Posted on 05/02/2009 6:49:34 PM PDT by tsmith130
After a lifetime of public service and a painful illness, Jack Kemp has died.
Our prayers are with his family.
God be with you, Jack Kemp. You were a very good man.
Bummer. Imagine how different the world would be if he had been Reagan’s VP.
RIP Mr. Kemp.
He would have made a great President, I voted for him in the primaries in 1988.
You might be surprised at who lurks. Now go out and buy a card if that floats your boat.
that JUST happened. wiki was one of the places I quickly glanced at after I saw the post on NRO. it wasn’t there 10 minutes ago.
it’s interesting to think of what would have been if that were the case. Presumably, there’d be no VP Bush, no Bush 41 and certainly no Bush 43. Kemp likely wins in 88. An interesting thought exercise.
Kemp and Snowe are partying or whatever they do in heaven about now.
RIP and thanks to a good and honest man
Yep, things got on Wiki pretty quick.
This is another demonstration of how FR is ahead of the curve on breaking news, although I wish it were under better circumstances.
Some people....
Jack French Kemp, (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and former professional football player. In the 1996 election, he was Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole’s running mate for Vice President. He had previously contended for the presidential nomination in the 1988 Republican primaries. Kemp began his political career with nine terms as a Congressman for Western New York, from 1971 to 1989, and subsequently served as Housing Secretary in the George H. W. Bush administration.
As an economic conservative, Kemp advocates low taxes and supply-side policies. His positions span the social spectrum, ranging from his conservative opposition to abortion to his more libertarian stances advocating immigration reform. As a proponent of both Chicago school and supply-side economics, he is notable as the molder of the Reagan agenda and the architect of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which is known as the Kemp–Roth tax cut.
Before politics, Kemp was a professional quarterback for 13 years in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and American Football League (AFL). He served as captain of both the San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills and earned the AFL Most Valuable Player award in 1965 after leading the Bills to a second consecutive championship. He played in the AFL for all 10 years of its existence, appeared in its All-Star game seven times, played in its championship game five times, and set many of the league’s career passing records. Kemp also co-founded the AFL Players Association, for which he served five terms as president. During the early part of his football career, he served in the United States Army Reserve.
He would have been a great President, if only he had ran for Pres. instead of Dole. God Bless him.
His Wikipedia entry was updated in the past few minutes.
I met him in D.C. in 1992. A good guy.
If he is really gone, then R.I.P.
I shook his hand and worked for him in 1988.
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