Jack Kemp: 1935 – 2009
Posted on May 2, 2009
-By Warner Todd Huston
Congressman Jack Kemp died today. He was 73.
Kemp was a one-time quarterback, a long-time congressman and ran as Bob Dole’s vice presidential running mate in 1996. But that mere sentence of service does not begin to reveal how important Jack Kemp was to the conservative cause.
Kemp was an expert on economics, pushed the idea of “enterprise zones” and called himself a “bleeding heart conservative.” He was one of the chief proponents of the ideas of supply side economics, derided by the press as “Reagonomics.” His work on these fronts during the Reagan Revolution changed much of how the GOP viewed these issues.
We can thank Kemp for successfully proving that high income tax rates keeps government coffers correspondingly low. It was Kemp that convinced Ronald Reagan to make this a major plank in the GOP platform.
Jack Kemp succumbed to cancer this day, but his legacy will live on. Thank you for your able service Congressman Kemp.
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Jack Kemp a good man and great conservative!
He will be missed!
Prayers for his family! (ó¿ò)
as a republican who voted for President Obama, I must say that I may have voted for someone of Mr. Kemp’s calibur and position had he been the gop candidate…. no, I still would have voted for Obama – the opportunity was too great to have missed – please, all people who continue to cry and complain and don’t support your president, think about it: we can only be united, the United States of America, by supporting our President, whoever he or she might be; you don’t have to always agree, but do raise your chin, stand by your country and support ‘our’ President. if you disagree, just pause and think about what it looks like to non-Americans when so many take a position of hipocracy and do not respect and support the one person who was voted by the majority to lead us; please, don’t be so damned proud….