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Speaker 1: On this episode of Newtsworld, I want to spend some

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Speaker 1: away this week at the age of ninety eight, Bob Dole.

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Speaker 1: Bob Dole was from Russell, Kansas, a point he made constantly.

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Speaker 1: One time, I was actually in Russell and I called

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Speaker 1: He was awarded a second purple heart. He spent three

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Speaker 1: years recovering in hospitals, and that really understates it. His

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Speaker 1: college and law school on the GI Bill, and in

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Speaker 1: nineteen fifty one he was elected to the Kansas State Legislature.

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Speaker 1: By nineteen fifty two was also elected as Russell County Attorney,

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Speaker 1: sixty seven Age Discrimination Act. Bob came out of the

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Speaker 1: classic Republican model. Kansas was the state which had produced

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Speaker 1: Eisenhower as Commanding General of Allied forces in Europe, was

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Speaker 1: But Doll was very, very disciplined, and he was very patient.

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Speaker 1: wealthy moderate bushes. Perhaps it was because the likable and

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Speaker 1: talented Mary Will wrote for both men as a speech writer.

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Speaker 1: Perhaps because Reagan was always a sucker for war heroes.

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Speaker 1: Whatever reason, they always got along. Bob Dole's childhood could

437
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Speaker 1: easily be mistaken for a description of a Norman Rockwell painting.

438
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Speaker 1: His mother was gregarious and his father was reserved. Quote.

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Speaker 1: She could cook ham and eggs for five or fifty

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Speaker 1: and never drop an egg when dol waul get into

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Speaker 1: trouble as a child. Quote, she would do the spanking

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Speaker 1: quite a few for goofing around as a kid. Close quote.

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Speaker 1: Despite the spankings, they were extremely close through life. Even

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Speaker 1: when Bob Doe was in Congress. They talked almost every

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Speaker 1: week end. He remarked that in nineteen eighty three, during

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Speaker 1: the tense negotiations over Social Security, his biggest lobbyist for

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Speaker 1: saving Social Security was his mother, who was lobbying from

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Speaker 1: her home. She would simply say to him, do the

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Speaker 1: right thing. That year, he and Democratic Senator Pat moynihan

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Speaker 1: would reach a compromise to save the unbattered program. Tadoe

451
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Speaker 1: saving Social Security was his happiest single memory in public life.

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Speaker 1: Bob Doe was a star athlete in high school, playing

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Speaker 1: on the Russell football team and running the eight hundred

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Speaker 1: in track. His nights and week ends were spent behind

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Speaker 1: the counter at Dawson drug Store. He graduated high school

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Speaker 1: in nineteen forty one and was recruited to play basketball

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Speaker 1: at the University of Kansas. He may have made a

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Speaker 1: fine professional athlete, but like many young men, World War

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Speaker 1: Two would dramatically alter his life. Quote. When the Japanese

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Speaker 1: bomb Pearl Harbor, we knew it was our destiny to

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Speaker 1: answer our nation's call, doll said. He joined the United

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Speaker 1: States Armies Enlisted Reserve Corps not long after the attack,

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Speaker 1: earning a commission as a second Lieutenant. He was eventually

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Speaker 1: assigned to the tenth Mountain Division, or, as it was

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Speaker 1: relayed to him, the Ski Division. The Light Infantry Union

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Speaker 1: was designed explicitly to fight in mountainous and freezing conditions.

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Speaker 1: This was concerning the Dole, as the flat plains cans unnoticed.

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00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: I had never skied before. Regardless, he undertook the assignment

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Speaker 1: with determination and good humor. Poetically, he once said, quote

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Speaker 1: in World War Two, we were all brothers on the battlefield,

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Speaker 1: he recalled gis weeping in their foxholes the day F. D. R. Died.

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Speaker 1: Going to war was not his plan. It wasn't any

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Speaker 1: one's but off to war. He went because he loved

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Speaker 1: his country and wanted to defend it. Operation Grape Shot,

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Speaker 1: the nineteen forty five Allied Spring Offensive in Italy, was

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Speaker 1: to be the final push permanently eliminating the German resistance

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Speaker 1: in Italy. Lieutenant Dole and his tenth Mountain Division were

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Speaker 1: to be a key force fighting uphill against deeply entrenched Germans.

