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Bob Dole endorses Romney for Republican nominee
Reuters ^ | Dec 18, 2011

Posted on 12/18/2011 5:12:27 PM PST by presidio9

Republican elder statesman and former Senate leader Bob Dole on Sunday endorsed Mitt Romney to be the Republican presidential nominee, a day after the former Massachusetts governor received the backing of Iowa's main newspaper.

In an open letter to Iowa voters, Dole - himself a former presidential candidate - said a great deal was at stake on January 3, when Iowa votes in the first nominating contest for the 2012 presidential election.

"A number of my friends are currently candidates seeking the GOP nomination. But the time has now come for us to decide who among them can defeat Barack Obama in 2012. I've made my decision, and I believe our best hope lies in Governor Mitt Romney," Dole wrote.

"As President, Mitt Romney will succeed in turning this country around," he wrote. "He rescued a flailing Winter Olympics when it was mired in financial scandal. He was an exceptional Governor of Massachusetts, who managed to both balance the state's budget and cut taxes while dealing with an overwhelmingly Democratic state legislature."

Though Dole's endorsement is not much of a surprise this election cycle, he went a different route in 2008 when Romney made his first bid for the nomination. Four years ago Romney got in some hot water when he said that Dole - who had written a letter supporting eventual Republican nominee Senator John McCain - was the last person he would want a letter from.

Dole was Senate majority leader at the same time that Newt Gingrich - one of Romney's main rivals in the quest to unseat Obama - was speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

But the two Republican congressional leaders were often at loggerheads,

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bobdole; geraldrford; iowa; loser; massachusetts; mittromney; newtgingrich; reevaluategingrich; viagrabob
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To: SunkenCiv
He rescued a flailing winter Olympics...

Is that the one where the contestants look like this:


61 posted on 12/18/2011 6:33:35 PM PST by hellbender
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To: no dems

Don’t ever accuse me disrespecting war vets again.
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you disrespect war vets

neener


62 posted on 12/18/2011 6:47:39 PM PST by mamelukesabre (.)
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To: icwhatudo

Didn’t NEWT endorse Scuzzywuzzy?


63 posted on 12/18/2011 6:50:30 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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To: mamelukesabre

I’m a disabled Vet myself. My dad got two (2) Purple Hearts in World War II. I come from a “Military heritage” and I support the Veterans every way I can. No one has ever seen or heard me disrespect war vets. But, I can say that, while I respect their service to our nation, Dole and McCain suck as politicians and “would-be” statesmen. RINOs, both. They both waged the two worst Presidential campaigns of the last 40 years.


64 posted on 12/18/2011 7:01:26 PM PST by no dems (Why do you never see "Obama" bumper stickers on cars going to work in the morning?)
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To: Saundra Duffy
Bob Dole was/is a war hero and deserves some respect.

What does his military service have to do with it? We're talking about his abysmal political views and performance, not his military service. Give your head a shake.
65 posted on 12/18/2011 7:02:01 PM PST by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
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To: presidio9
For the thousandth time ... could anyone besides the Long Island housewives who call Hannity a “Great American” actually think the GOP has ever been a conservative party?

CONSERVATIVES are “Republicans In Name Only”!!!!

Dole is the definitive Republican. Please don't call that old hack a RINO. He's as Republican as you can get. He, the Bushes, the Rockefellers, and the entire GOP have fought conservatives their whole careers. AND THEY WON.

66 posted on 12/18/2011 7:13:42 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Ding! Frog's done!)
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To: Rome2000; SunkenCiv
You have a clue! Excellent post, and really interesting home page.

I "borrowed" your "Socialism" graphic.
67 posted on 12/18/2011 7:18:25 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: presidio9
Bob Dole endorses Romney for Republican nominee

LMAO!!
Have Jim Jeffords and Linc Chafee endorsed Mittens yet?

68 posted on 12/18/2011 7:18:32 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Elle Bee
well Bob Dole is the spokesperson for E.D. ...... Erectile Dysfunction

Make that.....Electile Dysfunction

69 posted on 12/18/2011 7:27:54 PM PST by Poison Pill (Obama is the hopium of the masses)
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To: presidio9

Sqaure Bob Sponge Pants!


70 posted on 12/18/2011 7:49:24 PM PST by JaguarXKE
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To: presidio9

Not news of any significance. Any freeper to not expect this should be immediately defreeped.


71 posted on 12/18/2011 8:08:41 PM PST by jimfree (In Nov 2012 my 11 y/o granddaughter will have more relevant executive experience than Barack Obama)
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To: presidio9
KISS OF DEATH...adios ORomney
72 posted on 12/18/2011 8:09:03 PM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: hellbender

http://metacafe.tubevube.com/watch/yt-2eMkth8FWno/monty_python_and_the_holy_grail_the_black_knight/


73 posted on 12/18/2011 8:39:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! May 2013 be even Happier!)
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To: presidio9

Bob Dole...

88 years old.

That’s ok, great great grandpa... sigh...


74 posted on 12/18/2011 8:52:49 PM PST by ConfidentConservative (I think, therefore I am conservative.)
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To: icwhatudo
Well, he already picked up the coveted Dan Quayle endorsement.

LOL.

75 posted on 12/18/2011 8:55:09 PM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: presidio9

First Dan Quayle, now Bob Dole? Can it get any worse for Mitt?


76 posted on 12/18/2011 9:19:34 PM PST by faucetman
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To: presidio9

Good, two losers in bed together. We’re impressed.


77 posted on 12/19/2011 12:35:13 AM PST by tinamina
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To: Poison Pill; John S Mosby
LOL True ... Mittens can't seem to get it up over 25%

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78 posted on 12/19/2011 12:49:53 AM PST by Elle Bee
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To: presidio9

Bob Dole is still alive???


79 posted on 12/19/2011 5:19:28 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: presidio9

Can’t have much respect for someone who one day runs for the most powerful office in the world and the next day start peddling sex enhancement drugs.

Is it perhaps that you do not see the difference between the two stations in life?


80 posted on 12/19/2011 10:02:53 AM PST by 353FMG
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