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The Last of the Moderate GOP Titans
As Washington mourns former Senator Bob Dole, Congress could use a dozen more Republican stalwarts just like him.
Senator Bob Dole, the great statesman and luminary from Kansas passed away today. As Capitol Hill mourns another passing of the old guard, it is worth noting the bipartisanship and compassion Dole brought to his office.
Dole’s “Gravitas”, that most rarified of qualities, lives on in his legacy of public service, military sacrifice and philanthropy.
Whatever the Republican Party is today, it isn’t the party the youthful Bob Dole joined so many years ago. In some ways, the GOP has improved since the days globalism seduced conservative politicians like George H.W. Bush and his son. Republicans like John McCain and Mitt Romney fell into its trap along with so many Democratic politicians.
But globalism, as we are learning to our cost, is not without its downsides. The bill of sale never itemized fiscal burdens like the gutting of the American manufacturing industry, the exploitation of low-wage workers in pre-regulatory emerging nations…