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Democrats are outraged over Sen. Bob Dole's decision to question the circumstances under which John Kerry claimed three Purple Hearts. But they were silent nine years ago, when GOP-bashing cartoonist Gary Trudeau actually derided then-presidential candidate Dole for being wounded and almost dying in World War II. The subject of Trudeau's attack on Dole's combat wounds came up only once in mainstream media reports, during an April 1995 interview with Dole on ABC's "Prime Time Live." The network's Sam Donaldson showed the GOP candidate the cartoon, noting: "Three weeks ago, Trudeau drew a cartoon in which a television viewer...