This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas. http://dolearchives.ku.edu ----~------ ----- - - ----- - -- 351 - lf?5 ;.6 ANALYSIS I , - '. ·~ . I . ' . •, . •. ' . , • • t F ront~ruiHler tries tvJ1old, image in.GOP'~ rightward.tum to m~er@on 1 ·. •. MOUTw• .,. Clinton. said he would do."'' ·•. .percent . cut' in foreign• a ta3 to 1"'srae . 1 . realm, Dole says .that affirm. ative thelastsixnionths.ldon'~H ;kno\\rI , ifhen ., By LALLY. WE:Y r';J ' ' l t' . t · ·Dole sauc he reque!lted th'e, reduct!. on has.P.'.t done anything for the con_ tacts Dem. ocrats . e,ra,r,e Y. co · h.. p · ~ · Does Dole worry about 1lio a 1oms .,u act~o.n · -· th t t ts tb <GOP) leadership Chnton The Was lnQ!On ost ? ''W at the request of Pr.esjden. t aush 's average 'blacJt person; He argues a . ac ' e. ' . I ' . tenden.cjjlB"iD his c:'Wn party e th it runS counter to the, fupdament~l spends hiS bmefpliowmg the pdv1~e . ,highly ideologic~! era, as the- (need to) understand we have an State Departll!e~t "I .got to carry e . belief in this country- that, you . Of llis "new guru ,~ · D,ick Morns, ~: ublican Parly tui:ns. increas, internationai role ~ play," .he said. water."~~~ ~estill ~mks ~bat tsoo.~er oughqo b~ .able to' S}!,cceed o.n the,. acco lrdi~g to :. Dole ..~.ut voters,,D?le .I ingfy rightward, how doea-'1 veter- . "We are the l~a~ers of the Free. o~ la~r .we :ve got to takeill lloo.k at ·basis of your ability, ilot because of warns, want r~sults. ~hey don t hke an legislator such as 'Bob Dole-who .World.".·· · · · · ·• Bid figure~. · frh.. · ·· your race or·geoder. As president, the h. ead·butt_ m~. How ca~ we ~.ave · id ri ty f iti · Boonia· he argues is a case in · -Has he had a. change, 0 ea.rt .~ b' t " h f th res1dent JUSt Onhas mantaken a w eva e o pos ons . nAint' ~ And' since' "fio""'l·'gn pol·l·cy isn't toward I_srael? Dole's respons,.e is however,' he wouldn't' repeal the . lpilr ISans IP I e P ' ' issues a·nd stl'uck lots oi ll'v "'" • • • • • • d th t" · d t the talks it?" .T 1 on th'e• w· hit'e H.ouse radar screen .jn.fonne.d by po litic.s: "I've got a lf?l of ' exe_cuhve or rr ~ man. a ~s ; I • . '. ,·' · c"m..,ronilses during 3 /2 decades in t 1 h it 1 ·· 1 tation of affinnattve acbon the Senate_ wln.the hearts and ..very often," Congre.ss has been suppo~ in ~he Jews ·col?mun y. 1mp emen · . · mlnds.ofGoPvoters? . , ''~orced to play a more· central· role. thmk I m v1ewec;l Da~ ·1a . re!lable"I' sup- .·poli .ciesti in all areas of fede~al gov' - .. ~. · 11 1 kl Dole ·believes'. "we have a stake in . porter." But, says \) e, m my own ernmen . · retaxeDole, dress edt casua Y• . oo ng seeing ··hat ~n l'ndepe dent nation ':person and will be.'.' He adds, "This .. What about abortio~? Some say d .as he sits in his Senate. t · d s th t 't · i ss· ' ble •o win the Office, denies he .is moved to the . C. a··n de•end'' tself"· Thus, .. his seem- doe. sn't ,mean. ,w e (th~ U.rllte ta,,tes) R a 1bl ts· II} ...PO m·rl1 ·a·. tion > without sllntey that sfiows' his support has rl ing. hawklshness on Bosnia. Dole andlsraelwon'tha.':'estrongties. epu 1can uo 1 slippW 52 percent of those 'ght. "I've always been a ma·in- #.. t D 1 h b 'ng the pro !1'"e stance and from Stream Con S·ays the recent Croat1'an military 1 On the domestic uo.n,. o e a.s em rac1 · 1' servative," he con. tends. t th t ·d · g '· kes 't 1'mposst'ble to likely to attend the ca'L\CUSes to 36 Of.fens. ·1ve proves that lifting the .taken the.. _pledge n. otto ra1s.e ax~s. a om so rna 1 · . perc~nt . The survey with a mar­ The 'differences between him and h b f d t d four win the general election. Dole says, · 1 Sen. Phil Gramm and Rep. Newt arms embargo in Bosnia is the _cor- althoug ., ere use o o s?o" ' "I've been right-to-lif~, but I've been gin ·Of _error of ·plus or :minus 5.6 Gl·ngn· 'ch are.more stylistic than sub· rect policy - that armed,. the ye~rs ago. •Wby the change. , I ve d b I t f h . e · pc)ints, was taken after ·Dole tied Bosnia. ns will "make a pretty good ·bee. n a.little Shead ofthe c_urve. m my endorse Y a o . o P.ro-c otc · the .straw vote with Tex~s Sen. stantive, Dole says: Gramm is more . 1 te tl t but women." The issue. is important but, Phil Gramm. "in-your-face and ... Newt,'s (got) a .dif· showing." And a !lnilaterallifting of VIew.- co.