Web Letters: Jack Kemp vs. the Party of No

By John Nichols

May 3, 2009

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  • So we are to be believe that Jack Kemp spent his whole political life trying to make the Republican Party, his freely chosen affiliation, into the party of global racial healing, despite all the available evidence, despite all the statements and actions and power of his fellow rich, predominately white men intent on creating gated golf courses in every valley?

    I never knew the liberals had such a soft spot for their tormentors. What's next: "The Ed Meese I Knew and Loved"?

    Martin White

    Salem, NY

    05/08/2009 @ 04:57am


  • Another example of searingly biased editorializing pinned to an obituary. Shameless demagogy.

    Craig A. Armstrong

    Newberg, OR

    05/03/2009 @ 5:27pm


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