Sentences with phrase «not cheap political points»

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And using a natural disaster that is costing lives as a chance to score a cheap, not particularly profound political point is just bad form across the board.

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.

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?

Dr. Nkpah said: «After a study of the approach, loud pronouncements and long delays adopted by the government on the globally celebrated implementation, the Ogoni people are not persuaded about the sincerity of the President Muhammadu Buhari - led federal government whose earlier promises were designed to score cheap political points.»

«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.

The NDC's General Secretary who's not enthused about Nana Addo's claims described the NPP's address as merely a propaganda exercise to score cheap political points.

«He is desperate to score a cheap political point and seek relevance for his dimming political career, he has to raise the false alarm and pin it on someone who does not even care if he exists.

Although Ekpo could not respond to the allegation because all calls to him were not responded to, the party's Publicity Secretary in the State, Iniobong Ememobong dismissed the allegation as «a plot by some mischief makers to gain cheap political point».

«I give Governor Andrew Cuomo the benefit of the doubt that this wage board wasn't just an isolated political stunt to score some cheap points,» Dononhue said.

NB: Let it be however put on record that I am not opposed to FSHS, it is a laudable idea but if rushed the way it is being rushed to score cheap political points, disaster looms.

I give Governor Andrew Cuomo the benefit of the doubt that this wage board wasn't just an isolated political stunt to score some cheap points.

What we have is some outrageous politically - motivated FALSE CHARGES HERE - not meant to improve any race relations at all - just to score cheap political points.

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

«I'm not going to jeopardize an on going criminal investigation just to answer a cheap political point,» Schneiderman said.

A good and strong leader for a political party doesn't try to score political points with irrelevant cheap shots like that.

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

«What we need right now is for leaders to step up and work together, not hastily thrown together press releases drafted to score cheap political points — New Yorkers deserve better.»

Hatch: «This hearing should not be used to score cheap political points, but I am afraid with all due respect Mr. Chairman that that's what we are going to see here today.

; or maybe in a sense we do, but they could be of either the political / social or technological sort; the more the better, but just political / social could work okay (although that would work partly by boosting R&D to continue technological progress, but I'm not sure if that's necessarily breakthroughs (it wouldn't surprise me if someone got a zinc phosphide, CZTS, or pyrite solar cell to work economically at some point in the future, or used light - trapping to make c - Si cheaper and more efficient, or... — it would surprise me if it happenned tomorrow, but...).

The result of the foregoing does not excuse the findings of the Auditor General but do point out the damage that has been done to this publically owned institution that delivers relatively cheap power but has been used as a political football by successive Liberal energy ministers.

There's plenty of room for argument over what to do about climate change, but cheap political point scoring of the «you didn't vote for the ETS so you don't want action on climate change» is not helpful.

While it's too early to definitively handicap the electoral impact of a Republican call for carbon taxation (we have, after all, no political data points to go by), it's not too early to handicap the electoral impact of the position forwarded by most of the Republican presidential candidates today: pretending that climate change is an open scientific question while offering cheap fossil fuel as the holy grail of federal policy.

The point is about what happens when you see energy itself as a problem, rather than make the provision of of cheap, abundant energy a political priority, if not merely possible.

The fact that Senators can develop expertise in particular areas means that the Senate Banking Committee, for example, can assess the fine print of business legislation in ways that back - bench MPs can't — or won't (because they're making cheap political points, if in opposition, or on a tight leash from the Centre, if they're on the Government side).