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THE BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER RECENTLY HOSTED A TRIBUTE TO FORMER SENATORS BOB DOLE AND HOWARD BAKER. HONORING THEM FOR THEIR
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CENTURY OF SERVICE AND BIPARTISANSHIP EFFORTS IN CONGRESS. THIS TRIBUTE INCLUDES REMARKS BY BILL CLINTON, VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, FORMER SENATORS...
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| 00:00:48 |
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LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, FORMER SENATE MAJORITY LEADERS HOWARD
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| 00:02:19 |
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BAKER AND BOB DOLE. [APPLAUSE] (music) (music) >> PLEASE WELCOME FORMER SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AND BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER FOUNDER TOM DASCHLE. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 00:04:20 |
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TRENT LOTT AND BILL FRIST ALONG WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER. IT IS MY PLEASURE
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| 00:04:44 |
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TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU HERE TONIGHT. TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO HONOR TWO DISTINCT AND DIFFERENT REPUBLICANS. NO, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT MITT ROMNEY, I...
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| 00:15:12 |
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YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I MISS YOU AND I EXPECT YOU TO MISS ME. YOU KNOW, BOTH BOB AND HOWARD'S LIVES OF THEIR WITNESS TO THE GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO SAID...
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| 00:25:44 |
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FIRST, LET ME SAY THANK YOU DUBAI SPREAD THE BIDEN. I WAS TOLD HE HAD 20 MINUTES AND I COULD HAVE ALL THE TIME HE YIELDED BACK. [LAUGHTER]
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| 00:25:59 |
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HE YELLED BACK SOME TIME. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. HOWARD, BOB, NANCY, AND ELIZABETH -- IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU. I AM THRILLED YOU ARE BEING...
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| 00:31:57 |
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FIRST OF ALL, SENATOR DASCHLE, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. YOU AND GEORGE MITCHELL ASKED ME TO BE HERE. I WAS DISAPPOINTED HE IS NOT HERE. ACTUALLY HE...
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| 00:44:06 |
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FRIST. [APPLAUSE] >> ON BEHALF OF THE BPC I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT HAVING BEEN AWAY FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, FORMERLY FROM THE UNITED
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| 00:44:24 |
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STATES SENATE BUT WORKING EVERY WEEK HERE AT THE BPC. AS A CO-LEADER OF THE B.P.C. HEALTH PROJECT WITH SENATOR TOM DASCHLE, WE STRIVE, WE WORK HARD...
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| 00:48:35 |
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PRESENCE OF SO MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM TESTIFIES NOT ONLY TO THE HIGHEST ESTEEM WE ALL HAVEER FOR BOB AND HOWARD...
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| 00:59:24 |
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JASON RUMET. >> WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. AS I'M SURE YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE, PROMOTING BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS CAN AT TIMES BE A LONELY
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| 00:59:37 |
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PURSUIT. SO IT IS INCREDIBLY GRATIFYING TO BE SURROUNDED TONIGHT BY SEVERAL HUNDRED NATIONAL LEADERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PROUD PRAGMATIC PARTISANS....
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| 01:00:12 |
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SENATORS BOB DOLE AND HOWARD BAKER. THEIR VISION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BIPARTISAN CENTER IS A VISION WE NEED TODAY MORE THAN EVER. IT'S BEEN A...
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| 01:01:49 |
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WITH A STORY. I WAS THINKING THAT I BELIEVE THE VERY LAST TIME I APPEARED ANYWHERE WITH BOTH SENATOR BAKER, SENATOR DOLE WAS ALMOST EXACTLY 16 YEARS...
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| 01:06:05 |
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LEADERSHIP, THE ESSENCE OF GOOD SENATE SERVICE IS THE ABILITY TO BE A GOOD LISTENER, TO HEAR AND WHAT YOUR PARTY HAS TO SAY, WHAT THE COUNTRY HAS TO...
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| 01:06:39 |
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TO REALIZE HOW MUCH HE ABSORBS. >> MY DAD TOOK ME TO THE COURTHOUSE TO MEET CONGRESSMAN BAKERER SENIOR. I JUST MET THE MOST
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| 01:06:55 |
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RESPECTED MAN OTHER THAN THE PREACHER AND MY FATHER. YOUNG BAKER WAS A GOOD-LOOKING YOUNG GUY. WHEN I CAME TO WASHINGTON, I CAME WITH HIM. >> I REALLY...
