Sentences with phrase «in scoring political points»

«Above all else, I am interested in solving problems, not in scoring political points.

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Extremism and ignorance exist in all religions, Ramesy is just a pathetic example of «Christian» extremism and who is trying to score some political points.

Others tried to score political points: «took O 2 years to do what B couldn't do in 7,» or «THAT»S a «mission accomplished.

Unlike the kind of social commentary that Hollywood still churns out — in which everything would turn out better if only conservatives weren't so busy oppressing homosexuals or women or maybe unionized employees — it isn't interested in easy sociological answers or cheap political point - scoring.

... some Catholic liberals who saw John Paul II as overly conservative have suggested that his cause is being fast - tracked in order to score political points in internal Catholic debates.

It is about scoring political points on something that has no hope of actually making a difference in the real world.

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

Is it not alarming, however, that a case which, according to the BNI, is still under investigation, has been leaked to pro-government newspapers, obviously in the bid to help the NDC score cheap political points?

And even if a blanket publication of Parliamentary tax returns shows that Conservative MPs are less able to claim that they are really all in together, Bryant warns his party off political point - scoring.

«We, therefore, urge vice president, Osinbajo, not to join President Muhammadu Buhari in de-marketing our dear nation, in a bid to score cheap political points and divert public attention from their failure in governance.

PDP said it is improper for the occupant of the exalted office of the vice president to engage in smear campaign, making unsubstantiated statements to score cheap political points.

The government made it abundantly clear that they were more than happy for those on low incomes to be used as political footballs, in order to achieve nothing less than petty, childish point - scoring.

Amid delays that were based, in part, on political point - scoring, the system lasted only five years before the Welsh Assembly Government moved forward with a referendum to get rid of the LCO system and devolve further powers in one go — evidence, perhaps, that a system which requires the agreement of both devolved and central governments on policy changes might prove detrimental to effective governance.

Chakrabarti has repeatedly topped lists of the most successful and influential Asian women in the UK, but little hesitation is given to smearing this woman's reputation to score political points.

The other is a Donald Trump lookalike who never actually wanted to leave the UK but just score political points, and he has stepped back again, trying to create the impression that he was «stabbed in the back».

According to the Buffalo News, Collins» office declined an invitation saying «radical partisans» have co-opted the tragic mass shooting in Parkland, Florida to score political points.

With its tongue in its cheek, it shamelessly politicizes the obvious in attempting to reframe and shift liability in the White Paper to a political opponent to score cheap political and electioneering points.

21.50 - Foreign secretary Philip Hammond praises Benn for «one of the truly great speeches made in this House,» before immediately attempting to score party political points against Labour.

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has cautioned politicians from using the robbery attack that happened in Offa last week to score cheap political points.

According to him, the move was hurriedly implemented to score cheap political points ahead of election 2016, but he's insisted it will create undue pressure on government's purse, as it already having problems in the payment of subsidies to the education sector.

In a statement, he assailed «Mr. DiNapoli and his surrogates (for trying) to score political points by making irresponsible and erroneous accusations about my future investment strategies for the state pension fund.

With Donald Trump increasingly looking like the candidate for the Republican party, Assemblyman Francisco Moya said that the push by the Senate GOP was an effort to «score political points in an election year.»

«As sheriff, part of my job is enforcing our constitution and the law, regardless of what cheap political points Albany politicians are looking to score,» Howard, a Republican, said in a statement.

The Conservative adviser in turn claimed the former Northern Ireland secretary was attempting to score cheap political points.

I totally agree that a convention that is established quickly against a backdrop of narrow party political point scoring in the run - up to the election will be a disaster.

In a statement this morning, Gillibrand urged an end to scoring «political points» and seek common ground.

Just as some described it as a right step in the right direction, others have described it as a sheer attempt by the Buhari - led government to score cheap political points.

Laah, who is the only member of the senate elected on the platform of the PDP in North West Zone described the project as a deliberate attempt by Governor Nasir El - Rufai to score curious political point.

The shadow business secretary said he would not engage in political point scoring about Liberal Democrat U-turns.

He also denied that the effort was designed to score some sort of political point in his election.

And just last night, in a House of Commons debate on the European Budget, we saw Europe turned into a political football as political opportunists sought to score a political point.

The website, 233prime, an initiative of Gabby Asare Otchere Darko's Danquah Institute and managed from their Labone office, on August 11 2016, posted images of the car, with the aim to wrongly accuse the brother of the President, who runs several businesses in and outside Ghana to score cheap political points, and accusing the first family of living an opulent lifestyle.

Too often it seems those in the State House these days act more like Washington insiders than citizen legislators, constantly seeking issues to divide us in order to score cheap political points.

«Sadly, radical partisans have co-opted the Parkland tragedy in an effort to score cheap political points,» Minkel explained in an email.

«Republicans have been falling all over themselves to paint as negative a picture as possible in their effort to score cheap political points, «Malloy spokesman Andrew Doba said.

Opposing practical measures in order to score political points is the definition of pandering.

On Friday night Sir Malcolm Rifkind was authorised to attack Gordon Brown for making political appointments in order to score party political points.

Following pledges by all three major parties to reform the Lords at the last general election, the Electoral Reform Society said parliamentarians had «squandered consensus, in the name of cheap point scoring and political games».

We have read a news story with a screaming headline: ACEP AGAINST SECOND KARPOWER published by the media, and after digesting the arguments put forward by the think - tank and noticing the half - truths therein, we firmly conclude, that ACEP is engaging in politics to score cheap political points for the NPP flagbearer, in this election.

It is reckless and irresponsible to put people and services at risk in a scheme to layoff 8,900 people and threaten the services they deliver to the public all to try to score political points.

«Unfortunately, Cuomo seemed more interested in using the Women's Equality Agenda to score political points with the public than he was in passing actual legislation to deliver needed changes,» Hawkins remarked.

Only residents who live in a district may score political action points.

Katko, R - Camillus, said domestic violence «is not a joke» and shouldn't be used «in an effort to score cheap political points.»

On Tuesday, ClearPath Action Fund, a political action committee that supports a «free market» approach to climate change, announced it will distribute a direct mail piece in response to a press conference Democratic candidate Mike Derrick and the Sierra Club held Monday to discuss Stefanik's score of 9 out of 100 points on the League of Conservation Voters National Environmental scorecard.

«There is too great an interest, I think, in (the Cuomo administration) to make a headline, to score political points, to leverage people against one another in order to score a win instead of truly understanding the kind of change that needs to happen in order to grow the economy, keep New Yorkers here and make the state more affordable and improve everybody's quality of life,» Molinaro said.

«More often than not, the people I talk to across Wales aren't interested in the cheap party - political point - scoring.

Proponents of the Martin Act have noted the high rate at which financial crimes are prosecuted in New York; opponents have argued that the law has been used by attorneys general to score political points and boost political profiles, and that it's been used improperly due to the broadness of the statute.

While some people Used the Ebola epidemic to score cheap political points, God in his infinite mercies took it away from our land.

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has a routine practice of meddling in petty science - funding matters to score political points.