Sunday, December 1, 2013

JACK KEMP, FORMER NFL PLAYER & POLITICAL FIGURE!!!

A FEW POST BACK, I DID A SEGMENT ON BOB DOLE.  IN THAT POST, I MENTIONED HIS RUNNING MATE, JACK KEMP & HIS AUTOGRAPH.
JACK HAD A 13 YEAR CAREER AS AN NFL QUARTERBACK, NAMELY FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.  THEN HIS SECOND CAREER, KICKED OFF AS A CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK.  HE WOULD GO ON TO BE A CABINET MEMBER FOR GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND THE 1996 VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE!!
IN NOVEMBER 2008, JACK VISITED GETTYSBURG COLLEGE FOR A LECTURE ON RACE RELATIONS.  SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER & PASSED AWAY IN 2009.  I REMEMBER APPROACHING HIM AFTER THE LECTURE AND ASKED HIM TO SIGN A CAMPAIGN STICKER FROM 1996.  HE SAID HE WOULD, HOWEVER HE NEEDED TO SIT DOWN BECAUSE OF HIS "BAD KNEES" THAT WERE ACHING!  
 A BLURRY PICTURE FROM MY CAMERA PHONE!!!
ABOVE IS A SIGNED CAMPAIGN STICKER, SIGNED BY JACK KEMP!!!!

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