Dole — U.S. Senator from North Carolina, sporadic resident of the state and darling of the N.C. media — loves to portray herself as a kind of “Southern belle made good.” The truth, though, is that Dole is a consummate Washington insider who has spent her four years in the Senate carrying water for big-money corporations who bankrolled her political career and trying to keep Congress from examining Bush administration shenanigans. Want more details? Click here.