Former Gov. Claude Kirk Dies At 85 - Politics News Story - WJXT Jacksonville:
This story is exactly how history becomes clouded and distorted. Biased news agencies like N4J and independent writers turning monsters into messiahs. With postmortem fantasies, they depict the contemptuous lives of dead public figures as epic novels. They try to create greatness when and where it never existed. Kirk may have been affectionately know by his cronies as "Kissing Claude" (not sure what he was kissing) however, the public knew him professionally as "Kirk the Jerk." This is a man that once sought out interviews with Florida death-row inmates only to assure them he would sign their death warrants if elected governor. He also, like George Wallace, was adamantly and personally opposed to court ordered School Busing during the great Civil Rights Era. Also, after viewing the now famous "Kent State"massacre photo of Mary Vecchio kneeling over a dead student's body, Kirk publicly called her "a dissident Communist." How much charm can one man have? Well, he's gone now and so is most of the damage he did to Florida. Accordingly since he's not been missed in the last 30 years, I doubt he ever will be...
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