Cruz: Media, Establishment’s ‘Chosen One’ Rubio Is Unelectable Like Dole, McCain, Romney
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Breitbart ^
| 5 Feb 2016 | Michelle Moons
At a Thursday event in Weare, New Hampshire, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) labeled opposing candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as the media-anointed "chosen one" for the GOP establishment but ultimately unelectable like prior failed nominees.
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Bob Dole: Ted Cruz Is a RINO — He’s a Republican in Name Only’
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Breitbart ^
| 1/31/16 | Jeff Poor
Sunday on a special edition of Fox News Channel’s “Your World,†former Sen. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, criticized Sen. Ted Cruz , a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination, on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses. Dole ripped Cruz for being “an extreme conservative†and argued Cruz would shut
down the government given the opportunity.“My candidate is Jeb Bush and I wish I could see him more on Fox today. But I think we have a number of good candidates who are Republicans and we have Cruz, who I don’t think is a Republican,†Dole said. “He...
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Bob Dole Hates Ted Cruz With The Fire Of A Thousand Burning Suns
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BuzzFeed ^
| 1/26/2016 | Andrew Kaczynski
Bob Dole, the former senator from Kansas and the 1996 Republican nominee for president, made it clear in a radio interview with the Michael Smerconish Show on Monday how much he really dislikes Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Dole said that right now he's a "Jeb Bush man," but added that he thinks
Donald Trump would be a better president than Ted Cruz because Trump would make deals and compromise with Congress. Here are some of things Dole said about Cruz: "I don't think Ted is a Republican, he's a conservative extremist." "He uses the title Republican because there's no conservative...
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Ted Cruz Slams Bob Dole and Donald Trump as Corrupt Establishment Leaders
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Time ^
| January 21, 2016 | Zeke J Miller
The fight heats up Texas Sen. Ted Cruz returned fire on establishment Republicans Thursday, including former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, who suggested that Cruz would fare worse in a general election than Donald Trump. Speaking to reporters following a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Cruz said Dole, among others, were looking to
continue the "cronyism" and "corruption" of Washington. "If you think of the last time we beat the Washington cartel it was 1980, it was the Reagan revolution, where millions of Americans rose up," Cruz said. "And I would note that Mr. Dole then opposed Reagan, and said we...
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Bob Dole: A Ted Cruz nomination would be 'cataclysmic' for the GOP
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Yahoo Politiks ^
| 1-21-16 | Dylan Stableford
Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole is warning GOP voters that putting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at the top of the ticket would be "cataclysmic" for the party. "If
he's the nominee, we're going to have wholesale losses in Congress and state offices and governors and legislatures," Dole, who served in the House and Senate for 35 years and won the Iowa caucuses twice, told the New York Times. "I don't know how often you've heard him say the word 'Republican' - not very often," Dole said, adding, "I don't know how he's going to deal with Congress. Nobody likes...
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Bob Dole, Who Opposed Ronald Reagan in 1980, Thinks Donald Trump is Better Than Ted Cruz
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The Resurgent ^
| January 20, 2016, 04:35pm | Erick Erickson
Full Title: Shortened to fit. Bob
Dole, Who Opposed Ronald Reagan in 1980 as Too Fringe, Thinks Donald Trump is Better Than Ted Cruz Former Senator Bob Dole opposed Ronald Reagan in 1980. Dole feared Reagan would cause substantial losses for the GOP. In fact, Dole was so terrified of what Reagan would do to the GOP that in March of 1980, as Reagan was on course to secure the GOP's nomination, Dole publicly and privately urged former President Gerald Ford to get into the race to stop Reagan. This Bob Dole, the Dole who lost the 1996 election to...
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Bob Dole sees "cataclysmic" losses this year if Ted Cruz beats Donald Trump
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Hotair ^
| 01/21/2016 | AllahPundit
At some point during the past week I entered a Twilight Zone episode where constitutional conservative Sarah Palin thinks Donald Trump is the future of America and elder statesmen Bob Dole thinks Ted Cruz, more so than the third-party-flirting former Democrat Trump, is the one with the loyalty problem to the
GOP.Incidentally, didn’t this guy endorse Jeb Bush? Why is he talking up Trump here? "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...
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Bob Dole Warns of 'Cataclysmic' Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better
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The New York Times ^
| January 20, 2016 | Maggie Haberman
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 were 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:...
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Bob Dole: Bob Dole Sees "Cataclysmic" Losses This Year If Ted Cruz Beats Donald Trump
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Hotair ^
| 1/20/2016 | Allahpundit
At some point during the past week I entered a Twilight Zone episode where constitutional conservative Sarah Palin thinks Donald Trump is the future of America and elder statesmen Bob Dole thinks Ted Cruz, more so than the third-party-flirting former Democrat Trump, is the one with the loyalty problem to the GOP.
Incidentally, didn’t this guy endorse Jeb Bush? Why is he talking up Trump here? “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...
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Bob Dole Backs Trump Over “Catastrophic†Cruz (Bushes and Romney next?)
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Legal Insurrection ^
| January 20, 2016 | Jonathan Levin
Is Republican establishment willing to stop Cruz at any cost? Bob
Dole, who has endorsed Jeb Bush, has weighed in on the budding Ted Cruz v. Donald Trump contest in the early GOP primaries, and backed Trump in the strongest terms. According to the New York Times, Dole warned of "cataclysmic," and "wholesale losses" if Cruz is nominated. Dole's logic is viewing the Trump/Cruz contest explicitly in terms of what is better for the Republican Party establishment: "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...
