Sentences with phrase «thinking as a politician»

Whatever James» personal reasons about what he wants to do in his career and life, I regret the possible implication that, once you start thinking as a politician, you might need to get out of Parliament.

Balls perceptively remarks of Osborne: «I think as a politician he's decided that growth is better than no growth; that he's going to bank the recovery and move on to the politics.

I think we as politicians, and our leader, can learn from that.

Not exact matches

«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.

Speaking at Saturday's OZY Fest, an annual festival coordinated by OZY Media featuring entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and politicians, Gladwell pushed reframing the problem as the first thing politicians — and businesses — must do before acting.

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You might think politicians would write off young voters as a waste of time, while cultivating seniors with boxes of chocolates and daily phone calls.

«The question is whether one presumes that the deep state controls the organs of the state and acts as a puppet master above elected politicians, and I think in the US's case, that is a wholly inappropriate characterization.»

I think the only defense against such an unprincipled politician who will say or do anything to get power, is to point out as loudly and publicly as possible the many untruths and contradictions he is trying to pull over on the Alberta public.

The conservative politician who can listen to members of the other political coalition like Reagan did, and who can learn to respond to the arguments of the other side (as opposed to just posturing for the amusement of their own side), won't just win over those who currently think of themselves as swing - voters.

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.

As far as religion and politics well, I think it insults the professed religion when a politician professes his undying faith and adherencAs far as religion and politics well, I think it insults the professed religion when a politician professes his undying faith and adherencas religion and politics well, I think it insults the professed religion when a politician professes his undying faith and adherence.

I think it makes a little more sense to pay attention to this for the higher offices, such as the presidency, because it's hard to really learn about these big politicians that are so far from our everyday lives.

This kind of thinking takes the fear out of the politicians minds as they are making incredibly ridiculous decidions in Washington, decisions that harm me (the one working and paying the taxes) and only benefit them.

Rosie: I wonder why you think it is that politicians who have other faiths don't seem to come under the same amount of scrutiny as you did as a Christian?

Only practicing Protestants (those who identify as Protestant, attend church at least once a month, and say their faith is very important to them) thought the Bible was especially needed this year: 86 percent said politicians would be more civil if they read their Bible regularly, up from 81 percent in 2015.

But, Beck contradicts himself by pointing out that individual politicians don't give out of their wealth as much as he thinks they should.

I can't stand Sarah Palin as a politician and would never, ever, ever vote for her, but I thought this letter was lovely and a pure expression of joy and love for her new child.

As Christians, we judge gays, lesbians, the rich, the homeless, people of other religions, atheists, heretics, criminals, drunks, drug addicts, prostitutes, pimps, politicians, and anybody else we can think of to point our finger at.

His strict Scotch Presbyterian mother had wanted him to become a preacher, and as a Times man he had become one, his column being the podium from which he could spread his Calvinist view of life throughout the land, thrilling thousands with his sound logic and clarity, influencing students, educators, and politicians, sometimes infuriating such presidents as Eisenhower, who once asked, «Who the hell does Reston think he is, telling me how to run the country?»

I don't think that most Americans would care too much if a politician was like Hugh Hefner, as long as he was honest.

i think mormon politician should stop telling people to accept them but rather run their campaign.i do nt care how mormon you are, as long as you do nt practice poligarmy in my state.

As Terry McAuliffe's lamprey - like campaign for Virginia Governor begins to — pinch me, I'm dreaming — detach from the host as actual politician Creigh Deeds pulls ahead, let the record show what a walking talking dirty $ 1 bill thinks high office iAs Terry McAuliffe's lamprey - like campaign for Virginia Governor begins to — pinch me, I'm dreaming — detach from the host as actual politician Creigh Deeds pulls ahead, let the record show what a walking talking dirty $ 1 bill thinks high office ias actual politician Creigh Deeds pulls ahead, let the record show what a walking talking dirty $ 1 bill thinks high office is:

I think I've shown that is not the case since people can think and study very deeply and still come to the conclusion that all politicians are equally as corrupt.

