What Barbara Jordan stood for
Last night, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton invoked the late Texas congresswoman Barbara Jordan as a hero and mentor (transcript).
Jordan, a black Democrat who was a staunch advocate of immigration enforcement and border control, was a true maverick.
She didn’t just pay lip service to border security as all of today’s presidential candidates do. She meant what she said. If Clinton and Obama bothered to pay attention to what Jordan stood for, I highly doubt they would be so eager to wrap themselves in her legacy.
She stood for ending chain migration, ending the idiotic Diversity Visa Lottery program, and enforcing strict deportation policies not just for illegal aliens convicted of aggravated felonies and other crimes, but for all border/visa violators. She opposed welfare programs for illegal aliens. She pushed for real employer sanctions. She summed up what comprehensive immigration enforcement reform really looks like:
Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.
Go read her full testimony to the House immigration committee in February 1995.
No way in hell she’d support Clinton or Obama (or McCain, for that matter) based on their open-borders records.
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Meanwhile in Texas: Driver in fatal wreck is illegal immigrant, feds say
The driver of the truck that was involved in an accident that killed a Harris County sheriff’s deputy is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, federal authorities confirmed today.
Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston said they have placed an immigration hold on Jose Jesus Vieyra, who was charged with criminally negligent homicide this morning.
“There is an immigration detainer on him, and when the county turns him over to ICE when they’re done with the adjudication of their case, then we’ll put him in removal proceedings,” said John Gaudioso, deputy special agent in charge of the ICE office.
Vieyra, 56, is charged in connection with a collision that killed Deputy Craig Miller on Thursday night on a Katy Freeway access road. He is being held in the County Jail in lieu of $35,000 bail, said Capt. John Martin, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office.
Miller, 43, was working undercover when the crash occurred shortly before 8 p.m., Martin said. He was a 20-year veteran of the department.
Authorities said Miller was traveling east on the access road along Interstate 10 West near Mason Road when Vieyra drove his truck out of a driveway at the Don McGill Toyota dealership.
Vieyra drove across three lanes into the path of the sport utility vehicle Miller was driving, Martin said. The SUV ran into the truck, became airborne and landed on a raised concrete embankment separating the feeder road from the Katy Freeway, Martin said.
Firefighters had to cut through the wreckage to get the deputy out. He died at the scene.
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That came from a Democrat?!
Respect.
My gosh, I had NO idea that lady was here in Texas. I am sorry she is no longer around to help with the border and illegal mess. Too bad there aren’t more like that lady now.
I just voted early voting today and two of the three issues were: require state and federal to do something about the border and another one was to require a photo ID to vote. Guess which way I voted?
L.
Bear in mind that there are some Democrats who support real law and order. But they often pay a hefty price. See Joe Lieberman.
Checking facts only apply to Republicans so both of them can easliy latch on to her legacy without being called on it. (Except here or course.)
Barack and Hillary mentioning Jordan is much like McCain and Huckabee invoking Reagan. The talkee is just not on the same level as their subject matter. There are some people rolling over in their graves I think.
but, but, if they only had drivers licenses this wouldn’t happen……
That does seem to be their implication, doesn’t it Old Tanker….
Those two could have cared less what Barbara Jordan stood for…or the content of her character….they said her name because she was black….they are truly racist’s.
Except for this last go around at immigration reform he wasn’t so “law and order”
I was at my local DMV yesterday and even though almost all of the casual conversation in the vicinity of my lobby chair was in Spanish, I was happy to at least see a DMV employee very patiently and resolutely tell a very brazen illegal alien (and his liberal enabler/translator) that he couldn’t, under any circumstances, get a TN driver’s license without being a legal resident.
Small victory.
These two invoking the spirit of Barbara Jordan is no different than everyone of the Republican candidates invoking the spirit of Reagan (even though they were far from him also)
letget, I voted today and voted yes in all three of the questions.
Barbara Jordan was a super fantastic LADY that I do not believe would have put up
with HRC or BHO. She was a democrat but never acted like one. She had good sense and used it constantly. It is a shame that these socialists are trying to coopt
her and try to make it seem that she thought the way they do.
I agree with “Jaded”. They used her name because she was black. In addition to no solutions, they have no shame.
Unfortunately, that lack of shame is a prized trait and tenet of daily life to their supporters.
Jaded @ #8 is correct. They both just wanted to sing a colorful tune. You wouldn’t think a black man would have to work so hard at this.
now that is a democrat i would vote for!!! goes to show that there are those that love the sovereignity of this country and understood how devastating to the black community this ‘illegal immigration’ migration has been.
