Bob Dole and John Kerry

Hat tip to Smoke on the Water for this story and the link to the transcript and the actual audio of the interview. bq. ...Kerry ran crying and whining to Bob Dole concerning the Swiftie's ads, and Bob Dole laid the bitchslap of the century on the Botox Boy. bq. Is this how Kerry intends to work with the U.N.? How he intends to stand up to rogue nations? How he intends to fight terrorism? bq. Running and crying to Mum and Pop is not what we expect from a candidate for the highest office in the most powerful and influential nation on the face of the earth. Bob Dole was on Sean Hannity's radio show and said: bq. "John Kerry called me this morning, which surprised me," Dole told radio host Sean Hannity. bq. "He said he was very disappointed, we'd been friends. I said John, we're still friends, but [the Swiftvets] have First Amendment rights, just as your people have First Amendment rights. And more: bq. Dole said he urged Kerry, "Why don't you call George Bush today and say, 'Mr. President, let's stop all this stuff about the National Guard and Vietnam - and let's talk about the issues." bq. Dole said Kerry responded, "I haven't spent one dime attacking President Bush." bq. But the Republican war hero shot back, "You don't have to. You've got all the so-called mainstream media, plus you've got MoveOn.org and all these other groups that have spent millions and millions of dollars trying to tarnish Bush's image." bq. "Don't tell me you don't know what some of these people are doing," he told Kerry. bq. "Everybody likes quiet heroes," Dole added, saying he told Kerry, "John, everybody knows you were in Vietnam and the less you say about it, the better." Ouch! Could not have happened to a nicer guy. Kerry calls Dole asking for sympathy and gets the truth handed to him on a platter...