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Not even Bob Dole in a wheelchair can keep GOP extremists from rejecting disabilities treaty
To the wackier elements of the Republican coalition, anything bearing the label of the United Nations is part of a nefarious plot to undermine American sovereignty and sap us of our precious bodily fluids.
Consequently, we had THIS SORRY SPECTACLE today:
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole [above] made a rare Senate appearance this morning, sitting in a wheelchair just off the floor so that members would have to see him as they entered the chamber. Why? Because they were poised to vote on ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and Dole hoped to send …
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Tagged Bob Dole, Republicans, U.S. Senate, United Nations
Bob Dole says Bob Dole doesn’t like Newt Gingrich
OK, I’ll admit it. I probably wouldn’t have written a post on this matter but for the opportunity to write a headline mocking Bob Dole’s curious penchant for referring to himself in the third person.
Anyway, Dole SAYS the misfortunes of the Republican ticket in 1996, with him at the top of it, were partly the blame of…guess who? (Oh, right. You already read the headline.)
Anyway, here’s some of what Dole says about the Newtster in a statement released by Mitt Romney’s campaign:
If Gingrich is the nominee it will have an adverse impact on Republican …
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