And now he's the Colonel.....SMH.
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."
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And now he's the Colonel.....SMH.
All that Viagra has worked preservative wonders for that acerbic prick.
No, Cruz would lose by epic proportions to Hillary. It is just how things are, sadly. Besides which Cruz has eligibility issues that are not going to go away; he cannot win. Also, if Trump were not in the race, Bush would be the nominee.
Send Bob a check, Ted - he did you a real solid with this one!
Oh good grief!
Don’t forget all of his successes in the senate.:)
The fact that the GOPe is supporting Trump is all the reason one needs to vote for Cruz.
Cruz would crush Hillary. You know the Hillary that is Trump’s good friend and was one of the best Secretarys of State, ever.
Trump voters are due to ‘Emotion’ just like Obama in 2008.
Wake up and smell the coffee, quit drinking the Kool-aid.
Cruz is the ONLY true conservative.
If Bob Dole ever endorses me for anything, please see to it that i am summarily shot
What nursing home did they interview Dole?
Did they withhold his apple sauce until he made a statement?
ha!
yes indeed, I remember...Senator Dole’s very best moment of his entire public career.... was his advertisement for his little blue prick-starch pills
what a way to be remembered in history! ha ha!!!! ha!!
No, it’s because the establishment can make a “deal” with Trump, with Cruz-not so much/.
I'll say again what I said last night. I sincerely hope that Ted keeps a healthy perspective through this, and does not "stress out" in a way that is unhealthy (physically or emotionally) in the long run. Losing a presidential primary is no disgrace.
You and your filthy bitch go away, Bob.
You are no prize and people who lived in Oklahoma at the time of the Oklahoma City bombing remember what your bitch did.
Sounds like an endorsement of Trump!
When Bob Dole was the nominee way back, I actually put my fingers on both sides of my nose and held tight as I filled in the little oval with my other hand.
I remember after he lost to Clinton, suddenly every liberal just loved Bob Dole and proclaimed what a shame it was that all Republicans couldn’t be like him.
Perfect. That Romney endorsement will be coming next.
BWAHAHAHA
Has-been establishment RINOs run to the NY Times to bash conservatives......some things never change
Just like a natural Cruz supporter you lead your post with an insult to your fellow Americans that disagree with you. Great strategy!
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