[Rodney King]

In 1996 we were told that we had to have Bob Dole because he had the best chance to win.

As a result, we passed up dynamic thinkers like Steve Forbes whose ideas galvanized the nation. I am not saying that Forbes would have won, but his loss would have meant something. It would have brought in an entire new youth interested in ideas. What did we get out of Dole's loss? Nothing.

[DB]

I donated to and voted for Forbes in the primary.

Wish he had won.

[CutePuppy]

Forbes was my favorite candidate in 1996 and 2000.

Dole helped stab Gingrich in the back during budget showdown with Clinton, as media was egging him on to be a "grownup" in a "class of children". He thought media would help him in a run for the President, then wondered "Where is the outrage?" when media laughed at him. McCain and Rudy have been "drafted" by the media to be "frontrunners" in GOP primaries.

The lessons of "follow the media" in 1996 and 2006 should be clear for all to see.

[snoringbear]

I agree with the header "Don't Bob Dole us again". While Dole was/is a good guy, a long serving Republican who has paid his dues, etc, etc, ,etc, he was just flat too old, out of energy, and and about as exciting as white bread. Frankly, the current crop of so called GOP front runners fit that same profile. I kinda like the notion of Fred Thompson running. Even better would be someone perhaps a little younger and with more charisma. There's gotta be someone out there somewhere who can excite the GOP base, I hope....

[Jmouse007]

Rudy Giuliani is no Bob Dole. He will fight to win and KO Hidabeast and Osamma Obamma... big time.

[The Pack Knight]

As a result, we passed up dynamic thinkers like Steve Forbes whose ideas galvanized the nation. I am not saying that Forbes would have won, but his loss would have meant something. It would have brought in an entire new youth interested in ideas. What did we get out of Dole's loss? Nothing.

I was a Bob Dornan man in those days, who was basically his day's Duncan Hunter, albeit slightly better known. Of course, I was also 16 and didn't know better. Looking back, Steve Forbes might have not have looked or sounded "Presidential", but even in defeat he would have been a much better candidate than Dole, one whose ideas might have put some momentum back into the stalled 1994 revolution.

[montag813]

As a result, we passed up dynamic thinkers like Steve Forbes whose ideas galvanized the nation.

Steve Forbes would never have won. He is a brilliant man, with a bizarre facial appearance that makes him look like either a retard or a psychopath.