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Jack Kemp has Died
AP, minutes ago.
Later — The NYTimes:
Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described ”bleeding-heart conservative,” died Saturday. He was 73.
Kemp died after a lengthy illness, according to spokeswoman Bona Park and Edwin J. Feulner, a longtime friend and former campaign adviser. Park said Kemp died at his home in Bethesda, Md., in the Washington suburbs.
5 Responses to “Jack Kemp has Died”
Sad news, I did not know he was that ill.
One of the best Republicans out there, IMHO.
Agreed with Patrick. For me, Kemp was always a solutions conservative. I may not have always agreed with the solutions, but he was producing ideas and trying things. He will be missed.
Rest in peace, Jack. Didn't agree with him on much but I always respected him. Read this letter to his grandchildren on the night of Obama's election and you get a measure of what a patriot Jack Kemp was.
That is a great letter- thanks, Elrod, I hadn't seen that before.
He'll be missed by his family, undoubtedly, and by many of us in the country that he served. He was an authentic compassionate conservative.
Many disagreed with this or that from Kemp (not counting what the true far fight such as the folks at Chronicles and related paleo-cons had to say about him and other neo-cons), but the letter was good. That was one of leftism's last great true triumphs he was writing about, when the conservatives had this or that reason for not “rushing” change(!) too quickly, but which amounted in reality to mere rationalizations for not ending discrimination.