Died Bob Dole, presidential candidate Usa In the 1996 and considered a political icon of the Republicans. He was 98 years old and was suffering from lung cancer. The family, especially his wife, made it known Elizabeth Dole. Lawyer, and senator of the Grand Old Party for it State of Kansas from 1969 to 1996, he also served as a majority leader, getting the record for the longest period of time held in that role by one person.
In 1976 he was nominated for vice president from Gerald Ford, but in that election the Republicans were defeated by the Democrat Jimmy Carter. After attempting the race in the Republican primary in 1988, overwhelmed by the vice president of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Dole was the Republican party candidate in the 1996 presidential elections but was defeated by the outgoing president Bill Clinton.
Dole was also a veteran of the Second World War. He had fought in Italy, in the Emilian Apennines, sustaining serious injuries (and then paralysis) in his right arm during a battle at Castel d’Aiano. In fact, he used to hold a pen in his right hand, to make it clear that he could not shake his hand in greeting. After initially supporting Jeb Bush’s candidacy, which turned out to be unsuccessful, Dole already expressed his support in January 2016 for Donald Trump in the race for the White House. In 2018, Dole was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington.
“Bob Dole was one American statesman like few in our history, a war hero and one of the greatest of the Greatest Generation“, That is, the generation that grew up during the Great Depression and went to fight in the Second World War: with these words Joe Biden pays tribute to the friend with whom he shared many years in the Senate on opposite sides. “But he never hesitated to work with me and other Democrats when it mattered most,” he stressed in a statement, recalling his bipartisan efforts and achievements. Including the law to establish the holiday of Martin Luther King, which many in his party disliked: “No first-class democracy can treat people as second-class citizens,” are the words he said to his colleagues. “Bob was a man admired by Americans and had a distinct sense of integrity and honor,” Biden added, hoping that the nation could “draw an example from its legacy of decorum, dignity, good humor and patriotism.”