~ s "n Y conserva t~e . he seems to say, shouldh't-;dominate ferent style . .: . Maybe it's genera- the arms ban, Dole ,cqntends; would not ~lght-w~~ ~e continues, ~was the.Republic;an Party. "He came out with a head of sboaw we'll come out' with a head tiona!." give the French !lnd British what c~ali' of the Fmance Committee From Dole;s standpoint, Clinton But, says 'Dole - placing the th,ey are looking for: a face-saving when we ha(l ,the bigg,?st tax _cut has been a missing president since of ste~m," Dole q~pped, lqoking emphasl·s on experience, "I know. way to pull out theirlroops. He was under Presldel)t Reagan. I I . t ' "He's ahead to the February caucuses. asked Whether fting the arms Regai'ding.his see. m.ing swt.'tcn fro. m _ the congress1ona E! ec l'?r,ts. where the bottom line is: You've got li. th m t t been on vacation from Congress for Bass, in throwing .his· support .to to get things done, and som,etimes ... embargo 'would lead. to using u. s. friend to foe m e a nna IVe ac I 0 n • , . Dole, Underscored the Senate ma­ you've got to reach across the aisl~." troops to fa·cmtate -the U.N. with- -...._ _ ·--· -·~- · '- · jority leader's decades~lo~_g What would be Dole's chief goal as drawal. "We have an obligatioh," tenure in Congress: "Nobody else president? .Not surprisingly, he s~ys Dole'replled. · · · · has the wisdom, the expertise and it would be to rein in the federal gov- Turning to Israel, Dol~ speaks of the experience to take over this ernment. "The government does a lot . the bill he introduced to move the country at a time when we really of good things, but it is too big, too U.S. Embassy from Tel Avlv to Jeru· need leadership." . intrusive. We peed to downsize it. salem, a move he opposed only a few Bass's long-anticipated endorse­ I've listed four departments we could years ago. It was also just a few years ment, delivered at the outset of an live without - commerce, housing ago - 1990 - that he called for a 5 eight-day working vacation for and urban development, energy and Dole, marked the third one for the education." Kansas senator from New Hamp­ As for foreign policy, "I worry . shire's four lawmakers in Con­ about our prestige and how we're gress, all Republicans. viewed in the world; there is no clear ·I policy." The majority leader is criti­ cal of the Clinton administration for abdicating its leac;lership role and "blowing" so niuch money on Haiti and Somalia.- operations Dole clearly doesn't believe pertained to U.S. national interests. He is espe­ cially unhappy with the Clintonites' willingness to rely so heavily on the United Nations. Dole notes that he is fighting the president's proposed cuts in the defense budget- and that they are "double what candidate • • • • • • • • • • e • e • • [ SUNDAY • AUGUST 27, 1995 • THE HAYS DAILY NEWS • A11. !Dole's return of money from gay GOP group angers them Dole's lead Shrinks in Time-CNN poll ~ . ba~CINNATI CAP>- A Washington- · Thursday back to the group. serve in the military. That runs counter NEW YORK <AP> - Presidential can­ ·shot up from 16 Percent to 25 percent. lD18ware of OlU' involvement i<; dishonest" didate Bob Dole's suwort among paten.. organization of gay Republicans "It's our policy to decline conbibu- to the J..cg cabin Republicans' position, The poll released Friday found that Deb Price, a journalist whose col­ tlal Republican voters has slipped, ~ upset that Sen. Bob Dole has decided tions from political groups that have. and is one example . of why Dole is Sen. Bill Bradley, a l'{ew Jersey umn· about 'lesbian and gay tssues according to a poll from giJi Time. return its campaign contribution. an agenda that is not in line with retwning the money, Warfield said. and Dole's presidential campaign said Senator Dole's position on the tssues," appears in The Detroit News and other In choooing affiOOg ,. ~ 'Republican "We are extremely disappointed rlewspapers, found the June 19 contri­ ~~~~w;, it is giving back a $1,1m contri- Warfield said. "We've gotten over over this incident,• said Rich Tafel, cardidates, as percent suwort Dole, the gets a favorable rating from 16 percent of bution in Federal Election Commission majority leader from Kansas; 9 ~on from the UJg Cabin Republicans 200,000 checks, and this one clearly executive director of the group, which senate the 1m adults polled, while 71 percent are reports.