Sentences with phrase «if elected politicians»

If I elect a politician to office, I'd like to think that out and out lying is challenging for them at best.

Not exact matches

Despite claims by opposition Wildrose and PC politicians that they would repeal the tax if elected in 2019, a federal carbon tax dictated by Ottawa would likely be imposed in its absence.

Reporter Jang Hyeong - tae at Chosen Ilbo shared yesterday that a number of politicians running in Korean regional elections are promising to incorporate blockchain into governance if elected.

Seems to me that if we elected real statesmen and not just politicians, we could get to work and make our government truly represent the people and solve some actual problems instead of creating them.

If an atheist politician can not get elected because of a religious angle being used against them and counter it successfully... maybe they don't need to be elected.

So if the general population is at fault for having no choice but to elect yet another fraudulent and unrepresentative politician to some public office, then at least the prerequisites for running are faulty, the process absent of any oversight, the office free of any accountability, and the whole government essentially run by people who do not respect the law, to put it nicely.

Lol who am I kidding... how would our politicians get elected if there was no hate?

If an elected official has a source of income that is not dependent upon holding an elected office then that official is less likely to be a professional politician than one who has no other means of support.

If the bishops persist in pressing them on abortion, Catholic politicians will either be «precluded from holding high public office, because attacked by their own church's officials and otherwise harassed by their coreligionists,» or else, if they are elected, it will be «precisely because they are portrayed by coreligionists as renegades from the church.&raquIf the bishops persist in pressing them on abortion, Catholic politicians will either be «precluded from holding high public office, because attacked by their own church's officials and otherwise harassed by their coreligionists,» or else, if they are elected, it will be «precisely because they are portrayed by coreligionists as renegades from the church.&raquif they are elected, it will be «precisely because they are portrayed by coreligionists as renegades from the church.»

Politicians are so sincere in their «faith» that they would be Atheist if they thought it would get them elected.

If a minority race / religion were in control in America today a politician could use that to get elected too.

If we do, we end up with politicians who are hermetically sealed until they are old enough to be elected, so that they don't make mistakes for 20 years.

He asked how important SDG5 was to the general public claiming that since politicians have to talk up popular issues to get elected they would talk about SDG5 more if it was a widespread concern to people.

A campaign about education in the northeastern U.S. targeting a specific elected official may not hold my attention with content that calls out a particular politician by name (they're not MY rep, after all), but if the content also contains stats that I find relevant to education discussions where I live, then suddenly even a regional campaign can be relevant on a national scale.

Koch warns, if any politicians reneg on their pledge after being elected in November he will run around the state screaming «liar liar pants on fire!»

Cuomo... Another politician that views himself as an elected King... Get rid of this guy... BTW Gov Cuomo, if you're considering, you have ZERO chance of becoming POTUS...

If a wholly or mainly elected Lords merely became an echo chamber, mirroring the Commons, with younger politicians and a similar working atmosphere, then it would lose the expertise and detailed questioning that is a benefit, not a hindrance to our democratic system.

Especially if these politicians are so blatantly wrong, that they destroy the sacred bond of trust, that any elected official must maintain with the people they serve in government.

If a new leader is elected and a bold radical policy programme is formulated, and integrity among politicians is established the Labour Party will be in a unique and highly rewarding position of taking on and resoundingly defeating the Conservatives.

Asked if the pressure campaign is coming early — legislators aren't up for re-election until November 2012 — Koch said it was important to tell voters they elected a politician of «dishonor.»

If you get to elect local officials, you can at least elect ones independent of higher level politicians, who might hopefully check their power («yes, Mr. Pro-Cat mayor, I know you want me to arrest all dog lovers in town.

However, if there was enough popular support, it would be easy for politicians who supported the measure to get elected in the House of Representatives (which is where you need to get this bill started, as it would be a spending bill).

They would cry out if an elected Aboriginal Nationalist politician was physically attacked by protestors outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Politicians elected after 2011 are already subject to pension forfeiture if they are convicted of serious crimes.

