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Bob Dole's final salute to George H.W. Bush part of senator's lasting legacy
fox10phoenix ^ | 12/09/2021 | Kelly Hayes

Posted on 12/09/2021 11:39:44 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

WASHINGTON - In 2018, Bob Dole arose from his wheelchair to salute the American flag-draped casket of George H.W. Bush — reaching past decades of a fierce political rivalry to offer a touching final tribute from one World War II veteran to another.

As an aide lifted him from his wheelchair, Dole slowly steadied himself before Bush’s casket in the Capitol Rotunda and saluted his one-time nemesis with his left hand, a necessity after he was hit by a shell fragment in Italy in 1945 and never regained use of his right hand.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bush; dole; final; salute
That was an amazing moment.
1 posted on 12/09/2021 11:39:44 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Read my lips.


2 posted on 12/09/2021 11:43:45 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dole supported Trump, None of the Bushes did except the one in Texas who still wants a political career.


3 posted on 12/09/2021 11:50:31 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?

So true!


4 posted on 12/09/2021 11:55:29 AM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It was a different world, and America had a very different place in it in their formative years. We all know society wa

The burden of empire has greatly damaged the Republic.


5 posted on 12/09/2021 12:08:00 PM PST by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I suspected that America was in a lot of trouble the day Bob Dole - a truly honorable man - lost the election to Bill Clinton - a true scoundrel.


6 posted on 12/09/2021 12:10:35 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

The 19th Amendment and the 1965 Immigration Act were the beginning of the end...


7 posted on 12/09/2021 12:16:34 PM PST by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Two WWII vets. A conversation Biden or Obama wouldn’t be interested in.


8 posted on 12/09/2021 12:39:23 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: alternatives?
Dole supported Trump, None of the Bushes did except the one in Texas who still wants a political career.


So, the Bushes were just fine with Hillary becoming President. They hated Trump so much they would rather the country suffer because of their hatred?
9 posted on 12/09/2021 2:23:38 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: The_Media_never_lie

As an ex-military officer, I would have given Bush a less than honorable salute.


10 posted on 12/09/2021 3:58:07 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Look at the harm to the country the Bushes have done. And, we are supposed to be grateful, because they were not as bad as the democrat they were running against?


11 posted on 12/09/2021 4:10:30 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Never forgot bush at the UN mentioning a new world order


12 posted on 12/10/2021 3:46:32 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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