Sentences with phrase «political office because»

In some cases, attorneys run for political office because of how well they know the law.

Jerry Falwell Sr. called for both President Clinton and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to step down from political office because their marital infidelities disqualified them from office and «lowered the moral bar for political officeholders in America.»

Not exact matches

«The issue of me running for political office frequently comes up because I am constantly touring around, giving speeches and raising money for the party,» he said in a statement.

You said, «Personally I think he's atheist / agnostic, but basically wears his faith on his sleeve, because it's impossible to get elected to political office in the U.S without being Christian»

A huge amount of the bloodshed in the Middle East is because a dispute between the Sunni and the Shia Arabs in the year 632 between who should inherit the religious and political office of their prophet Mohammad.

This is not unlike the political leader resigning from office, because the janitor, with whom he had neither contact, nor any relationship with, sold state secrets to the enemy.

«I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute — where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote — where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference — and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

So, President Obama's increase in giving coincident with his running for higher office is to be spun as a crass political move, but Santorum's failure to increase his giving while he runs for higher office is be lauded, because when caught he expresses that he needs to «do better», and thus «takes it seriously».

In some ways it has become unrecognisable, when political figures can be hounded out of office because of their Christian commitment and gospel values are thoroughly marginalised.

Declaring early in American history that the Constitution was «godless» because it failed to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ, the church up until a generation ago practiced «political dissent,» not allowing members to vote, hold public office, or take oaths of allegiance to the flag or the Constitution.

If we start preaching the gospel again, we will have to get used to ethnic, theological, and political diversity because we will share our lives with people whose ultimate allegiance lies with something greater than a political party, greater than a ballot measure, greater even than the highest office in the world.

As an average person, I WOULD NOT want you to stand or sit anywhere near me in places including, but not limited to, a PTA meeting, a children's soccer game, a restaurant, an office cubicle, an amusement park, a bus, an airplane, a political rally, and pretty much all other public spaces, because your attitude and UNNECESSARY USE OF CAPS LOCK totally suck.

In the political arena, at least, I have always been of the opinion that worshiping our political office holders is dangerous because there is no way of holding the people we worship accountable.

Wrongdoing has no political colour and I do not subscribe to the lawlessness of political party supporters simply because their party has been elected into office,» he stated.

«Senator Breslin is launching these misguided political attacks because he's still stuck in the mindset of the dysfunction that existed under his watch, and because the guy has nothing to show for his time in office.

Cuomo noted that his office has gone after some very powerful people who have contributed political cash to him, using this as proof that he can't be swayed from acting in the best interest of the «people of New York State» just because someone throw some money in his direction.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office is hitting back at an explosive New York Magazine report claiming that it failed to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015 for alleged sexual harassment because of the indie mogul's political connections.

Vance, in a letter sent to Cuomo on Tuesday night, said the state probe into his office was political, and that Cuomo only started it because he was nervous about a Democratic primary challenge from actor Cynthia Nixon.

No, instead, Mr. Rangel deserves some sympathy because after four decades in the House of Representatives, building a political machine that has seen scores of friends and protégés win high office, serving a district that has been represented by only two people since World War II, he is now presiding over that district's dissolution.

«You will need political leadership today because governments come to office, and you will need that chief executive of the country to say that I am interested in making sure that that part of my country, which I preside over has a lasting peace and I will allow for independent and proper adjudication of justice by the application of the traditional or customary wheels of justice and current or legal means of justice to run in tandem, to bring whatever impasse that has existed over the period to a halt,» he told host Ekow Mensah - Shalders.

While many have said that the office would be a duplication of roles, because there are agencies such as the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the Economic and Organised Crime Office that are responsible for investigating corruption, others have praised its implementation and called on the president to make it truly independent of political interfeoffice would be a duplication of roles, because there are agencies such as the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the Economic and Organised Crime Office that are responsible for investigating corruption, others have praised its implementation and called on the president to make it truly independent of political interfeOffice that are responsible for investigating corruption, others have praised its implementation and called on the president to make it truly independent of political interference.

But because Mr. Schneiderman has repeatedly shown himself time to be more interested in political grand - standing and his own self - aggrandizement than he is in pursuing justice, I do not believe there is any doubt that he or his office would be able to fairly investigate these allegations of misogynistic assault, death threats, and drug use,» he said.

