'Three purple hearts and he never bled that I knew of' Bob Dole [View All]

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This is Bob Dole speaking today folks. Hard to believe.

Wolf Blitzer interview:

-And here's, you know, a good guy, good friend. I respect his record. But three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds. Three Purple Hearts and you're out.

-And as far as I know, he's never spent one day in the hospital. I don't think he draws any disability pay. He doesn't have any disability. And boasting about three Purple Hearts when you think of some of the people who really got shot up in Vietnam...

Here's the entire sordid transcript if you like:
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0408/22/le.00.html