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Speaker 1: On April fourteenth, nineteen forty two, Lieutenant Dole was leading

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Speaker 1: a company of the eighty fifth Infantry Regiment in a

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Speaker 1: battle to take Hill nine thirteen when they found themselves

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Speaker 1: engaged by heavy machine gun fire. In an unbelievable display

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Speaker 1: of courage, Dole charged and eliminated a machine gun nest

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Speaker 1: with a well thrown grenade. After falling back into his foxhole,

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Speaker 1: he saw his radio man, Corporal Ed Simms, collapse. He

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Speaker 1: braved enemy fire again to pull the young man into

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Speaker 1: his foxhole, but as he rose from the foxhole again,

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Speaker 1: a Nazi shell exploded near him. He later recalled seeing

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Speaker 1: his parents and his little home flash before his eyes.

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Speaker 1: When he came to, he couldn't move his arms or

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Speaker 1: his legs. He thought his arm was shot off, and

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Speaker 1: indeed it nearly was only attached by a few ligaments.

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Speaker 1: The pain almost made him pass out. Somehow, he was

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Speaker 1: carried off the battlefield. His men thought he wouldn't survive

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Speaker 1: the day. They gave him a large dose of morphine

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Speaker 1: and marked his forehead with a large em in his

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Speaker 1: own blood. It was nine hours before he was finally

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Speaker 1: evacuated to a field hospital. Dole arrived at the first

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Speaker 1: of many hospitals as a quadriplegic, where he was enclosed

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Speaker 1: in a full body cast for months. He was shipped

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Speaker 1: back to a Kansas military hospital, one that most doctors

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Speaker 1: speculated he would never leave. A chaplain was eventually called

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Speaker 1: to administer last rites. He was barely alive. He itched,

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Speaker 1: he felt dirty, he smelled. He fought off infections that

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Speaker 1: shot his temperature up to a hundred and sixty degrees

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Speaker 1: and beyond. His mother wept and wept again when she

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Speaker 1: finally saw him, though she promised she wouldn't. As Shakespeare said,

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Speaker 1: and son at eighteen, long as men can breathe, their

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Speaker 1: eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives

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Speaker 1: life to thee. But that did not stop fello Ge

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Speaker 1: eyes from sometimes budding the cigarettes out in his body

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Speaker 1: cast as he lay helpless. He once was a football star,

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Speaker 1: a standout basketball player, an outstanding track and field competitor,

514
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Speaker 1: But that was over now forever his body was shot.

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Speaker 1: His only joy with cigarettes, but he still had his mind.

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Speaker 1: The little town of Russell took up a collection to

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Speaker 1: send Bob Dole to Chicago for further treatment. His parents

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Speaker 1: could not afford the cost. After months of being encased

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Speaker 1: in a full body cast, he emerged an emaciated and

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Speaker 1: still partially paralyzed man, weighing a little over one hundred

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Speaker 1: and twenty five pounds. While most doctors were still writing

522
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Speaker 1: him off, a specialist orthopedist in Chicago named Hampar Kellikan

523
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Speaker 1: was making a name for himself by helping veterans make

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Speaker 1: miraculous recoveries. Though doctor Kullikian had a grim view of

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Speaker 1: Dole's prospects, he gave the young lieutenant with no other

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Speaker 1: doctor head hope. After seven surgeries, Dole was begining to improve.

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Speaker 1: While in recovery, he was awarded two purple hearts, the

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Speaker 1: bronze Star with v device, and a meritorious promotion to captain.

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Speaker 1: He would later self deprecatingly refer to this as his

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Speaker 1: bed pan promotion, but he was still deeply honored. He

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Speaker 1: worked and worked in a tireless fashion to get back

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Speaker 1: into a semblance of shape, in spite of his two

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Speaker 1: arms dangling helplessly at his sides, especially his right. Eventually

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Speaker 1: he regained some movement his left arm, never his right.