Local elected officials urged Garner to meet with politicians, stake out a campaign platform and discuss a strategy if she wants to move forward.

Since then, politicians who have taken Glenwood money have been repeatedly asked if they plan to return it, and it seems few elected officials have been willing to accept the baggage tied to the developer's checks.

Critics of the idea of a new convention often point to the expected cost to taxpayers — Benjamin said the cost of the»67 convention, if adjusted for inflation, would be $ 47 million in 2015 dollars — as well as the possibility that the cast of elected delegates would be dominated by the same politicians and special interests that dominate the Capitol during the course of regular business.

The former teacher says she's not a party politician, but a public servant who, if elected, will make the city prosperous.

Flanked by several local politicians and supporters in Utica Monday, Myers, who's a county legislator from Broome County, at the other end of the sprawling 22nd District, promised to be very visible in the Mohawk Valley, if she's elected to Congress.

For politicians to raise and spend money without a particular elected seat in mind is not unusual and does not violate campaign finance regulations, although it can matter if a candidate decides to eventually participate in the city's public matching funds program.

Asked if in those circumstances he would sit in the Westminster Parliament, the Moray MP said: «The consequences of independence are that we don't need to send elected politicians like myself....

A day after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton guessed that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has «never taken a punch in his life,» the top cop says he's not afraid of the politician — but is afraid of what he'll do if elected president of the United States.

N.J. politicians, public workers could lose pensions if convicted of these sexual offenses Public workers and elected officials convicted of certain sexual offenses in connection with their public employment could be stripped of their pensions under a bill lawmakers approved Thursday.

However, since politicians can only get elected if they promise more wealth, then that means more CO2 emissions.

You'd think from all the whooping and dancing around by the campaigners that they were electing the President, but in truth, even if they got their man elected, he would be only one vote out of nine members; hardly enough to convince the staid politicians to extend the Monorail — which to this day it simply is not.

I want to be part of a group that politicians have to take seriously if they want to get elected.

If you believe they bear any responsibility for Hitler's rise to power then you must also believe Americans bear responsibility for the politicians they elect.

If elected, it promises to right the wrongs the government has created through highly violent — but straightforward — means.To Tom's horror, voters across the nation are nothing short of enamored.Now with everyone against him, Tom must convince voters that he is an honest politician and that the government can change for the betterment of everyone...

Cats Protection's 10 - point plan calls on politicians from all parties to support measures to protect cats from abandonment, harm and neglect if they are elected.

So the world needs to develop a massive public movement on climate change, elect politicians willing to upset the status quo, and undergo a technological revolution if Paris 2015 is going to avoid the fate of Copenhagen 2009.

If we want to stop the train, the first thing we must do is elect politicians who at the very least understand that it's real, and that the danger we face is very real as well.

And, even if that would be true, would that be the fault of the elected politicians or the fault of the electorate?

Even if you think politicians are as dumb as a box of hair, they are the elected representatives of the people.

«Politicians play a blame game and talk about safety, but new terminals keep getting rubber stamped and built,» said LaPoint, «If elected officials won't stop the fossil fuel takeover, we'll have to do it for them.»

Scientists and environmentalists have only themselves to blame if the public has yet to grasp the severity of the problem enough to elect politicians who will put effective regulations in place.

It was a movement with a simple message and a clear, if ineffective, agenda: get rid of Barack Obama; elect tax - cutting, corporate friendly politicians; and we can all go back to living the American Dream.

Even if Canada's elected politicians aren't (generally) worth describing, as Twain did for the US Congress, as our only native criminal class, their antics often make one wonder if Canadian politicians» «native» class is too - often the intellectually, or democratically, or educationally challenged (to use the current politically correct terminology).

Two Broward County elected officials on Friday called for local leaders to defy a state law that puts politicians at risk of being removed from office if they pass any local limits on gun rights.

If consumers want change in the Real Estate & Business Brokers Act they need only speak to their elected politicians.