Comments on: Jack Kemp Dead at 73

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:15:36 +0000

Kemp was a good man, I believe he enjoyed respect from across the political spectrum. Would that there were more like him...

By: The Moderate Voice

The Moderate Voice — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:42:26 +0000

Jack Kemp Dies: Friends And Foes Remember “Big Tent” Republican Conservative...

The death of former pro quarterback and former Republican vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp at 73 of cancer yesterday almost seems a bitter irony of history — timed at a particularly pointed time.
During a week when some pundits were warning t...

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:21:23 +0000

How ironic that this should have happened at this time...his passing serves as a metaphor for what is happening to the moderate, northeastern wing of the GOP...

By: Bill H

Bill H — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:35:13 +0000

I am most decidedly not too young to remember him from his quarterbacking days. Rest in peace.

By: sam

sam — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:24:45 +0000

Had the Republican Party heeded Jack Kemp's words on racial inclusiveness in the party, it might not find itself in the straits it does today. He was the smartest, most humane Republican politician of his generation. There was none of the petty about him, and I was always, always struck by his basic decency and kindness. Like Pug, I wish there were more like him; our politics would be much the better for it.

By: Football Star and Former V.P. nominee Jack Kemp dead at 73 « Political Byline

Sun, 03 May 2009 07:58:07 +0000

[...] *** The “Kemp-Roth” tax cuts were at the cornerstone of Ronald Reagan’s early legacy as president and his brand of fiscal conservatism and innovative ideas to spur the entrepreneurial spirit were a huge part of the Republican Party of my formative period. By 1996, when he ran with Bob Dole, has was becoming an outlier in the party because of his relative moderation on social issues like affirmative action (thus the “bleeding-heart” descriptor). – James Joyner – Outside the Beltway [...]

By: Pug

Pug — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:05:06 +0000

Jack Kemp seemed like a good man. I wish there were more like him.

By: Brian Haentges

Brian Haentges — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:46:03 +0000

So sorry to hear this news, my best wishes to the Kemp family. I met Congressman Kemp in the late 70's and He never forgot to send me a Christmas card and drop a note to see how I was doing once I joined the Air Force. I was proud to have known such a patriot, may he rest in peace.

MSgt Brian Haentges