Sentences with phrase «political gains they wanted»

He described such unfounded stories as the handiwork of mischief makers, saying they were more interested in themselves and the political gains they wanted to make and clearly not the interest of Bayelsans and the Ijaw nation.

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We want a country where the federal government does not adopt short sighted policy for political gain, but acts in the best interests of the whole country with a long term vision of what Canada can and should be.

The simple answer is that he wants to be considered as standing up against vested interest groups as he did with the newspapers, unlike David Cameron who has stood up for the press barons for party political gain.

LaPierre blasted «opportunists» he said are trying to «exploit tragedy for political gain,» adding: «What they want is more restrictions on the law - abiding.

Attorney General Schneiderman said the commission wants to gain an understanding of how dark money was spent in the state, in an effort to improve state disclosure and political expenditure laws.

«For those who want to kind of twist the comments and use them for partisan, political gain, I think that's what's wrong with Washington these days,» the Indiana candidate said.

«It's comical that Mark Poloncarz — who doesn't actually have the courage of his convictions to run for federal office — now wants to be a surrogate attack dog and exploit the Parkland tragedy for his own political gain.

And open it up to all citizens who want to gain access and run for political office, regardless of the party,» Citizen's Union's Dick Dadey said.

Political rebels have always attracted attention - even if those who gain the tag do not want it - and a Westminster website has analysed this parliament's MPs who do not always toe the party line.

LaPierre said that in the past, he had worked with Democrats who wanted to work to reduce gun violence, but that leaders now only cared about exploiting tragedy for political gain, calling them a «tidal wave of new European socialists» in charge of the party and name - checking Sen. Kamala Harris, D - Calif.; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass.; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Sen. Cory Booker, D - N.J.; Sen. Christopher Murphy, D - Conn.; and Rep. Keith Ellison, D - Minn., to boos in the crowd.

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If you think it's inappropriate for a travel writer to stir up discussion on his blog with political observations and insights gained from traveling abroad, you may not want to read any further.