Clinton, Obama pay tribute to legislator

[Hissyspit]

Source: Seattle Times

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Clinton, Obama pay tribute to legislator
A former president and a presidential hopeful were among those who paid tribute Saturday to Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio's first black congresswoman

A former president and a presidential hopeful were among those who paid tribute Saturday to Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio's first black congresswoman, who was remembered as a pioneering spirit, loyal friend and dedicated public servant.

Former President Clinton called Jones one of his family's closest advocates and advisers, recalling how she worked to help Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed presidential bid, even in its final stages.

Tubbs Jones, 58, died Aug. 20 of a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm. Hundreds of people packed the memorial service at Public Hall in downtown Cleveland to remember her. Besides being the Ohio's first black congresswoman, Tubbs Jones was also the first black woman to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means committee, and serve in Ohio as a county judge, common pleas judge and prosecutor.

"If this work was hard or overwhelming, if she ever felt any loneliness in so often being the first, you never would've known it," Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said. " ... Self-pity was never an option as far as Stephanie was concerned."

Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008149214_ndig31.html

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[Drunken Irishman]

1. Anyone know why McCain didn't go?

I mean, I doubt he wasn't invited.