Posted on 02/04/2008 3:43:26 PM PST by jern
Bob Dole, the former Senate Republican leader, wrote an insistent letter to Rush Limbaugh on Monday and suggested that for the good of the party, the conservative talk-show host should stop his strafing of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
On Monday's show, Limbaugh asserted that McCain has "lied about his reason for opposing the Bush tax cuts," and added: "I think McCain has an animus toward the Republican Party. I think ever since South Carolina 2000 he's had it in for the Republican Party, and one of his objectives is to destroy it and change it."
McCain, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has always had a shaky relationship with the party’s conservative base.
In a letter released Monday evening by McCain's campaign, Dole strongly defended the senator’s conservative credentials, noting that his voting record is opposed to abortion and supportive of gun-owner rights.
As McCain’s campaign gained steam, Limbaugh has used the airwaves to remind listeners daily that he does not consider the senator to be a conservative.
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Birds of a feather...
Now we will see the trashing of Bob Dole.
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is this a JOKE? dole lost......what is his advice worth?
Et tu, Bob, et tu?
What do Gerald Ford, Bob Dole and John McCain all have in common?
Yeah, Bob Dole, powerhouse candidate. I’m sure Rush is impressed.
He must’ve run out of Viagra.
No wonder, we all voted for Clinton ugh! another John Mcain look alike!
No fool like an old fool.
This is why we didn’t win in 1996.
I sometimes wonder what planet the DC elites live on.
This is a jab in Rush’s eye. An incredible insult. He really doesn’t care about the conservative vote.
Hey Bob, you have no clout, YOU were a loser, you lost to Bubba and he had only about 40% of the vote.
Nobody voted for you Bob.
Who?
The guy from the erectile dysfunction commercials?!
The only difference between Dole and Clinton is dole never raped anyone we know of.
Rush should hang his head in shame that he ever supported Dole.
Ex candidates for president as well as Ex Presidents should not be heard from about elections. (or anything else)
I don’t think anyone will trash Bob Dole—but I have to agree with Rush on this.
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