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Article: WHY DOLE IS IN THE DOLDRUMS.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 12, 1996
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I think I've discovered the source of the lack in Bob Dole's lackluster campaign. Perhaps unwittingly, the man may have spent a lifetime struggling against his destiny.
The Oxford American Dictionary defines ``dole'' as ``a payment by a government to persons who are unable to find employment.'' Nothing Republican in that. Could the man be a congenital Democrat and unaware of it all his life?
If so, no wonder he seems so doleful. Living a life going against type must have exhausted him, which of course would be one of the reasons ...