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)..

No matter that the purple - powder - condom chucked across the House of Commons remains a recent memory, and that super-heroes intermittently scramble over public buildings, Westminster's politicians have begun thinking about active fatherhood as more than a «divorced dad» thing.

«I think the politicians who stay in Washington are not as good as the politicians who are around their states and their districts,» he said.

«I think as far as politicians are concerned they should do what they are elected to do - represent the public, act in the national interest and listen to views from a whole range of people.

«It is like once you get into politics, you throw discipline to the dogs, you are not under any law, you can do anything you want as a politician and it is that character that is going through... There are structures, party structures, legal structures but because you are in politics, the people who are actually activating the political system, they think that once I am in politics; I can push discipline and the law to the side and the policeman can not even do anything to me,» he lamented.

Westminster was left reeling today as two leading Tory politicians were caught on air saying what they really think.

Which explains why working out what on earth the voters are thinking, a key part of any politicians» job, is not as easy as it sounds.

Politicians still seem to think of the electorate as children who need to be controlled and patronised.

On 7th December, she spoke at the Oxford Union: «Before, I wanted to become a doctor, but now I think, as a politician, I will be able to help the whole population.»

Leveson wants to know if Murdoch thinks there's «a distinction between those who hold themselves out as having a public figure like politicians or like newspaper proprietors and those who don't come into that category, like people's who've achieved fame, made money, because they are very good at what they do.»

I think they need to be held to the same level of scrutiny as every other politician.

See also Sandi's previous pieces on A Politician's Role in the Twitterverse here, here and here, as well as a few more thoughts about PopVox.

Politicians, such as Frank Field, seeing the true costs, were prepared to think the unthinkable.

As I've written before here, the electorate was thinking of the kicking the politicians rather than guarding their wallets.

She said it was hard to «think of many politicians as ill - equipped for the role of environment secretary as Michael Gove».

That kind of appeal to local nuance is what politicians do (think of Paul Ryan calling himself «a Catholic deer hunter — guilty as charged»).

His comments drew criticism from several users on Twitter, including politicians, who thought it was inconsiderate of the president to use a mass tragedy such as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre to reiterate his criticism of the Russia investigation.

This thought recurred throughout the century, as we find it sixty years later in the Knights of Labor's central paper: ««the workers can hope for nothing favorable at the hands of governments, nor of politicians, nor of statesmen.

In principle any system with repeated elections does this to some extent as regards politicians, in that people tend not to vote for a politician or party which is thought to breaks promises.

Secondly, with the power to tax and the ability to collect, has to go hand in hand with transparency of how those taxes are spent, and with the ability of those taxed to demand accountability from the government, whether individually as citizens or elected politicians or through the dissemination of think tank research or actions of other civil society organisationsor through the law.

I grew up in England; I went to school as a young boy in England and I grew up at a time in England when homosexuality was banned there, it was illegal and I lived in the period when British politicians thought it was anathema to think about changing the law and suddenly the activities of individuals, of groups, a certain awareness, a certain development grew and grew and grew stronger and it forced a change in law.

Imagine being a politician and think of the effect of seeing stories such as MPs» expenses, councils» use of credit cards or an online list of which politicians supported what controversial decisions.

Politicians are said to think only of their own careers, yet as he fought to have the Hillsborough investigation re-opened he was putting his own career in jeopardy.

Marching around saying it's «bullshit» whilst our politicians tour their constituencies in stab - proof vests, our bankers screw society for personal gain, our teachers describe classrooms as battlegrounds, our towns and parks have become no - go zones most evenings, our social workers come across the most appalling instances of abuse, just to name but a few of the most obvious examples - well, I think you need to produce a little more than some statistics and a bit of bad language to turn the narrative around.

It was a catastrophic error to think being a mother would be enough to counter the perception of May as a politician of experience and skill.

For the record, while the politically powerful Nehru - Gandhi family has shown that concession was not a bad venture as some may think, the incommodious confusion of political party action with family matters by some particularly petty politicians, in my view, runs against the grain of human values.