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Bob Dole endorses Donald Trump
CNN ^ | May 6, 2016 | Jeremy Diamond, CNN

Posted on 05/06/2016 6:39:42 PM PDT by Innovative

Former Kansas senator and 1996 Republican nominee Bob Dole endorsed Donald Trump for president on Friday, calling for the GOP to unite around Trump in order to defeat Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee.

Dole's support gives the GOP presumptive nominee the support of another party elder on a day when other top Republicans announced their opposition. Trump inconspicuously announced the endorsement earlier on Friday at a rally in Omaha, Nebraska, as he ticked off the names of several prominent Republicans who have come around to his candidacy since he became the party's presumptive nominee earlier this week.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kansas; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016endorsements; bobdole; cancer; dole; election2016; endorsement; hero; kansas; ks2016; lungcancer; newyork; senatordole; trump; warhero
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To: Innovative

Good. Suddenly quite a number are endorsing him.


41 posted on 05/06/2016 8:06:35 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are Democrats who love war and illegal aliens)
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To: conservative98

Democraps posing as Republicans will never get behind Trump.


42 posted on 05/06/2016 8:07:09 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: ColdOne

I’m glad to see this.

It was very disappointing to hear that the Bush family isn’t going to support.

I know the Bush folks haven’t gone down well with a lot of Freepers, but I had a lot of respect for George W when he became president, and as he handled 9-11. I thought he was a good, solid president for his time, and he and his wife brought back some pride in the White House for us Washingtonians, after the sleaze years of the Clintons.

It seems very small to me, that they aren’t going to attend or support, if Trump is the nominated candidate. I expected better.

-JT


43 posted on 05/06/2016 8:07:58 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Romans Nine

Bush, Graham, Ryan, Krauthammer, Will, Rove, Kristol are losers who need to be flushed.

Yes, they are the basis for the “LOSERS HALL OF FAME”


44 posted on 05/06/2016 8:10:11 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (Y)
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To: Innovative

Dole is a patriot.


45 posted on 05/06/2016 8:32:39 PM PDT by Swede Girl
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To: bigbob

Maybe Bob figured out that nearly everything in his career has been at the behest of the Republican Party, and he decided to pay his dues.


46 posted on 05/06/2016 8:36:31 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Santorum 2016)
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To: tumblindice

Trump might consider letting Bob Dole address the conventions; without the Bushes there, he might tell us a thing or two.


47 posted on 05/06/2016 8:38:19 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Santorum 2016)
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To: All

This is probably the first time Donald Trump has been on the dole.


48 posted on 05/06/2016 8:42:15 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (I've crossed the Rubicon -- God speed Donald Trump (just remember these are two different persons))
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To: Innovative

If there’s anything Bob Dole knows, it’s a presidential nominee with the moxie to win it all - a man like Bob Dole. Bob Dole knows how to take on the Clintons, particularly when they are mired in scandal. This Bob Dole knows. Why, Bob Dole knows how to run for Vice President too and Obamacare is not covering the cost of his blue pills. Bob Dole needs a job.


49 posted on 05/06/2016 8:42:41 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Abort Hillary - again)
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To: w1andsodidwe

Read Bob Dole’s book. You might think differently. He DID wear the uniform.


50 posted on 05/06/2016 8:58:27 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Innovative

Seriously, this sends a very strong message to the RNC and the old line R money donors.


51 posted on 05/06/2016 8:59:58 PM PDT by Strac6 (The primaries are only the semi-finals. ALL THAT MATTERS IS DEFEATING HILLARY IN NOVEMBER.)
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To: Jane Austen

Have you noticed he is being endorsed by Alpha Men. It’s the wussies who are running for cover.


52 posted on 05/06/2016 9:09:08 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Jamestown1630

So did I.


53 posted on 05/06/2016 9:10:29 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Theodore R.

He paid his dues back in ‘45.


54 posted on 05/06/2016 9:11:54 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: VanDeKoik

that there was damned funny... really.
that IS how he would say it too...


55 posted on 05/06/2016 9:12:07 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
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To: Innovative

TTTT!


56 posted on 05/06/2016 9:14:11 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Innovative

Bob Dole can’t be wrong.


57 posted on 05/06/2016 9:38:33 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Ted Cruz was the man!)
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To: Innovative

As long as Dennis Hassert doesn’t endorse Trump, we’re good.


58 posted on 05/06/2016 9:40:20 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary Clinton has killed four more People than Three Mile Island.)
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To: Innovative

The only true war hero among living nominees shows why he is a man of honor. Thank you, 2nd Lieutenant Dole of the 10th Mountain Division, who nearly died in Italy from German machine gun fire, fighting for his nation.


59 posted on 05/06/2016 9:47:01 PM PDT by montag813
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To: ColdOne; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; Clintonfatigued; campaignPete R-CT; Arthur Wildfire! March

I’m surprised as well. Based on some of his (horrendous) comments in the past and my suspicion he is going senile, I would have assumed Dole would be on the same page as the Bushes and Romney.

Good for him. I’m not a big fan of Trump but support the nominee and DEFEAT HILLARY CLINTON is my position.

It’s very very strange, some RINOS are saying Never Trump, some RINOS are supporting the nominee, some conservatives are sticking with Never Trump, others are supporting the nominee. Not easily to predict, I guess.


60 posted on 05/06/2016 9:49:26 PM PDT by Impy (Did you know "Hillary" spelled backwards is "Bitch"?)
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