Comments on: Jack Kemp's Letter to his Grandchildren

By: storytime » Blog Archive » Jack Kemp & exceptions to their rules

storytime » Blog Archive » Jack Kemp & exceptions to their rules — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:04:54 +0000

[...] sure some of the fawning is overboard but after reading a letter from Kemp to his grandchildren posted on Buffalo Pundit, it does appear that the Congressman was sincere in his desire for more inclusion. Whether or not [...]

By: Starbuck

Starbuck — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:05:43 +0000

Similar to jumping to Hitlerspace is jumping to McVeighspace. A recent jumper to there is former Deputy County Executive Bruce Fisher who a few days ago compared some small town opponents of a proposed Erie County planning board to Tim McVeigh:

Or it could be that what we have here is a 98 percent Caucasian community that embodies the views and values that sent Western New York’s own Timothy McVeigh and a truckload of fertilizer up against a symbol of higher governmental authority."

By: Jack Kemp, Pizza and the GOP « Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?

Jack Kemp, Pizza and the GOP « Will There Ever Be a Rainbow? — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:59 +0000

[...] anti-abortion — and yet he seemed totally out of place in the modern GOP. Buffalo Pundit touches on this with a letter from Kemp to his grandchildren which is full the sort of nuanced and rational thought that his party seemed to have abandoned in [...]

By: Howard Goldman

Howard Goldman — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:58:54 +0000

We were all filled with hope on inauguration day.

It would be interesting to read what Mr. Kemp thought of the new policies after the first 60 days transpired.

By: Russell

Russell — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:02:11 +0000

The letter reminds of us a time when politics was more concerned with ideas rather than personal attacks. Hopefully we can get back to that.

Jack Kemp was a great man and he will be missed.