By having his campaign target a private citizen for his politics, the president forswore those obligations.
They say his politics have nothing to do with his singing or the sport.
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And none of it actually has much to do with the meaty stuff: his politics.
Mr Obama's church might not be such a big issue if his politics were different.
His politics teacher told the students to stay in their chairs and calm down.
Mr Khan has made drones and peace talks a central plank of his politics.
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His politics were shaped by an era when the enemy was clear and the issues simple.
Now, he says, the magistrates are picking on him purely because of his politics.
Even aside from his politics, of which more later, there was plenty of provocation in his writings.
While his politics continue to divide Americans, President Bush is a deeply beloved figure across the African continent.
He also blamed Immigration Minister Damian Green who he described as being "a nicer man than his politics".
He may yet be remembered more for his politics than his business acumen.
Not because he does not get along with her but because his politics are completely opposed to that of Germany.
Marr has also presented a number of history programmes along with his politics show, and has had five books published.
His politics notwithstanding, most writers and website operators love to get links from Drudge because he generates so many referrals.
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He successfully defused that fear by stating that his faith was private and the church would never dictate his politics.
He wrote poems in classical Chinese, owed his politics to a German and under his rule many Vietnamese learned Russian.
Still, his opposition to the hydrogen bomb earned him powerful enemies, and his politics gave them the ammunition to destroy him.
But his politics are hardly consistent: according to his MySpace page he likes both the works of Adolf Hitler and Karl Marx.
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Of course he was using the Bible to support his politics: the only real question is whether he was using it properly.
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But what should not be in doubt is Mr Blair's strength of feeling on the subject, nor its centrality to his politics.
But attack him for his policies, his politics and his public statements.
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His politics were unabashedly liberal, in the spirit of the New Deal.
You argue that Allende's economics were chaotic but his politics somehow acceptable.
Keaton was never shy about incorporating his politics into everyday life, becoming a true spin doctor years before that term entered the lexicon.
Unlikely as it may seem, the leader of Labour Party has placed a long dead Tory peer at the heart of his politics.
If the knock on Romney is that his politics change with the wind, voters need to see a leader as sturdy as those Michigan trees.
In the 1930s his politics might best be described as populist, a political tradition that pitted the little man against big business and privileged establishments.
Arafat's association with violence was a constant feature of his politics.
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