Help Republicans Rescue Their Party From Itself

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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Cruelty, fear, cowardice, xenophobiaand disrespect invaded the inner sanctum of the U.S. governmentthis week, bringing embarrassment and dishonor to what was oncethe greatest deliberative body in the world: the U.S. Senate.

On Dec. 4, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, an 89-year-old Republican whose right arm was shattered in combatduring World War II, was wheeled into the Senate chamber by hiswife to rally support for a United Nations treaty that shouldhave been entirely unobjectionable.