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I've always admired this man. Not unexpected, but still sad news. I just recently lost one of the WW II veterans in my life, and it's difficult to read the passing of another great man from that generation.

Thank you for your service to the nation, Senator Dole. My prayers and condolences to his family and friends. RIP sir.

I mean no disrespect when I say first Norm Macdonald, and now Senator Dole.

He was a good man and a great American, no doubt.

RIP.

RIP, Mr. Dole, knowing you did your country proud.

RIP sir. You were one of the good guys.

RIP.
Another member of the greatest generation leaves this mortal coil.

Great respect for his war service.

Great American, but 46 years in Congress + another 10 as a state legislator is too much for anyone. Politician should not be a lifetime career.

God's speed Lieutenant. Thank you for your service.

RIP, Mr. Dole.

I heard they put up a helluva fight in Italy....

In 2006 I was at McCarran airport in Las Vegas getting ready to board a plane back home. Behind a partition at the gate with his security was Bob Dole. I could see him directly as I was boarding, and I looked in his direction and gave an indication of respect and appreciation. He looked back and nodded in acceptance and smiled, perhaps in surprise that a younger guy in his 30's would recognize him as I did.

Congress degenerated when the WWII veterans retired or died. It is hard to imagine men like Bob Dole participating in the kind of behavior we see today, among those that have never served, and never will. The country would have been better off if we elected Bob in 1996 instead of Slick Willie for a second term.

I met him on an elevator at Walter Reed Hospital in 1997. We had a nice 2 minute conversation. A down to earth gentleman. May he Rest In Peace.

A better man than the non-veteran.

RIP Sir.

On the leading edge of the beginnings of true media mistreatment of conservative presidential candidates, but yet he did not allow himself to become embittered. He finished well. A good man, for sure.

Opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal
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Robert Joseph Dole

History can be cruel to candidates for President who lose, but Bob Dole’s contributions to American life far exceeded his failed campaigns for the White House. The Kansan who twice led the U.S. Senate died Sunday at age 98.

Robert Joseph Dole was born in Russell, played football and basketball at the University of Kansas, but joined the Army Reserve and was called to active duty before he graduated. He signed up with the rugged 10th Mountain Division, and in 1945 Dole’s unit attempted to take a German position.

As he tried to rescue an injured radioman, Dole was grievously wounded in the back and right arm by shrapnel from a German shell. His recovery was agonizing and took more than a year, complicated by infections and blood clots. Dole lost the use of his right arm and throughout his life often held a pen in his right hand while shaking the hand of right-handers with his left hand turned outward.

Dole turned to politics in 1950, winning a seat in the Kansas House and moving on to the U.S. House and Senate. He rose in national prominence, and in 1976 President Gerald Ford chose him to replace Vice President Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate in the campaign that lost narrowly to Jimmy Carter.

He ran three times for President, winning the Iowa caucuses in 1988 only to lose a week later in New Hampshire and ultimately the GOP nomination to George H.W. Bush. Dole finally won the GOP nod in 1996, but Bill Clinton ran unanswered TV ads for months associating Dole with Medicare cuts. When Dole challenged Mr. Clinton in the Oval Office after the election on the ads, Mr. Clinton replied, “You gotta do what you gotta do.”

The Kansan nonetheless asked that year’s most memorable question: “Where is the outrage?” He was talking about the disgraces associated with his Democratic opponent—the Whitewater land deal, foreign campaign contributions, the White House collection of FBI files on prominent Republicans, and more. American voters chose to ignore Mr. Clinton’s flaws and passed over a war hero of impeccable character, but Dole’s question was vindicated by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the Marc Rich pardon of Mr. Clinton’s second term. If Democrats want to know why Donald Trump’s character didn’t scandalize more Republicans, they might recall the Clinton precedent.

Dole made his largest mark leading the Senate, in 1985-87 and 1995-1996, albeit with narrow majorities. His politics were conservative but above all he was a deal-maker who sought to legislate from the center. He believed in bipartisanship in support of U.S. purposes abroad, and he helped put starch in Mr. Clinton’s policy on Bosnia.

As reporters who covered Congress knew, Dole was also one of the funniest men in politics. His wit was situational, and could singe, as when he joked that a photo with former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon should be captioned, “see no evil, hear no evil—and evil.”

Dole well represented the generation of Americans who won World War II, defeated Soviet Communism during the Cold War, and maintained a steady, constraining hand on government that made the last half of the 20th century the most prosperous in world history.

Bob Dole spent his later years championing veterans’ interests and raising money for the World War II Memorial in Washington. A good soldier and a good man.

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RIP, Senator Dole.

Thanks for your long and distinguished service.

RIP Sir. I was proud to have voted for you in 96.

He was one of America's finest. RIP