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Saturday, May 02, 2009
WorldNetDaily Exclusive Jack Kemp, former VP candidate, dies at 74 Former Bob Dole running mate succumbs to cancer Posted: May 02, 2009 8:53 pm Eastern WorldNetDaily WASHINGTON -- A spokeswoman says Jack Kemp, a former quarterback, congressman, housing secretary and Bob Dole's vice-presidential nominee, has died. Kemp had been battling cancer. Kemp had been serving at his Washington-based Kemp Partners consulting firm and remained involved in his charitable and political work. (Story continues below) After his football career, Kemp represented western New York for nine terms in Congress, leaving the House for an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988. He later served as President George H.W. Bush's housing secretary and ran for vice president as Bob Dole's running mate. As an economic conservative, Kemp advocated low taxes and supply-side policies. His positions spanned the social spectrum, ranging from his conservative opposition to abortion to his more libertarian stances advocating immigration reform. As a proponent of both Chicago school and supply-side economics, he was notable as the molder of the Reagan agenda and the architect of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which was known as the Kemp-Roth tax cut. Kemp described himself as a "bleeding-heart conservative." Before politics, Kemp was a professional quarterback for 13 years in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and American Football League. He served as captain of both the San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills and earned the AFL Most Valuable Player award in 1965 after leading the Bills to a second consecutive championship. He played in the AFL for all 10 years of its existence, appeared in its All-Star game seven times, played in its championship game five times, and set many of the league's career passing records. Kemp also co-founded the AFL Players Association, for which he served five terms as president. During the early part of his football career, he served in the United States Army Reserve. His spokeswoman Bona Park and longtime friend and former campaign adviser Edwin J. Feulner confirmed that Kemp died after a lengthy illness. |


