Sentence examples for decent elected from inspiring English sources

The fact that some high-profile Republicans are displaying an inability or unwillingness to act like decent elected officials who best represent their constituents' interests rather than as petulant obstructionists is maddening to reasonable people to say the least.

In the past 10 years we have had two good and decent men elected president who promised to change the way Washington worked and to get past the bitterness that has marked our political discourse.

Another decent idea, introducing elected mayors, has also been killed by obfuscation.

"The West Wing's" primary conceit is that the country has finally elected a decent man.

The two sides got off to a decent start: Ryan was elected Speaker and lost only ten Republican votes.

I've always maintained that the Hall of Fame has about four levels, starting with Babe Ruth at the top, and going down to Rick Ferrell, a decent catcher who was surely elected by cronyism.

Out of the 300 Asghar, Rasaki and Croft must have approached between them, I don't know how many were decent, but the people they elected to show on-screen were as helpful and patient as they were gently perplexed.

Mr Kerr said he was "honoured" to be elected following a "fair, decent and civilised" campaign in the Borders.

There's a perfectly decent chance that Romney could get elected.

They should have realised that the new middle classes would want decent public services, commutes without epic traffic jams and elected representatives who were visibly working towards these ends.

Thinking him a decent, hardworking President, he never understood how Republicans could get elected by saying his name out loud.