Sentences with phrase «seeing as politicians»

Its NRA card was also highlighted in a New York Times opinion piece that called on the financial industry to exert its «leverage over the gun industry,» seeing as politicians — many of whom are funded by the NRA — continue to refrain from doing so.

Veil was interested in politics but never saw herself as a politician.

Armstrong was seen as a politician on the right of the Labour Party, and was close politically to her near neighbour Tony Blair and the New Labour agenda.

Another explanation for Stringer's real estate donation haul is that developers see him as a politician on the rise, insiders say.

He sees himself as a politician, as a leader in his country,» Coogler said.

The minute we see you as politicians is the minute where we stop believing in your science.

Not exact matches

As a businessman and former politician, Rick Orman has seen downturns in the oil patch from many angles.

«All of us in positions of power — politicians, parents, chief executives and educators — must see ourselves as part of history's bigger picture and ask, «What is my responsibility to the republic?»»

Thousands of people joined a global March for Science with Washington the epicenter of a movement to fight back against what many see as an «assault on facts» by populist politicians.

As we saw in the United States last year, when legal debt limits are approached, politicians invariably vote to raise them.

Schultz then went a bit contemplative on the raptly - attentive crowd, sharing with the audience his belief that individual citizens, not just politicians and political parties, need to increase civility and improve the discourse level in the country, not only every four years but ever day, in the face of what Schultz sees as increased partisanship, polarization and cynicism.

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

Many Chinese, politicians and regular citizens alike, see opposition to their South China Sea claims as opposition to their ascendance on the world stage.

Do politicians see a currency they can't track or control as a threat — or an asset?

The resulting public discourse has seen furor from many quarters with politicians on both sides of the Atlantic rounding on all parties involved in the allegations with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg earlier facing two inquisitions from the US lawmakers as a result.

There's a fine line between celebrity and politician as we've seen clearly with the election of reality TV star Donald Trump.

And as politicians suggest plans to rectify an imperfect system, many health care companies feel the heat, particularly biotechnology companies, which then see weakened stock prices.

Such action would keep funds locked inside countries where said politicians can plunder them as they see fit.

Opinion: Politicians have come to see taxpayers as sheep to be shorn, writes Mark Milke.

To help you understand you should have a choice (E) and list «politician» as a choice or just add it to (D) and you will see how they fit together.

And as for, Sarah Palin, while I admit that she's not my favorite politician in the world, I might watch it, to «learn» a bit more about her, to see if my «assumptions» about her are correct, or wrong, or something else.

And, after living in Utah as a non-Mormon, I would never vote for a Mormon, seeing how religion is first and country is second to the politicians there.

Today the Church upholds the value of democracy because it maximises the participation of individuals in social development and is seen as the best way to hold politicians to account (cf. Centesimus Annus 46).

The moderates, called «liberals» by their opponents, see the conservative resurgence as an ecclesiastical coup d'état, a great power grab engineered by ruthless church politicians who neither understood nor cared about the great watchword of the Baptist tradition: freedom.

His background in the movies led many people to underestimate Reagan, says Gaddis, «for Reagan was as skillful a politician as the nation had seen for many years, and one of its sharpest grand strategists ever.

We see it with politicians trying to jockey the seat in the White House as POTUS.

Lewis Smedes has beautifully summarized what this means: «A politician ought to speak the truth about public matters as he sees them; he does not need to tell us how he feels about his wife.

Some Latin American politicians, seeing Northern Europeans and North Americans as being agents of modernization in the area, welcomed Protestant immigration and investment.

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.

But unfortunately new really is anything from that politician self - proclaimed «apostle» Paul and forward where we see division, judgment, disenfranchisement, and all the weird stuff that the Catholics, evangelicals, bible thumpers, etc. start to corrupt the simple lessons of Jesus, regardless of how important a person you see him as.

Are you even capable of seeing that the two were never linked until the Joneses realized they could jump on the bandwagon of Park51 the same as politicians have?

Ryan was seen as enough of a conviction politician for the party's conservatives, but a sufficiently friendly face so as not to scare swing - voters.

In a democracy, this minority is easily outvoted, especially if populist politicians agitate the majority that either feels the pain or, minimally, does not see any tangible benefits as yet.

He sees himself as the scapegoat of high - level politicians who never asked for amnesty from the TRC.

What I see from the middle east with chants of «death to America and it's allies» is no different by way of human conduct as what I see politicians and opinion newscasters saying with «bomb them».

Democratic politicians (such as Hillary Clinton) who supported the Iraq War pretend that they were hoodwinked, though they saw the same information as everyone else.

Although I've lived quite extensively in South America and seen first - hand the political corruption there so I have no problem believing that political corruption is a universal problem (probably having something to do with politicians being humans as opposed to being chimpanzees).

some think he is a professor.In all honesty i just see Wenger as a politician in a coaches shoes... Most politicians lie with a straight face.they do things not really to better the country but to keep the population quiet and prevent decent (Ozil was bought to keep fans quiet after a failed summer in the market)..

Some see Weiner as «the lesser of two evils» in his mayoral race — guess a sexting politician is better than an «ideologue.»

Politicians are nervous to touch on an issue which they often see as being about individual choice rather than a «collective societal responsibility», as Dr Nigel Rollins described breastfeeding in The Lancet report last year.

Some question marks remain over the attitude of the leader, but the MP for Islington North is no longer seen universally as a politician that the public affairs industry could never do business with.

For the medics, the battle needs to be seen as doctors versus politicians: the former are trusted, the latter are not.

The monarchy survives because the public see it as being a harmless thing led by a distinguished lady who has, lets face it, out performed most of the politicians she has seen come and go.

So despite the fact that it isn't necessarily a «bad» word, populism is seen as a bad thing because it's a stance usually adopted by politicians whose intentions are not aligned with the best interests of the populace.

The man seen by many Lib Dems as the natural fit to be next leader is viewed by his internal critics as a lightweight student union politician.

He saw himself as a protestor, an activist rather than a politician, and I feel that the drama helps place anyone in that situation.

Look away from the bubble and see municipal politicians such as Sir Richard Leese, Labour leader of Manchester City Council, doing their best to use the heavily circumscribed powers of local government to gain real results for their populations.

The rest of the nation can watch as Mr Cuomo is voted out, and loses his governorship, and the elitist will see what happens to politicians when they exploit a tragedy, and pass a law that, criminalize, harass, and target lawful citizens that have done nothing wrong..

Just as those who give to charity want to see as much as possible of their money go to the intended beneficiaries rather than chief executives» salaries, and investors in companies want to see overhead and administration costs kept down, elected politicians want to show voters that they are running a tight ship.

It is at least arguable that British politicians should see ministerial rank as the summit of a career not as a stepping stone to wealth in another life.