Why did Almost Every Senate “Republican” Crap on Bob Dole?

[riqster]

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/why-did-almost-every-senate-republican-crap-on-bob-dole/

[elleng]

1. They are chickensh*ts,

afraid of their own shadows AND, maybe, of being 'primaried,' or simply defeated by t-buggers.

[0rganism]

2. avoiding primary threats in 2014 is my guess

Almost all the republican senate seats up for election in 2014 are in heavily republican, trending towards whacko republican, states. The main danger to their careers comes from a primary challenge by someone nastier than they are. Voting against a treaty "to preserve sovereignty' or comparable bullshit reasons will go a long way to sooth the "UN coming to take our guns away" teabaggers without too many direct political consequences. Expect more of the same for the next 4 years.

[FredStembottom]

3. Guy in a wheel chair is the ULTIMATE moocher!

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Think how often self actualizing he-man woman haters are nearly guilted into squandering their time by PUSHING someone in one of those!!!!!!

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

4. They are a disgrace...

And we should reinstate the draft and take Repug and Bagger spawn, first.

[Vox Moi]

5. 'Sovereignty' what else?

The clear and present danger of the UN taking over and forcing us to obey the Americans with Disabilities Act, which the treaty is modeled after.
Protect America's freedom! Just like Bob Dole did!
No, wait. Pay no attention to the man in the wheelchair.

[underpants]

6. Because they fear Fox News

"Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox"
- David Frum. Ex-Bush speechwriter. He lost his job at American Enterprise because of this quote

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2010/03/david-frum-on-gop-now-we-work-for-fox/

[oldhippydude]

7. they don't like pineappple?...n/t

[thelordofhell]

8. My question is how many more would have voted no if Bob Dole wasn't there?

repubilcan assholes...........

[Zoeisright]

9. Because they're crap.

It's all they have.

[mindwalker_i]

10. Because their "winning formula" is to be a bunch of assholes

And they do it well.

[riqster]

11. Here's the author's answer

"Mr. Blunt and Cranky has an idea: Bob Dole is a disabled war veteran (he got machine-gunned nearly to death during WW II); an honorable man; a productive legislator; someone who respected those with whom he disagreed; and above all, a patriot. Everything, in short, that the modern “Republican” party no longer believes in or represents. Bob Dole is not “one of them”.

And if you’re not one of them, you’re the enemy. That, if you like, is partisan politics today, Elephant Style (feel free to steal this phrase and do a Gangnam Style parody)."

More at the link in the OP.