The Real Deal - Stephanie Tubbs Jones

I am not from Cleveland. Before February of this year I didn't know anything about Stephanie Tubbs Jones and her zany decorative glasses. Among the many things I learned during this historic primary season was this...

If all of America believed in our political process and voraciously got behind a candidate like she supported and advocated on behalf of Hillary Clinton, what an amazing country we would be. I highly doubt if we as a country had her enthusiasm for our country's laws and governance Congress would have the low approval rating it has and would have likely passed a spending bill over the last year.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones died today, suddenly and without warning. A piece of the core that burns the fire of this political process has been snuffed. That saddens me greatly as we are on the verge of the VP picks and conventions. I often thought over the primary process, if I saw the woman she supported Hillary would be unstoppable. What I failed to realize at the time was that the person who was unstoppable and larger than life was Stephanie Tubbs Jones. A woman who embodied the love of her life and country she was a rare beacon of purity defining what loyalty should look like in its best sense.

I write about her today because I am saddened by her passing. I write about her today because without TV and that 24 hour news cycle I often rail against I would not have known who she was in our political landscape and in the voices of our politics. I am forever grateful and may we do her proud this November.