1.   Alleged fear of the transfer was always a cynical political ploy.

2.   And they branded his call for a huge tax cut as little more than a political ploy to pressure them.

3.   Antidrug activists generally called the report an objective evaluation, but continued to oppose the state initiatives as political ploys by people seeking to have all marijuana use legalized.

4.   Besides, the market recognizes the political ploy that it would be.

5.   But both Panetta and the Senate majority leader, George Mitchell of Maine, dismissed that as a political ploy Sunday.

6.   But some Democrats called the subpoena a political ploy, saying it does not bar people from leaving the country, and they questioned whether it was even enforceable.

7.   But White House spokesman Michael McCurry on Thursday dismissed the subpoenas and hearings as little more than political ploys.

8.   Congress invented the political ploy.

9.   Democrats said the vote was a political ploy, because the Senate has repeatedly blocked the Republican plan.

10.   Democrats on the panel rejected the current Republican effort to repeal the gas tax as a political ploy to curry favor with voters in an election year.