And please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying we shouldn't check corruption, but if we come to office and to power — I've been preaching for 40 years in this country and I've seen governments come and go, from CPP, my father's government, and NDC and NPP, they are here, I've seen them over the 40 years — and this thing where we come into office with vindictiveness and bitterness because of the way we've been mishandled and mistreated, and we target people to go after them, settle scores, I pray that during the reign of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, because of the fight and the betrayals and the suffering and the pain he went through to become president, he will not allow his presidency to be used by people who have problems with others and their opponents to settle scores, but that during his watch and his reign, that vicious cycle would be broken in the name of Jesus; that every Ghanaian, irrespective of your political party, if you're doing the right thing, you'll prosper», the founder of Action Chapel International (ACI) told his congregation on Sunday, 22 April.

«So my advice to them is focus on the substance because this is not really a political office,» he said.

«I want everyone to believe every decision that I make as attorney general is because it's the right one for our citizens, not for my political aspirations to seek higher office.»

Donovan stressed that he would not join the lawsuit already filed by a number of attorneys general across the nation — an action he deemed «political» because 14 of the 15 people who brought the suit are gunning for higher office.

If you think it should be easier for outsiders to run for office, and if you'd like to see cross-endorsements by political parties banned because they rob you of choices in elections, vote yes.

He said he supported Deacon over the other two Democratic candidates because she grew up in Syracuse, attended Syracuse schools, and worked her way up in the political arena, working for former Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand before running for office this year for the first time.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Sani said while the citizens genuinely want the president to seek re-election, the political elite are putting pressure on him to run for office a second time, because they consider him as a «meal and mill».

Just about one year in office as a political party and in the case of M / DCEs, less than a year because they were recently nominated and approved.

«If the reason for passing the special prosecutor office is to prosecute only NDC members then I think it's a waste of time because corruption has not political powers to want to prosecute only NDC members» he stated on Accra - based Okay FM Thursday.

The Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affair, Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu, said the president chose Amidu over Philip Addison and Akoto Ampaw because of his desire to delink the office from political influence.

Hassan Ayariga posited that, he does not see the other smaller political parties qualifying to contest in the general elections because they can not meet the requirements of having two - thirds of district offices across the country.

Several races could also influence the state's political landscape, because they involve Republicans who, based on the results on Tuesday, could mount future election challenges to Democrats who hold statewide office.

«We did so because it was an unusual situation — a Republican who is not generally well known who had come in first in a race for statewide office, and a recount was looming at that time,» said Williams, a top - notch political reporter for the Associated Press.

Is it because he'll make more money and get more staff — all to run for another office because thats what political prostitutes do?

«I do n`t expect anything to change, because we're not talking about an election where a different political ideology could come into office,» Iwanowicz told POLITICO.

«I want to end the tradition where politicians only talk about drugs reform when they have left office because they fear the political consequences,» Clegg wrote in the Observer once he arrived back in the UK

When alarms were raised over monetary inducements and reckless political spending during the campaigns, none of the major contenders for public offices questioned the sources of funding of the electioneering because doing so at that period might jeopardise their political aspirations.

However, Jibrin rationalised that such «subterranean» moves were not necessary because any political office holder could take ill.

Because of his felony conviction, he can not run for public office, but can for district leader because it's a political poBecause of his felony conviction, he can not run for public office, but can for district leader because it's a political pobecause it's a political position.

It now becomes an institution of State because it is a political office and set up in pursuant to the Manifesto of the NPP, it can be abused,» he asserted.

«It's so devastating on so many levels because he did great things in office, as a state senator, as attorney general,» said Linda Rosenthal, a Democratic assemblywoman from the Upper West Side, who has known Mr. Schneiderman since before his political career began.

Howard's office has said that wearing the uniform was appropriate because the rally was issue oriented and not for strictly political purposes.

Martinez - Alequin said he was not happy with Thursday's proposed deal, but grudgingly accepted it because there is a «hierarchy» in the Bronx district attorney's office and he understands the case is political.

Dominic Ayine charges me with lying on oath because of my affidavit in support of my application with his stated accusation: «So he is the one who is lying on oath to achieve his evil political agenda of tarnishing the image of his successor in office.»

«He is regarded as philanthropist of note that is equal to non among politicians in the state because he remains the only politician who has not been elected or appointed into political office but yet he remains biggest donor in all spheres to salvage people from grinding poverty.

For policy - making offices, there's been talk of an unwritten rule that Democratic candidates can't also run on the Conservative line because of ideological differences between the political parties.

He says he ran for office because he believed he had done as much as he could as a doctor, and that political leaders must solve the region's health problems.

Pushing a message as frothy as this one with points scored along political lines and with an almost complete lack of syrupy sentimentality to gum up the works, the film's inevitable box - office victory (penguins are more of a sure thing nowadays than Harry Potter) is cause for celebration, in no small part because Miller is one of the few directors who deserves the freedom to do whatever the hell he wants.