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| 01:07:12 |
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TO BE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN EVER ELECTED IN TENNESSEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE WAS
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| 01:07:17 |
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A HUGE LEAP OF FAITH . AND WHEN I GOT THERE, I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS ACCEPTED AS A COLLEAGUE AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE. >> WHEN I CAME HERE,...
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| 01:07:38 |
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SPEECHES WERE PRETTY GOOD -- YOUNG AIDES, I THOUGHT MY SPEECHES WERE PRETTY GOOD. HE DIDN'T SAY MINE. HE NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT IT. I ASKED TO SEE...
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| 01:08:25 |
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BAKER WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT BEING HIS LITTLE TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR HIS RE-ELECTION. I SAID OK. HOW MUCH DOES THAT PAY? HE SAID NOTHING....
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| 01:09:00 |
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ME IF I WAS INTERESTED IN COMING UP. HE WAS GOING TO BE THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND HE WOULD SELECT THE MINORITY COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THE...
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| 01:09:20 |
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TYPE OF UNION HAD TONS OF POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, THAT HE WOULD BE THE VINDICTIVE FIGHTING TYPE. NO, HE WAS REASONABLE AND RATIONAL ABOUT IT. >> WELL,...
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| 01:09:43 |
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RICHARD NIXON. IT WASN'T LONG THAT WE HAD A REAL MESS ON OUR HANDS. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE AND FIRE THERE. >> SENATOR BAKER HAD THE MOST DIFFICULT...
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| 01:09:58 |
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WORRY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS WHEN THEIR INVESTIGATING NIXON HAVING AN INVESTIGATION. THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THE REPUBLICANS GOING TO DO. THE PRESSURE...
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| 01:11:16 |
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PRESIDENT'S INVOLVEMENT. I THINK I'LL ASK HIM TO COLLABORATE ON WHAT HE FEELS ABOUT THIS. THE PRESIDENT KNEW ABOUT THIS. >> WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW...
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| 01:11:39 |
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IT WAS A COMMON SENSE QUESTION BECAUSE
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| 01:11:41 |
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THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW. >> THE PANAMA CANAL, IT'S A BIG DEAL IN AMERICAN HISTORY. TEDDY ROOSEVELT BUILT IT AND CONNECTED THE TWO...
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| 01:11:58 |
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FOR IT. WE BUILT IT. WE OWNED IT. THAT'S WHAT RONALD REAGAN SAID. SENATOR BAKER AND SENATOR BYRD WAS SAYING LET'S GIVE IT BACK TO PANAMA AND WE'LL...
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| 01:12:22 |
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VOTE. >> THE PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE SAID NO WAY. YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING TO GIVE UP CONTROL OF THIS TREMENDOUS GLOBAL
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| 01:12:32 |
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RESOURCE. >> THAT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ME. IT WAS DIFFICULT POLITICALLY. IT WAS
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| 01:12:41 |
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A DIFFICULT INTELLECTUAL DECISION AND IT HAD DIFFICULT CONSEQUENCES. BUT AS I WENT INTO IT, IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT COULDN'T STAY THE WAY IT WAS. PANAMA...
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| 01:13:15 |
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UNLIKE YOU'D SEE VERY OFTEN POLITICALLY UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS TREATY. >> TAKES 67 VOTES TO CONFIRM A TREATY. SO HERE YOU ARE, UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT....
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| 01:13:31 |
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FOR RE-ELECTION. RONALD REAGAN GOING ABOUT THE COUNTRY. WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS TAKING A RISK OF THROWING AWAY YOUR POLITICAL FUTURE BY GOING AGAINST...
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| 01:13:59 |
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WITH THE PANAMA CANAL. BUT ALMOST OUT OF THE BLUE, SENATOR BYRD SAID, YOU WANT TO KNOW COURAGE? COURAGE IS HOWARD BAKER. COURAGE IS THE PANAMA CANAL...
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| 01:14:36 |
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BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE GOT OVER IT TO THE EXTENT THAT WHEN HE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO TAKE OVER THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN THINGS WERE TROUBLESOME AND HE PICKED...
