E. Dole: Leave Bob alone

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole says Kay Hagan should leave her husband alone.

In a post on her campaign blog, the Salisbury Republican says that her Democratic rival's campaign has made "personal attacks" on Bob Dole, noting a recent Associated Press article about a "red slipper" campaign making fun of Dole's Kansas roots.

"But the attack against Bob that has troubled me the most came from her press release of April 25th. It attacked me for giving a floor speech commemorating my husband’s service," she writes.

Dole notes that she spoke during "morning business," a routine time for senators to speak on various issues, and said her speech was meant to commemorate her husband's service to veterans and injuries sustained in World War II.

"I believe the voters of North Carolina will be better served if my opponent spent her time and resources on the challenges we face as a state and nation — rather than launching personal attacks at a man who has served this nation so honorably," she writes.

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Re: E. Dole: Leave Bob alone

Submitted by scharrison on June 21, 2008 - 6:29am.

Don't get mad at me!

I'm not the one who wasn't there to vote against them, Liddy was. But go ahead and send her some money anyway, so she can add it to the huge pile she's already got from big corporations, defense contractors and land developers, who thrive on billion-dollar boondoggles...

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Re: E. Dole: Leave Bob alone

Submitted by tangoz on June 20, 2008 - 10:24pm.

scharrison? Everyone one of those programs you mentioned are a gross waste of taxpayer money. Why do I have to pay for someone else who was not responsible enough to pay their mortgage. If you cannot afford it do not get the mortgage. Would you please pay my share of those billion dollar boondoggles you feel so free to spending my tax dollars on.
Drill here, drill now, and pay less.

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Re: E. Dole: Leave Bob alone

Submitted by scharrison on June 20, 2008 - 6:10pm.

The voters of North Carolina would be better served if they paid attention to the fact that: while Dole had time to give a glowing speech about her husband, just a few weeks before that she did not have the time to vote on things like the Foreclosure Prevention Act, the Consolidated Natural Resources Act, and a few assorted and sundry amendments dealing with clean energy and taxes.

If I had a dollar for every "commemoration" she's authored and gleefully presented, I could fill up my tank and maybe even eat at Arby's a few times.

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Re: E. Dole: Leave Bob alone

Submitted by FFC1304 on June 20, 2008 - 5:32pm.

the Hagan campaign was SO clueless on all this when I called them yesterday...apparantly they were having a Wizard of Oz party in Waynesville NC in Hayseed County, so you know it was a hillbilly affair, but they do LOVE democrackkks in Hayseed! they told me it was at a private residence (always very exclusive, them democrackkks)...lolol...
I hope the 'crackkks showered her with $1000 bills!

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