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Dole comes to call

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole met with the editorial board today (cartoonist Dwane Powell's sketch above) and talked about what she sees as her main accomplishments in the Senate (the tobacco quota buyout, for one). She also addressed opponent Kay Hagan's main criticisms: that she never visits North Carolina (she does, too, it's just that the taxpayers don't pay for it so her visits don't show up on lists), that she isn't even from here (oh, please, she graduated from a North Carolina high school and went to Duke) and that she ever voted against the troops (her husband is a wounded war veteran). One of Hagan's biggest criticisms has been that Dole is basically George Bush. You can listen to Dole talk about how she differs from Bush in these two clips.

 

Audios:
How Dole differs from Bush
How Dole differs from Hagan
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About the blogger

Burgetta Eplin Wheeler is the letters editor and page designer. She occasionally writes editorials. She can be reached at bwheeler@newsobserver.com or 829-4825.

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