Does he like Bob Dole any more than he liked George Bush?
I think he has an absolute disdain for Republicans. In his delusional mind he’s become convinced that Republicans have this dirty tricks operation that destroyed his candidacy in 1992. The reality is, as I tried to explain to him, the stories that are coming out of CBS and the New York Times are being done by their reporters. They don’t need some college graduate doing research at the RNC (Republican National Committee) to dig up this stuff, they’re gonna go dig it up themselves. But he really had this paranoia about this group of ex-CIA types, he thought were working in the bowels of the RNC. It’s a very uphill struggle for Dole. It’s the most uphill struggle for a Republican since Goldwater. The Republicans are running Mondale’s race in 1984 while the other side is running the Reagan campaign. They’re even going to take the Ohio train trip right after the convention, which is exactly what we did in 1984. How much effect could Jack Kemp have? Kemp can reach into communities that no tr
