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Parody "The Democratic ex-president and the Republican ex-lawmaker share one unusual bond: Their wives won Senate seats as they were leaving public life. Both men said they hoped not to cause...
...Did I tell you we're having the house redone...
...DOLE: It's wonderful, isn't it...
...DOLE: You're so right, Bill...
...Our job is to create a little sanctuary where our wives can do the country's work...
...CLINTON: Oh, Bob, you've just got to put your foot down...
...CLINTON: You're selling yourself short, Bob...
...Honestly, you don't look a day over forty...
...DOLE: Oh, you're a miracle worker, Bill...
...And I'll tell you a little secret: In the back of my mind, sometimes I think Hillary might not have gone so far without me...
...DOLE: Isn't that the truth...
...I said to Hillary, I just told her flat-out, I said, "Honey, I'm delighted you're in the Senate...
...It's not just baking cookies, is it...
...But don't ever think all your volunteer work isn't work, too...
...Honestly, I don't know how our wives do it...
...CLINTON: Well, I don't know much about that stuff either, Bob...
...They carry so much on their shoulders...
...CLINTON: No, that's for sure...
...But since Hillary got in the Senate, I sure am getting an education about current affairs...
...Liddy has been an angel about looking at wallpaper samples, even though sometimes I worry that it's a distraction from her work...
...My Hillary sure has a head for facts and figures...
...We men don't stand up for ourselves sometimes...
...Washington Post, March 7, 2003, on the weekly Clinton-Dole debates to begin Sunday night on 60 Minutes SHOW: 60 MINUTES (7:00 PM ET) MAY 25, 2003, SUNDAY TYPE: Transcript LENGTH: 2595 words stakes in Iraq and the looming Medicare crisis...
...Both men said they hoped not to cause trouble for the officeholders in the family...
...To be so close to the center of political decision-making, right here in our nation's capital...
...But I am not going to cook for visiting dignitaries out of a fifteen-year-old kitchen...
...CLINTON: You're so sweet to say so...
...But she always tells me, Lovey, sometimes I think your job is harder than mine— DOLE: Awww...
Vol. 8 • March 2003 • No. 26
