>>>Moderates Dole and Thompson tried to toss the platform out in 1996. Thompson called it “useless” ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1877589/posts
Why ALL Conservatives need to support Duncan Hunter - Including you, Mr. Limbaugh
>>>>Fred argued in 1996 to do away with the GOP platform and considered abortion to be a “distracting issue”. <<<<
I forgot about that article. Rush needs to read it.