Sentences with phrase «own political motives»

There's also an obvious political motive.

DOL's «accelerated implementation deadline,» he continued, «was driven by political motives rather than practical reality.»

That certainly doesn't seem like an overly biased attempt to whip up a baseless investigation with political motives.

The museum's management claims that there is no political motive behind this latest move.

All it takes is some political motive.

See Drew's comment above about mixed religious / political motives.

In Berlin, where hundreds of Muslims have converted to Christianity at an evangelical church, its pastor acknowledges that some may have political motives behind their faith decisions.

Anyone who wishes to ascribe political motives to Jesus will find no foothold in his Galilean activity.

Also, of course there were political motives, but that doesn't mean that they can't be used by God, nor does it mean that they were not equally motivated by their devotion to the risen Lord.

you claim to know nothing about politics then in the very next comments begin stating someone did something for political motives, how do you jump from ignorance to judging political motives?

---------------- I»M not judging political motives, RUSH was.

@NSNoob I wouldn't go so far as to say «no political motives».

Cynical political motives masked in the language of civil rights — you got ta love politics...

(I choose the word international to exclude attacks motivated by purely domestic political motives, such as Chechen separatism or the Palestinian - Israeli conflict)

The questioner (who happened to be a YNN videographer) then asked Gillibrand if she thought women should be offended by Eliot Spitzer's candidacy for New York City comptroller, as some of her fellow female elected officials have suggested — including NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but she had a political motive in seeking to link Spitzer and Weiner together in hopes of tarring the former congressman, who is one of her rivals in the mayor's race.

«I can assure each of you, I will not let myself be a punching bag for people with ill intentions or political motives.

But the group's funding structure, campaigning activities and the political motives of its key proponents raise significant questions as to who it is really for.

But, regardless of his political motives, he makes a convincing argument.

«I also understand the political motive for such accusations as the grand jury investigation» — a federal probe into state Democrats» funding of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign — «gets deeper and closer to the Democratic Party,» Fasano wrote.

For his part, de Blasio said he and his allies — a network of committees, consultants, politicians and operatives — have done everything properly and suggested a political motive behind singling him out.

[117] Lammy voiced concerns that the EDL and BNP were playing on the London riots and people's fears to advance their political motives.

He claims he's pursuing Trump, his staff and his policies «to protect the rights of New York residents» — ignoring his political motive: Furious Democrats want Trump neutered (or, better, removed) by the courts.

«Prof Sallar's board is mentioned because we tried to help him understand the plots but it looked as if there was either a political motive or sectional interest he pursued, culminating in this recent disaster from which he now wants to extricate himself,» it said.

«The political motive hunting would not serve the greater purpose.

As for the political ramifications, Fisher said the level of debate Tuesday was disappointingly low, and some legislators had political motives.

With the secretary of state office becoming an open seat, Iowa needs a proven leader who will promote participation in the election process while ensuring safeguards to prevent voter fraud and serve the business community without political motives.

It said there was a pattern of «spreading ridiculous untruths and a general smear campaign by assigns of government intended to malign the former President [Mahama] to satisfy an obvious political motive.»

The alternative motives are either streaking, which is not usually prompted by political motives, or an outright protest.

But there are also political motives.

Mr. Mahama's office said there was a pattern of «spreading ridiculous untruths and a general smear campaign by assigns of government intended to malign the former President to satisfy an obvious political motive.»

But it will not curb abuses driven by political motives.

«The conflation of political motives and scientific findings has been common in debates related to sexual orientation,» they write, «and when this conflation is mistaken, it is to the detriment of both politics and science.»

American Sniper turned out to be a great character study without political motives.

«But to single us out in legislation and say, «We're uniquely a failing district and, therefore, we need to legislate,» is really an excuse to hide political motive.»

And she questions the political motives behind well - financed groups like Parent Revolution, which rented out a five - bedroom house to serve as the parent union's headquarters and helped secure a law firm to represent parents pro bono.

The vocal leader of the Arizona #RedforEd teacher protest has had his political motives questioned by local politicians, and has now made an effort to distance himself from socialist groups on social media.

After spending four years visiting a dozen countries where slavery flourishes, Skinner tells the story, in gripping narrative style, of individuals who live in slavery, those who have escaped from bondage, those who own or traffic in slaves, and the mixed political motives of those who seek to combat the crime.

Perceiving a political motive in the self - starvation («an act of asymmetrical warfare against us,» one commander memorably called the hunger strike on his watch), Guantánamo fought back.

The storyline and interpretable political motives is an aside however, as Quar: Battle for Gate 18 doesn't stress on it as much as might expect from such a grandiose premise.

That raises the question of contested meanings in art and, in turn, the political motives behind a criticism of political art.

Both showcases share themes of survival, ingenuity and ownership, questioning political motives firmly embedded in the present and raising an unashamed spotlight over them.

Siopis explores the intermingling of madness and political motive evident in transcripts of interviews with Tsafendas.

The presence of the veteran references the relationship between power and guilt as well as the distance between the often cryptic political motives that lead to war and the experiences of those directly affected by its consequences.

These three shows represent an incredible cross-section of personal and political motives and approaches to art and art making.

Red, yellow, and green Thai curries, as visitors were invited to add charcoal drawings to the white gallery walls, showing political motives.

I think there's a lot of circular reasoning, cherrypicking and confirmation bias and veiled political motives in Munchins own research paper!

The bottom line is subsidies should have to pass economic cost and benefit tests, and be based on logical principles and avoid more obvious political motives.

I have lost count of the number of climate sceptics, or in your case a renewable energy sceptic, and eventually it turns out they have some sort of ideological or political motive, usually conservative leaning.

I think it would be much better if all participants in the climate debate were much clearer about their political motives.

Why would you do this, other than simply to cast doubt on the political motives of the scientific argument?