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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."

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

It is sooooo interesting how reacting to one of God’s elect reveals the true, hidden nature of the worldly.


41 posted on 01/20/2016 1:32:55 PM PST by E=MC<sup>2</sup> (Are liberals born stupid, or do they have to work at it???)
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To: SeaHawkFan
Cruz would trust Hillary

Tell that to the tens of thousands of people who brave bad weather, long lines and delays to attend Trump rallies.

42 posted on 01/20/2016 1:33:03 PM PST by grania
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To: springwater13

Yeah, gotta listen to President Dole..oh, wait.


43 posted on 01/20/2016 1:33:15 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh
Uh oh...here comes the Bob Dole hatred thread.

Bob Dole has been disliked around here for years... nothing new there.

44 posted on 01/20/2016 1:33:53 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Darksheare

At least if Dole had won, Norm MacDonald wouldn’t have been reduced to playing Colonel Sanders.


45 posted on 01/20/2016 1:34:27 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: petercooper

We all remember President Dole...


46 posted on 01/20/2016 1:34:29 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: springwater13

BobDole knows about cataclysmic losses. BobDole engineered one when he ran.


47 posted on 01/20/2016 1:34:29 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama - the AIDS virus for the American body politic.)
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To: springwater13

The GOPe is getting broke to lead. They are going bend over to behave just like they did for Obama.


48 posted on 01/20/2016 1:34:41 PM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: Slyfox
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.

When Bob Dole was the nominee was one of the few elections I did not vote in the presidential race...

49 posted on 01/20/2016 1:35:29 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: dfwgator

yes.
Senator Dole is pretty moderate or liberal or whatever

i’m sure the leftists wish he’s all they ever had to run against


50 posted on 01/20/2016 1:36:05 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Diff tween D's and R's is that the thatD's -allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant)
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To: springwater13

The Establishment knows that Trump is a dealmaker. They can work with him. He’;s one of them. The attacks on Ted Cruz about McConnell show that.

They know that Ted Cruz isn’t one of them. So they must destroy him.


51 posted on 01/20/2016 1:36:46 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: springwater13

Dole endorsed Ted Cruz? Wow.


52 posted on 01/20/2016 1:36:52 PM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: Goldsborough

I remember the ‘96 election - the candidate who couldn’t get it up vs. the candidate who couldn’t keep it down.


53 posted on 01/20/2016 1:37:02 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama - the AIDS virus for the American body politic.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
We all remember President Dole...

And his running mate Jack "Al Gore and I agree on everything" Kemp.

54 posted on 01/20/2016 1:37:38 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: springwater13

“Here lies Robert Dole, who showed us all on national TV the amazing, miraculous power of Viagra”

(tombstone, how he will be remembered in history)


55 posted on 01/20/2016 1:38:04 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Diff tween D's and R's is that the thatD's -allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant)
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To: grania

You could at least quote my post correctly. Is copy and paste really that hard?


56 posted on 01/20/2016 1:38:08 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: springwater13

Go change your Depends, Bob. Your ilk started the problem.


57 posted on 01/20/2016 1:38:42 PM PST by shankbear (The tree of Liberty appears to be perishing because there are few patriots willing to refresh it.)
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To: springwater13

McCain? Bob Dole? This Trump guy must be Second Coming of Gerald Ford.


58 posted on 01/20/2016 1:40:33 PM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: faithhopecharity
“Here lies Robert Dole, who showed us all on national TV the amazing, miraculous power of Viagra” (tombstone, how he will be remembered in history)


59 posted on 01/20/2016 1:41:40 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: springwater13

Not surprising that the GOPe is backing another RINO. It happens every 4 years. What is surprising though is how many “conservatives” are fooled by the shyster.


60 posted on 01/20/2016 1:42:15 PM PST by Buck-I-Guy
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