#12,
I voted yes on all three also.
L.
I hate to say this because it’s so cynical, but the first words out of my mouth to the TV this morning was “I wonder what country he is from?” meaning the truck driver.
I’m sorry to say that I’m not surprised at the news of his legal status.
Jaded is right. They will use anyone to further their campaign. They could care less about Jordan’s position on anything. It’s about color. The democratic party has always “used” the black population for its own selfish ends, and will continue to do so, as long as people believe they are the “change” party. And, as far as that illegal alien is concerned, he’ll do some time, then get deported and be back across the border before ICE finishes the paperwork on him.
We can’t deport all illegal alien drivers involved in accidents, there are just too many.
/sarc off
Yeah but Michelle,
Like most meme’s from the left, it isn’t about what the person in question actually stood for or believed, it’s solely about how that particular politician, Clinton or Obama, views them.
Obama has been compared to JFK, except that JFK actually was for: a strong Executive Branch, an aggressive foreign policy, tax cuts across the board, & a strong military that supports allies w/ financial & militaristic support – see Vietnam.
It is the indivdual person, their integrity and their actions that defines their character … not the character (D) or (R) behind their name …
Too bad most politicians forgo the former and follow the latter …
Barbara Jordan would have been the same person regardless of the party affiliation behind her name …
Obama is no JFK. He would wince if he had to give JFK’s speech to the N.Y. Economic Club, back in 1963. The “Paradox of Economics” speech. You cut taxes to increase government revenue. My, my, what a concept!! And from a Democrat, too!!
The difference between Barbara Jordan and those two Marxist clowns who were riding on her name last night is simple:
She would have made a wonderful president, and would have erased the racist/sexist “guilt” today’s Dems are depending on in a single instant.
She had a brilliant mind and was inherently a class act. Obama and Clinton have some spooky kind of religious fervor and handlers, respectively.
Elliot Spitwad could give all illegal aliens and solve this problem, right?
Well I guess we won’t have worry about either one of them plagerizing her then, will we?
She gave the commencement at my sister’s high school graduation in 1975 and was very easy to listen to even for a 17 year old. That was back when Texas was just about 100% democrat and yes, looking back we even had some good conservatives in there.
MrScribbler, there were those of us that, dems and reps alike, wanted her to run for
governor of TX and then president. Luckily, she was too intelligent to do so. I was
lucky enough to hear her speak twice and both times I was so impressed by the fact
that she was an intelligent, thoughtful person. It was a pleasure to hear her speak, and
I still miss having her here in TX
You got that right, Michelle. Jordan was the first congresswoman (or -man) I ever voted for. She was very highly regarded across the board and LBJ was so impressed with her that he began to mentor her shortly before he died. Whatever one thinks of LBJ, he was one hell of a political operator and knew who was going places. Anyone who saw her at the impeachment hearing couldn’t be anything but impressed (the same place Fred Thompson came into the national eye). It’s too bad she became ill so early in her life.
There is an update to that article.
I’m not holding my breath.
Too bad the demo party had to succumb to the McGovernites. Regular mainstream demos really don’t exist anymore. The party of LBJ, FDR, Truman and JFK would not hold a place with today’s demos. This is why so many left the party.
Wasn’t Barbara Jordan confined to a wheelchair?
I am probably the only one on this board who ever met the late Ms Jordan….I was her Republican opponent in the Congressional race in 1974….even had the singular honor of debating her for an hour on KPRC talk radio that fall….suffice it to say that she never felt the necessity to engage in personalities,ad hominem,race baiting,victimology,or anything remotely like the things that all too typically define the style and methods of current Democrat candidates….I favor to think that I held my own in the debate,having prepped for it for over a week….and I must admit that 1 hour was one I will always hold special….needless to say,I think she would severely chastise her party’s stand on immigration (as well as other matters) were she alive today….the Democrat party has will not see her like again….and more’s the pity for that
never let it be said that we are unfair to black, lesbian socialists.
Barbara Jordan was an intellectual, although I did’nt agree with everything she said, I can listen to a person that actually has intelligence enough to logically think out their position. She had my respect for that.
Prime Director, she was in a wheelchair when the illness began to
take it’s toll. Armigerous…I envy you.
Prime Director said:
Boo! Bad pun. Boo!
Jordan also was a strong advocate of English as the only official language — she spoke out on this at a Ross Perot-era Reform Party convention.
There are Democrats, and then there are Liberals.
This fine lady was a true Democrat.
Those other two turds, are Liberals.