Bob Dole Released After Hospitalization

UPDATE: A spokesman tells Amy Walter of ABC News that Dole was admitted to the hospital on Thursday but has since been released.

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Bob Dole has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. The former Senate majority leader and GOP presidential candidate's condition has not been released, but Dole spent "most of 2010 at the facility," the Capital-Journal reports.

A spokesman for the Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence, Kan. tells the Associated Press that Dole was admitted to the facility on Thursday.

More to come...

Comments

[moongal6]

09:48 PM on 01/07/2011

One of the last rational conservatives.

[SteveSFM]

09:04 PM on 01/07/2011

Bob Dole. A genuine conservative, as opposed to the radicals who currently overrun his party. As many here are saying, a guy who I could disagree with and still respect. And a genuinely witty guy. And a war hero who didn't always run around talking about being a war hero, unlike other politicians I could name.

Best wishes for a full recovery, Bob.

[CaliTLC]

07:17 PM on 01/07/2011

Hope he's on the mend.

[JMcCoy]

06:35 PM on 01/07/2011

I pray that he is better soon and can return home with his loved ones.

[nondiplome]

06:21 PM on 01/07/2011

A republican I could respect. Boy, that takes me back. Feel better soon, Bob!

[ex-eye-in-the-sky]

06:17 PM on 01/07/2011

Best wishes for a quick recovery. Not a person I agree with very often politically...but an honest to God American hero, he is.

[GWG27]

06:12 PM on 01/07/2011

There was much about Mr. Dole's political philosophy that I didn't agree with, but he always took care of his beloved home state. For that, all Kansans should be grateful. I am. He almost single-handledly fought for the main business drivers in my part of the state -- and in no small part saved them from an even more disastrous fate at the hands of the then-lunatic Democratic party in power. Compared with this current crop of neanderthals running the GOP, he was the poster child of a "statesman." I wish for him and his family peace during what seems to be a time of transition.

[lizmckenzie55]

05:50 PM on 01/07/2011

He is 87 isn't he? Can't live forever and the average man lives until 73. Mr. Dole I do not agree with your politics, but your are anything but average and you have proved that. Good luck to you.

[RogerShermansShadow]

05:49 PM on 01/07/2011

Best wishes to a formidable foe.

[mrman]

05:47 PM on 01/07/2011

I sincerely wish him well. After his presidential run I actually got a chance to listen to him without the "handlers". He was pretty funny. I don't agree with his politics but he came off as a real decent guy. His kind of Republican is a thing of the past. Too bad.

[meekanagh]

05:46 PM on 01/07/2011

Sad news... Bob Dole is a good role model for a great Statesman. Hope he pulls through.

[emeraldcite]

05:46 PM on 01/07/2011

Who would have thought I'd miss the days of the Bob Dole style republicans rather than this new, crazier iteration?

At least Bob Dole was a rational person I could disagree with...

Get well, Bob.

[Douglas Campbell]

08:55 PM on 01/07/2011

He was a Goldwater style Republican, but married to a Jesse Helms style Republican stained his legacy.

[leftybass]

05:45 PM on 01/07/2011

Bob Dole says Bob Dole will be fine...

[liveordie]

05:45 PM on 01/07/2011

Get well Senator.

[wikwox]

05:44 PM on 01/07/2011

Not a fan of Bob Doles politics but I like the man himself, he has a sense of humor and we could really use that about now. Get well Senator.

[JRsNana]

08:13 PM on 01/07/2011

Well said and I concur.