WASHINGTON: Bob Doles’ political career began with his election to the Kansas Legislature in 1950 and officially ended nearly five decades later, a move away from the White House. In retirement, Dole continued into his 90s working for causes he nurtured.
A look at some moments of life in politics:
As a college student, Dole had planned to become a doctor. World War II changed the course of his life. He almost died of injuries sustained as a second lieutenant leading the attack on the German army. After three years of surgery and physical therapy, Dooley regained the ability to dress, eat, and walk. But he was never able to use his right hand and arm, and most of his left hand was numb. Dole returned to college, earned a law degree, and was elected county attorney. The theory was, if I can’t use my hands, I can use my head, he later recalled.
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Dole was a senator already known for his scathing remarks when President Gerald Ford selected him as his running mate. Dole stunned the audience of the 1976 vice-presidential debate by declaring Korea and Vietnam, the two world wars of the 20th century, as Democrat wars, in which 1.6 million Americans were killed or wounded. Senator Dole has earned his reputation as a crooked man tonight, his Democratic rival Minnesota Sen. Walter Mondale responded.
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Dole made a comeback from the loss of his ticket to Jimmy Carter and Mondale. He tones his barbs, directing more of them towards him. He once analyzed the 1976 presidential campaign this way: President Ford had to go the high street, and I had to juggle. And I did mine.
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During his nearly 36 years in Congress, Dole became known as a tough deal-maker who was credible to negotiate a bipartisan settlement. You have to make tough choices, Dooley said. It was not up to them to vote no against all the hard things and vote yes for all the easy things, and you go out and give a speech about how tough you are.
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In May 1996, Senate Majority Leader Dole surprised his colleagues by announcing that he would resign from his seat to devote himself to his presidential campaign. “I will seek the presidency, which has nothing to back down but to the judgment of the people, and has nowhere to go other than the White House or home,” he said.
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As a 73-year-old presidential candidate, Dole has faced questions about her age. It was no use when he fell down the stage of an expedition in Chico, Calif., landing in the dirt. Dole tried to focus questions about the personal character of his opponent, President Bill Clinton. If something happened along the way and you had to leave your kids with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, Dole told voters, I think you’d probably leave them with Bob Dole. Voting on the question suggested that parents feel otherwise.
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Hoping to revive his presidential campaign, Dole began a round-the-clock marathon of events during the final 96-hour run until Election Day 1996. When a reporter asked if Dole had brought enough clean clothes, he quipped, he was about to stop at an underwear factory.
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Dole chose the comedian David Letterman Show for his first appearance after the election. He displayed a sharp wit which was kept hidden for most of the campaign. Invited to dish about Clinton’s weight, Dole said: I’ve never tried to lift her. I just tried to beat him. Asked if he would consider accepting a position in the Clinton administration, Dole said, “Well, if he wants to give me his job, I think about it.”
I guess you could say that my political career really began that Friday night because audiences discovered that I was not the shiny, Social Security-devouring sour shown in Democratic campaign ads, Dooley later wrote.
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Dole was a driving force behind the construction of a World War II memorial on the National Mall. He spoke poignantly on his 2004 dedication to thousands of fellow veterans in their 80s and 90s, about the physical and moral courage that makes heroes out of farm and town boys. .
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In 2012, appearing weak and using a wheelchair, Dole returned to the Senate floor to rally in support of the passage of the United Nations Treaty on the Rights of the Disabled, modeled after the historic Americans with Disabilities Act, which He had grazed through the Senate. The treaty, opposed by most Republican senators, failed despite his personal appeal.
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Two weeks later, Dole returned to the Senate as Sen. Daniel Inoue passed by the coffin of D-Hawaii, whom Dole had befriended decades earlier as the men recovered from battle injuries. Rising from his wheelchair and walking with help, Dole salutes Inouye’s coffin. He explained to a roll call reporter that he didn’t want Danny to see me in a wheelchair.
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In 2014, at age 90, Dole began a series of passionate tours of her home state, with campaign-style paces of three or four stops per day. Dole, who lives in Washington, said he wanted to thank the people who have come back home for their decades of support. Visiting all 105 counties, Kanson lined up at libraries and courtyards and senior centers to shake hands and share memories.
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I’m proof that it’s never too late to join Twitter, then 92-year-old Dooley tweeted from her new social media account in June 2016. Dole used the platform to criticize Representative Tim Heulskamp of Kansas, a conservative Republican, who was in a primary challenge. One candidate who campaigned as a practical, Roger Marshall. In August, Marshall won the primary and his seat in the House, also with the support of Doles, before winning a Senate seat four years later.
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In 2016, Dole initially endorsed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for the GOP presidential nomination. He later warmed to Donald Trump, but not Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, telling The New York Times in January of that year that Cruz was an extremist whose nomination would cause devastating GOP damage, no one likes him. He later formally endorsed Trump.
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In September 2018, then-President Trump signed legislation to award Dole the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the highest civilian honors given in America, in recognition of Dole’s military service and long political career. In many ways, Dooley embodied the state motto of Kansas: Advertisement according to Aspera to the stars through hardships.
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Another Dole moment in the public eye was a moving moment: On December 4, 2018, Dole made an emotional appearance in front of the coffin of former President George HW Bush, another World War II veteran, at the US Capitol Rotunda. As an aide lifted Dole from his wheelchair, a clearly ill Dole slowly stabilized himself and saluted Bush with his left hand, chin trembling. Viewed by many, it was a soulful tribute to his one-time political rival
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Six weeks after the November 2020 election, when Trump was still refusing to believe Democrat Joe Biden and promoting baseless claims of voter fraud, Dooley told The Kansas City Star, the election is over. He said of Trump: It is a very bitter pill for Trump, but it is a fact that he lost.
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Dole announced on February 18, 2021 that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and would begin treatment in a few days. Social media was flooded with sympathy, prayers and well wishes from across the political spectrum. Dole said: While I certainly have some obstacles ahead of me, I also know that I am among the millions of Americans who face significant health challenges of their own.
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Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas. Former Associated Press writer Connie Cass contributed to this report.
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