Word: kempe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...average family's taxes by $1,400. Having spent the past two years spilling blood over what spending would have to be cut to help balance the budget and having spent his political life arguing that work has to come before play, Dole spun around and embraced Jack Kemp and his supply-side optimism for reasons more tactical than spiritual. He may still not believe it will work, but he can believe it will help him win. Trent Lott, the Mississippian who replaced Dole as Senate majority leader, was shocked, although happily, saying, "I would'na bet 50' a week...
Going into San Diego, it looked as though Jack Kemp was riding in to rescue the man he had long opposed. The Reagan-Kemp message was always that there is nothing wrong with America that a good tax cut won't solve. When Dole adopted that message two weeks ago, even before he announced his choice for a running mate, Kemp's wife Joanne told him, "Jack...
...right down to the funny little plane that circled the convention center every day pulling a big blue sign that read back jack for president. Though only an ad for a hamburger chain, the warning was clear to deficit hawks, who heard the occasional chants from the floor of "Kemp-Dole, Kemp-Dole." Meanwhile, Kemp, who had just a few weeks before planned to stay miles away from the convention center, returned like the prodigal son, giving interviews, having tearful homecomings, comparing himself to Churchill, telling TIME, "I'm out of my wilderness years...
...coming-out party, orchestrated by Dole's folks, made some Dole operatives nervous, which is why by Tuesday there was talk of shortening Kemp's schedule, limiting his interviews, closing events to reporters. His acceptance speech was viewed with alarm even among Kemp insiders, who kept telling their boss to be prepared to keep it to "300 words." He may have won the fight for the party's soul, but he needed to be humble in victory...
...will never be whole without the support of African Americans. Addressing the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, Dole said that Republicans mean to earn the support of blacks by creating opportunities for minorities and eliminating discrimination. Both Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp suggested that the GOP would address racial inequality with outreach to minority communities, not with affirmative action quotas or set-asides. "I've supported race-based preferences in the past," said Dole. "But over time, I realized that preferences created with the best of intentions were dividing America instead of bringing...