Jack Kemp has died of cancer. He was a profoundly decent and profoundly wrong man. He lived just long enough to see the end result of the supply-side revolution he did so much to start and sustain. But he shouldn’t be remembered just for his costly errors. He should be remembered for his strong stances on civil rights for blacks and for being an outstanding athlete and teammate. My condolences to his family and friends.
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Gregg Easterbrook put out a great article covering both Kemp’s sports career and his politics.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/090502
Kemp would have been primaried out of today’s GOP just for his stance on immigration.
In the party of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
who didn’t succumb to or subscribe to the race-bait or other Rovian tactics. And as you said, Boo, his ideas about the economy finally went down in flames. But he was a decent dude.
Jack Kemp was a good guy, IMO. He definitely doesn’t fit in today’s GOP.
May he RIP