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Jason| 1.9.09 @ 6:19AM

Good luck to Jack Kemp

Angelo Z| 1.9.09 @ 10:01AM

Mr Kemp might just be the best President, that America never had.

William R| 1.9.09 @ 11:49AM

Hope the best for Kemp, he has always been a big government Republican. Cut taxes and don't worry about spending. Well deficits do matter!

Deborah| 1.9.09 @ 12:16PM

Thanks so much for this, Mr. Lord. God bless Jack Kemp, and thank you, Mr. Kemp, for being a strong American who wanted to do things for the country and not for power's sake. That's a true rarity in these hyper partisan days. Let's hope that everyday Americans will wake up to what the Democrats are trying to do to their beloved country for the sake of their own power before it's too late.

Alan Brooks| 1.9.09 @ 7:42PM

exactly, you tax something you get less of it-- so tax vice to the very max and get less of it.

and to hell with libertopians.

Dick Torrey| 1.9.09 @ 10:34PM

Jack.. ." Elected as a Congressman from the unlikely world-changing precincts of Buffalo, New York"..and how well I remember those days when you met Jack Terry (Syracuse) at my home and you both went on to victory in your respective districts...and how we worked together on the labor-management program for Buffalo.. until I went on to Syracuse (circa 1976).. you've compiled an amazing record since our last visit about 30 years ago...
More to the point... I've been wrestling with cancer (prostate) for more than 22 years through one protocol after another -- radical surgery (Johns Hopkins '86), radiation (39 shots).. various hormone deprivation treatments and I'm still around.. It can be done, Jack, and I'm sure you have the toughness to do it.
May God be with you as you face this latest challenge..
Dick Torrey

Alan Brooks| 1.10.09 @ 11:41AM

God probably wont let Jack Kemp leave us soon-- and if it IS the Lord's plan to have Jack pass on relatively soon then Jack goes straight to that after-game champagne party in the sky.

David Govett| 1.10.09 @ 11:57AM

The matter is settled. Everyone knows you tax, borrow, and spend your way out of debt. If it exacerbates the problem, you're not taxing, borrowing, and spending enough.

Alan Brooks| 1.10.09 @ 12:47PM

alrighty, dont borrow and spend much but tax vice lords 'til they squeak.
Bankrupt 'em and seize their assets.

Chris Keith| 1.10.09 @ 7:01PM

I've met Jack. Tremendous individual. I actually had a picture taken with him years ago, with the thought that I was standing next to a future President of the United States. I'm still dismayed that vision never came to fruition. Many, many prayers your way, Jack.

OpChaos| 1.11.09 @ 12:30PM

I loved his response to Algore's "Jack is not a racist like the other members of his party" remark during the VP debate in 1996.

"Thanks you, Mr Vice-President"

What a leader!

Alan Brooks| 1.11.09 @ 1:01PM

but George Will was correct, Jack did a "narcisstic dance" in ninety six.

some of us are conservative, not Republican.
so sorry.

A. Brooks| 1.11.09 @ 2:13PM

narcissistic.

Alan Brooks| 1.11.09 @ 8:20PM

one must hasten to add Reagan had his faults however he was steadfast, as Kemp still is. Solid.
you can choose solid or expansive-- but not both.

carolinem| 1.12.09 @ 8:03PM

Jack Kemp strongly advocated illegal immigration and refused to endorse Republicans opposed to Bush's illegal alien amnesty plan. Like Bush, he denigrated and insulted those opposed to the illegal alien invasion as xenophobic. According to a press release issued June 24, 2003, he is quoted as praising the Supreme Court decision that upheld race-based admissions for colleges: "I was pleased with the Supreme Court landmark opinion yesterday in Grutter v. Bollinger that higher education institutions may use race as a factor in admission decisions to achieve diversity." Incredibly, in the same press release, he states: "As recently as 1992, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published a landmark study showing why black mortgage applicants were rejected more often than white applicants were. Without access to capital it is near impossible to accumulate wealth. Within this context I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision and, as an American, I know that factoring diversity into these decisions can make our country stronger while continuing our progress in remedying past unequal treatment of African-Americans as well as other people of color." (www.freedomworks.org/newsroom/press_template.php?press_id=900)
Despite the fawning and slobbering article, Kemp turned out to be yet another Republican who fled the base to side with Party elites.

Justin Kawabori| 3.2.09 @ 3:43AM

Jack Kemp has shaped my political thought and inspired me with his ideas (and occasional conversation) more than any other politician of our time, including Ronald Reagan.

At a time when I was most in need of great influences, and was thirsting to learn but not be indoctrinated by my liberal professors at Occidental College (where Kemp and Obama also went to school), Jack Kemp inspired me with his ideas, proposed legislation, and world view. He winsomely offered a powerful combination of Judeo-Christian values and free-market principles of entrepreneurial capitalism to create both economic growth and dynamic community. And he did it telling great stories!

Though I was studying philosophers such as John Locke and Adam Smith at the time, little did I truly understand as a 20-year-old that our small "r" republican form of government is based on Judeo-Christian thought and values, and that our big "R" Republican tenants are literally the expression of said values, whether you are religious or not. Jack Kemp understood this perfectly and articulated it over a brilliant career in public life. The ongoing legacy he lives today has had a profound impact not only on people like me, but on our entire political system and process, not to mention his own family.

