Dole on Paul, Cruz, Rubio: They're not ready

CNN ^ | April 22nd, 2014

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(CNN) - Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole argued that some of the men among the younger generation of potential GOP presidential candidates aren't quite ready to take on the White House.

"A number of the younger members, first-termers like Rand Paul, (Marco) Rubio and that extreme-right-wing guy – Ted Cruz? All running for president now," he said in an interview this week with The Wichita Eagle. "I don't think they've got enough experience yet."

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The former Republican senator from Kansas and 1996 GOP presidential nominee - who also served as a U.S. congressman as well as the GOP vice presidential nominee in 1976 - is returning to his roots this week for a nine-county tour around Kansas.

At meet-and-greet events and public discussions, the 90-year-old is sharing stories and taking questions from his former constituents.

Cruz made headlines last month for publicly criticizing Dole, as well as other failed GOP presidential nominees like John McCain and Mitt Romney. The Texas Republican said they were "good" and "decent men" but he suggested that they lacked principle and stood "for nothing," which was why they lost.

Dole told CNN at the time that "Senator Cruz needs to check the record before passing judgment."

As the former politician and World War II veteran travels around Kansas, he's emphasizing a message of bipartisanship.

"I always tried when I was the (Senate Republican Leader) leader for 10 years to of course work with my Republicans but also reach out to my friends on the other side. I found out you get more done if you sometimes have to compromise," he said Monday at an event in Olathe, Kansas.

[Servant of the Cross]

Jurassic cabal

That has the makings of an AT article!

[C. Edmund Wright]

maybe it does…my last two have been two of their biggest ever……maybe I’m on a roll….

[haircutter]

Mr. Dole…appreciate your service to our country but at 90+ years old, don't appreciate your comments about three great Americans that are all qualified to be POTUS…

where is his wife??? why does she allow him to embarrass himself?

[left that other site]

Bob Dole??????????

BOB DOLE???????

REALLY??????

LOL.

[RoosterRedux]

I agree with Dole. Any man who is too young to have erectile dysfunction is too young to run the country!

/s

[jayrunner]

If being “ready” is a criteria for being President, what about the present occupant of the White House?

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I had forgotten that

[hattend]

"I always tried when I was the (Senate Republican Leader) leader for 10 years to of course work with my Republicans but also reach out to my friends on the other side. I found out you get more done if you sometimes have to compromise,"

Then let the other side reach across and compromise for a while. Boob Dull AND Juan McLame have given away America's birthright the last 2 decades.