Jack Kemp died
Quintessence of Dust
03-05-2009, 13:52
The politician Jack Kemp has died aged 73 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/us/03kemp.html?_r=1&hp). He is probably most famous for his sponsorship of the 1981 ERTA and general advocacy of tax cutting. Before his political career he was a professional American Football player.
Ledgersia
03-05-2009, 13:53
Yup (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=592647).
Quintessence of Dust
03-05-2009, 13:55
I saw that, just after posting, and posted in Moderation.
Omigodtheykilledkenny
03-05-2009, 19:23
I had no idea he was sick. I'd seen him on talking-head shows as recently as February, and he always appeared perfectly healthy!
The politician Jack Kemp has died aged 73 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/us/03kemp.html?_r=1&hp). He is probably most famous for his sponsorship of the 1981 ERTA and general advocacy of tax cutting.Well, you know, there was also the run for vice president. :p
It was so goofy watching him campaign in black inner cities during the '96 campaign, as though Dole had any chance of winning votes there. And media commentators' not-the-least-ironic remarks that the 61-year-old Kemp had ingested "youth and vigor" into the fossil-esque Dole campaign were also mildly amusing. As was a Newsweek sidebar that featured all the nasty things Dole and Kemp used to say about each other before they were runningmates. The one I can remember off-hand:
"In a recent fire, Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost, and he hadn't even finished coloring one of them yet!" --Jack Kemp (sometime during the '80s)
greed and death
03-05-2009, 21:27
A pity. We really should have had him as president in 1988.
Myrmidonisia
03-05-2009, 23:53
I think that when we look back, we can consider this the final nail in the coffin of Reagan conservatism.