Sentences with phrase «attack dog role»
NOTE: I read this release very quickly and misattributed these comments to Lazio, rather than Edwards, who up until now has not embraced the traditional attack dog role of an LG contender.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
«None of them were willing to take on the role of attack dog, unlike the famous example of Arlen Specter in the Clarence Thomas hearings, or Trey Gowdy in the Benghazi hearings, or in the 9/11 Commission.
Andrew Cuomo's hand - picked LG running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, has embraced the traditional attack - dog role of a No. 2, blasing the Paladino campaign for employing four top aides with checkered pasts.
During a tele - press conference this afternoon, King played the role of attack dog to the hilt and slammed gubernatorial hopefuls Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino, saying they are «stonewalling» by refusing to release information about their personal finances.
Attack dog MP Jon Ashworth has been promoted to shadow health secretary - but stripped of his key role on the National Executive Committee (NEC).
He, however, expressed displeasure that the opposition PDP had so far failed to play the role of a constructive critic of government but had instead reduced itself to an attack dog of every government's pronouncement.
He has largely performed the role of frontbench attack dog for the past 12 months.
It was bred as a livestock dog, and those muscles were built for playing a guardian role, protecting its charges against attacks from wolves, jackals and bears.
So, when I say that predation might play a role in a dog attack, people conjure up the idea that maybe a pit bull is similar to a human sexual predator, and then draw conclusions that they are somehow defective, and that society needs to be protected from them.
Because they look fierce, they are usually cast in the bad guy roles of attack dogs.
All of these factors play a role in almost all the dog attacks we read about in the news.
Yet, despite the role of genetics and a difficult upbringing, fortunately it's very rare for dogs to attack out of the blue and for no reason.
This English Bulldog is playing a role... When his owner comes in to find him on the bed, the cute little dog looks so tired... but it turns out, he has sneaky plans to attack her with cuteness!
Some dogs will quickly take the submissive role in an attempt to avoid being attacked.
His role in the hockey stick debacle has been to act as Michael Mann's attack dog which he has been doing for a very long time.