QuoteWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former congressman and Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp died Saturday at age 73 after a battle with cancer, his family announced.
Kemp was Bob Dole's running mate on the Republican ticket in the 1996 presidential election.
A onetime professional football player, Kemp served nine terms in Congress as a representative from New York and was former Sen. Bob Dole's running mate in 1996. He was a leading advocate of "supply-side" tax cuts, advancing the argument that cutting taxes would boost economic growth and yield more revenue for the federal government.
"The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea, and I like to think that I have spent my life trying to promote good ideas," he told CNN in a 1996 interview.
Kemp "passed peacefully into the presence of the Lord" Sunday evening, a family statement said. He disclosed his illness in January.
"During the treatment of his cancer, Jack expressed his gratitude for the thoughts and prayers of so many friends, a gratitude which the Kemp family shares," the family said.
Kemp quarterbacked the Buffalo Bills to back-to-back American Football League championships in 1964 and 1965, before the merger that created the modern NFL. When he retired in 1970 after 13 seasons, the California native ran for Congress and represented the Buffalo area for 18 years in the House of Representatives. Photo View photos of Jack Kemp's life ยป
"He championed free-market principles that improved the lives of millions of Americans and helped unleash an entrepreneurial spirit that all of us still benefit from today," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, said in a statement issued late Saturday.
The 1981 tax cuts signed into law by Ronald Reagan, which cut marginal tax rates from 70 percent to 50 percent, bore Kemp's name as a co-sponsor. Critics mocked the policy as "trickle-down" economics and pointed to the decade's growing budget deficits as evidence that supply-side theories didn't work, but it has been GOP orthodoxy ever since.
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Kemp mounted an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988, losing the Republican primaries to George H.W. Bush. But once in office, Bush made Kemp his secretary of housing and urban development -- a post Kemp used to promote what he called an "empowerment" agenda of tax breaks for urban businesses and expanded home ownership.
Unlike many of the other conservatives of his era, Kemp actively courted African-American support. In 1992, he told CNN's "Larry King Live" that the GOP "could be a Lincoln party in terms of attracting black and brown and men and women of color and low-income status and immigrant status who want a shot at the American dream for their children."
Marcin,
Feel free to start another thread.
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 03:48:14 AM
Marcin,
Feel free to start another thread.
There is a double standard on this board. Not all RIP threads are treated like this.
Double standards on Languish? NO WAY! :lol:
Quote from: Martinus on May 03, 2009, 03:52:30 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 03:48:14 AM
Marcin,
Feel free to start another thread.
There is a double standard on this board. Not all RIP threads are treated like this.
Yeah there sure is to some extent.
It's been a long standing policy since 1.0 version of Languish that if you want to bash someone start another thread and not to comment in RIP thread.*
If you have problems with the late Mr. Kemp please tell us all in your own thread.
Quote from: Martinus on May 03, 2009, 03:52:30 AM
There is a double standard on this board. Not all RIP threads are treated like this.
It'll be ok... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7p4mioawIA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7p4mioawIA)
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 03:55:33 AM
Quote from: Martinus on May 03, 2009, 03:52:30 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 03:48:14 AM
Marcin,
Feel free to start another thread.
There is a double standard on this board. Not all RIP threads are treated like this.
Yeah there sure is to some extent.
It's been a long standing policy since 1.0 version of Languish that if you want to bash someone start another thread and not to comment in RIP thread.*
If you have problems with the late Mr. Kemp please tell us all in your own thread.
I haven't seen you being so touchy in the RIP Uday Hussein thread.
Quote from: Martinus on May 03, 2009, 03:57:00 AM
I haven't seen you being so touchy in the RIP Uday Hussein thread.
:lol:
yeah Jack Kemp =Uday Hussein
I see you still fail at comparisons.
Ok I will try to be more sensitive.
I hope he didn't have a colon cancer, because otherwise it would hurt like a bitch when he gets sodomized by the devil in hell. And I hope it's not just about sex, but they form a mature relationship based on mutual understanding. :)
How's that?
Quote from: Martinus on May 03, 2009, 04:05:00 AM
Ok I will try to be more sensitive.
I hope he didn't have a colon cancer, because otherwise it would hurt like a bitch when he gets sodomized by the devil in hell. And I hope it's not just about sex, but they form a mature relationship based on mutual understanding. :)
How's that?
I see your Momma never taught you how to just keep quiet if you have nothing good to say at all about a person.. Ah well.
Jack Kemp dies yet Marty is still at large. Where is the justice in that?
