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Bob Dole

Originally aired 07.19.1996
Unusual perspectives on the presumptive Republican nominee.

Prologue.

Ira wonders what the Dole campaign is thinking. Does this campaign really have the will to live? (4 minutes)

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Act One. Campaign Diaries.

We hear campaign diaries from author Michael Lewis, who is on the campaign trail for the New Republic magazine. (29 minutes)

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Act Two. Instructions on How You Can Become Bob Dole.

Former Saturday Night Live writer Robert Smigel — who impersonates Dole on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and the deceased Dana Carvey Show — gives step-by-step instructions on how to imitate the Republican nominee. (13 minutes)

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Act Three. TV Politics.

We give Danny Drennan, the writer behind the website Inquisitor Mediarama, a little assignment. (11 minutes)

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