Ground Game is back today and so is Bob Dole, apparently. The 1996 Republican presidential candidate and former Kansas senator rips into Scott McClellan in an acerbic email in which he describes the former White House spokesman as a "miserable creature" who is trying to cash in on President Bush's unpopularity:[I]f all these awful things were happening, and perhaps some may have been, you should have spoken up publicly like a man, or quit your cushy, high profile job.
That would have taken integrity and courage but then you would have had credibility and your complaints could have been aired objectively,
Dole has surprised the public before with his passion and wit, but the initial reaction to this email seems to be more along the lines of shock and awe. In my earlier post on McClellan I said he would have been demonstrating real courage by stepping down from his position at the time, rather than when it was politically and financially convenient. Not everyone agrees with that take, but I'm not the only voice in the blogosphere airing such sentiment. The Moderate Voice's Pete Abel:
Regardless of how you feel about Bob Dole, he makes a great point. The definition of a real hero is one who stands up to a wrong at the time it's committed, not later, and not for the purposes of personal profit.This is the second time Dole has played a role in the 2008 election season. Earlier this year, he was involuntarily thrust into the Republican primary when former candidate Mitt Romney compared John McCain's chances to Dole's failed '96 run.
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