Who'd of thought Kemp would have died before Dole? Maybe McCain will out live Palin.
Didn't like Kemp's policies, but liked him a lot as a person. He believed in what he said believed in.
RIP.
Quote from: grumbler on May 03, 2009, 09:41:50 PM
Didn't like Kemp's policies, but liked him a lot as a person. He believed in what he said believed in.
RIP.
Ditto, for the most part. He was a good guy-- the fact that Marty hates him raises him another couple notches in my book.
I'd say sorry to hear about his degree of homophobia (maybe not right term, but after seeing some of the bills he supported sounds most apropo), but also know he was big on immigration reform and the past need for affirmative action programs.
Well, one of his famous quotes was: "While I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals, I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in schools."
What civil liberties did he believe in then? Not putting homosexuals in death camps? Must be a moderate!
He was a homophobic scum, who himself was rumored to suck dick when he wasn't fighting against basic rights of gay Americans or against rights of HIV-positive patients (while he opposed any funding for HIV research or any legal protections for HIV+ people against discrimination etc., he actually supported a bill requiring mandatory testing for HIV, with the results being public). He was an evil man.
On the other hand Marty would have voted for Adolf Hitler if he had legalized gay marriage. ;)
He had good politician hair, but then again he was a Buffalo Bill.
Quote from: Martinus on May 04, 2009, 04:26:26 AMHe was a homophobic scum, who himself was rumored to suck dick
:blink:
Quote from: Caliga on May 04, 2009, 05:03:39 AM
Quote from: Martinus on May 04, 2009, 04:26:26 AMHe was a homophobic scum, who himself was rumored to suck dick
:blink:
Remember, in Martinus' mind all homophobes suck dick (at least in their dreams).
Quote from: Syt on May 04, 2009, 04:29:14 AM
On the other hand Marty would have voted for Adolf Hitler if he had legalized gay marriage. ;)
Well, the fact is the types of Adolf Hitler or Stalin rarely, if ever, did not want to put gay people into death camps or gulags, so I do not have to deal with this moral conundrum.
Quote from: Martinus on May 04, 2009, 05:24:53 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 04, 2009, 04:29:14 AM
On the other hand Marty would have voted for Adolf Hitler if he had legalized gay marriage. ;)
Well, the fact is the types of Adolf Hitler or Stalin rarely, if ever, did not want to put gay people into death camps or gulags, so I do not have to deal with this moral conundrum.
uh Hitler did. where do you think pink triangles come from?
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on May 04, 2009, 12:06:46 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 04, 2009, 05:24:53 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 04, 2009, 04:29:14 AM
On the other hand Marty would have voted for Adolf Hitler if he had legalized gay marriage. ;)
Well, the fact is the types of Adolf Hitler or Stalin rarely, if ever, did not want to put gay people into death camps or gulags, so I do not have to deal with this moral conundrum.
uh Hitler did. where do you think pink triangles come from?
Reread Marty's post and parse the double negatives.
Is it read like a retard day on Languish?
Quote from: The Brain on May 04, 2009, 12:19:20 PM
Is it read like a retard day on Languish?
I thought that was every day.
Quote from: ulmont on May 04, 2009, 12:11:20 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on May 04, 2009, 12:06:46 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 04, 2009, 05:24:53 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 04, 2009, 04:29:14 AM
On the other hand Marty would have voted for Adolf Hitler if he had legalized gay marriage. ;)
Well, the fact is the types of Adolf Hitler or Stalin rarely, if ever, did not want to put gay people into death camps or gulags, so I do not have to deal with this moral conundrum.
uh Hitler did. where do you think pink triangles come from?
Reread Marty's post and parse the double negatives.
d'oh. :P
I'm not sure about being homophobic, but he was definitely a supply sider. That alone is pretty damning.
I saw this (http://www.kemppartners.com/about-jack-kemp/column/a-letter-to-my-grandchildren/) linked on another blog I read by chance and remembered that there was a thread on this guy here so I actually read it. Now, I don't know anything else about Jack Kemp, but in this he sounds like a very reasonable guy. Too bad if he was also the raging homophobe that Marty describes him as.
Quote from: Zanza2 on May 04, 2009, 01:48:45 PM
I saw this (http://www.kemppartners.com/about-jack-kemp/column/a-letter-to-my-grandchildren/) linked on another blog I read by chance and remembered that there was a thread on this guy here so I actually read it. Now, I don't know anything else about Jack Kemp, but in this he sounds like a very reasonable guy. Too bad if he was also the raging homophobe that Marty describes him as.
