Sentences with phrase «rare politician»

King was one of those rare politicians who opposed the involvement of America in the Vietnam war and vehemently criticized American interest to kill people.

Episode Info: Sen. Al Franken's new book, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, is the rare politician memoir that's actually interesting.

In a statement, Watson heaped praise on his old friend, stating: «Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working - class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson described him as: «a rare politician — a talented working class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

Jeff Smith is the rare politician who lied, broke the law, got caught, went to prison, and will admit to all of it.

Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working - class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

Deputy leader Tom Watson led tributes to the sacked shadow minister, saying: «Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

With his joyful hinterland of jazz and motor racing, he is a rare politician who talks humanly, though he is almost impossible to interview on television due to his never - ending sentences.

«Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working - class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots,» Mr Watson said in a statement.

(I met him at my High School when I was 16 — when I shook hands with him, there was no one else there, just me and him; I felt honored, particularly as he was a rare politician at that time who would not spend aggressively to win elections.)

Sims, now the deputy administrator at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is the rare politician with a remarkable long - term vision and the will to carry it out.