Saturday, May 2, 2009

Onetime Republican VP candidate Jack Kemp dies

I've just been informed that former football player and GOP congressman Jack Kemp died today at the age of 73 after a long illness.

Kemp, as you'll recall, was Bob Dole's running mate in his ill-fated 1996 presidential campaign.

Kemp was often considered a charismatic counterweight to the dour Dole. But this was overshadowed by his extremely conservative views on economic matters.

More information about his death here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3859231

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