RIP Bob Dole
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I believe I mentioned this before, but a few years ago, I was able to volunteer on an Honor Flight, which take US World War 2 veterans for a tour of Washington DC from their home city. It was a very cool day.
But also, Senator Dole greeted the veterans at the World War 2 memorial. My understanding is that he tried to do that at least once per week. As Jon said, A class act.
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@george-k said in RIP Bob Dole:
@jon-nyc said in RIP Bob Dole:
Fantastic as it is unimaginable today.
You mean this?
I meant the absence of partisanship as well as the humor and sheer grace of the man.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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@lufins-dad Ok that's funny
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I believe I mentioned this before, but a few years ago, I was able to volunteer on an Honor Flight, which take US World War 2 veterans for a tour of Washington DC from their home city. It was a very cool day.
But also, Senator Dole greeted the veterans at the World War 2 memorial. My understanding is that he tried to do that at least once per week. As Jon said, A class act.
@taiwan_girl said in RIP Bob Dole:
I believe I mentioned this before, but a few years ago, I was able to volunteer on an Honor Flight, which take US World War 2 veterans for a tour of Washington DC from their home city. It was a very cool day.
But also, Senator Dole greeted the veterans at the World War 2 memorial. My understanding is that he tried to do that at least once per week. As Jon said, A class act.
That is great! We did that once (just escorted a WWII distant family member) during their Wisconsin->DC honor flight. It was an absolutely incredible experience. It would've been great to see Dole there, too. Good on you, TG!
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@george-k said in RIP Bob Dole:
@jon-nyc said in RIP Bob Dole:
Fantastic as it is unimaginable today.
You mean this?
I meant the absence of partisanship as well as the humor and sheer grace of the man.
@jon-nyc said in RIP Bob Dole:
I meant the absence of partisanship as well as the humor and sheer grace of the man.
You weren't reading the news of the day. Google "Bob Dole Hatchet Man" and restrict your search to before 1/1/2000, and you'll find stuff like this.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-10-mn-34762-story.html
Now that George Bush isn’t behaving like a wimp, can Bob Dole keep from acting like a bully?
In a Republican presidential race that had fewer thrills than a luncheon of bond attorneys, the GOP version of the Democrats’ “character” question has acquired great weight.Dole, until now the owner of the GOP franchise on street toughness, will respond.
reviving the image of Dole as hatchet man--the mean-spirited vice presidential candidate who nearly became a drag on Gerald R. Ford’s failed bid for the White House in 1976.
He has spent half his life here, long enough to grow old, playing more roles than a veteran character actor. Even the epithets are evidence of this: Nixon's Doberman pinscher, Ford's hatchet man, Bush's water carrier, deal-maker for Gingrich's revolution.
The presidential candidacy of Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) is now a war zone for the deep, inner conflicts of the American electorate. At 72, he leads the Republican race for the very reason that he is suddenly vulnerable to a multimillionaire political amateur: He is one of Washington's most accomplished politicians, a master mechanic of this messy system of money, influence, deals, egos and, yes, dreams.
Indeed, it is hard to hate Washington and like Dole. Even on the hustings, with his arcane lawmakers' lingo, he can seem to be speaking from the engine room of the grimy, hissing, clanging, unretrofitted factory that is Washington in the public mind.
The only good Republican is a dead Republican.
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That’s also a quarter century ago. Dole was livid with GHWB in the 88 primary yet created the most poignant moment of Bush’s funeral service.
