Senator Bob Dole

[Cruzr Joe]

Back in 2006 I had the Honor of being Senator Bob Doles Security Chief for a day while he was in Little Rock Ark. for a book signing event, He is a very gracious man.





I also have a personalized and signed copy of his book, "One Soldiers Story".

Cruzr Joe

[GOZFST]

He certainly seemed uncomfortable as a presidential candidate, I saw him on The Tonight Show after the election and thought WOW! why wasn't he that glib during the campaign? He would have made a great president.

[4 MARIE]

Bob Dole was my Governor here in Kansas when I was a kid.
He has sure had some physical set-backs here in his advancing years,
but a great American in any case. AND probably as close to an "honest politician" as you would find.

[PrairieSpyder]

I never hear he was a governor, but he was a US senator from Kansas for a long time.

[Chupaca]

must have been a fun time...well looking back on the event now...

[Commander]

As Co Chairman of our local Honor Flight Chapter. Sen Dole still meets greets all of the Veterans at the WWII memorial. He is a great person.

[Vt. Rider]

He is also a "HERO" in the true sense of the word.

[Bob Denman]

If you look up the phrase, "Honest and Honorable Man"; His picture would be all that is needed to define it.

[4 MARIE]

I never hear he was a governor, but he was a US senator from Kansas for a long time.

Yep, he was the "governator" of KS in the 60's. You have to be old as dirt, like me, to remember.

[2Paw]

Dole ran for office for the first time in 1950 and was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, serving a two-year term.
Also in 1952, Dole became the County Attorney of Russell County, serving in that position for eight years. In 1960, Dole was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Kansas' 6th Congressional District, located in central Kansas. In 1962, his district was merged with the 3rd District in western Kansas to form the 1st Congressional District, a huge 60-county district that soon became known as the "Big First." Dole was re-elected that year and twice thereafter without serious difficulty.
U.S. Senate

In 1968, Dole defeated Kansas Governor William H. Avery for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate to succeed retiring Senator Frank Carlson, subsequently being elected. Dole was re-elected in 1974, 1980, 1986, and 1992, before resigning on June 12, 1996, to focus on his Presidential campaign. Dole faced only one truly enthusiastic and well-financed challenger, Congressman Bill Roy in 1974. Much of Roy's popularity was in response to the fallout from Watergate. Dole would win re-election in 1974 by only a few thousand votes, having in the end graphically painted Roy as pro-abortion. While in the Senate, Dole served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 until 1973, the ranking Republican on the Agriculture Committee from 1975 to 1978, and the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee from 1979 to 1980.
When the Republicans took control of the Senate after the 1980 elections, Dole became chairman of the Finance Committee in 1981, serving until 1985. From 1985, when Howard Baker of Tennessee retired, until his resignation from the Senate, Dole was the leader of the Senate Republicans, serving as Majority Leader from 1985 until 1987 and again from 1995 to 1996. Dole served as Minority Leader from 1987 to 1995. Following the advice of conservative William Kristol, Dole flatly rejected the health care plan of Bill Clinton, remarking, "There is no crisis in health care."

Dole had a moderate voting record and was widely considered to be one of the few Kansas Republicans who could bridge the gap between the moderate and conservative wings of the Kansas Republican Party. As a Congressman in the early 1960s, Dole supported the major civil rights bills, which appealed to moderates. When Johnson proposed the Great Society in 1964–65, Dole voted against some War on Poverty measures like public-housing subsidies and Medicare, thus appealing to conservatives. Dole's first speech in the Senate in 1969 was a plea for federal aid for the handicapped. Later, as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Dole joined liberal Senator George McGovern to lower eligibility requirements for federal food stamps, a liberal goal that was supported by Kansas farmers.
Dole's hawkishness on the Vietnam War and on crime issues kept him in good standing with the right wing. When they heard Nixon might make Dole chairman of the Republican National Committee, half the Republican Senators protested, especially moderates who feared Dole would direct party assets to conservatives. They were wrong, as Dole in fact offered something to all Republican factions.^[16]

[2Paw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nors_of_Kansas

[PrairieSpyder]

Yep, he was the "governator" of KS in the 60's. You have to be old as dirt, like me, to remember.

You may be thinking of Gov Docking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tate_of_Kansas

And I'm old enough to remember the 60s (and I was there!).

[ARtraveler]

That is a great memory Joe.