Bob Dole: Ted Cruz Is An ‘Extremist’ Who Nobody Likes

UNITED STATES - September 2: Former Sen. Bob Dole. R-Kan., speaks during an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Allied Forces Victory in the Pacific and the end of World War II in Washington, Wednesday, Se... UNITED STATES - September 2: Former Sen. Bob Dole. R-Kan., speaks during an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Allied Forces Victory in the Pacific and the end of World War II in Washington, Wednesday, September 2, 2015. Although the World War II effectively ended in August, 1945, after Japanese forces surrendered to the Allied Forces, it was on September 2, 1945, that a formal surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay occurred aboard the USS Missouri, that officially ended the war. Then President Harry Truman declared September 2 to be V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day. (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Bob Dole, the former congressman, senator, and Republican vice presidential and presidential nominee, called Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) an “extremist” who nobody likes in a Wednesday interview with The New York Times.

Dole had said in November that he liked “nearly all” the candidates in the GOP race, with the exception of Cruz. But he used much stronger language when discussing Cruz’s candidacy with the Times this week.

“I question his allegiance to the party,” Dole was quoted as saying. “I don’t know how often you’ve heard him say the word ‘Republican’—not very often.”

Dole told the Times that while Cruz prefers the term “conservative,” the word that comes to his mind to describe Cruz is “extremist.”

“I don’t know how he’s going to deal with Congress,” he continued. “Nobody likes him.”

Dole added that he thought it would be more difficult for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to beat Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the general election than it would be to defeat Cruz.

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  1. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    Looks like the good old boys of the GOP really don’t like Cruz and wants to knee cap him so he can’t get a leg up in the early states. More popcorn anyone?

  2. Avatar for meri meri says:

    The likes of Dole seem to have missed that they pawned their party in 1980 and the new owners came to collect 30 years later.

  3. Thank you to Pfizer for Dole’s ability to rise to these criticisms.

  4. Bob Dole: The Man Who Invented Blind-Hatred Republican Obstructionism.

    Fuck You, Bob.

    And Fuck Liddy, too.

    Fixed it. [h/t to squirreltown]

  5. Think it’s Liddy. And yes she deserves her own personal “fuck you”

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