Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp
Jack French Kempwas an American politician and a professional gridiron football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st congressional district from 1971 to 1989. He was the Republican Party's nominee for Vice President in the 1996 election, where he was the running mate of presidential nominee Bob Dole. Kemp had previously contended for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 July 1935
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy.
I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.
Football is a metaphor for the kind of country we want to create. It's based on merit.
I think it is important for all those young out there, who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands, a distinction should be made that football is democratic, capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport.
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.
You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
I know that these are the words that express the true spirit of the Trent Lott who has been my friend for 40 years.
I know that Jim Gibbons as governor of Nevada will represent all the best of this state. I really believe that Jim - as a war hero, as a legislator, as a member of Congress - has spent his whole life preparing for this effort.
The federal government is the only one that can provide immediate assistance.
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
anxious to talk about race and related issues, but you can't have a dialogue on race behind closed doors.
We have a chance to bring freedom to all of Asia, including China, and we should pursue it with a very positive engagement proposal of trade and strict adherence to human rights,
To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.
Bob, you have to win. I believe with all my heart that you are the right man for the job.