Those who condemn the governor for being unsympathetic to the plight of the automobile industry are merely using that allegation as a smokescreen for their own partisan politics. The citizen who believes their charges fails to realize that a politician may sometimes appear to be lacking compassion for a special interest group when, in reality, she is just trying to implement a public policy that is beneficial to great numbers of people representing diverse interests.
Which of the following, if true, provides the greatest support for the assertion made in the first sentence of the passage?
A) Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between insensitivity to special interest groups and public-spirited devotion to broader concerns
B) Some of the governor's harshest critics are members of automobile workers' unions and politicians with strong ties to the automotive industry.
C) Many people who accuse the governor of being unsympathetic to the plight of the automobile industry voted for her in the last election.
D) The governor is not a politician who makes a clear distinction between partisan politics and civic responsibility.
E) Sometimes a politician who is insensitive to the concerns of a minority group believes that he or she is acting in the community's best interest.
Those who condemn the governor for being unsympathetic to the plight of the automobile industry are merely using that allegation as a smokescreen for their own partisan politics.The citizen who believes their charges fails to realize that a politician may sometimes appear to be lacking compassion for a special interest group when, in reality, she is just trying to implement a public policy that is beneficial to great numbers of people representing diverse interests.
Which of the foll ,if true,provides the greatest support for the assertion?
a) Sometimes,it is difficult to distinguish between insensitivity to special interest grps & public spirited devotion to broader concerns.
b)some of the governor's harshest critics are members of the automobile workers' unions and & politics with strong ties in the automotive industry.
c) Sometimes a politician who is insensitive to the concerns of a minority grp believes that he/she is acting in the community's best interests.
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source : kaplan GMAT CAT 1
By the way,I feel that 'to great numbers of people representing diverse interests' is wrong.Isn't 'numbers of' wrong on GMAT?
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