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Great Presidential Wit (...I Wish I Was in the Book)Famous for his deadpan humor, New York Times bestselling author Senator Bob Dole here brings us his favorite witticisms and hilarious remarks of this...Read More
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Reuters via Yahoo!, May 18, 2012
...his candidacy effectively died when he finished fifth with 3 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses.Bob Dole (1976) Confident that he could wing it in the first vice-presidential debate against Democrat Walter Mondale, Dole disregarded the briefing...
NPR, May 7, 2012
...can oversee huge corporations – such as The Walt Disney Company — and attend charity auctions. Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., 88, has leveraged his celebrity and savvy in multiple ways. In the late 1990s, Dole, who served more than 35 years in...
Rio Rancho Observer, May 6, 2012
...when I worked for him in the late 1980s. During my tenure with him, I volunteered for Sen. Bob Dole’s 1988 presidential campaign as an advance person (he lost to the senior Bush in the primary). Ironically, Bush asked Simpson to be his running mate,...
Consortium News, May 5, 2012
...the Executive Branch as illegitimate. During the first years of Clinton’s presidency, leading Republicans, such as Sen. Bob Dole, actually denounced President Clinton as a “pretender.” They noted that Clinton gained the White House with less...
Yahoo! News, May 1, 2012
...become the norm in campaigns for the White House. In the past quarter century, only two presidential nominees (Bob Dole and John McCain) have lacked a degree from Harvard or Yale. It wasn’t always like this. Presidents like Harry Truman, Richard Nixon...
Philadelphia Daily News, April 29, 2012
...his ticket geographically and ideologically? That didnt work for Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen in 1988, nor for Bob Dole and Jack Kemp in 1996. Should Romney pick someone who can maybe deliver a key state? That didnt work for John Kerry when he...
BusinessWeek, April 27, 2012
...would be such a fertile breeding ground for funny senators? But it has produced two of the funniest: Bob Dole and Pat Roberts. His humor is a perfect combination of wry and dry.” Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Her Twitter feed is essential reading...
Philadelphia Daily News, March 3, 2012
...in 1988, televangelist Pat Robertson upset establishment figures Vice President George H.W. Bush and Senate Republican leader Bob Dole. Many Republicans weren't pleased with that outcome, and in succeeding years, Washington held a primary instead, hoping...
TheDay.com, March 3, 2012
...Use of "I" and "me" is not allowed. Observers can use their names (like the way former Sen. Bob Dole used to do) or the "she/he" and "her/him" pronouns. For example, the editor might be inclined to say, "I'm going grocery shopping; any requests?" But...
Elyria Chronicle Telegram, March 3, 2012
...Thursday incorrectly stated they did it during the ceremony. A story Friday incorrectly identified the political party of Bob Dole, the former senator from Kansas who endorsed U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur in her Democratic primary bid in the new 9th...
Tennessean, March 3, 2012
...in 1988, televangelist Pat Robertson upset establishment figures Vice President George H.W. Bush and Senate Republican leader Bob Dole. One wild card today will be the libertarians who tend to support Paul, said Travis Ridout, an associate professor of...
Charlotte Observer, March 3, 2012
...in 1988, televangelist Pat Robertson upset establishment figures Vice President George H.W. Bush and Senate Republican leader Bob Dole. One wild card today will be the libertarians who tend to support Paul, said Travis Ridout, an associate professor of...
Moneycontrol.com, March 3, 2012
...56% favorable rating in February 2008, while George W. Bush had a 58% favorable rating in 2000 and Bob Dole had a 49% favorable rating in 1996, according to Gallup. All three of those candidates had wrapped up the party's nomination in March. Outside...
DNA India, March 3, 2012
...favorable rating in February 2008, while George W. Bush had a 58 percent favorable rating in 2000 and Bob Dole had a 49 percent favorable rating in 1996, according to Gallup. All three of those candidates had wrapped up the party’s nomination in March....