QuoteWhen President-elect Obama quoted Abraham Lincoln on the night of his election, he was acknowledging the transcendent qualities of vision and leadership that are always present, but often overlooked and neglected by pettiness, partisanship and petulance. As president, I believe Barack Obama can help lift us out of a narrow view of America into the ultimate vision of an America where, if you're born to be a mezzo-soprano or a master carpenter, nothing stands in your way of realizing your God-given potential.
So he was homophobic and delusional? :bleeding:
Quote from: Martinus on May 04, 2009, 04:26:26 AM
Well, one of his famous quotes was: "While I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals, I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in schools."
What civil liberties did he believe in then? Not putting homosexuals in death camps? Must be a moderate!
He was a homophobic scum, who himself was rumored to suck dick when he wasn't fighting against basic rights of gay Americans or against rights of HIV-positive patients (while he opposed any funding for HIV research or any legal protections for HIV+ people against discrimination etc., he actually supported a bill requiring mandatory testing for HIV, with the results being public). He was an evil man.
Why should HIV-positive people any additional rights? Also, given the inherent criminality of homosexuals, it would be a good idea to keep them out of schools.
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 05:45:59 PM
Why should HIV-positive people any additional rights? Also, given the inherent criminality of homosexuals, it would be a good idea to keep them out of schools.
At the time when there was rampant discrimination against them?
Anyway, I think it would be ridiculous to have medical records turned public.
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2009, 06:01:47 PM
At the time when there was rampant discrimination against them?
That's no reason.
QuoteAnyway, I think it would be ridiculous to have medical records turned public.
It would be better to lock the infected up together, for the safety of the majority.
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 06:04:53 PM
That's no reason.
That's actually exactly why you would...to protect people who are endangered, simply because of fear mongering.
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 06:04:53 PM
It would be better to lock the infected up together, for the safety of the majority.
Majority of gays? After all, the majority was unlikely to be harmed unless they started having unsafe sex with infected people.
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2009, 06:24:24 PM
That's actually exactly why you would...to protect people who are endangered, simply because of fear mongering.
Their disease is what endangers them.
QuoteMajority of gays? After all, the majority was unlikely to be harmed unless they started having unsafe sex with infected people.
Given that the homosexual community sees great virtue in having AIDS, and due to the danger of homosexuals having sex with women and using injection drugs and passing the disease to the normal people, I would say that they were a great danger. The infected should have been locked away.
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 06:41:52 PM
Their disease is what endangers them.
Yes, but that's irrelevant to what anti-discrimination laws would protect against.
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 06:41:52 PM
Given that the homosexual community sees great virtue in having AIDS, and due to the danger of homosexuals having sex with women and using injection drugs and passing the disease to the normal people, I would say that they were a great danger. The infected should have been locked away.
I don't think so. Most gays of the time saw it as a scary disease that was killing them off. I doubt that most of the homosexuals at the time were having sex with women...and while many might have been using injection drugs, the danger there is needle swapping. Are straight people who take injected drugs like heroin...normal?
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2009, 07:00:18 PM
Yes, but that's irrelevant to what anti-discrimination laws would protect against.
They deserved to be discriminated against.
QuoteI don't think so. Most gays of the time saw it as a scary disease that was killing them off. I doubt that most of the homosexuals at the time were having sex with women...and while many might have been using injection drugs, the danger there is needle swapping. Are straight people who take injected drugs like heroin...normal?
There were enough homosexuals who had sex with women to spread the disease to the normal population.
This is gay.
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 07:23:04 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2009, 07:00:18 PM
Yes, but that's irrelevant to what anti-discrimination laws would protect against.
They deserved to be discriminated against.
QuoteI don't think so. Most gays of the time saw it as a scary disease that was killing them off. I doubt that most of the homosexuals at the time were having sex with women...and while many might have been using injection drugs, the danger there is needle swapping. Are straight people who take injected drugs like heroin...normal?
There were enough homosexuals who had sex with women to spread the disease to the normal population.
Are you going to continue to pick and choose what you respond to?
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2009, 08:05:43 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 07:23:04 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2009, 07:00:18 PM
Yes, but that's irrelevant to what anti-discrimination laws would protect against.
They deserved to be discriminated against.
QuoteI don't think so. Most gays of the time saw it as a scary disease that was killing them off. I doubt that most of the homosexuals at the time were having sex with women...and while many might have been using injection drugs, the danger there is needle swapping. Are straight people who take injected drugs like heroin...normal?
There were enough homosexuals who had sex with women to spread the disease to the normal population.
