Sentences with phrase «right as a politician»

The guy must be doing something right as a politician.

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As politicians and businesses fight it out in court over aquifer rights, towns are drying up.

I was at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia last week, and it was very clear from my conversations with former DNC chairs, U.S. politicians, Bernie Sanders supporters, business executives, and even celebrities and athletes: a Clinton presidency will be viewed as positive for Canada-U.S. bilateral relations and a major step in the right direction for trade with Canada.

British politicians aren't exactly known as paragons of good decision - making right now, so Canadian regulators and the federal government may want to do the opposite of anything that's happening over there.

Nobody knows exactly how the referendum will be worded, or right now whether there even will be a referendum, because, as you also noted earlier, the other politicians in Greece are now jockeying for position and are trying to get rid of Papandreou and to replace him, in a very opportunistic mood, to prevent any kind of a referendum happening at all.

This is election year in the U.S. and nobody can reasonably forecast the outcome except that we can be sure our politicians will take us right to the edge of the fiscal cliff, deep and wide as it is.

The far - right politician reportedly wants France to dump the euro and adopt a new version of the French franc, which hasn't been used as legal currency since 2002.

Everyone has the right to believe whatever they want to believe, and this applies to politicians as well.

Because liberal journalists, activists, politicians and entertainers are saying they believe and «hope» that that it is a right - wing terrorist, aren't hoping that the terrorism will just be treated as an isolated event.

Wow.Mr.Limbaugh's belated «apology «aside, I find myself stunned at the level of vitriol, rudeness, and sheer hatred we seem determined to spew at each across the web nowadays; its advent has obviously unleashed some deeply - buried, long - simmering resevoirs of hate, scorn, and opprobium that has finally boiled over among many of us.If we spent even a third of that energy seeking solutions to righting the badly - listing ship - of - state called America... Well.The politicians aren't going to do it, fellow citizens.As clever as we think we are venting over folly and nonsense on these websites, we had better get busy getting our nation's affairs in order, or we'll become the laughingstock of the world, with tiny,no - name third world countries thumbing their noses at us and telling us to «Get lost, America, you silly, Hollywood has - been.

Making (i.e., choosing) wars is what politicians do, such as the warrior - statesman Henry V. Coriolanus is thus not focused upon weighing the value of war (which K. Branagh was right to detect in Henry V), but rather is zeroed in upon the tragedy of the polis.

I don't go to church to read history and I don't want my politicians dabbling in the removal of freedoms such as gay rights, abortion, and gun control based upon religious platforms!

Now I know as soon as I use words like «behavior» and «moral» people will say; «what gives politicians the right to lecture us?»

To many he is known as one of the most courageous opponents of the bloody war in Indo - China, to others he is known as a leader in the civil - rights movement, yet to others he is known as a popular writer and speaker, and to yet others he is an enterprising young politician who will someday hold political office.

@Sarah: You may choose to focus on what you like as well but it doesn't cancel out the fact that in our political arena today, we have religious right politicians coming out of the woodwork and campaigning on their alleged moral superiority.

Britain does not enjoy his company, he has destroyed our democracy, our once centered BBC, rendered our politicians as corrupt, lied to the public on numerous occasions, denied the British public any say on the E.U, denied us the right to know anything of his secret mass immigration policy's, caused more racism and divide in different forms in communities, turned us into the most watched CCTV state in the world, not to mention the wars.

On top of that, the same right - wing cons who praise capitalism as the reason that millions of people have, truthfully, found a way out of poverty, support politicians who keep wages stagnated, attack the very CONCEPT of a minimum wage despite the skyrocketing inflation and general cost of living, and support one war after another that makes a handful of people VERY rich while millions suffer, and thousands of troops come home with no legs (and thus, lose their jobs and often never recover).

Back to Mitt, my impression from seeing him in person is that, while he has not been a politician of conviction, right now and as president he would follow a conservative line.

>> > «And do you really expect me to give links to all the speeches made by right - wing politicians as they seek to justify their actions as regards education funding?»

Bill Bradley and John McCain, politicians Miller admires, are quoted on the dust jacket endorsing his approach, as are public intellectuals ranging from left to right — Paul Krugman, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Gergen and David Brooks.

«If [justice] must be accorded to the unborn child, as it must,» the editors write, «it must also be accorded to the mother, and, yes, even to the Catholic politician who tries to balance competing rights and claims in a pluralistic society.

Jenky declared that «electoral supporters» of pro-abortion rights politicians reject «Jesus as their lord,» as did the crowd that roared, «We have no king but Caesar.»

Obama said that we must use people's power, for he knows more about how to use them as a politician's arms but knows less about how to power his people right way.

As far as most European politicians are concerned, countries are European not only by being situated in the western part of the Eurasian continental plate, but also when they are democratic, social - capitalist, secular and value human rightAs far as most European politicians are concerned, countries are European not only by being situated in the western part of the Eurasian continental plate, but also when they are democratic, social - capitalist, secular and value human rightas most European politicians are concerned, countries are European not only by being situated in the western part of the Eurasian continental plate, but also when they are democratic, social - capitalist, secular and value human rights.

Politicians talking about society and invading Iraq and the healthcare as a thing where it's all just the question of doing the right policy, actually it's very, very difficult.

