of the number of those killed on 9/11 - as the direct result of such Jewish / Israeli spying and treason, but not once as anyone ever suggested that the whole Jewish population of America should be held to account for the crimes of those few traitors or for the war - like behavior of the country of which many of them, including some of our politicians, hold second passports.

Obama is a career politician and like all other career politicians his campaign attempts to portray him as a candidate who appeals to the majority of voters.

It feels like an attack on us, as much as on the politician.

Like a jury in a court case listening to witnesses, we should ask if politicians in their tweets are telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (or as much as you can in 280 characters).

Whle their contribution to helping these people should not be completely discounted, I find this questionable I do ot expect that pharm comanies do all of their work as «charity» but, I find it offensive that they consistently align themselves with lobgbyists and politicians who are would rather cut funding for programs like ADAP here in the US.

Perhaps the Occupy Movement will bring us to the point where we once again as a society decide we want to uphold the rule of law, not just for the petty crimes of the poor, but also the high crimes of the rich and their politician puppets like Blair.

I don't think that most Americans would care too much if a politician was like Hugh Hefner, as long as he was honest.

So of course I was all up in arms when I found out that a bunch of publishers and politicians tried to «civilize» these documents by taking out the parts they didn't like — the n - word from a new edition of Huck Finn and those embarrassing sections about slaves counting as three - fifths of a person in Congress» reading of the Constitution.

As Terry McAuliffe's lamprey - like campaign for Virginia Governor begins to — pinch me, I'm dreaming — detach from the host as actual politician Creigh Deeds pulls ahead, let the record show what a walking talking dirty $ 1 bill thinks high office iAs Terry McAuliffe's lamprey - like campaign for Virginia Governor begins to — pinch me, I'm dreaming — detach from the host as actual politician Creigh Deeds pulls ahead, let the record show what a walking talking dirty $ 1 bill thinks high office ias actual politician Creigh Deeds pulls ahead, let the record show what a walking talking dirty $ 1 bill thinks high office is:

Of course politicians say silly stuff all the time.Let's not forget that christianity changesd the world.There may be a sep of church and state, as you like to go on and on about.The west, the USA, remade the world - for the better

If you want a Christ like figure as a politician, look at Ron Paul.

Among secularists, gay activists, liberal politicians, and the like, it is taken for granted that homosexual urgings are «natural,» in the sense of being innate (the word nature comes from the Latin natus, «to be born» as, in fact, does the word innate); and since the urges are natural in that sense (or so goes the claim), what's wrong with satisfying them?

As the strange reality - defying fog of the current administration finally lifts, global warming will become, as it is elsewhere, a political given — something like crime or low test scores that every politician is pledged to fighAs the strange reality - defying fog of the current administration finally lifts, global warming will become, as it is elsewhere, a political given — something like crime or low test scores that every politician is pledged to fighas it is elsewhere, a political given — something like crime or low test scores that every politician is pledged to fight.

Successful but tiring sounds like as good a business model as anything, so let's hope Detroit's politicians are paying attention to Joshua Wise's shrewd strategy...

what dumb politician / preacher like Fernado Cabrera fails to understand ALL THE TIME is how offensive it is for those victims» families that do not worship his god to be forced to hear his prayers, his words «in the name of god» when the very people who flew those jet liners into the WTC / Pentagon did so purely «in the name of god» as well.

The storm confronting Keely and his family feels like it has reached gale - force levels: as farmers struggle with the fall - out of an unprecedented, late - in - the - season 15 per cent drop in the milk price and demand politicians deliver an industry fighting fund, the largest processor and price - setter Murray Goulburn was hit with a class action and an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation.

23 Apr 2018 — French politicians have banned meat - like terms from describing vegetarian and vegan food which means that words such as «steak» and «fillet» will only be used for products of animal origin.

Sounds like our American politicians, business as usual.

It's about realizing he couldn't litigate his past comedy, about trusting his staff, about understanding why politicians act the way they do in interviews, about recognizing why the norms of the Senate matter.So this is an interview about what it's like to be a politician, why perfectly nice and interesting people end up acting like all those other politicians after getting elected, and the role we as voters (and we in the media) play in it.

While we can forgive a man like Churchill, who weathered a world war with brandy glass in hand, and whose response to charges of overindulgance was as defiant as that towards the Third Reich - «I took more out of drink than it ever took out of me» - the modern politician must conform to a new set of expectations.

«It is like once you get into politics, you throw discipline to the dogs, you are not under any law, you can do anything you want as a politician and it is that character that is going through... There are structures, party structures, legal structures but because you are in politics, the people who are actually activating the political system, they think that once I am in politics; I can push discipline and the law to the side and the policeman can not even do anything to me,» he lamented.

The research suggested politicians should be looking at the following: continued welfare reform, with a particular emphasis on developing a contributory system; keeping taxes as low as people believe are possible to deliver high quality services; avoiding punishing people for things they can not possibly do without like driving or buying and selling houses; more proportionate sentencing; and restricting so - called health tourism.

But I am ready to take it on, like I've done as attorney general, where I've fought for you against bankers, lobbyists and corruption politicians in both parties.

The row over Dave «two hols» Cameron was symptomatic of the trouble wealthy politicians get into the second they claim (as a millionaire and spouse of major heiress) they're «just like one of us».

In one sense, their use constitutes one more form of accountability, as those politicians who like to draw their moral and rhetorical power from religious traditions must do so at the cost of being judged by those very traditions.

As much as you'd like, you can't all be professional politicians, living off the state and doing nothinAs much as you'd like, you can't all be professional politicians, living off the state and doing nothinas you'd like, you can't all be professional politicians, living off the state and doing nothing.

Leveson wants to know if Murdoch thinks there's «a distinction between those who hold themselves out as having a public figure like politicians or like newspaper proprietors and those who don't come into that category, like people's who've achieved fame, made money, because they are very good at what they do.»

Delegates faithfully try to execute the people's mandate and opinion as far as they can be discerned, and like all politicians, Blair became a delegate around election time.

I would still like to be seen as a serious politician.»

When you're a politician and you're out of tune with changes in the public mood, your words can can sound just as harsh, particularly against those of a pitch - perfect communicator like Barack Obama.

«This explains why they have continued to keep people like the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in detention, even after he has been granted bail by the courts and have been after figures like Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as well as politicians perceived to be interested in the 2019 Presidential elections.

These consultants function like lobbyists in terms of access and ties to politicians, but they are able to avoid registering as official lobbyists.