Sentences with phrase «partisan purposes»

These documents show that an entire strategy was developed by the B.C. Liberals based on using taxpayer dollars for their own partisan purposes.

Whichever way one examines this part of the coalition agreement, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that these proposals have a highly partisan purpose behind them — gratuitously to hit just one party, the Labour Party.

«The 2012 redistricting process was business as usual in Albany, with the majority parties controlling the process and lines being drawn for partisan purposes rather than in the best interests of voters, with greater candidate choice and more contested elections,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

The party's spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja said, «its investigation revealed that the Presidency wilfully sidestepped the National Assembly so as to avoid legislative scrutiny and accountability and pave way for the diversion of the fund for selfish partisan purposes».

After the Latvian government had formally complained that David Miliband's remarks about them were unacceptable and misleading, we had thought the foreign secretary would have learned not to insult political leaders from EU and Nato allies for purely partisan purposes.»

«If the B.C. Liberals had implemented some of those recommendations instead of playing political games for their own partisan purposes, they wouldn't have left ICBC in such a financial mess for British Columbians.

They are concerned the data will be used for partisan purposes and make it seem like Canada is becoming a more equal society «when the opposite is happening.»

The Conservatives would argue that this was a question about government business — you see, even when rules are applied, there are ways of getting around them for your partisan purposes.

In fact, our comment emphatically underscored the point that Catholics were increasingly following the pattern of mainline / oldline / sideline Protestantism in the politicizing of religion for partisan purposes.

Of course, using tax - exempt educational or charitable donations for partisan purposes is illegal, and several ethics complaints were filed against Gingrich.

When opposing voices claiming to speak for God are recruited to partisan purpose, it reinforces the suspicion that none of them speaks for God, which is a sound suspicion to reinforce.

He did not trivialize the code for his own partisan purposes, but rather reminded people of their common bond.

Resentment is best when channeled amongst the split personality of multiple media for some partisan purpose.

For him, the intentions of the Framers are almost as easily manipulated for partisan purposes, and thus almost as susceptible to abuse, as the living - Constitution theorists» evolving standards of decency.

But let's put aside for the moment the partisan purposes behind these citations and examine the inner logic of the statement itself.

The statement partly reads thus: «such wild allegation was only intended to divert public attention from the heavy sleazes under the current administration, the latest being the moves to use the fight against terrorism as a conduit to siphon public funds for partisan purposes».

And yeah, I know that Democrats in the past have gerrymandered like crazy, if not for partisan purposes, then just to protect incumbents in primaries.

Ms. Frankl wrote in an e-mail that while East Hampton does not bar town employees from using town facilities or time for political activity (unlike Southampton), she believes in the «common understanding... against the misuse of government property for partisan purposes.»

That the AANDC shows only the Prime Minister on its web site is one more example of the uses of such events for partisan purposes.

And to turn the site to partisan purposes, with the Conservative blue and Conservative slogans, is in poor taste I think.