Can We Get Her Back?

[bondwooley]

Barbara Jordan opens Nixon impeachment investigation.

Edited by Lester & Charlie

[George II]

1. That was amazing address. What a bellowing voice she had. Bill Clinton wanted to name her...

...to the Supreme Court, but by the time there was an opening she was too ill to serve. We lost her at only 59 years old.

[bondwooley]

5. Which was a very sad loss.

Her health wasn't too good, though. In any event, it's a shame when a sane American goes too early.

[George II]

2. Here is her complete statement:

[bondwooley]

6. Thank you for posting that

People should see an unedited version. We wanted to make sure they at least watched *something*. I hope people follow your link.

[George II]

8. Believe it or not, I remember seeing that one live! Those were the first hearings...

....that were televised live, years before C-Span.

Unfortunately even that version is missing a little bit at the end, too.

[kag]

3. She spoke at my commencement from UT Austin.

She was amazing.

I'll join in the seance to get her back...

[cab67]

4. She spoke there when I was in grad school.

It was for a Clinton campaign event, but I came away hoping he'd step aside and let her run.

Hers was the most powerful voice I've ever heard.

[bondwooley]

7. We're in!

[friend of m and j]

9. Barbara Jordan was an amazing and great individual.

It is a shame that her ill health prevented President Clinton from nominating her to SCOTUS. She would have been one of the great ones.

[lastlib]

10. My first thought after watching Speaker Pelosi statement:

"Do we have another Barbara Jordan in the House?"

I watched her speech to the Judiciary Committee in 1974, and was gob-smacked at its superlative rhetoric. I really hope that, while she was truly unique and incomparable, we have someone in our bench who can rise to the occasion as she did that amazing day. We need that voice again. Barbara, We. Miss. You!!

[Jakes Progress]

11. My all time Democratic hero.

I stuffed envelopes and put up signs for her as a volunteer when I was in college. I remember hearing how Barbara, Mollie Ivins, and Ann Richards used to sit around the pool in Austin. Oh, to have been a fly on that patio table. Or more accurately in Texas - a mosquito.

My what we have lost.