As for my inspiration, Jack Kemp has long-described himself as a man with a conservative head and liberal heart -- the original "compassionate conservative." He has not only led the fight for sustained economic growth through tax cuts and capital formation that continues to capture the attention of world leaders today (see article), but he has lived with sincerity the axiom that "a rising tide lifts all boats" and proved it by championing policy ideas such as urban enterprise zone legislation in depressed inner city neighborhoods and the privatizing of public housing so everyone can realize the American dream. He has also been a pillar in the GOP for racial reconciliation and civil rights from a conservative point of view, which has been a critically important part of that dialogue and process.

His son, and my dear friend, Jeff Kemp, asked me to pray shortly after he was diagnosed. I ask you to please read the article, and to get on your knees in prayer as well -- to offer both a word of thanks for this unique individual who has had such an amazing impact on our nation and our culture, and to ask God for a miracle of healing so that we can continue to benefit from his insight, wisdom, character and leadership for yet another quarter. As one of his longtime friends noted in an article covering this news ... it may be 3rd and 25 deep in the fourth quarter, but everyone expects that Jack Kemp will throw a 95-yard touchdown pass to win the game.

There is no question that Jack Kemp will finish strong. Personally, I'd take a few more first downs ... he has already won big for America.

Godspeed Jack Kemp!

Your friend, brother in Christ, fellow Republican and ATO, and political protege,

Justin Kawabori
Redmond, WA

Michael O'C| 4.17.09 @ 1:00PM

Keep up "the good fight" Jack ... and family!

Saul Anuzis| 4.17.09 @ 1:56PM

I've always described myself as a Kemp/Gingrich Republican. He inspired young conservatives to get involved and preached from the gospel of the "Opportunity Society"...which we need now, more than ever!

Saul Anuzis
Michigan

Vicki Holland Tiahrt| 4.17.09 @ 3:07PM

Jack Kemp is known for his supply side economics but for those of us active in human rights, Jack Kemp is an icon. His heart for the marginalized whether by poverty, health, gender, race or age, led him to march, pass legislation, lead, and befriend. We have a hard time keeping up with your pace Mr. Kemp, but we are following. Sadly, Pres Obama is overturning many of Kemp's victories, but we shall overcome!

Paul Welday| 4.18.09 @ 12:17AM

My work for Jack Kemp as a young intern in the congressional office is were this journey began for me. Jack preached. Jack inspired. Jack led. Jack is one of the most genuine people I know whether in politics or not. He is true to his beliefs. And we found that out again and again on the campaign trail during the presidential campaign in '87-'88.

Jack Kemp has set the stage for the next political transformation in America. His legion stands strong committed to the fundamental core principles he articulated so forcefully and so well. While it may seem that we have deviated from "Kempian Economics" in the US, I believe it is temporary and we will return to a policy that buit on the premise of entreprenuership, opportunity, individual liberty and freedom.

Thank you Jack Kemp for all that you have done for me personally, but more importantly for what you have done to make the world a better place. God bless you and keep you.

mitch vidovich| 5.3.09 @ 1:51AM

God Bless Jack Kemp-the president america never had.

Squireofglenhall| 5.3.09 @ 9:35AM

sadness....dejection....I can't believe that it is a coincidence that this great man is gone from us at a time when the socialist leanings of the country have never been so dramatic, so accepted, and so dangerous.

demillicent| 5.3.09 @ 2:56PM

I'm sorry to hear that Jack Kemp has died. He came across my mind for some reason on Friday. I was thinking of how well he did when he was over the HUD program. Being director of that program gave him some insight into how futile it was to keep tossing money into a broken system.

Jack came to realize that the government cannot buy people out of poverty. It's important for people to understand that it's not how many hand outs the government gives to those who live in poverty: but how many opportunities that they are given to work their way out of poverty. No one has ever been paid out of poverty. Everyone who rose above poverty honestly did it by working to get out of it.

I remember him speaking of how broken the welfare system was. He noted that once a person entered into that turnstile, they seemed to never be able to exit it. That is so true. It was designed to keep people in poverty and waiting on that pittance of a check once a month. If people had been given a hand up instead of so many handouts, there would be much less poverty here. A hand up helps people to pull themselves out of the gutter; and a handout on the other hand, gives them substance and leaves them in the gutter. We need another Jack Kemp who was in his own way, a champion of the common man. He simply wanted the common man to exhibit uncommon drive and tenacity. Instead of giving people money, show them how to make it themselves via employment.

Jack Kemp will be missed greatly. God bless those who are left to mourn his passing.

tom st george| 5.3.09 @ 10:07PM

"Let him cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees"
It was good to know you Jack. Tom St G

personal trainers austin tx| 5.3.09 @ 10:19PM

Great article about a great man.
The man does deserve his due. Men in the arena fall longer and seemingly more important like McCain and even Kemp's running mate Dole had a small fraction of the impact as Kemp had. Kemp should have been Reagan's running mate.

david| 5.4.09 @ 1:17PM

" Socialists spend until they run out of OUR MONEY !

Margare Thatcher .

John M. Farant| 5.6.09 @ 6:05PM

I miss him and I never knew him. I feel like I will be missing him for quite some time. He would not have liked the elitist defeatist idea that he was indispensable. But, for our movement and the World, he comes as close to being irreplaceable as anyone.

Deepest condolences from a Canadian fan,
JF, Yarker, Ontario

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