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Jakes Progress

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11. My all time Democratic hero.

Reply to bondwooley (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 12:04 PM

Sep 2019

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.

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Can We Get Her Back? [View all] bondwooley Sep 2019 OP

That was amazing address. What a bellowing voice she had. Bill Clinton wanted to name her... George II Sep 2019 #1

Which was a very sad loss. bondwooley Sep 2019 #5

Here is her complete statement: George II Sep 2019 #2

Thank you for posting that bondwooley Sep 2019 #6

Believe it or not, I remember seeing that one live! Those were the first hearings... George II Sep 2019 #8

She spoke at my commencement from UT Austin. kag Sep 2019 #3

She spoke there when I was in grad school. cab67 Sep 2019 #4

We're in! bondwooley Sep 2019 #7

Barbara Jordan was an amazing and great individual. friend of m and j Sep 2019 #9

My first thought after watching Speaker Pelosi statement: lastlib Sep 2019 #10

My all time Democratic hero. Jakes Progress Sep 2019 #11