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Cyrano

(15,051 posts) Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:01 PM Jun 2016

Bob Dole: Still a whore after all these years

Last edited Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:45 PM - Edit history (1)

Former Senator Bob Dole is backing Trump. He's retired, he has nothing to gain by it, and he should just sit back and enjoy life. Instead, he's come out and publicly endorsed Trump. There's no reason he has to do this and it doesn't make any sense at all. But I guess once a political whore, always a political whore. Unless someone has embarrassing pictures of him and is blackmailing him, there is absolutely no reason for him to have to back anyone.

In an interview with NPR, Dole said, "I have an obligation to the party. I mean, what am I gonna do? I can't vote for George Washington, so I'm supporting Donald Trump."

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/06/11/bob-dole-reluctantly-endorses-donald-trump/21393241/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl26|sec1_lnk2&pLid=-1798110715_htmlws-main-bb

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Bob Dole: Still a whore after all these years (Original Post) Cyrano Jun 2016 OP

I think he's old enough to do what he pleases. Kaleva Jun 2016 #1

yup he is. Support a racist and misogynist still_one Jun 2016 #7

War hero loses his status as a hero.. Cooley Hurd Jun 2016 #2

And what a ringing endorsement it is! nt nyquil_man Jun 2016 #3

maybe all those ed pills affected his brain? niyad Jun 2016 #4

I didn't know GW was a Republican. pangaia Jun 2016 #5

a most peculiar "endorsement" nt msongs Jun 2016 #6

Raise your hand if you thought Bob had died some years ago. NightWatcher Jun 2016 #8

Hand Release The Hounds Jun 2016 #13

Yet a few months ago he said he would never support Ted Cruz book_worm Jun 2016 #9

I'm sure there's something in it for him Major Nikon Jun 2016 #10

Why is he loyal to the Republican Party? PADemD Jun 2016 #11

Reminds me of what a joke he's always been... joeybee12 Jun 2016 #12

traitor!! see here: Gabi Hayes Jun 2016 #14

Kaleva

(36,340 posts)

1. I think he's old enough to do what he pleases.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:03 PM

Jun 2016

And his comment isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of Trump.

still_one

(92,381 posts)

7. yup he is. Support a racist and misogynist

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:28 PM

Jun 2016

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

2. War hero loses his status as a hero..

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:04 PM

Jun 2016

Very sad, since I've always respected him.

nyquil_man

(1,443 posts)

3. And what a ringing endorsement it is! nt

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:04 PM

Jun 2016

niyad

(113,546 posts)

4. maybe all those ed pills affected his brain?

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:14 PM

Jun 2016

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

5. I didn't know GW was a Republican.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:15 PM

Jun 2016

msongs

(67,438 posts)

6. a most peculiar "endorsement" nt

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:18 PM

Jun 2016

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

8. Raise your hand if you thought Bob had died some years ago.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:29 PM

Jun 2016

Raises hand.

Release The Hounds

(467 posts)

13. Hand

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:33 PM

Jun 2016

book_worm

(15,951 posts)

9. Yet a few months ago he said he would never support Ted Cruz

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 04:10 PM

Jun 2016

so it's not just "I'll support the nominee no matter what." Well, Bob then you own what your candidate has said.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

10. I'm sure there's something in it for him

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 04:25 PM

Jun 2016

Some kickbacks, a job promise for a friend or relative, naming a railroad crossing for him, or something else. He wouldn't do this for nothing.

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

11. Why is he loyal to the Republican Party?

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 06:42 PM

Jun 2016

The GOP doesn't care about the disabled.

GOP walks past wheelchair-bound Bob Dole to vote against disabilities treaty

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021926696

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

12. Reminds me of what a joke he's always been...

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 07:15 PM

Jun 2016

A nasty worthless man.

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

14. traitor!! see here:

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #12)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 12:49 AM

Jun 2016

https://consortiumnews.com/archive/lost11.html

Lost History: Dole Nearly Cited in Iran-Contra Report

By Robert Parry

Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh was so outraged by Sen. Bob Dole's disruption of the Iran-contra criminal cases against senior Reagan-Bush officials that Walsh "briefly considered" adding a chapter to his final report criticizing Dole's tactics.

Walsh detailed Dole's strategy for hindering the prosecutions in Firewall, a book scheduled for publication next year. Walsh, a lifelong Republican, released two chapters now to show voters how Dole lobbied President Bush to pardon former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1992. Because of that position, Walsh deemed Dole's recent demands that Clinton eschew pardons for Whitewater defendants a clear case of "Dole's hypocrisy."

The two chapters offer other insights as well into how Bush and Dole engineered the Iran-contra end game to minimize political damage to the Republican Party. Their strategy succeeded, in part, because some leading Democrats and influential members of the Washington news media signaled acceptance of the Weinberger pardon.

Bush pardoned Weinberger and five other Iran-contra figures on Christmas Eve 1992, less than a month before Bush was to leave office. The Weinberger pardon spared Republican superstars, such as Colin Powell and possibly Bush himself, from the embarrassment of testifying and opening themselves to the risk of perjury charges.

After Bush left office, the ex-president soon reneged on an understanding that he would submit to a full-scale interview with Walsh about Bush's real involvement in the scandal. Walsh had postponed the questioning until after the presidential election to spare Bush from the distraction.

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