Posted on 04/22/2014 1:09:51 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
(CNN) - Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole argued that some of the men among the younger generation of potential GOP presidential candidates aren't quite ready to take on the White House.
"A number of the younger members, first-termers like Rand Paul, (Marco) Rubio and that extreme-right-wing guy – Ted Cruz? All running for president now," he said in an interview this week with The Wichita Eagle. "I don't think they've got enough experience yet."
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The former Republican senator from Kansas and 1996 GOP presidential nominee - who also served as a U.S. congressman as well as the GOP vice presidential nominee in 1976 - is returning to his roots this week for a nine-county tour around Kansas.
At meet-and-greet events and public discussions, the 90-year-old is sharing stories and taking questions from his former constituents.
Cruz made headlines last month for publicly criticizing Dole, as well as other failed GOP presidential nominees like John McCain and Mitt Romney. The Texas Republican said they were "good" and "decent men" but he suggested that they lacked principle and stood "for nothing," which was why they lost.
Dole told CNN at the time that "Senator Cruz needs to check the record before passing judgment."
As the former politician and World War II veteran travels around Kansas, he's emphasizing a message of bipartisanship.
"I always tried when I was the (Senate Republican Leader) leader for 10 years to of course work with my Republicans but also reach out to my friends on the other side. I found out you get more done if you sometimes have to compromise," he said Monday at an event in Olathe, Kansas.
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Bub Dull, a real dynamo.
Dole is too 1940’s to be up to speed on modern politics.
Opinions are formed YEARS in advance not days.
voting is not one day, it is weeks.
The NERVE of this dumbass! Just the $^#%#^& NERVE!
He is the earliest example of what the GOPe is. A “My Turn” loser that was in DC for too many years, and didn’t even try to mount a challenge to Clinton.
What the hell wee GOP voters thinking nominating this dude?
“So sayeth the RINO mega-loser.”
He just means they haven’t been bribed enough.
Don’t forget though that old BJ won both times with the famous Clintonian plurality. Even in 96 he was only a 49 percenter.
He did a really great Depends commercial...
When your pen is harder that you are, it’s time to visit your doctor about ED
Honestly, I thought he was dead.
Bob Dole is probably too old to know what STFU means. But he needs to STFU.
I think it is envy.
If anyone under 50 gets in, that means all those useless insiders wasted their lives kissing butts.
Isn’t Bob Dole dead yet!
Hey Bob you are still a loser.
From the original “not ready”.
I agree with you about RubioRino
They’d get more votes than he did!
Bob Dud should go home and waite for the grim reaper. He is one of the reasons we lost the white House and like his insane senate brother McLaim they need to get along with retirement.
Well okay, Bob. Apparently you weren’t “ready” in many ways.
Just sayin’
“Bob Dole is probably too old to know what STFU means. But he needs to STFU.”
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At this point Dole basically has nothing to offer, no wisdom to pass down and no best wishes to offer the folks (Tea Partiers) standing up in a desperate attempt to defend the Constitutional Republic.
And he won’t STFU until he has replaced Fonzi as a spokesperson for reverse mortgages and completes that gig.
Right here lies the problem. When the federal government "gets something done", it is nearly always something that strips liberty from the states and the citizens....
This is a very old photo of Bob Dole, he’s 91 years old.
http://willrabbe.com/storage/bob-dole-viagra2.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1289830665483
A more current photo would show Mr. Dole eating his oatmeal one spoonful at a time as an aide puts it in his mouth for him.
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