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| 01:14:57 |
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AND GOT JOY BAKER ON THE PHONE. AND HE SAID, JOY, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO HOWARD. SHE SAID, HE'S AT THE ZOO WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN. AND PRESIDENT REAGAN...
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| 01:15:39 |
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DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICANS. AND THEY ALL TRUSTED HIM. >> HOWARD BAKER HAS THE RIGHT STUFF AND IT'S CALLED COURAGE, EMP THINK, IT'S CALLED ORGANIZATION AND...
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| 01:16:03 |
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CALLED LEADERSHIP. >> I GUESS YOUR BASIC INSTINCTS IF IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG. YOUR POLITICAL POSITION WILL
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| 01:16:15 |
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DICTATE HOW YOU HANDLE IT. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH THINGS. YOU CAN'T JUST DO THE RIGHT THING "ALL OF THE TIME." YOU TO KNOW WHAT THE...
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| 01:16:48 |
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LEGISLATOR. I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANT. BUT NOW I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEELING OF WHAT IT MEANT. IT MEANS LISTENING. IT MEANS TAKING COUNCIL....
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| 01:17:16 |
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THAT'S AN INTERESTING PHRASE BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEARING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT PEOPLE SAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE BUT YOU HAVE TO...
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| 01:18:48 |
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ROBERTS. >> BOB, ELIZABETH, HOWARD, NANCY, SOMEBODY TOOK AWAY MY
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| 01:19:07 |
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TELEPROMPTERS. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE A COLD. SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME. IT'S CALLED GRANDCHILDREN. LITTLE PETRY DISHES RUNNING AROUND MY HOUSE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...
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| 01:22:48 |
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BOB (music)(music) AND THE COUNTRY WAS BETTER FOR IT. SEARCHING FOR PAGE FIVE. [LAUGHTER] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MOVIE FUTURE VIEW, THE TRIBUTE, A...
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| 01:24:55 |
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TRIBUTES AND THE WARMTH AND THE LOVE THAT WAS IN THAT ROOM FOR BOB DOLE. IT WAS QUITE AN EVENT BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ONLY STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS ROLE AS...
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| 01:25:25 |
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PARENTS AND WE DID A LOT OF THINGS LIKE MOWING THE LAWN FOR PEOPLE AND SHOVELING SNOW. THERE WAS A CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK IT MADE ME A BETTER...
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| 01:25:48 |
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TO HIM A KEEN APPRECIATION BETWEEN THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE ROLE GOVERNMENT PLAYS AND THE ROLE THAT INDIVIDUALS PLAY. >> EXPERIENCE OF GOING WITHOUT,...
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| 01:26:04 |
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KNOW, THOSE ARE DEFINING EXPERIENCES. AND I THINK IT GAVE HIM A VERY REAL IMPATHY WITH HAVE NOTS. >> HE AND I WERE INFANTRY PLATOON LEADERS. HE WAS WOUNDED...
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| 01:26:31 |
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1945 IN NORTHERN ITALY. AND JUST ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I GOT WOUNDED ON APRIL 21ST,, 1945. AND WE ENDED UP IN THE SAME HOSPITAL. >> WHEN...
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| 01:26:53 |
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WASN'T SURE HE HAD ARMS. >> SENATOR DOLE FELT A BURNING SCRAP NELL HIT IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. AND WITH THAT, HE
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| 01:27:04 |
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HAD 39, ALMOST 40 MONTHS OF REHABILITATION. TO ME AS A DOCTOR, THAT MEANT SOMETHING. . >> FOR 40 DAYS LYING IN A HOSPITAL BED AFTER WORLD WAR II,...
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| 01:27:22 |
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AND THE STRENGTH TO MAKE THE COMEBACK. >> HE SHOULD HAVE COMPLAINED. NEVER DID. I ASKED HIM WHEN I WAS READY TO LEAF THE PLACE. I SAID WELL, BOB, I'M...
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| 01:27:34 |
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BE LEAVING. BUT WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? HE WAS ALL BANGED UP. HE SAYS I'M GOING TO BE FIRST OPENING IN CONGRESS, THAT'S WHERE I'LL GO. AND OFF TO THE SENATE...
