Sentence examples for distorting the issue from inspiring English sources

Mr. Runyan has argued that Ms. Adler and her Democratic allies are not only distorting the issue but are actually the ones who would endanger Medicare.

Mr. Viola said Monday that the political brouhaha over the bank was distorting the issue at stake, "out of line with respect to the problem.

Mr. Simpson at one point complained that critics of a value-added tax were distorting the issue to undercut the commission before it even gets down to work.

But the issue does not seem to be winning support for Mr. Humphreys, even though this is a district with many elderly people in a state with one of the higher median ages in the nation, and even though The Charleston Gazette accused Republicans of distorting the issue.

Today, Mr. Barak complained that Mr. Arafat was distorting the issue by suggesting that the Israeli position masked a desire to dig up the foundations of the old temples, and to use the findings as a grounds for usurping the Muslim claim.

Those who have sought to discredit what Carlin said have resorted to the empty condescension of words like "oversimplified" and "distorting the issues".

But this particular map only confuses and distorts the issue, and seems clearly designed for propaganda purposes.

Teachers' unions have responded to the assault on the status quo by arguing that all the ire directed at bad teachers distorts the issue.

Their interest is to distort the issue and frighten the elderly rather than have a debate on an affordable drug coverage for seniors".

In Iraq, the debate surrounding the invasion and war has distorted the issue and, meanwhile, the Islamist extremists there have decimated one of the oldest Christian populations in the world".

(3) If you believe your interests are really our interests, explain why you find it necessary to deceive, dissemble and distort the issue every time you speak about it.