It was nice to see former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, as he put it, get nailed to the wall. Dole was honored Tuesday by having his portrait displayed in the lobby outside the Senate chambers at the U.S. Capitol, one of fewer than 40 senators in our history to be so recognized. Dole wasn’t without faults, but, much more than today’s congressional leaders, he was a pragmatist who was concerned more with solving problems than scoring political points.
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If we had to have a Repugnican prez it should have been Dole.
Sorry, I deg to biffer, Philip.
When the Swiftboat liars scurriously attacked Kerry’s war record, Dole was right there backing them up.
When the neo-cons took over the Republican party and fused unthinking Christian fundamentalism with “white rights” and hatred for the poor, Dole was right there whining about “welfare queens” and the “war on Christmas.”
He’s a shill, not a leader.
But then so are Tiahrt, Brownback, and “Ol’ Rubberstamp” Roberts.
Why should we expect anything different from Kansas republicans?
Short memory Phillip:
Just one presidential election ago, Bob Dole publicly supported the swiftboaters. The ones that malicously attacked John Kerry. Kerry’s record is as good if not better than Bob Dole would have the decency to admit.
Bob Dole is always the first to play up his war hero thing. But didn’t think for a moment about joining in on the swiftboat trashing of John Kerry.
It was self serving, and a disgraceful act of partisanship.
Now look at the mess we are in. If only he would have had the courage to put politics aside and stand by Kerry’s side.
Bob Dole should make a pubic apology to Kerry for his remarks.
Welcome back cin.
I never quite understood why people were turned off by Kerry. Hes intelligent, and acted as if he wanted to get things done.
Yes Kerry may have had an slightly arrogant attitude, but I think it was his accomplishments throughout his career that gave him the confidence to be that way.
We may have been out of Iraq by now if Kerry was n charge, but NO BUSH Is a Republican who hate gays, loves babies (except muslim), and likes guns and NASCAR!!
You can’t please everyone. He is a war hero, an effective leader and a good guy. He deserves his props for his service to this country.
Absolutely agree, Outlander.
Quick, check the temp. in that usually hot place!
Kerry is a loser, brash, no class, a liar and married to a foul mouth ugly 2 bagger woman…kinda like Clinton.
Comments such as Policalmom’s make you wonder if Republicans truly hate intelligent men and out-spoken women.
“In America, the true patriots are those who dare speak the truth to power.” — Teresa Heinz Kerry, July 27, 2004
Hey, outlander,
This isn’t you, is it?
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Gail,
Surely this is jest, isn’t it. I thought it was democrats who had trouble keeping it in their pants.
Not that I am interested in coming to the rescue of Mr. Outlander, but if his email address is correct – a regional KS univesity, ‘78 – would suggest, if he followed the expected trajectory, that he would be in his late 40s or early 50s vs. 39. And yes I know sometimes those stories on the dating sites can be false. Hmmm… is all I can say.
Ya know? I’ve no reason to defend Outlander. That is other than that he is who he is.
But who are you Gail? Are you another incarnation of a poster who attacked Outlander?
Jr smells a rat, too. Hmmm…
“Gail”,
Knock it off, okay? Don’t make me take this to the purple chicken.
Thank you JR, Rage, and DD. People like “Gail” are why I would think twice about posting by real name.
Over the years, I have crossed paths with Robert Dole many times and he has always been polite, knowledgable, full of serious and entertaining anecdotes. Virtually photographic memory for faces and names.
I can tell many wonderful stories about Dole but don’t know where to start. One time we discussed his house in Russell for 20 minutes surrounded by important people. Another time, we discussed my hometown of Pratt, where his sister lived, and, coincidentally, Wichita, and the many people he knew in both places.
I told him I seem to remember meeting him campaigning at a filling station on the north edge of Pratt way back in about 1950 and we were going to try to figure out if he was then running for state legislature but were interrupted by someone. I raised campaign funds for him in about 1972, for one of his early U.S. Senate campaigns.
Once when Senator Dole was key speaker at a Kansas City construction industry dinner in the old Alameda Hotel in the Country Club Plaza, I got to host his beautiful and gracious daughter, Robin Dole, then cherry blossom princess in Washington DC.
During his days as U.S. Senator and President of the U.S.Senate, Robert Dole was arguably the most powerful person in the U.S. It was also said that for a number of years, Senator Dole gave more speeches in the U.S. and world than anyone else.
He was fiercely partisan when in the political fray which perhaps bothered some observors.
I have often wondered how the world would have been different if Robert Dole would have beat out Bush I in the primary for Bush’s second term. This might have eliminated Bill Clinton from the presidency. I believe that by the time Bob Dole actually ran for president against Clinton for Clinton’s second term, Dole’s age was working against him.
A couple years or so ago, when Dole visited downtown Wichita to support some political candidates, he himself said he had turned 80 years old but earlier that day had traveled through some eight states to give ten speeches.
His long-time aide was traveling with him that day and told me that Mr. Dole still needs help putting on his suit coat this many years after his horrific war wounds in Italy shortly before the end of WW II.