It would be tragic if the region and the international community were to stand by and watch Burundians killed as they demonstrate for their democratic rights, the country disintegrates into civil war, and ethnicity used instrumentally by unscrupulous politicians.

Politicians from all parties are weighing in: left - of - centre parties such as Die Linke andBündnis 90 / Die Grünen oppose the use of armed drones, while politicians from the centre - right coalition government (CDU / FDP) are (with some exceptions)Politicians from all parties are weighing in: left - of - centre parties such as Die Linke andBündnis 90 / Die Grünen oppose the use of armed drones, while politicians from the centre - right coalition government (CDU / FDP) are (with some exceptions)politicians from the centre - right coalition government (CDU / FDP) are (with some exceptions) in favour.

Secondly, the internet seemed to empower politicians to establish themselves as individuals in their own right.

Non-Jewish right wing politicians are only interested in addressing anti-Semitism when they see it as a weak point in an opponent's armour.

Admittedly, the old Right has its reliable and powerful stalwarts in politicians such as Peter Lilley, John Redwood and David Davis.

Trump and his advisers have reveled openly in the #MeToo - era downfall of prominent Democrats, most recently former state AG Eric Schneiderman, which grates on politicians and strategists in both parties, who view the president as a fatally compromised messenger on women's rights.

What makes this issue even more controversial is the rather unhelpful tendency of both politicians and media to portray the conflict as one between children's rights to protection, and adults» rights to consume pornography.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said it is a «great thing» that Britain has voted to leave the European Union, as far right politicians across Europe also expressed their delight.

Andy would have been the best leader we never had last time, he's not right this time, incidentally your choice for Mayor Diane Abbot comes out with her usual nonsense regarding, her 24,000 majority compared to Khans 2,000 majority, When she was first elected in 1987 ′ she had a swing against her, even though, any really after the 1983 election, it would be expected, that a labour politician would have a swing towards them as 1983 was our all time low, and I could be said her swing against her at the time was due to racism, but Paul boeteng stood for the first time, next to her in 1987 ′ he never had a swing against him,

But she is a longtime political activist who has lobbied for better education funding, marriage equality and women's rights, and she has campaigned for such politicians as President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

As the government reviews this policy, and detention conditions as a whole, it's vital that politicians of all parties stand up for basic human rights values, and ensure that some of the most vulnerable people in society receive the right protectioAs the government reviews this policy, and detention conditions as a whole, it's vital that politicians of all parties stand up for basic human rights values, and ensure that some of the most vulnerable people in society receive the right protectioas a whole, it's vital that politicians of all parties stand up for basic human rights values, and ensure that some of the most vulnerable people in society receive the right protection.

Schneiderman's update has support from such politicians as Sen. Liz Krueger, a Democrat representing the East Side of Manhattan, and Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, a Democrat representing parts of Western Queens, as well as reproductive rights advocates like Andrea Miller, president of National Institute for Reproductive Health.

[440] Writing in The Guardian, journalist Polly Toynbee for instance referred to him as «jester, toff, self - absorbed sociopath and serial liar», [441] while Labour politician Hazel Blears called him «a nasty right - wing elitist, with odious views and criminal friends».

EU nationals who made their home here have now found themselves referred to as bargaining counters and have discovered to their horror that Britain's politicians are not prepared to guarantee their legal rights post-Brexit.

«We respect the Prime Minister's right to his religious beliefs and the fact that they affect his own life as a politician.

The routine relies mainly on video segments of embarrassing errors by right - wing politicians — of which the hardened observer is likely to have seen already — as he gently guides his audience through a brief history of the worst the Republican party has to offer.

«Paul Ryan is not popular in New York State, and an alignment with the hard - right Republicans does not make you look good as a New York politician,» she said.

It's a very sensitive issue and you have to know how to handle it, especially verbally, especially appealing to the right instincts, not overreacting, even though, politically, there's a great temptation to go on one side or another, and that's the difference between a politician and a statesman, and he made every effort to be an appropriate statesman as governor.»

NEW YORK (CNN)- As she lobbies members of the New York Senate these days, the politician in Christine Quinn can understand what the gay rights activist in her sometimes can not.

Yet you and your office authorised a briefing that put the whole Labour campaign on a par with two Labour politicians who had been appearing for weeks alongside right - wing politicians, such as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson.»

As a visitor coming to the UK and seeing it with fresh eyes, it seems remarkable that Ukip, with little political experience, has caused such established politicians, including the prime minister, to move the country's politics to the right.

While politicians elsewhere in the UK do their best to avoid touchstone moral issues such as abortion and gay rights come election season, they're still a staple of Northern Ireland politics.

Brindley mentions Andrew George, Lib Dem MP for St Ives and chair of the all party group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, Labour MP for Hammersmith Andy Slaughter, and Conservative peer Lord Boswell as three examples of politicians who are very supportive and proactive when it comes to championing Traveller rights.

He said it might additionally be argued that Mr Grayling was breaching the 1688 bill of rights by taking it upon himself — as a politician and not a judge — to inflict «cruel and unusual punishment» on prisoners who are literate.

Meanwhile, Piers Morgan described Balls as the «most popular politician in Britain right now & very smart guy».