Sentence examples for phony issue from inspiring English sources
McCain-Feingold also takes aim at phony "issue ads".
Surrogates were dispatched to make the case that the Republicans were selling a phony issue.
On his plane Wednesday, Mr. Obama called it a "phony issue" as he was not opposed to flag pins.
("Call Congressman Smith," the paradigmatic phony issue ad goes, "and tell him to stop trying to destroy Social Security").
With gay marriage and Obamacare effectively taken off the table, the Republicans now find themselves without a signature phony issue to disingenuously flog for the next sixteen months.
"I am not going to get sucked into answering questions on phony issues," he said.
Instead, Mr. Goord accused the Correctional Association of proffering "phony issues," and criticized the report's principal author, Jennifer Wynn, as unprofessional.
Although state politics has its share of phony issues and negative campaigns, gubernatorial races often hinge on real ideas and measurable progress.
But their reminders about some of the phony issues and false panaceas that litter the recent history of Congress — Remember the House bank scandal?
Since he can't defend the real world created by his policies and his decisions, Mr. Bush is inventing a fantasy world in which to campaign on phony issues against fake enemies.
