Sentences with phrase «scoring political points»

Gay rights activists knew that these Republicans were not on their side, but by getting them on the record struggling to explain their bigotry, this questioning likely reached moderates in favor of equality, while also helping to create a political environment in which Obama and Democrats were able to set themselves apart from the Republicans and reaffirm their support for equality, while also scoring political points with an influential constituency.

, confirms that their case is focused solely on earning headlines and scoring political points, not addressing climate change.

In this case, the atmosphere, and the fate of future generations, must come before scoring political points.

It's the reckless mismanagement of the coal industry by CEOs, many of whom are more interested in skirting regulations and scoring political points than in maintaining jobs, modernizing their technology, or keeping their mines safe.

In other words, the current board is sharply divided along ideological lines, with members too often focused on scoring political points and talking as though they're channeling either UTLA leadership or the most rigid of reformers, rather than thinking independently to come up with rational ideas that advance the cause of sound education.

Unfortunately, with midterm elections fast approaching, lawmakers appear more concerned with scoring political points and toeing the party line than with the give and take of writing complicated policy.

«Above all else, I am interested in solving problems, not in scoring political points.

«Rather than scoring political points they should be reaching out to create a cross-party approach striking the right balance between effective security measures and the need to win the long - term battle for hearts and minds,» he said.

Loosely (extremely loosely), the media is hugely left - wing (leaving aside the point I agree with that left / right is a highly imprecise and largely meaningful term); and therefore anything the media says about the right - including calling Nazism «right» - is aimed not at some universal truth but at scoring political points against their opponents.

... scoring the political points was more important than making the right decision,» he said.

There's a chance of that, certainly, but the strategists shouldn't let this sad news deter the leader of the opposition from scoring political points on a key issue affecting the country.

It is time to get beyond scoring political points and get back to finding common core values and passing legislation that will help grow our economy and get more people back to work.»

It is about scoring political points on something that has no hope of actually making a difference in the real world.

Instead, we focus on talking points, one - line zingers that can be Tweeted, and scoring political points to increase donations.

Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said, «It's insane to me that something that works this well, that's been so bipartisan, is jeopardized to score political points.»

Is it possible that this nothing more than an opportunity to score political points?

President Donald Trump looks to score political points by lowering America's roughly $ 70 billion trade deficit with Japan, and sees expensive military equipment as a prime tool for doing so.

They think that the U.S. president is looking to score political points with his base, but that he won't want to upset the stock market record highs and the faster economic growth by putting up too many trade barriers, a move that probably would spook businesses and investors.

But what are we to make of such a man, who hijacks an event focused on the suffering of a mostly forgotten group of people, sandbags his hosts, preens self - righteously, and deliberately provokes an ugly reaction to score political points?

Today much of our debate about marriage comes from a similar hope to score political points.

This is an essentially meaningless bill whose sole purpose is to score political points for its proponents, who have already wasted hours upon hours of taxpayer time and money pandering to the religious right with unnecessary initiatives and bills.

Extremism and ignorance exist in all religions, Ramesy is just a pathetic example of «Christian» extremism and who is trying to score some political points.

Others tried to score political points: «took O 2 years to do what B couldn't do in 7,» or «THAT»S a «mission accomplished.

Perry failed to score political points when one of his supporters claim mormonism is cult.

Pope Francis's historic first visit to the United States should not be an opportunity to score political points for any candidate, politician or party.

... some Catholic liberals who saw John Paul II as overly conservative have suggested that his cause is being fast - tracked in order to score political points in internal Catholic debates.

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

Theresa May was accused of allowing someone to die «to score a political point» today, after a starving asylum seeker was deported to Nigeria despite fears he might not survive the flight.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) hit back today over media reports on Ministry of Defence (MoD) bonuses and accused the Conservatives of misrepresenting civilian defence staff to score political points.

The President's visit to the Ablekuma North constituency has been met with a lot of controversy, as the leading opposition saw the gesture as an opportunity to score political points and relevance.

This piece found that while neither Corbyn or Cameron came out of the encounter particularly well, the prime minster used what should be a very serious issue to score political points.

However, I think it's safe to say that Bruce Blakeman was undoubtedly the most aggressive of the participants, rarely passing up the opportunity to attack his opponents to score some political points.

«Raise The Age must be more than a slogan or a way to score political points and headlines,» Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.

It's not meant to humiliate anybody or to score political points.»

They couldn't bother to vote on legislation on child abuse at EU, but they're now trying to score political points from it.

Chakrabarti has repeatedly topped lists of the most successful and influential Asian women in the UK, but little hesitation is given to smearing this woman's reputation to score political points.

The other is a Donald Trump lookalike who never actually wanted to leave the UK but just score political points, and he has stepped back again, trying to create the impression that he was «stabbed in the back».

However, a Conservative Party spokesman dismissed Ukip's announcement as «cynical, misleading and utterly calculating to try and score political points».

A spokesman for the Tories dismissed Mike Whitehead's announcement as «cynical, misleading and utterly calculating to try and score political points».

It's too important to be tainted by anyone trying to score political points.

Looking «tough» on immigration simply must not descend to the low of allowing people to die to score a political point.»

According to the Buffalo News, Collins» office declined an invitation saying «radical partisans» have co-opted the tragic mass shooting in Parkland, Florida to score political points.

In a statement, he assailed «Mr. DiNapoli and his surrogates (for trying) to score political points by making irresponsible and erroneous accusations about my future investment strategies for the state pension fund.

Parliament isn't just a place to score political points.

With Donald Trump increasingly looking like the candidate for the Republican party, Assemblyman Francisco Moya said that the push by the Senate GOP was an effort to «score political points in an election year.»

«It's shameful that some have sought to use this matter to score political points, but the real issues are far too serious to allow any distraction to overtake them,» Smikle continued.

Walker strongly denied the Weishan and Larson assertions, and said both critics are using a tragedy to try to score political points.

We can continue to chip away at getting this right or that right, allowing ourselves to be used by either party to score political points.

«It's disgraceful for Sen. Reid to deny cancer patients... just because he wants to score some political points,» said Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise of Louisiana on the House floor Wednesday afternoon.

Some are doing it to undermine and weaken [the minority] leadership; some to score political points; and others because of ideology.