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Committed to his christian belief and he had a greater sense of humour. that is how he carried the serious message of ending the evil system of racial segregation known as apartheid. when he started preaching from the pulpit about the rights and wrongs of the apartheid regime, we were there. i met him through may church, i was an altar boy in the anglican church when i was young, and he came to our church when he was a dean in the late 19705, that when he was a dean in the late 1970s, that is when i first met him and followed his teachings forever after that. we and followed his teachings fore...

Around him or self-deprecating. just months after he was defeated in the 1996 election, he was joking around giving an address in the white house a couple of months later and self-deprecating fashion. somebody who became a pop culture icon after his departure from politics in large part because of his ability to have fun and have a good sense of humor, which i don't need to tell you guys we're lacking a little bit of that in today's politics. >> dana: two thoughts. josh, like you, i was a capitol hill staffer for a long time but on the house side. you are on the senate side. what was maybe a m...

Speaking wasn't exactly his strength as a politician, but at the same time, he spent a decade as the top republican in the us senate. what legacy does he leave behind? bob dole's legacy is one of bipartisanship, of service, of selflessness. and, frankly, i think one thing that people will miss about bob dole is he had a very dry sense of humour, he did not take himself too seriously, in an era where american politicians tend to take themselves very, very seriously. and bob dole could be self—deprecating, he could be witty, he could be caustic. and i think we miss that. it's a very authentic ...

And bob dole could be self—deprecating, he could be witty, he could be caustic. and i think we miss that. it's a very authentic kind of political speech that we don't get in this country any longer. and when he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, president biden visited him at home, a mark of the respect in which he was held on both sides of the political divide. what's been the reaction to his death so far? i think it has been pretty much universal acclaim. republicans and democrats in america don't come together on much these days, but it's been universal acclaim for a life of service...

Russell, kansas to the people who had known him from his birth there in 1923. world war ii took dole from kansas to italy and just before the end of the war nazi machine gunfire shattered his upper body and destroyed his right shoulder. >> about 11 months before i could feed myself. i think i could have done to be honest about it 8 months but the nurses were very attractive. [laughter] >> after recuperation russell elected dole to county prosecutor and in 1961 its voters sent him to house of representatives and reelected him there four times. in 1968 dole ran for senate and won and spending 3 ...