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Jack Kemp, former NFL quarterback, one time VP nominee, and champion for the ‘little guy’ has died of cancer. He had been diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer in January and it was at an already advanced stage.

He was certainly the flag bearer of compassionate conservatism. That if we cut taxes, not just the rich but everyone will benefit and be able to pull themselves up into the middle class.

According to the USA Today: “Through his political life, Kemp’s positions spanned the social spectrum: He opposed abortion and supported school prayer, yet appealed to liberals with his outreach toward minorities and compassion for the poor. He pushed for immigration reform to include a guest-worker program and status for the illegal immigrants already here.”

In another story illustrating his love for freedom, Foxnewsreports: ” Dole’s more sober demeanor contrasted sharply by Kemp’s high-spiritedness, which was recalled in various accounts, including one by Marlin Fitzwater, Bush’s press secretary.

Fitzwater wrote in his memoirs about a time when Kemp lunged at Secretary of State James Baker III in the Oval Office. The housing secretary was “nagging, nagging, nagging” Bush to recognize the breakaway Soviet satellite of Lithuania and Baker, the color rising in his face, screamed an epithet at Kemp, Fitzwater recalled. Kemp bounded across the furniture and grabbed at Baker’s throat. They were pulled apart to avoid a fistfight.”

Jack Kemp will be missed by all. May god bless you.

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