I voted for Dole in 1996 because I suspected a second Clinton term would be marked by scandal and failure. I was right, and I have never regretted that vote.
Is it going too far to call Dole the last reasonable and decent member of the GOP? I don’t think so. Even outliers like Mitt Romney and Susan Collins believe in regressive tax cuts regardless of the circumstances and historical evidence. The mainstream, of course, is now an openly insurrectionist party which stands only for toxic masculinity and whatever thought flits through Donald Trump’s head at any given time.