Biden visits Bob Dole days after GOP
senator’s lung cancer diagnosis
Associated Press,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/21/2021 10:51:04 AM
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden paid a visit Saturday to former Sen. Bob Dole, days after the World War II veteran and 1996 Republican presidential nominee announced he’d been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.Biden, who served in the Senate with Dole for more than two decades, arrived Saturday afternoon at the Watergate complex where Dole, 97, and his wife, Elizabeth, have maintained a longtime residence. The White House described Dole as a “close friend” of the president.“He’s doing well,” Biden said of Dole, after departing Holy Trinity Catholic Church later Saturday evening.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Scottyboy 2/21/2021 10:55:18 AM (No. 703741)
Biden & his ilk is what we were fighting against in WWII
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 2/21/2021 11:15:07 AM (No. 703765)
Dole is Biden's type of Republican - happy being in the minority..
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/21/2021 11:21:24 AM (No. 703772)
You got to remember back during the Dole era in the Senate everyone there was buddy-buddy in that old boy’s club, especially when the minority Republican Senators were bi-partisan with the old line liberal Democrats by helping to pass liberal Democrat legislation. As far as DC politics are concerned, those old guys were and are the DC “insiders” who always ran the show and certainly no “outsiders” like Trump were allowed anywhere near DC power.p in that era.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 2/21/2021 11:22:53 AM (No. 703775)
Makes perfect sense. Dole was a reliable swamp creature, and stabbed conservatives in the back a number of times "making deals".
Dole was my senator for a long time, never voted for him, always left it blank, and don't remember a primary challenge ever, but may be wrong on that, it was a long time ago.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
TXknitter 2/21/2021 11:24:11 AM (No. 703776)
These two fellows peas in a pod in many ways. This congenial visit surprises nobody. As I have a Daddy in his 90’s, my heart is glad that Bob Dole received a visit from his buddy. It cheered him I am sure.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rather Read 2/21/2021 11:29:20 AM (No. 703789)
That was kind of him.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
pearlyjo 2/21/2021 11:35:47 AM (No. 703799)
I wonder why Dole and his wife never came back to Kansas to live amongst the people he represented? Silly me, that is where he’s living, amongst the people he served, in the swamp. I wish him well on his treatment.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 2/21/2021 12:38:45 PM (No. 703856)
Holy Trinity Katholic Church
is that Marx, Lenin and Stalin?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 2/21/2021 12:59:36 PM (No. 703878)
The dope on a leash didn’t know where he was
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Nimby 2/21/2021 1:00:57 PM (No. 703882)
This is his bipartisan support?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bobn.t 2/21/2021 1:25:02 PM (No. 703930)
Adios Bob.
May God be with you.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/21/2021 1:35:39 PM (No. 703951)
Has he visited the NGs guarding him and the other swamp creatures?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Jebediah 2/21/2021 1:39:05 PM (No. 703959)
Certainly a photo op, largely because Biden looks sprite and healthy compared to 97 year old Dole.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
pros7767 2/21/2021 1:55:34 PM (No. 703970)
Not to ask a stupid question but why would someone who is 97 years old get treatment?
It will probably kill him faster!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
cor-vet 2/21/2021 2:49:37 PM (No. 704010)
They just have to throw something in about xiden and Catholicism, like he's really one of the faithful. As a avowed pro abortionist and philandering cheat that fondles little girls, he's far from actually being Catholic. Neither he nor pope Frank are Catholic!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 2/21/2021 3:53:47 PM (No. 704051)
I'm betting Bob Dole lives longer than Zho Xi-den.
Any takers?
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Grateful for his service (but then, who from that generation did NOT serve during the war?) but we now know all about swamp creatures and Bob Dole was a card-carrying member, content to be a patsy for the other side as long as he would someday get his chance to run for the White House. And, once again, why did he have to resign from the Senate in order to campaign when PIAPS didn't?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/21/2021 5:57:43 PM (No. 704179)
Biden has no business in a Catholic Church and would not be there if not for the Cowardice of Cardinal Gregory and Pope Francis.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
49 Ford 2/21/2021 6:39:42 PM (No. 704209)
# 14 your question isn't stupid, it's really a judgement call. My late mother opted not to have treatment, and her last few months were probably better for it. But I wouldn't second guess someone else in that position.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
navybrat 2/21/2021 6:41:26 PM (No. 704210)
The Watergate was not too far for doc Jill and the motorcade to take senile Joe.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
padiva 2/21/2021 7:45:47 PM (No. 704246)
Sensible people don't retire in the DC area. Too expensive.
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