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Bob Dole: Ted Cruz Is a RINO — He’s a Republican in Name Only’
Breitbart ^ | 1/31/16 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 01/31/2016 5:16:29 PM PST by justlittleoleme

Sunday on a special edition of Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” former Sen. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, criticized Sen. Ted Cruz
, a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination, on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses.

Dole ripped Cruz for being “an extreme conservative” and argued Cruz would shut down the government given the opportunity.

“My candidate is Jeb Bush and I wish I could see him more on Fox today. But I think we have a number of good candidates who are Republicans and we have Cruz, who I don’t think is a Republican,” Dole said. “He is an extreme conservative. There is no one like him in the Senate. No one likes him in the Senate.

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“I doubt that he’s a Republican,” Dole added. “He can’t run as an extreme conservative. He’s a RINO — he’s a Republican in name only.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2016election; bobdole; conservative; cruz; dole; gettedcruz; rino
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Ted Cruz for President - EXTREME CONSERVATIVE

I don't think Dole realizes.. Extreme conservative is still a good thing.

1 posted on 01/31/2016 5:16:29 PM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

Have another Viagra, Bob, and STFU.


2 posted on 01/31/2016 5:18:02 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: justlittleoleme

A RINO says what?


3 posted on 01/31/2016 5:18:07 PM PST by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender! REMEMBER NEDA)
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To: justlittleoleme

Have you seen him at the meetings, Bob?


4 posted on 01/31/2016 5:19:39 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth are both the ultimate RINOS!


5 posted on 01/31/2016 5:19:46 PM PST by Randy Larsen (Aim small, Miss small.)
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To: justlittleoleme

This is a very serious and credible accusation!! If anyone would know what a RINO is, Bob Dole would..


6 posted on 01/31/2016 5:20:11 PM PST by ArtDodger
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To: justlittleoleme

“LOL”


7 posted on 01/31/2016 5:20:38 PM PST by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: VictoryGal

That is kind of funny coming from Dole... wasn’t he one of the RINO founding fathers...


8 posted on 01/31/2016 5:20:45 PM PST by freespirit2012
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To: justlittleoleme

Considering the Republican political ranks have become lousy with non-Conservatives, would that mean the Republican Party isn’t Conservative at all, and that anyone who is Conservative is indeed, Republican in Name Only, because they don’t toe the line with the liberals and ‘moderates’ who hijacked the Party?


9 posted on 01/31/2016 5:21:06 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: justlittleoleme

maybe he is. but in a good way.. that means that Trump and Yeb! are just republicans.


10 posted on 01/31/2016 5:21:11 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: Randy Larsen

Yes and Libby Dole could not even get re-elected to the Senate.


11 posted on 01/31/2016 5:22:01 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: justlittleoleme

If Dole is the model of a republican, I would be proud to be labled a RINO.


12 posted on 01/31/2016 5:22:55 PM PST by DrewsDad (Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
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To: justlittleoleme

Canuck Teddy is more a fake and phony in more areas than just politics.


13 posted on 01/31/2016 5:23:06 PM PST by newfreep (TRUMP & <S>Cruz</S> 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
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To: justlittleoleme

Another original thought gleaned from FR. The Rinos on the far right.


14 posted on 01/31/2016 5:23:56 PM PST by Fhios (FR inception date 2015. I must be a mole for whoever I'm currently supporting.)
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To: justlittleoleme

I think Dole is right. Republicans are the party of Dole, McConnell, Boehnor, Cochran, Hatch, Ryan, McCain, Barbour, Graham, Romney, Bush, etc. The party is known by its leaders.

Conservatives are something else. I’m not sure where conservatives fit....but I know it’s not in the GOP.


15 posted on 01/31/2016 5:24:30 PM PST by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Bob Dole needs to tell Bob Dole to STFU


16 posted on 01/31/2016 5:24:56 PM PST by digger48
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To: justlittleoleme

So the worst dole can dole out is “He’s just like me!”


17 posted on 01/31/2016 5:24:59 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: justlittleoleme

A bit of irony here. It is all in the eyes of the beholder. The term RINO is worthless as it have been over utilized and has no meaning anymore.

People use it whenever they disagree with another candidate on perhaps as little as one issue. Example is Marco Rubio who has a Conservative rating of 98%, and has acknowledged that he did favor in the past a path to citizenship. Die-hard/rigid folks cannot forgive him even though Marco has admitted that he made a mistake by trying to work with Charles Schumer. Because it was such a public event, he cannot seam to overcome the stigma.

Just my humble opinion.


18 posted on 01/31/2016 5:25:11 PM PST by Gumdrop
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To: justlittleoleme

The Democrats and Republicans should just call themselves The Uniparty.

They are all involved in the picking and choosing which laws to obey, giving judges and agency heads law making privileges, and overturning voter approved laws.

For a sanctuary city like Los Angeles to exist would require the city council, the mayor, the police chief, the city attorney, the governor, the state attorney general, the federal courts, the California Supreme Court, the United States Supreme Court, the attorney general of the United States, and the president to work against the people in Unisom. Any one of those links in the chain could have broken a sanctuary city. But the links are all strong no matter who is in charge, Republican or Democrat and they have been for 30 years.


19 posted on 01/31/2016 5:25:27 PM PST by Haddit (Minimalists Al Gore and Al Qaeda)
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To: justlittleoleme

[“My candidate is Jeb Bush and I wish I could see him more on Fox today.”]

Try Telemundo, Bob. Maybe Primer Impacto.


20 posted on 01/31/2016 5:25:31 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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