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Hollis argues that politics is the art of compromise, and "the best is the enemy of the good." [4] Another example of the problem of dirty hands Hollis mentions is the decision Winston Churchill made in World War II not to warn the people of Coventry that the Germans were planning a massive air raid on their city. At first glance it seems wrong ...
Judicial branch. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) Federal District Court Judge was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate of soliciting a bribe. (1989) [ 373] Harry Claiborne (D-NV) Federal District Court Judge was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate on two counts of tax evasion.
Ratfucking. Ratfucking is an American slang term for behind the scenes ( covert) political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections. It was brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men (1974), the book that chronicled their investigative reporting of the Watergate scandal .
1. “We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”. 2. “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”. 3. “If you want to keep a ...
Biden, for his part, has occasionally turned the accusations around by raising questions about Trump’s own mental faculties. “This president talks about cognitive capability,” he said during ...
Dirty Politics was released at Unity Books in Wellington on 13 August 2014, with a crowd of approximately 150. [13] [14] [15] Prior to the release of the book, details of what it would be about were the subject of substantial speculation, as the topic of the book was kept secret in order to avoid it being blocked from release by a court injunction.
Welcome to Florida, where even the electricity you consume comes with a side of dirty, secretive — and most likely, illegal — political gangsterism.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. " Lies, damned lies, and statistics " is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, "one of the best, and best-known" critiques of applied statistics. [2] It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point.