I meant what I said -- he didn't sound like this one time in the 1996 campaign and after Clinton left office he and Clinton were on TV together and he had nothing but good to say about Clinton. Comparing what I said to taking a swipe at his military record is ludicrous. You must have a new screen name because I swear you have done the same thing to me before. Hope you enjoy yourself because I am not apologizing and not changing what I said!
Unlike some people, I respect what someone has done to defend this nation, but that doesn't give them a free pass from criticism for the rest of their life. I don't believe I said anything wrong -- ask a good number of Republicans what they thought of Bob Dole in 1996 and what they thought of him with Clinton after Bush was elected and they will give you the same answer. Not to mention some of his appointments of Chairman while head of the Senate.
I could say -- what took him so long to go after Kerry when he felt this way?
Check my member status if you like. As far as the "hope you enjoy yourself," well my Jesuit education must not be what I thought it was because I don't have the slightest idea what you mean.
As for Dole in "96 there was no one the Republicans could have run who would have beaten Clinton that year with Perot still in the race. And maybe Dole remembered how a wiseguy attitude in the face of Mr. Nice in Walter Mondale didn't do the Republicans any good in "76. As for being on TV together, the "Father" of the modern American Conservative movement, Sen. Barry Goldwater, saw fit to travel and share the same venues in debate as Sen, George McGovern, the most left leaning presidential candidare of a major party. Maybe they all take Mr. Jefferson's idea very literally about being "just friends and brave enemies"