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| 01:28:26 |
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REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS PART OF KANSAS. HE RIFED IN WASHINGTON A CLASSIC PARTISAN. HE OUTGREW THE LIMITATIONS OF PARTISANSHIP. >> I WAS A CONSENSUS BUILDER....
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| 01:28:47 |
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SIDE. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WAS SOME KIND OF A GENIUS. IT'S JUST THAT I WAS WILLING TO LISTEN. >> I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT ONE DAY I DROPPED IN BOB'S...
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| 01:29:03 |
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GOING ON IN FOUR ROOMS WITHIN HIS CAPITAL OFFICE AND BOB WAS PRESIDING OVER ALL FOUR. >> THERE WOULD BE ONE IN MY CONFERENCE ROOM. POSSIBLE ONE IN...
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| 01:29:18 |
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AND YOU KNOW, HIS COMMON PHRASE WAS WORK IT OUT. >> AND MAYBE YOU'RE NOT COMING OUT UNTIL YOU WORK IT OUT. >> HE WOULD COME IN AND SAY, YOU'VE GOT IT...
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| 01:29:30 |
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SETTLED. SETTLED MY ASS. AND HE WOULD COME IN AND DO
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| 01:29:34 |
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THAT COOL PHRASE, GLAD YOU GOT IT ALL DONE, GUYS. GET OUT OF HERE. HE HAD AN IMPATIENCE BUT ALSO TINGED WITH KINDNESS. HE WAS STRONG. >> HE WAS ONE...
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| 01:29:58 |
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REFORM. THEY HAD HIT A SNAG. >> IT INVOLVED DECISIONS INVOLVING RAISES TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY. IT INVOLVED REDUCING BENEFITS.
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| 01:30:07 |
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IT INVOLVED CHANGING ELIGIBILITY. >> IT'S NOT JUST POLITICS. I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TELLING ME, DON'T VOTE AGAINST SOCIAL SECURITY. THAT'S ALL I
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| 01:30:20 |
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HAVE. AND THERE WERE MILLIONS LIKE MY MOTHER WHO KIND OF LOVED FROM MONTH TO MONTH ON SOCIAL SECURITY. >> SO THE CHALLENGE WAS, WAS THERE A SOLUTION...
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| 01:30:33 |
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MOYNAHAN, A DEMOCRAT, A WONDERFUL SENATOR AND I GOT TOGETHER. AND WE ALMOST SAID AT
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| 01:30:40 |
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THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T FAIL BECAUSE THERE ARE 30 MILLION SENIORS COUNTING ON US TO PRODUCE. ONE BY ONE WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A CONSENSUS FOR A ...
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| 01:31:07 |
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A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM. >> ONE OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS DEAREST TO HIM AND A CONSTANT REMINDER WAS A CIGAR BOX THAT HE KEPT ON HIS DESK. AND...
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| 01:31:21 |
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BOX THAT THE PEOPLE OF RUSSELL, KANSAS COLLECTED MONEY FOR HIM WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO HAVE SURGERY, AFTER THE WAR. >> I MEAN, A LOT OF HIS WORK ON DISABILITY...
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| 01:31:41 |
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ALLOWED THEM TO GAIN THE CONFIDENCE AND THE SELF-RESPECT. >> THE ONE PARTICULAR LEGISLATIVE PROJECT THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT A CENTURY
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| 01:31:53 |
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FROM NOW IS THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. >> EVERY YEAR WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT. IN FACT, EVERY...
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| 01:32:07 |
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WITH DISABILITIES. >> AT THE TIME, IT WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL. IT WAS VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED. >> WE WERE LIKE BULLDOGS. WE WEREN'T GOING TO LET IT...
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| 01:32:20 |
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WAS TIME FOR PASSAGE. >> THE
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| 01:32:23 |
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DISABILITY COMMUNITY IS NOT POWERLESS BUT COMPARED TO ANY OTHER CONSTITUENCY I CAN THINK OF, THEY DON'T HAVE
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| 01:32:31 |
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THE RESOURCES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE -- THE PEOPLE TO ARTICULATE THEIR POSITIONS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH GOING FOR THEM. BUT THEY HAD BOB DOLE. >>...
