Word: snubbingly
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...Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean--who waged an epic battle with Emanuel over political strategy during the 2006 election cycle--was not invited to the public announcement in early January of his successor, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. "I thought it was appalling," a Dean ally says of the snub...
...Merkel snub dominated the concluding press conference, Sarkozy reacting angrily to a question from a British journalist about a schism with Merkel. Countries had at their disposal a tool kit of fiscal stimulus options, said Sarkozy, manically shredding a piece of paper as he spoke. "Gordon Brown used the tax tool. The fact that I didn't use the tool doesn't mean we disagree...
...some segments of the campus and surrounding communities” might become “dangerous” in response to the publication of the cartoons. This point that was perceived by many as being inherently distrustful of Harvard’s Muslim community and a snub against the Salient’s legitimate right to free speech. Finally, while we support the administration’s efforts to ensure that every student group on campus has their rights protected against vandals, we are concerned about its methods of making their views known to the community as a whole...
...Democratic argument against "legitimizing" Fox News by appearing was as ridiculous as McCain's snub of softballer King and Palin's residency in the Candidate Protection Program - and politically counterproductive, to boot. Is Fox Karl Rove's new home? Fine. Did it flog the Wright story, call Michelle Obama "baby mama" and suggest a "terrorist fist bump"? Sure. Did O'Reilly get in a scuffle with an Obama staffer on a New Hampshire rope line? Hey, who hasn't? The fact remains that - according to Pew Research - over half of Fox News' audience members are Democrats or Independents. Their votes...
Only a handful of the 40 or so Awakening leaders attended the ceremony in Ramadi, a snub that Sheikh Natah says was intended as a clear message to the government. At heart is a power struggle between the Awakening council and the Iraqi Islamic Party, made up of Sunni exiles who are allied with the Shi'ite prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. The party holds 36 of the Anbar council's 41 seats. Those posts are up for grabs if a slow-moving electoral law is approved by Iraq's bickering parliamentarians and the provincial elections that were slated...