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| RIP Jack Kemp |
| 2009-05-03 |
| Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative" died Saturday. His spokeswoman Bona Park and longtime friend and former campaign adviser Edwin J. Feulner confirmed that Kemp died after a lengthy illness. Kemp had announced in January 2009 that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He said he was undergoing tests but gave no other detail. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Back in the late 1970s, my father thought Representative Kemp would one day be president. A shame he was wrong. May his memory be for a blessing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-03 21:00 |
| #6 Lest we fergit, BILL CLINTON widout solicitation person admitted to stealing two POTUS elections by fraud - only God knows how the US-World would've been under a GEORGE HERBERT second term, or a POTUS DOLE + VPOTUS KEMP. IIRC POTUS NIXON back in the early 1970's once proclaimed "THERE WILL BE NO WHITEWASHING OF THE WHITE HOUSE/PRESIDENCY", or words to that effect ala the then-budding WATERGATE investigation - ALONG CAME THE SO-CALLED "MONICA AFFAIR" WHICH IMO WAS THE NPE'S WAY OF PDENIABLY "WHITEWASHING" A MORE SERIOUS INTERNAL EVENT OR CRISIS, AND DONE SO IN ORDER TO PROTECT USGovt INTEGRITY/ CREDIBILITY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-03 19:21 |
| #5 Decent and generous person. The Kemp-Roth act of the early 80s was an important generator of economic growth in that decade. However, in his later years he coauthored a goofy report on Russia with John Edwards, worked Edwards on some phony baloney poverty workshops, worked with a fellow who was one of Saddam's oil-for-palaces accomplices, supported a number of Farrakhan initiatives and had a number of goofball things to say supporting amnesty for illegal aliens (disguised as immigration reform). |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-05-03 14:15 |
| #4 My condolences to his family. RIP. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-05-03 12:58 |
| #3 Thanks for your service Jack. You were a loyal and faithful servant. WolfDog....I recall the old saying "only the good die young." Guess that doesn't say much about me. :( |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-05-03 11:21 |
| #2 It seems as though all the reasonable thoughtful people are leaving us too soon. Do they know something we don't?? |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-05-03 10:40 |
| #1 Jack was a good man. He fought the good fight. We could use more like him. RIP, good sir. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2009-05-03 00:46 |