While being interviewed on MSNBC by correspondent Andrea Mitchell, retired US Senator and former vice presidential and presidential nominee Bob Dole (R-KS) contradicted himself within a 13-word sentence yesterday. Mitchell spoke with Dole before Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention.

Asked about his experience running for Vice President, Dole said that he thinks "it's going to be tough for Joe Biden, too, you have to be very careful and not --"

"Running against a woman," replied Mitchell.

"Not because she's a woman, just respect you pay for people, in particularly, a woman," the senator said.

Then, in what was seemingly an uncomfortable moment for Mitchell, Dole leaned in as if to privately tell her, "And thank your husband for going to Sarah's Circle for me." Mitchell explained that Sarah's Circle is a charity supported by members of the DC political community. Mitchell is married to former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (pictured with Mitchell at a Sarah's Circle event.)

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