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Bob Dole Warns of ‘Cataclysmic’ Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better
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NY Times ^
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:...
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Former SC AG, McCain, Bush, Dole SC Co-Chairman Endorses Ted Cruz for President (Charlie Condon)
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Cruz News ^
| January 13, 2016
HOUSTON, Texas - Today, Former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon endorsed Ted Cruz for President. A two-term AG in the Palmetto State, Condon led in guaranteeing constitutional rights for victims of crime. He
served as John McCain's South Carolina Co-Chair in 2008, George Bush’s South Carolina Co-Chairman in 2000, and South Carolina Chairman for Bob Dole in 1996."Ted Cruz's fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law makes him a welcome figure after eight years of Obama's lawlessness," said Condon. "No one has fought harder to protect the rights and freedoms of Americans than Ted Cruz. From Texas...
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Bush-backer Bob Dole hits Trump, Cruz (sleep in on election day if Cruz nominee)
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The Hill ^
| December 8, 2015 | Jesse Byrnes
Former Republican presidential nominee Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) goes after GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in a new interview. Dole
told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that Trump "says things over the top and people applaud. And he's insulted about everybody, every other candidate. "And Cruz is so extreme," Dole, a backer of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's White House bid, continued in the interview, airing Tuesday afternoon on "Andrea Mitchell Reports." "He's not a ... traditional Republican conservative," he added of Cruz. "Achievements are shutting down the government twice and calling the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell,...
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Bob Dole really, really doesn’t like Ted Cruz
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The Washington Post's The Fix ^
| December 8, 2015 | Chris Cillizza
On MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" Tuesday, the veteran anchor sat down with former Senate majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole to talk, ostensibly, about the current state of his party and the rise of Donald Trump. But the Kansas Republican had something else on his mind. And
that something else was how much he dislikes Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. In a question about what Dole makes of Trump, the former Senate leader quickly turned matters to Cruz. "He's not traditional Republican conservative," Dole said of the Texan. "Achievements are shutting down the government twice, and calling the...
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Bob Dole: I Like Every GOP Candidate — Except For Ted Cruz
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Talk Radio News Service ^
| November 12, 2015 | Victoria Jones
(TRNS)- Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole said Thursday that he liked every GOP candidate running for president — except Ted Cruz.During an interview with ABC News, Dole said that he “likes nearly every candidate.†Dole
then turned to his wife and uttered under his breathe “except Ted Cruz.â€ÂDole recently endorsed Jeb Bush for president in what continues to be a wide open Republican primary season.
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Bob Dole Endorses Jeb Bush, and Knocks Ted Cruz
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The New York Times' First Draft ^
| November 11, 2015 | Maggie Haberman
Former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas endorsed Jeb Bush for president on Wednesday, saying he believed that the former Florida governor was the best qualified candidate — and also making clear that he still held a grudge against Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. The endorsement, timed for Veterans Day — Mr. Dole
fought in World War II — was announced by Mr. Bush’s campaign. But NBC News, in a brief interview with Mr. Dole, the Republican nominee for president in 1996, had cool words for only one candidate. “I think he’s the most qualified, and we need somebody with experience...
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Bob Dole Endorses Jeb Bush, and Knocks Ted Cruz
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The New York Times' First Draft ^
| November 11, 2015 | Maggie Haberman
Former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas endorsed Jeb Bush for president on Wednesday, saying he believed that the former Florida governor was the best qualified candidate — and also making clear that he still held a grudge against Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. The endorsement, timed for Veterans Day — Mr. Dole
fought in World War II — was announced by Mr. Bush’s campaign. But NBC News, in a brief interview with Mr. Dole, the Republican nominee for president in 1996, had cool words for only one candidate. “I think he’s the most qualified, and we need somebody with experience...
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Bob Dole Endorses Jeb Bush, and Knocks Ted Cruz
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The New York Times' First Draft ^
| November 11, 2015 | Maggie Haberman
Former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas endorsed Jeb Bush for president on Wednesday, saying he believed that the former Florida governor was the best qualified candidate — and also making clear that he still held a grudge against Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. The endorsement, timed for Veterans Day — Mr. Dole
fought in World War II — was announced by Mr. Bush’s campaign. But NBC News, in a brief interview with Mr. Dole, the Republican nominee for president in 1996, had cool words for only one candidate. “I think he’s the most qualified, and we need somebody with experience...
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Ted Cruz: First Thing I’ll Do As President Is Send Flowers And Condolences To Reporters..
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buzzfeed ^
| June 8, 2015 | Andrew Kaczynski
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz poked fun at reporters at a town hall event last week, saying he’d send a condolence note to reporters and editors that would have to check themselves into therapy if he were elected president. “Let
me start by saying if I’m elected, January 2017, I suppose the first thing I should do is send flowers and a note of condolences to all of the reporters and editors who’ve check themselves into therapy,” said Cruz to radio host Jeff Kuhner at a WRKO town hall event.
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Cruz: If We Nominate Another Dole, McCain or Romney "Millions Of People Will Stay Home"
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Real Clear Politics ^
| October 30 2014 | RealClearPolitics
"We need to learn from history; we need to look to history, what works and what doesn't. One
thing is clear: If Republicans run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole or a John McCain or a Mitt Romney, let me be clear, all three of those are good honest men, decent men, they are patriots, but if we run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole or a John McCain or a Mitt Romney, we will end up with the same result, which is millions of people will stay home on Election Day."
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