Sentences with phrase «attempt by the liberal»

This is just another sad attempt by the liberal masses to twist something, this time the holy scriptures, to fit their view of the world and the way it should be.

The governor spent the next year armoring his left flank, presumably against the threat of a 2018 coup attempt by a liberal rival like state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman or Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Not exact matches

The Liberals have also attempted to counter the image of Prime Minister Stephen Harper put forth by the Conservative Party, instead portraying him as a controlling and secretive leader with a hidden agenda, and attacking his judgment by tying him to past Conservative scandals, such as the Cadman affair, alleged spending misconduct in the last election, and the conduct of Maxime Bernier, the former Conservative minister of foreign affairs.

The policies adopted by the Liberals in 1919 show that the Liberals were attempting to respond.

By the end of his Anglican curacy, disillusionment with the liberal, almost secularist, approach which he had found in some of his fellow churchmen, niggling doubts about the validity of Anglican orders and the dawning realisation that the C of E was attempting the impossible by trying to serve both God and State, had convinced Father Ed that he was in the wrong ChurcBy the end of his Anglican curacy, disillusionment with the liberal, almost secularist, approach which he had found in some of his fellow churchmen, niggling doubts about the validity of Anglican orders and the dawning realisation that the C of E was attempting the impossible by trying to serve both God and State, had convinced Father Ed that he was in the wrong Churcby trying to serve both God and State, had convinced Father Ed that he was in the wrong Church.

The same is true of many media reform efforts: by attempting to get people excited about liberal bias in the news, or nudity or profanity in a particular program, or the ideological bent of a certain series, or whether a network is «Christian,» concerned leaders have diverted the attention of viewers from the most important problem, the basic point, namely, that the whole process - of - television is providing us with a worldview which not only determines what we think, but also how we think and who we are.

The term «hate speech» is just a veiled attempt invented by the liberals to stifle free speech.

The new metaphysic to be generated by liberal Christians will flow out of their attempt to understand «the beyond» in their midst.

It was no easy business then, any more than it is today, and the parallels between the attempts by various regimes, both reactionary and liberal, to get control of the Catholic Church suggest that today's battles for religious freedom in full are not without their 19th - century precedents.

At the same time, attempting to fill the ideological vacuum left by the decline of the old liberal - Protestant consensus is aggressive pluralistic secularism, growing out of the 1960s and flourishing as students of the 1960s become the tenured scholars of the 1980s and 1990s.

These groups unwittingly weaken the impact of the Christian message either as they try to alter the distinctive character of entire denominations, attempting to turn liberal churches into conservative churches, or as they undermine the consistency of image projected by liberal churches in areas important to their particular constituency.

Any contemporary attempt to redefine the meaning of marriage — whether by socially liberal politicians or misguided clerics — strikes a similarly ridiculous and pathetic pose.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected prime minister, attempted liberal socialism in the 70s, but had to succumb to the religious right and was finally hanged by an Islamist general.

Thatcher attempted to break this cross-ideological collusion — Tory collectivism, Whig imperialism, Social democratic collectivism, Liberal democratic republicanism — by replacing it with what Marquand calls Tory Nationalism, which emphasised order and discipline.

Sir Bob Geldof has attempted to help the Liberal Democrat candidate ahead of tomorrow's by - election in Richmond Park.

We made a successful attempt to get social liberals elected to the party's Federal Policy Committee (FPC), where we were able to defeat an attempt by the leadership to drop the policy of scrapping university tuition fees.

MARK HALPERIN: You're going to come under pressure from national liberal groups to join an attempt to block him by demanding 60 votes.

The sudden, synthetic fury we're seeing from the Labour party is nothing more than an attempt to distract people from the most important change coming into effect: the tax cut for ordinary working people delivered by the Liberal Democrats.

The WFP, which is among a host of progressive and liberal groups that joined with protestors in recent weeks at the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, says the plan announced yesterday by the mayor's office is merely an attempt to end the protests.

It isn't the first time Cuomo has attempted to tweak de Blasio by co-opting his liberal, labor - friendly message.

While briefing semi-privately against left «extremism» in the Liberal Democrats, attempts will be made by the prime minister through the Downing Street Policy Unit to persuade Charles Kennedy - if he wins today - to toe a more Blairite line.

The peer and novelist, who boasts on his website that he has «never had a proper job», will attempt to win support for the bill in the upper chamber, where it may run into trouble as it is opposed by both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

This strategy is by now a standard attempt to appeal beyond conventional constituencies: Labour wants to be the party of capitalists as well as workers, the Conservatives desire social liberals in addition to their traditional base, and the Liberal Democrats target people who don't fit in but want to be liked.

And de Blasio is doing so as Cuomo finds himself prodded by other liberal Democrats, too: Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who once responded with timidity to Cuomo's efforts to undercut him, recently ridiculed Cuomo's attempts at ethics reform as «tinkering around the edges» and proposed his own ethics agenda.

While Clegg declined to comment personally, a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said: «This is yet another a distraction tactic by a Labour politician attempting to shift the debate from the real issue.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A judge in Brooklyn has ruled that liberal law professor Zephyr Teachout is eligible to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in next month's Democratic primary, dismissing an attempt by Cuomo supporters to kick her off the ballot.

A judge in Brooklyn says liberal law professor Zephyr Teachout is eligible to challenge New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in next month's Democratic primary, dismissing an attempt by Cuomo supporters to kick her off the ballot.