Are you going to continue to pick and choose what you respond to?
Why wouldn't I?
As for the issue with the injection drug users, they were just as dangerous as the homosexuals. Anyone who has ever used an injection drug should be executed.
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 08:09:04 PM
As for the issue with the injection drug users, they were just as dangerous as the homosexuals. Anyone who has ever used an injection drug should be executed.
Indeed, so why did you mention that as a homosexual problem?
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2009, 08:09:55 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 08:09:04 PM
As for the issue with the injection drug users, they were just as dangerous as the homosexuals. Anyone who has ever used an injection drug should be executed.
Indeed, so why did you mention that as a homosexual problem?
Because homosexuals are prone to use injection drugs, and because the disease starts in the homosexual community.
I think I'd say my thread here has jumped the shark, didn't use a condom, and is now suffering from HIV.
Quote from: Tonitrus on May 04, 2009, 08:41:48 PM
I think I'd say my thread here has jumped the shark, didn't use a condom, and is now suffering from HIV.
Alternately, your thread might have been a hemophiliac and an innocent victim of an untested blood transfusion. Either way, it's going to die of AIDS.
RIP Jack. :(
Quote from: Neil on May 04, 2009, 08:13:08 PM
Because homosexuals are prone to use injection drugs, and because the disease starts in the homosexual community.
:D
Quote from: Viking on May 04, 2009, 04:38:25 AM
He had good politician hair, but then again he was a Buffalo Bill.
So was OJ Simpson. Coincidence?
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 04, 2009, 09:13:48 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 04, 2009, 04:38:25 AM
He had good politician hair, but then again he was a Buffalo Bill.
So was OJ Simpson. Coincidence?
I don't think Jack was involved with any murdered blonds.
OJ did the right thing.
That bitch had it coming.
And that juddencrap dude should have known better than to sleep with a married woman.
Quote from: Siege on May 05, 2009, 12:04:53 AM
OJ did the right thing.
That bitch had it coming.
And that juddencrap dude should have known better than to sleep with a married woman.
And this is why you're not civilized. These sorts of 'honour-killings' have no place in the modern world.
Quote from: Neil on May 05, 2009, 06:46:56 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 05, 2009, 12:04:53 AM
OJ did the right thing.
That bitch had it coming.
And that juddencrap dude should have known better than to sleep with a married woman.
And this is why you're not civilized. These sorts of 'honour-killings' have no place in the modern world.
All of the Semitic types, whether Jewish or Muslim, have this fear that their woman is gonna step out on them and discover how much better non-Semites are at heterosexual sex, so they have created an "honor killing" justification for murder as a means of terrorizing their womenfolk.
Terrorism is in their blood, I fear; even when they move to the US and join the USA they still have terrorism in their blood.
Quote from: Tonitrus on May 04, 2009, 08:41:48 PM
I think I'd say my thread here has jumped the shark, didn't use a condom, and is now suffering from HIV.
It's time to start quilting. :(
Nice guy, and for that he'll be remembered. I just wish it was RIP - Supply Side Economics.
I wish to congratulate myself for making this thread much more interesting that it would have otherwise been.
Quote from: Martinus on May 05, 2009, 04:50:52 PM
I wish to congratulate myself for making this thread much more interesting that it would have otherwise been.
Don't get snotty.
Quote from: grumbler on May 05, 2009, 08:18:34 AM
Quote from: Neil on May 05, 2009, 06:46:56 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 05, 2009, 12:04:53 AM
OJ did the right thing.
That bitch had it coming.
And that juddencrap dude should have known better than to sleep with a married woman.
And this is why you're not civilized. These sorts of 'honour-killings' have no place in the modern world.
All of the Semitic types, whether Jewish or Muslim, have this fear that their woman is gonna step out on them and discover how much better non-Semites are at heterosexual sex, so they have created an "honor killing" justification for murder as a means of terrorizing their womenfolk.
Terrorism is in their blood, I fear; even when they move to the US and join the USA they still have terrorism in their blood.
Mothefucker, I am a VICTIM of terrorism.
Why the hell do you think i am so fucking motivated to wage war on terrorism?
The only people I have ever terrorized, have been terrorists.
Quote from: Siege on May 05, 2009, 08:48:08 PM
Mothefucker, I am a VICTIM of terrorism.
Why the hell do you think i am so fucking motivated to wage war on terrorism?
The only people I have ever terrorized, have been terrorists.
Putting your back out while tossing a goat into a well doesn't make you a victim.
I will, at the very least, take pride in inspiring a new Languish meme of "Burn in Hell" threads.