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Judge a man by the company he keeps.
By that marker, Hamilton Jordan lived a life of integrity, intelligence, wit, grace, and good company.
The chief of staff for Jimmy Carter, Jordan was the political strategist who built a Georgia peanut farmer's rise to the highest office in America. Jordan's life was cut too short yesterday when the cancer he endured for 22 years finally claimed him.
In the sturm und drang of political spinning and campaigning and shouting and punditizing, it's easy to get distracted from the basic truths about the people who lead us. Or mis-lead us.
The greatest honor and respect we can pay to the legacy of Hamilton Jordan is to choose wisely now and this fall. Based on information, not fearmongering. Who walks the walk, not just talks the talk.
Hamilton Jordan walked with a giant's step in politics and life, and we honor his legacy...in politics and in public service.
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