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With Daniel Lippman
DOLE ANNOUNCES CANCER DIAGNOSIS: Former Kansas Sen.
Bob Doleannounced this morning that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. My first treatment will begin on Monday,” the former Senate GOP leader and presidential nominee said in a tweeted statement. “While I certainly have some hurdles ahead, I also know that I join millions of Americans who face significant health challenges of their own.”
a shame she wasn t able to. paul: kudos, though, to the president at bethune cookman for standing up and saying, look, let s tone it down or we re going to call this whole thing off. well, i thought that was fantastic, and i wondered when i was listening to those students, you know, what they had learned in the four years when they were at that school because, obviously, tolerance was not one of the items on the agenda. by the way, betsy devos organization was the foundation for excellence in education. and i agree with jason, she has done an enormous amount and particularly which is the most important thing in this country, k-12. she s worked in the k-12. and some people said that these students were complaining because there s a threat of university education being cut. if we don t fix the k-12 education in this country, you can forget about the, you know, the opportunities underprivileged people will have in universities. paul: dan, if i had to, when i was in college, if i had
heard on this subject, and it s a shame she wasn t able to. paul: kudos, though, to the president at bethune cookman for standing up and saying, look, let s tone it down or we re going to call this whole thing off. well, i thought that was fantastic, and i wondered when i was listening to those students, you know, what they had learned in the four years when they were at that school because, obviously, tolerance was not one of the items on the agenda. by the way, betsy devos organization was the foundation for excellence in education. and i agree with jason, she has done an enormous amount and particularly which is the most important thing in this country, k-12. she s worked in the k-12. and some people said that these students were complaining because there s a threat of university education being cut. if we don t fix the k-12 education in this country, you can forget about the, you know, the opportunities underprivileged people will have in universities. paul: dan, if i had to,
so, beautiful shot of washington, d.c. so mika, yesterday after the deal came down i tweeted same as it ever was. and i m reminded, you know, we re talking this morning about how great republican governors are doing outside of washington. they are embarrassed to be standing with people inside washington. 1998, 1999, i say hi they run in the other direction. whoa. he was guesting things done like guys he s in boston now former republican governor of florida, jeb bush, chairman of the foundation for excellence in education. jeb i was hurt when you got a restraining order in northwest florida. i could not be seen with you in public. it was kind of sad. it s nice that you re out of