[nightdriver]

The largest thing I had against Bob Dole was that he went along with the tax act of 1986 (?) that forced restaurants and others that had tips proffered by customers to pay a tax on over 8% of their sales as though that was "tip income."

This is unconstitutional because it is a tax on income that may or may not even exist but for the discretion of the customer.

Dole was just a facilitator for the democRATs in a lot of issues.

[Hank Rearden]

Dole was just a facilitator for the democRATs in a lot of issues.

OldBobDole sucks. Always has, always will. He's horrid, but was the canary in the coal mine when he was nominated for that laughable, absurd campaign of his. That told me all I ever needed to know about the Republican Party of Big Stupid Government.

After OldBobDole, I can't imagine why anyone's surprised to see what Republicans actually do once they seize the reins of power. I had their number in '91 with "read my lips".