Posted on 12/05/2021 9:01:29 AM PST by Drew68
Bob Dole has died at 98.
it was Dole in 96
You can't have a better endorsement than that.
Bobdole! Bobdole! Bobdole!
I actually thought he was going to win in 1996.
I've grown up a little since then.
He was also Ford’s Running Mate in 1976.
He was a good soldier who served honorably and like so many of his peers, his generation etc. he moved into the world of politics to serve that system for better or worse.
Politics is where there is compromise and moderation by tradition.
To many of us such compromise and moderation was to the detriment of the nation not its betterment.
RIP Bob Dole.
He supported Trump much more than any of the other GOP presidents and presidential candidates.
RIP
RIP Bob.
Crusty disabled WWII veteran, I liked him, may he rest in peace.
Not a chance.
I remember this election well. I even voted for Dole but in '96, there just wasn't a sense that the country was on the wrong track. Gingrich's congress had tempered Clinton's lefty ambitions, forcing him to the center where he governed very effectively. His worst scandals were still ahead of him. The economy was doing pretty well, having not yet experienced the "great sucking sound" that NAFTA would soon bring. The internet was starting to enter into people's homes and lives, bringing with it a sense of optimism at the potentials of the future.
Even at the time, people didn't really think Dole had a shot and that he got the nomination only because he was the "elder statesmen" and was due to at least hold that honor. In 96, nobody thought Clinton would lose and Perot wasn't even a factor.
It was “his turn” in 1996. I’m glad Trump destroyed that culture as a winning outsider. They told us it had to be BobDole (spoken as one word) since only he was “electable.” He got bashed for his age and he was what 73? And creepy Joe is much older. His wife was the star at that convention in my old home town of San Diego. I’ll agree with Bob “where’s the outrage?” But Clinton fatigue hasn’t set in yet. RIP.
Hadn’t*
Dole was one of the few establishment Trumpers, but like the establishment, he bailed out and didn’t believe there was The Steal.
That doesn’t matter, you have to look at the votes in the individual states and see where there would have been a differnce in the EVs. How many States would have gone to Dole, had Perot not run?
My sweet Grandmother, my Mom's Mom, lived to be 99 years, 7 months old. What a gal. As good as good gets. God gave her a long and happy life, with 7 children. Married to my Grandfather for over 55 years when he died of cancer. She was born and raised in the country. Lived on a farm all her young years and early marriage years, before they moved to the "big city" (my old hometown) which harbored a population of 20-25 thousand folks. To her that would have seemed like NY City. They lived, my Mom was born there, in the deep rural country of rural Alabama back in the teens, 20s and 30s, of the 1900s. My Grandmom was born in the 1890s. My Mom used to talk about her Mother being her best friend. Always there to talk to you. Our pastor was at our church 36 years. He called all the ladies by Miss "Sue" or Miss "June", but my Grandmother was ALWAYS, Mrs. Rogers. He would come by her house two or three times a week, just to sit with her and talk. The pastor came to her home, to be educated on being a pastor and how to work his church and deal with people. He thought the world of her. She died after he had retired. But he was the one the family asked to come and assist the new pastor in her funeral. That is the kind of lasting impression she left on people. I miss her even today, 30 some odd years later. Almost as much I miss my own Mom and Dad. But I will see her and my Mom again one day, probably soon, when the Lord calls His bride home to be with Him in Heaven. I think that day draws near, much more near than we all think. I really think that. The question really is, are YOU ready? Do YOU know HIM? Time runs short my friends. Don't let it come and go and you be left standing here wondering what just happened!! To be saved in the Tribulation period is not going to be an easy thing to do. It will cost you your head and life. The BOOK says so!!!
Oh, by all means, if it is anywhere near by.
He supported Trump much more than any of the other GOP presidents and presidential candidates.
^ THAT ^
RIP
I met him in Miami Beach in 1972 at the Republican National Convention when he was party chairman. He was one of my political heroes then. And still.
I did, too. I just kept saying, "A war hero vs a draft dodger." But Carville was right: it was the economy, stupid.
RIP. Besides his other accomplishments he was the driving force to have the World War II monument built in DC.
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