The Misanthrope’s Corner

BOB Dole’s habit of referring to himself in the third person is having such a disconcerting effect on the primaries that they will have to be renamed the tertiaries if he doesn’t cut it out. He sounds as if he really doesn’t want to be President, he just wants Bob Dole to be President.

My nerves gave way during his post-New Hampshire news conference when he told supporters, “You’re going to see the real Bob Dole from now on.” I turned him off and surfed around for an old movie to take my mind off politics. Under normal conditions I never tire of The Third Man, but this time I skipped it. I finally settled on Wuthering Heights but my respite was brief. When Merle Oberon cried, “I am Heathcliff, he’s more myself than I am!” all I could think of was Bob Dole.

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Florence King was a contributing editor of National Review.

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BOB Dole’s habit of referring to himself in the third person is having such a disconcerting effect on the primaries that they will have to be renamed the tertiaries if he doesn’t cut it out. He sounds as if he really doesn’t want to be President, he just wants Bob Dole to be President.

My nerves gave way during his post-New Hampshire news conference when he told supporters, “You’re going to see the real Bob Dole from now on.” I turned him off and surfed around for an old movie to take my mind off politics. Under normal conditions I never tire of The Third Man, but this time I skipped it. I finally settled on Wuthering Heights but my respite was brief. When Merle Oberon cried, “I am Heathcliff, he’s more myself than I am!” all I could think of was Bob Dole.