Who told Bob Dole to LIE about John Kerry's record?

[Stephanie]

Why is Bob Dole lying and who told him to do it?

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/23/politics/campaign/23swift.html?pagewanted=2

Mr. Dole, in his CNN interview, suggested that he agreed with one of the accusations of the Swift boat group that Mr. Kerry was in a rush to obtain his Purple Hearts to meet a regulation that allowed soldiers to leave the war zone after winning three.

"John Kerry's a hero," Mr. Dole told Wolf Blitzer. "But what I will always quarrel about are the Purple Hearts. I mean, the first one, whether he ought to have a Purple Heart - he got two in one day, I think. And he was out of there in less than four months, because three Purple Hearts and you're out."

Mr. Kerry did not receive two Purple Hearts for events of the same day. He received them for the events of Dec. 2, 1968, Feb. 20, 1969, and March 13, 1969. Mr. Kerry often acknowledges that his wounds were not severe, but he still has shrapnel in his left thigh from the firefight that led to his second Purple Heart.

[vivalarev]

1. He's a senile old fool....

who has outlived any shred of usefullness he may have once had, if any at all...RIP Bob Dole.

[billybob537]

2. Truely sad that a man whom was respected

by both parties would surrender his honor so cheaply. Good bye Bob you will no longer hold a place of honor with veterans.

[lancdem]

3. Karl Rove

Josh Marshall said there's no way he was acting on his own.

[Stephanie]

5. Hah! Great minds. JPM is asking the same question:

Thanks:

Dole doesn't make such appearances not under direction. He's a party man, a partisan.

There's nothing wrong with that. But that means he doesn't freelance. But who gave him his talking points?

It answers itself. The White House sent him out.

Needless to say, it's not a question that occurred to Blitzer to ask. But someone should. One of the biggs should ring him up.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_08_22.php#003310

[Stephanie]

6. Question is, did Rove arm him with those lies?

Undoubtedly.

[louis-t]

4. Maybe they threatened to

have his doctor cut off the Viagra scrip.

[zulchzulu]

7. Bob gets his beady eyes going and then just goes off

It must be the Viagra.

Perhaps he was going to get some action from the GOP Convention Prostitute State of Mind Committee that is responsible for getting NYC whores delivered to various fat cats and GOP has-beens.

All he had to do was say something about Kerry's medals and he gets a senior discount for a Round The World Love Slave Special. That Viagra will come in handy, no pun intended.

[Lefty48197]

8. Jim Baker or Karen Hughes

It sure sounds like their work.

[CityDem]

9. No doubt

KKK Rove.

[TNMOM]

10. Rove. The Dole's owe him for Liddy's N.C. Senate seat.

[MoonRiver]

11. So many whores, so little time

:argh:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. "Viagra's a hell of a drug!"