31.   Mugabe quickly mastered brutality as a political tool.

32.   Others believe that the president uses religion as a political tool.

33.   Only scary folks would see a man in a wheelchair and belittle his resolve by suggesting the chair is a political tool.

34.   Port-scanning software, for instance, is meant to be used for reconnaissance, yet Knowbotic has made it a political tool.

35.   Rather, the idea is a political tool that allows conservative Democrats to support spending cuts without embracing the GOP tax cuts.

36.   Still, the radical groups do have influence, punching above their weight in a nation where posturing and aggressiveness are political tools.

37.   The holier-than-thou cultural profiling used by Gingrich, Brock and their peers in the Hill-Thomas-Clinton era is in serious decline as a political tool.

38.   The suffering in Chiapas is a political tool in the hands of those in power and those who want to be.

39.   Then there are the daughters who are being brought on as political tools to help their fathers stay in power.

40.   They said they saw the delays as a means of using refugees as political tool.