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Bob Dole, defender of America

7 December 2021

6:13 AM

7 December 2021

6:13 AM

The usualness, you might say, of the late Bob Dole is what would render him highly, and commendably, unusual in today’s politics.

He was no Reagan or Taft, and certainly no Madison. He had no grand vision he wished to implement in public life. But he had judgment and common sense.

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