Now Mitt Romney says he wasn't dissing Bob Dole; rather, he was pointing out that Dole and McCain's presidential campaigns share a bad characteristic:
You know you like every endorsement and Bob Dole is an American hero, another terrific guy. … But you know, I don’t think if I were the McCain campaign that’s the parallel I would have wanted to draw. Just because you know he was selected as somebody who had been a long term Senator and was seen as the anointed choice. You know the inevitable choice, the one who is next in line. I think we’re best as a party, at least in my own view, when we bring somebody in from the outside.
But in 1995, Mitt Romney made a $1,000 contribution to Dole for President, then the maximum allowed by law. (It's the last contribution listed on this image.) Romney made the contribution on 12/19/1995, before any primaries or caucuses, and he didn't give to any other presidential candidates. If you need an outsider to bring change, why didn't he back, say, Lamar Alexander? Didn't Romney want to change Washington in 1996?
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