Sentences with phrase «political theatrics»

«I remain disappointed that we are using political theatrics and utilizing these kids in this way.

Ann Althouse seems to be of mixed mind: She says that McCain's announcement showed leadership, but concedes that McCain went for political theatrics and «if McCain had really been serious about this, he should have worked it out with Obama in private.»

The hearing was more political theatrics than a deep dive into climate science.

The scientific research in this area, and the media frenzy and political theatrics that have inescapably followed it, are thoughtfully placed in a broader historical context in a fascinating new book by Chris Mooney entitled Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming.

Which is to say that in most school districts, the annual budgetary process provides a great opportunity for all sorts of people to engage in political theatrics.

I won't waste time engaging in gridlock, partisanship and political theatrics,» he said.

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Now, the political blowback over fiscal policy theatrics has been serious enough for both Republicans and Democrats that they might have both decided to drop that strategy.

There was something of the republican ideal of civic virtue expressed in that conversation on Valdimontone's hilltop perch — a glimpse of a level of Italian political functioning that rarely comes across in news media obsessed with the theatrics of Berlusconi - era national politics.

Unfortunately, as a political neophyte, your christening in the treachery, illusion and theatrics of the most corrupt state government in America was too much to handle.

But some political experts said that, if history is any guide, most senators will have little to fear at the polls despite the voter anger that has been stirred by their recent theatrics, experts still believe.

«New Yorkers don't want political rancor or self - indulgent theatrics; they want their leaders to work together to get things done.»

I reject the cynical, political, and corrupt muteness of people who have never been unfamiliar with microphones, cameras, and theatrics when their pockets are light but hide in the back pews when their funders threaten our children.

Here, GOD's pared - down, DIY theatrics yield an unexpectedly affective result: Antigone's story resonates eerily with our current political situation, and the chicken, cast as a corpse, is unnerving in its blunt deadness.