Michael Portillo (His shameless appropriation of the SAS motto followed later by failed leadership attempts and crisis of image and journey of discovery that he was some kind of Liberal)

An unusual # 600,000 donation has been handed to 30 Labour and 15 left of centre Liberal Democrat election candidates by a former Lib Dem peer in an attempt to create an Ed Miliband - led progressive government.

What a shame that the Republicans continue their losing smear tactics by dishonestly attempting to compare Democrats and Liberal groups to Hitler and the Nazis.

What is clear is that Vince is determined to present an economically credible, progressive and above all distinctly Liberal Democrat economic platform — as the Tories test their coalition partner's resolve by attempting to legislate for crushing austerity in the next Parliament, his defence of a Lib Dem approach to economic policy will matter more and more.

(AP & WXXI News) A judge in Brooklyn says liberal law professor Zephyr Teachout is eligible to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in next month's Democratic primary, dismissing an attempt by Cuomo supporters to kick her off the ballot.

The PBR's focus on green issues will be seen as an attempt by the chancellor to outflank his Conservative and Liberal Democrat rivals ahead of his expected move to No 10 next year.

His careful attempts to position the party as a brake on the more right - wing instincts of the Conservatives have been blown off course by having to deal with serious allegations about Liberal Democrat conduct and defend arcane aspects of party rules and culture.

This is following news that he attempted to mount a smear campaign against five Assembly Members, including Welsh Liberal Democrats Kirsty Williams and William Powell, by requesting private information about agricultural payments.

Kingofzouk is obviously the Stephen Colbert - like avatar of a liberal activist attempting to advance his / her views by portraying conservatives as ridiculous.

Livsey won his home constituency at the second attempt at the Brecon and Radnor by - election, 1985 (it subsequently became Brecon and Radnorshire), as a Liberal, with a majority of 559.

Asked about the attempt to destabilise his leadership, Clegg said: «I think it's odd, to put it very mildly, that any fellow Liberal Democrat should spend time and good money, while the rest of us were out campaigning for these tough elections, instead surreptitiously trying to come up with specious claims on the basis of polls, which were in any case entirely confounded by the election results.

The Liberal Democrat Treasury minister Danny Alexander has called on his party to «cut out all this nonsense» about whether to replace Nick Clegg, as he attacked a «malicious» attempt to unseat the leader by a close friend of Vince Cable.

Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat MP and former business minister in the coalition government, said nine studies crossed his desk that attempted to assess the impact on wages across the economy, all of which he claims were suppressed by the Home Office.

In 2012 Reeves urged the Liberal Democrats to choose to become a radical centrist political party, «a hard - driving radical liberal party of the political centre», continuing his campaign for centre left Liberal Democrats to leave, «Any attempt to position the Liberal Democrats as a party of the centre left after five years of austerity government in partnership with the Conservatives will be laughed out of court by the voters — and righLiberal Democrats to choose to become a radical centrist political party, «a hard - driving radical liberal party of the political centre», continuing his campaign for centre left Liberal Democrats to leave, «Any attempt to position the Liberal Democrats as a party of the centre left after five years of austerity government in partnership with the Conservatives will be laughed out of court by the voters — and righliberal party of the political centre», continuing his campaign for centre left Liberal Democrats to leave, «Any attempt to position the Liberal Democrats as a party of the centre left after five years of austerity government in partnership with the Conservatives will be laughed out of court by the voters — and righLiberal Democrats to leave, «Any attempt to position the Liberal Democrats as a party of the centre left after five years of austerity government in partnership with the Conservatives will be laughed out of court by the voters — and righLiberal Democrats as a party of the centre left after five years of austerity government in partnership with the Conservatives will be laughed out of court by the voters — and rightly so.

In Covenant, Scott and screenwriters John Logan and Dante Harper invert the liberal attributes of internationalism (or universalism, if we are talking space) by presenting a story that sees humanity's attempt to discover new peoples, planets and species result in death — David has essentially been breeding Xenomorphs using human DNA, and unleashes said Xenomorphs on humanity.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

This being Marvel — as opposed to, ahem, DC — the movie is sprinkled with liberal doses of humor: the cyborg Vision attempting, without much success, to cook his first paprikash («In my defense, I've never actually eaten anything before»); a nice callback («I can do this all day») to the first Captain America movie; a sly Tony Stark reference to The Manchurian Candidate; a likable moment of outer - borough bonding by fellow New Yorkers Cap and Spidey.

The trouble with Bradshaw's statement is that she is at the very least taking an extremely liberal view of what «a significant amount of... calculations» means in an attempt to run damage control on the botched launch of a game that many fans are disappointed by.

The narrative unfolds chronologically, culminating in the attempted assassination of the South African Prime Minister HF Verwoerd by David Beresford Pratt, a white liberal businessman and farmer.

The scandalous implications of the incidents at Hoyerswerda, Rostock, and elsewhere had a disturbing impact on the nation's liberal self - image, despite attempts by the media to minimize the events as acts by individuals.

The attempt to paint Jared Loughner as a right - winger appears to be an altogether too desperate attempt by sections of the left - liberal commentariat to distract from this fact and settle the scorecard.

Across election cycles and legislative battles, as one side gains a perceived advantage; the other side predictably attempts to catch up in terms of spending and polarizing rhetoric.21 In the months leading up to the 2014 midterm elections, liberals led by Steyer have given more to Super Pacs than conservatives, a reversal from the 2012 election cycle.22

That other sinking ship, for example, the UK's Liberal Party has in recent months sought to secure its future by attempting to demonstrate that it is taking the global warming issue more seriously than its rivals.