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Let me finish tonight with that american moment today in the capitol, bob dole, the republican leader who never got to be president saluting george bush who did. there was was quite a rumble back in the day. bush then the vice president ran a tv ad that excoriated dole, then a kansas senator, for trying to have it both ways on a tax bill. it was called the straddle ad. it made dole looked like he lacked the guts to take a stand. dole didn t like it. when tom brokaw asked if he who had just lost a new hampshire primary had a message for the candidate who had just won, he did, tell him to stop lying about my record. i remember that moment. and though i know it made dole look bad, i always thought he had a reason to be riled. after all, we re talking about a guy who got shot and permanently handicapped when carrying a wounded fellow soldier through german fu ....
Genius. a lot of his politics was instinctive. a little louder! bush, george bush, a little louder! let s go. tacks on the road was one of lee atwater s sayings, how to diminish the other side. what can we do to three some tacks in the road in the way of the dole bus and cause some confusion. there were a number of positions that we found in which bob dole appeared to be on both sides of an issue. i said, well, maybe we refer to him as senator straddle. george bush and bob dole on leadership. atwater falls on the line like a ravenous wolf. the team make an attack ad accusing dole of sitting on the fence over tacks. we had a meeting with myself, lee atwater, the vice president, mrs. bush. bush was not totally convinced of the merits of the straddle ....