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| 01:33:00 |
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GUY WITH RARE GOOD HUMOR. HE COULD DEFAME PEOPLE. >> HE COULD CUT THROUGH ANYTHING WITH A COMMENT OR A LOOK IF HE WAS IN THE MOOD TO DO THAT. THERE...
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| 01:33:15 |
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AND TOTALLY DISARM YOU. >> HE SAYS FROM WORKING IN DOLLSON'S DRUGSTORE IN RUSSELL, KANSAS. THE TWO BROTHERS WOULD SORT OF THROW THESE ONE LINERS...
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| 01:33:27 |
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FORTH ALL DAY. >> I PICKED UP A LOT OF WISING OFF AND WISECRACKS IN THE DRUGSTORE. >> THERE MANY PEOPLE WHO SAID IF HE COULD
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| 01:33:38 |
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HAVE SHOWN HOW QUICK WITTED
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| 01:33:43 |
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AND HOW HUMOROUS HE WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT IN 1996. HE HAS A WONDERFUL LINE THAT HE SAID. HE USED TO HAVE BUMPER...
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| 01:34:12 |
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OR NEON? I KNOW IT CAN'T HAVE
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| 01:34:15 |
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ANY POLITICAL ADVERTISING ON IT BUT -- [LAUGHTER] JUST HAVE THE NAME OUT THERE AND LIGHTS THE NEXT FEW LIGHTS, MIGHT BE HELPFUL. >> I NEVER WILL...
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| 01:34:35 |
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WERE SURPRISED BUT NOT SURPRISED THAT HE MADE THE DECISION. >> BUT HE FELT HE OUGHT TO GIVE FULL-TIME
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| 01:34:41 |
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TO THE CAMPAIGN AND JUST GIVE IT HIS VERY BEST EFFORTS. >> I REMEMBER THINKING SITTING AT THE WELL
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| 01:34:47 |
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AT THAT POINT NEXT TO HIM
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| 01:34:52 |
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HOW REMARKABLE AN INSTITUTION IT WAS AND THE EXTRAORDINARY RESPECT THE MEMBERS HAD, THE FACT THAT THEY CAME TO THE FLOOR, THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO FUNDAMENTALLY...
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| 01:35:26 |
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C.E.O. OF FEDEX. $185 MILLION TO BUILD THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. >> HE PUT IN HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. IT SIMPLY WOULDN'T...
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| 01:35:40 |
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WERE NOT FOR BOB DOLE ALMOST SINGLE HANDEDLY CONTINUED TO PRESS TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED IN SPITE OF EXTRAORDINARY ODDS TO THE CONTRARY. >> HE LIT...
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| 01:35:59 |
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THAT RULE. >> HE WAS VERY MUCH OF A GENERATION WHO BELIEVED THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU WERE JUDGED BY WHAT YOU DELIVERED AND THAT
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| 01:36:22 |
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MEANT WHAT YOU GOT DONE AND THAT WAS WHAT BILLS YOU WROTE, WHAT PROGRAMS YOU CREATED. >> YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND IF YOU FAIL, YOU FAIL. BUT YOU'VE GOT...
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| 01:36:37 |
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BE HALF-HEARTED APPROACH. YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IT ALL ON THE TABLE AND THE STAKES ARE HIGH SOMETIMES AND YOU'VE BETTER BE GOOD AT COUNTING VOTES OR YOU'LL...
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| 01:38:05 |
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MAGNIFICENT FACTS. THE FIRST IS I AM THE LAST TRIBUTE THIS EVENING. THE SECOND IS THAT AFTER I SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO...
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| 01:44:47 |
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YOU, I CONTINUE TO, AND I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU. THERE ARE ENORMOUS EVENTS AND NATIONAL ISSUES AND POLITICAL ISSUES BUT YOU'VE NEVER,...
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| 01:47:44 |
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YEARS. AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF NANCY AND ELIZABETH, WE'RE AUL VERY PROUD TO HAVE SOME ASSOCIATION WITH YOU AND WITH YOUR WONDERFUL STAFF AND...
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| 01:54:16 |
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APPLAUSE] PLEASE STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR COMING. >>
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