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Speaker 1: His affliction disguise with a pen or a piece of

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Speaker 1: paper in it, and he set about getting serious about learning.

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00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: He got night sweats thinking about selling pencils and a cup.

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Speaker 1: A poor beggar of a man. What people don't realize

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Speaker 1: is how determined he was to regain the use of

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Speaker 1: some of his body. He worked with weights for hours alone.

541
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Speaker 1: He crept along the streets of Russell alone, hour after hour.

542
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Speaker 1: But he also determined to train his mind in academics.

543
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: First he had to finish his undergraduate work at Washburn

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Speaker 1: University with honors. Then he earned his law degree again

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Speaker 1: with honors at Washburn in nineteen fifty two. Along the way,

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Speaker 1: he married his occupational therapist. The marriage revitalized him. He

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Speaker 1: became a new man despite the infirmities. In nineteen fifty four,

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Speaker 1: he welcomed his first knownly child, Robin Dole, to the world.

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Speaker 1: Though his marriage would end in nineteen seventy two, he

550
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Speaker 1: maintained a strong relationship with his daughter. While he had

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Speaker 1: many role models through his life, Bob Dole had one hero,

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Speaker 1: Dwight D. Eisenhower, the fellow Kanzen, former President and Supreme

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Speaker 1: Allied Commander of Allied Forces, was one of the most

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Speaker 1: essential figures in holding together the fragile alliance between Allies

555
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Speaker 1: in World War Two. Dole recalled one of his most

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Speaker 1: memorably excited moments was the day Eyes now announced he

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Speaker 1: was a Republican. Perhaps it was this or simply a

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00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: desire to continue serving his country, Bob Dole decided his

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00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 1: future was in public service. Dole first ran in nineteen

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Speaker 1: fifty and served in local politics for a decade before

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Speaker 1: entering the national stage. In nineteen sixty, he won his

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Speaker 1: first national race and was elected to the US House

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Speaker 1: of Representatives from Kansas's sixth congressional district. He would win

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Speaker 1: two more elections, representing Kansas's first He was well regarded

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Speaker 1: by his peers and voted for the Voting Rights Act

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Speaker 1: of nineteen sixty five as well as the Civil Rights

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Speaker 1: Acts of nineteen sixty four. In nineteen sixty eight, for

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Speaker 1: Bob Dole, a rising star in the Republican Party, a

569
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Speaker 1: Senate run was inevitable after Senator Frank Carlson announced his retirement.

570
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Speaker 1: Dole defeated former Kansas Governor William Avery by almost seventy percent.

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Speaker 1: He then overwhelmingly defeated Democratic candidate William Robinson and was

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Speaker 1: sworn into the U. S. Senate. However, before he could

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Speaker 1: enact his agenda, there was something far more important he

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Speaker 1: needed to attend to. Former President Eisnaw's health was in

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Speaker 1: of veer decline. The seventy eight year old had suffered

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Speaker 1: from heart complications while in office, but seemed to be

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Speaker 1: getting stronger post presidency. However, in nineteen sixty nine, he

578
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: was admitted to Walter Reed Hospital. Senator Dooe visited him often.

579
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Speaker 1: Quote if he needed anything, I would be there. Dole recalled, quote,

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Speaker 1: he had all kinds of help. He probably didn't need me,

581
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: but I needed him close. Quote. The Statesman, Supreme Allied Commander,

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Speaker 1: former President and fellow Kanzen died on March twenty eighth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty nine. Dole continued to impress his peers and

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Speaker 1: fellow politicians. He was selected to serve as Republican National

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Speaker 1: Committee Chairman from nineteen seventy one to nineteen seventy three.

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Speaker 1: Throughout his term, he earned a reputation for working with

587
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Speaker 1: Democrats and Republicans to find solutions or other sole divides.

