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Not even Bob Dole in a wheelchair can keep GOP extremists from rejecting disabilities treaty

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By Pat Cunningham

To the wackier elements of the Republican coalition, anything bearing the label of the United Nations is part of a nefarious plot to undermine American sovereignty and sap us of our precious bodily fluids.

Consequently, we had THIS SORRY SPECTACLE today:

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole [above] made a rare Senate appearance this morning, sitting in a wheelchair just off the floor so that members would have to see him as they entered the chamber. Why? Because they were poised to vote on ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and Dole hoped to send ...

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