[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   BOB DOLE NEEDS MORE THAN BRAN MUFFINS TO KEEP HIS CAMPAIGN MOVING

  (Mr. SCHUMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, today's Washington Post reported that Bob 
Dole is the picture of physical health for a man 73 years of age, but 
his electoral health is another matter. No matter how physically fit 
Bob Dole may be at age 73, the American voter will not support tobacco 
for kids, choice for no one, and assault weapons for everyone, and so 
to restore his political health Candidate Dole has now had to flip-
flop. Bob Dole said cigarettes were not addictive and now admits they 
are. Bob Dole's 35-year antichoice record is replaced by the 
protolerance candidate today.
  Repealing the assault weapons ban was a top priority when Dole was in 
the Senate. Now he says he might veto the same bill. The flip-flops 
have gotten so bad his political health has reached critical.
  His handlers have reportedly forbidden Bob Dole from speaking to 
reporters without a script. And next week, in the ultimate desperation 
move, Candidate Dole will unveil a pie-in-the-sky tax cut and abandon 
his pledge to balance the budget.
  That is right, another flip-flop.
  Bob Dole's physical health may be OK, but he will need a lot more 
than bran muffins to get his campaign moving.

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