the sad thing is dole repressed much of his humorous personality in the 96 campaign. I think this was a major error on his part, based on whatever advice he had on the matter. He can/could be a very humorous man.
As was evidenced by the Viagra commercial after his disastrous campaign. Had he shown even a tenth of the humor he demonstrated in that one commercial in said campaign, it could well have ended quite differently...
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