Mark Shields Howler: Bob Dole 'Was a Certifiable Conservative

June 1st, 2013 2:24 PM
PBS's Mark Shields said something on Friday's Inside Washington that is guaranteed to make right-thinking Americans across the fruited plain double over in laughter. Bob Dole "was a certifiable conservative" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NBC’s Brian Williams Trumpets Bob Dole’s Criticism of GOP as Too C

May 28th, 2013 8:51 PM
Once again demonstrating the NBC Nightly News is the broadcast arm of MSNBC, anchor Brian Williams – matching what has animated MSNBC hosts – devoted a segment to former Senator Bob Dole railing against the modern Republican Party; ie: conservatives. With “Fighting Words” on screen, Williams on Tuesday night highlighted comments neither the ABC nor CBS evening newscasts found newsworthy, how…

Bob Dole: Obama’s a ‘Great Golfer,’ ‘Lacks Communication Skill

May 26th, 2013 4:38 PM
Former United States Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole had some harsh words for the current White House resident Sunday. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, when host Chris Wallace asked him what he thought of Barack Obama, Dole replied, “Great golfer.”

ABCNews.com Helps Obama Push Himself as a 'Moderate Republican,' Eight

December 14th, 2012 7:40 PM
ABCNews.com doesn’t know how to use quote marks for this headline: “Obama: More Moderate Republican Than Socialist.” Obama told a Miami interviewer that "The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican." Lloyd Bentsen impressions are mandatory: I knew moderate…

NB Publisher Bozell: Media's Attack on Conservatism Attempt to Divide

November 14th, 2012 11:43 AM
We hear this from the liberal media every single time the Republicans don’t win something. They have only one solution for the Republican Party: don’t be conservative. It’s never about the failures of the candidates or a poor voter turnout effort. It’s that Republicans are too conservative – a false conclusion that ignores the successful campaigns of conservatives Ronald Reagan, George H.W.…

Dole Calls McClellan a 'Miserable Creature,' Media Mostly Mum

June 2nd, 2008 10:33 AM
Former senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole sent an angry e-mail message to Scott McClellan Thursday calling the former White House press secretary a "miserable creature" for publishing his recent tell-all book about the Bush administration.In his message, Dole claimed McClellan was typical of folks "in every administration who don't have the guts to speak up or quit if there are…

Bob Dole Chastises Rush Limbaugh

February 5th, 2008 10:32 AM
Here's something you don't see every day: a Republican publicly chastising one of the leading conservative voices in the nation.After all, it's one thing for liberal media members across the fruited plain to bash talk radio's Rush Limbaugh.But former Senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole?Well, hold on to your seats, for Politico reported late Monday (h/t NBer coffee260, emphasis added…