Sentences with phrase «political cudgel»

According to the report, many parents are using the schools as a political cudgel to protect the status quo:

The remarks overshadowed the event with Foley and served as a reminder that the Bridgegate scandal could continue to be used by critics as a political cudgel as he tries to turn his attention forward.

The issue has at times become a political cudgel — just Google «Obama» and «food stamps,» or, better yet, don't — but this week's report shows the pace of improvement is finally starting to accelerate.

Not exact matches

«Be a champion for a smaller federal government, except when Washington can be used as a cynical cudgel against your political enemies,» the editorial said.

ALBANY - Shamed ex-Controller Alan Hevesi's guilty plea marked a big political win for Andrew Cuomo - but Carl Paladino tried to turn it into a cudgel Friday.

However, climate change has gone from being a scientific actuality to a political wedge issue, used as a cudgel by parties of all persuasions to point fingers and score points.

Yet the science is exploited for known reasons, wielded as a cudgel for economic and political ambitions.

I'd like to end with that, but before we get to that, we have a political climate right now that is toxic to, in many ways, talking about social justice and bandies about political correctness like a cudgel.