John McCain: Bob Dole, The Second Coming

[TragedyandHope]

The "John McCain as Bob Dole" comparison is a great one to keep pushing. When rational argument fails, this one will really resonate with older voters and GOP voters. They remember and for many of them, it was their guy. If we keep repeating it, the seeds of doubt will be planted in their heads and take root. "Maybe McCain is another Dole..." They'll remember Dole's loss and their own party's loss and think, "Do I really want to vote for another loser?"




KO on March 27

MADDOW: ...if you want John McCain to not win, you have to start hitting him now, because the default position of the press toward John McCain is so positive that unless other candidates are actively and specifically going after him all the time, his free ride takes him right to the White House.

OLBERMANN: Or it could go down a side track of Bob Dole, the second coming. It needs to be pushed.

McCain 'gas-tax holiday' is a Dole campaign retread

If it seems like there is something familiar about the gasoline tax "holiday" being proposed by Sen. John McCain, there is.

You may have heard the Republican presidential nominee propose something similar before -- 12 years ago when the GOP nominee’s name was Dole, not McCain.

Prodigal Son

In 1996 Bob Dole offered himself as "the bridge to an America that only the unknowing call myth... a time of tranquillity, faith, and confidence in action." Bill Clinton successfully turned that offer into a contrast between nostalgic reaction and progressive action. At present, McCain is advancing a more appealing version of Dole's political package, gussied up with plenty of Prodigal policy offerings that will make it harder to typecast him as reactionary. Exposing him will not just be a matter of deriding media credulity or hammering his voting record in the Senate. It will require an unwavering spotlight on his basic message and its troubling implications.

John McCain As Bob Dole

...the latest web ad from the McCain camp pushes all my Dole-redux buttons.

Romney compares McCain to Dole

"I think there are a lot of folks who tend to think that maybe John McCain's race is a bit like Bob Dole's race. That it's the guy who's next in line, the inevitable choice."

Bob Dole Admits John McCain Has A Temper

Dole told CNN's Larry King that his former Senate colleague "does have a... I guess you could say temper. But I always sort of rationalized that because the poor guy had been locked up" in a tiny cell for six years.

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1. "Men"????????????????? I'm NOT a misanthrope, but you've got to wonder. nt

[TragedyandHope]

2. "John McCain is Bob Dole minus the charm"

John McCain is Bob Dole minus the charm by our friend Ann Coulter

John McCain is Bob Dole minus the charm, conservatism and youth. Like McCain, pollsters assured us that Dole was the most "electable" Republican. Unlike McCain, Dole didn't lie all the time while claiming to engage in Straight Talk.