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Speaker 1: In nineteen seventy two, he married the woman who would

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Speaker 1: be the defining love of his life. Elizabeth Hanford of

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Speaker 1: the Hanfords of North Carolina. Was the deputy Assistant to

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Speaker 1: President Nixon for sumer affairs before becoming Commissioner of the

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Speaker 1: Federal Trade Commission from nineteen seventy three to nineteen seventy nine.

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Speaker 1: She was a very successful politician in her own right,

594
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Speaker 1: serving in the Ford administration and as a cabinet secretary

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Speaker 1: in the Reagan and Bush administrations. It was Elizabeth who

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Speaker 1: truly submited Dole's faith quote. I paid attention to what

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00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,320
Speaker 1: Elizabeth already knew. She knows every verse of the Bible,

598
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 1: Dole said. Dole prayed every single day and did his

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Speaker 1: best to maintain his strong relationship with God. Quote, you

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Speaker 1: thank God for the good and bad in life, as

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Speaker 1: he put it. Dole once testified as a character witness

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Speaker 1: for Elizabeth, telling the Senate Committee quote, I regret that

603
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Speaker 1: I have but one wife to give from my country.

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Speaker 1: It brought the Congress down in gales of laughter. He

605
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: always had a great sense of humor, so did some

606
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: of his staff, who lovingly referred to him as the Bobster.

607
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 1: Then came the years of high honors and low failures.

608
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Speaker 1: He won many awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Speaker 1: At the White House ceremony, he star in solemnly, I

610
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: Robert Dole, do solemnly swear the opening of the Presidential

611
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 1: Oath of Office. Again, it brought down the House, so

612
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 1: did his joke about dreaming he'd get something at the

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Speaker 1: White House, but erronestly thought it would be the key

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00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,359
Speaker 1: to the front door. Laughter. He appeared on Saturday Night Live,

615
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: poking fun at himself more laughter. He made commercials. He

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00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: ran and lost with Gerald Ford in seventy six. He

617
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 1: won his party's nomination in ninety six, and despite facing

618
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Speaker 1: Ross Perot as well, did better against incumbent Bill Clinton

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Speaker 1: than could have been expected, and his campaigning did save

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Speaker 1: GOP control of the Congress while denying Clinton a landslide. Later,

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Speaker 1: he delivered a touching eulogy for former President Richard Nixon.

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Speaker 1: People Whip. He had a world of friends and a

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00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: small coterie of enemies. He once told me two people

624
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: drove him nuts, people who talked too much about their

625
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: military service, and draft dodgers. He very much liked George McGovern,

626
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: a World War Two vette, and despite McGovern's being a liberal,

627
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: he and Dules sometimes worked on legislation together, including a

628
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: program to feed the hungry children of the world. He

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Speaker 1: donated to many causes and charities. Every year, Speaker of

630
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: the House Nancy Pelosi sent orchids on his birthday. He

631
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: was the inspiration for the long Missing World War Two

632
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 1: Memorial in Washington, and the memorial to Eisenhower also on them,

633
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 1: all in Washington. His combat wounds made him very sympathetic

634
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,760
Speaker 1: to the plight of others in need, both physically and otherwise,

635
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: and he acted upon it as a you, a senator,

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00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: and as a private citizen. He may be the most

637
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: popular man never elected president. Republicans loved him, Independence loved him.

638
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: Democrats liked him. He's gone now, This American hero, he

639
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: was suey genera Latin for one of a kind. He

640
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: who was strong and he was kind. He was smart,

641
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: and he was humble. He was brave, and he was reverend.

642
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: He was a boy scout and he was irreverend. He

643
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: was charitable, and he was for economic sensible. He was

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Speaker 1: charitable and he was for economic sensibleness. His kind won't

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Speaker 1: I ever tried to be a nice guy, I still

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Speaker 1: I asked what statesman. He simply said, I hope I

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Speaker 1: earned it. Farewell, Bobster, Rest in peace, Bob Dole. That

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Speaker 1: was Craig Shirley's take, and I thought it was so good,

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Speaker 1: You can find out more about how to honor Bob

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Speaker 1: Doe's legacy on our show page at newtsworld dot com.

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