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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SiouxPal who wrote (26875)	5/30/2004 12:57:47 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Thanks, Sioux. I am not here to BS anybody. On the contrary. I am here to try and enlighten people and help save our country. That's all. I don't make a dime on any of it and I don't even get to see Kerry anymore. It's much too big for a little guy lie me now.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (26875)	5/30/2004 1:57:15 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 81568

Here's the excerpt from Thursday's Chris Matthews Hardball interview with Bob Dole: >>MATTHEWS: A couple of points there. Do you think it‘s fair for a Republican operative to attack John Kerry, the candidate, for bringing a photo camera with him when he went to war? DOLE: Well, they‘ve all got them now in Iraq. That‘s where we get all these stupid pictures. MATTHEWS: The guys in the prisons, Abu Ghraib. DOLE: He was ahead of his time, I think. MATTHEWS: Was that a cheap shot? DOLE: Well, I don‘t know why. What difference does it make? you know, I think John Kerry was planning to campaign for Congress over there. Maybe, maybe not. MATTHEWS: When he went to war? DOLE: Yes. He had a few good shots for his brochure. MATTHEWS: Well, how about when he ran up on the bank there of that river and he started shooting people who had attacked them. Do you think that was part of P.R. stunt? DOLE: I didn‘t see that. MATTHEWS: Or when he pulled the guy into the boat who was being shot at and he went out and reached over the side of the boat and pulled the guy in. DOLE: Yes. Well, I think he‘s got a good record. I think you‘d want to watch that record. Don‘t push it too hard because a lot of people weren‘t in uniform, and you know, they get tired of hearing what a great man I am and how I did all these--got three Purple Hearts and never bled and all this stuff, you know. MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about the president. Does he suffer from not going to Vietnam? And having supported the war? DOLE: People ask you, being a veteran or not, does that make any difference when you‘re president? MATTHEWS: Yes. DOLE: I don‘t think that makes any difference. MATTHEWS: You think it‘s a wash? DOLE: I think it‘s a wash. He got an honorable discharge from the National Guard. And I‘m his veterans chairman, the Bush veterans chairman, not that that will make a great difference. But we‘ll be doing some things. MATTHEWS: Bottom line, as a political sage and seer and experienced gentleman, do you think this election is going to be close or do you think one of them is going to basically knock the other guy out? DOLE: I think it will be Bush by six or more. MATTHEWS: Pretty comfortable. DOLE: I think so. MATTHEWS: But not as much as Clinton beat you, by eight? DOLE: I hope not. I mean—Well, I want Nader to do well. I think Nader has a lot of qualities people need to look at carefully. MATTHEWS: Do you think he might be helpful to the country, to get six or eight points? DOLE: Like Perot helped Bush and me in, you know, ‘92 and ‘96. MATTHEWS: You wouldn‘t be causing trouble, would you? Senator Bob Dole, thank you very much.<<