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Bob Dole Warns of ‘Cataclysmic’ Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better
NY Times ^

Posted on 01/20/2016 1:23:56 PM PST by springwater13

Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, has never been fond of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. But in an interview Wednesday, Mr. Dole said that the party would suffer "cataclysmic" and "wholesale losses" if Mr. Cruz was the nominee, and that Donald J. Trump would fare better.

"I question his allegiance to the party,” Mr. Dole said of Mr. Cruz. "I don't know how often you've heard him say the word ‘Republican’ — not very often." Instead, Mr. Cruz uses the word "conservative," Mr. Dole said, before offering up a different word for Mr. Cruz: "extremist."

"I don’t know how he's going to deal with Congress," he said. “Nobody likes him."

But Mr. Dole said he thought Mr. Trump could "probably work with Congress, because he's, you know, he's got the right personality and he’s kind of a deal-maker."

The remarks by Mr. Dole reflect wider unease with Mr. Cruz among members of the Republican establishment, but few leading members of the party have been as candid and cutting.

"If he’s the nominee, we're going to have wholesale losses in Congress and state offices and governors and legislatures," said Mr. Dole, who served in the House and Senate for 35 years and won the Iowa caucuses twice. He described Mr. Cruz as having falsely "convinced the Iowa voters that he’s kind of a mainstream conservative."

The only person who could stop Mr. Cruz from capturing the nomination? "I think it's Trump," Mr. Dole said, adding that Mr. Trump was "gaining a little."

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bobdole; gope; irony; trumpbots; trumpgasm
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To: springwater13

Isn’t this because Cruz filibustered a bill Dole wanted for an outrageous expansion of ADA rules?


121 posted on 01/20/2016 3:03:36 PM PST by montag813
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To: springwater13

You can just take your kiss of death and get on out of here, Mr. Bob Dole!


122 posted on 01/20/2016 3:04:31 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: springwater13
Who came up with this?

Rove?

Ed Rollins? Who worked for a Tea Party Candidate some years ago and destroyed her campaign.

They think it will be the kiss of death for Trump, being supported by ol’ doesn't-roll-out-of-bed Dole.

123 posted on 01/20/2016 3:05:06 PM PST by Syncro (Stop the GOP/Dem Voter Fraud!)
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Wow, Dole is spot on with his comments. Like it or not, the Republican Party is NOT that far right and because of loud voices on the far right, many have left the party or don’t vote. Trump is the only one who can beat Hillary.


124 posted on 01/20/2016 3:05:53 PM PST by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: Bubba_Leroy

I almost wish Cruz would get the nomination and suffer a total blowout just to shut up this insufferable nonsense. :)


125 posted on 01/20/2016 3:07:43 PM PST by erlayman (yw)
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To: springwater13

Pure party loyalty and Senate decorum. That’s all the old fogie cares about.


126 posted on 01/20/2016 3:07:50 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: springwater13
BS. My dog could beat Hillary or Sanders.


127 posted on 01/20/2016 3:09:05 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh
Uh oh...here comes the Bob Dole hatred thread.

Apologizing for the McConnell of his day? Shows you stand WITH the GOPe.

128 posted on 01/20/2016 3:10:28 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Bless you Samwise the stouthearted. May the hair on your feet be always curly.


129 posted on 01/20/2016 3:12:29 PM PST by demshateGod (Trump: We will have to leave borders behind and go for global unity)
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To: springwater13

STHU Two Time Loser

You couldn’t beat Slick Willie, algor OR . . .Carter

With a record like that, you should go back to Viagra . . or was it Cialis


130 posted on 01/20/2016 3:12:51 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (If you're "offended" by "Merry Christmas" then you have much bigger issues)
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To: MrEdd
people who lived in Oklahoma at the time of the Oklahoma City bombing remember what your bitch did.

What did she do?

131 posted on 01/20/2016 3:14:19 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

See post 105.


132 posted on 01/20/2016 3:22:38 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: springwater13

Watch Bob Dole Giggle Over How Much He Hates Ted Cruz

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/664622767376089088


133 posted on 01/20/2016 3:35:19 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! Born in the USA!)
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To: All

By the way, Dole already endorsed Jeb, not trump.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bob-dole-ted-cruz-jeb-bush-endorsement

“I think he’s the most qualified. We need somebody with experience,” Dole said of the younger Bush.


134 posted on 01/20/2016 3:37:53 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! Born in the USA!)
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To: springwater13

Well, Dole knows all about cataclysmic losses, since he’s had his share.


135 posted on 01/20/2016 3:39:24 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: springwater13

This is the best the NYT could come up trolling the nursing homes of America?


136 posted on 01/20/2016 3:40:36 PM PST by BlueYonder
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To: VanDeKoik

I thought he was dead.


137 posted on 01/20/2016 3:45:36 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: springwater13

Dole’s endorsement is a negative not a positive. Sarah’s was a positive.


138 posted on 01/20/2016 3:59:26 PM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: springwater13

Bob Dole Warns of 'Cataclysmic' Losses

Bob, you lost to a guy who got impeached. And you would have gotten one less vote if Jack Kemp had not been your running mate.

139 posted on 01/20/2016 4:05:39 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: faithhopecharity
I lost my respect for Bob Dole after hearing him tell the story of why he got into politics. When he was younger and a bit more charismatic, he was approached by Kansas Democrats encouraging him to run for office. They told him he had the makings of a good political leader. Dole took them up on their advice, but decided to run as a Republican instead because Kansas elected Republicans.

Nothing about ideals. Nothing about conviction. Nothing about conservatism. Only that he became a Republican only because it was easier to get into office in Kansas as a Republican.

140 posted on 01/20/2016 4:10:32 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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