Sunday, February 21, 2010 — Conservative Republican Hal Jordan brought his business-like approach and family-values message to Stanly County Republicans on Thursday evening.
Jordan is one of five announced Republicans seeking the 8th District nomination in the May 4 Primary.
Jordan has worked with IBM for 27 years in a variety of jobs. He and his wife, Jeannine, have lived in Charlotte the past 22 years and have four children.
“I was a political neophyte when I ran against Jim Black in 2006, but I promised to run a hard, tough campaign and I came within 30 votes of winning,” said Jordan, whose 2006 campaign helped expose the abuse of power by Black as the North Carolina Speaker of House.
“Jim Black embarrassed the Democrats and we almost won in a district that normally votes 70-30 Democratic.”
Saying running in 2010 is a personal sacrifice for him, Jordan declared he is running “to serve and make a difference.” He pointed to efforts through his church — Christ Covenant Church, where he serves as chairman of the deacons — as an example of his commitment to others.
“My biggest involvement over the years has been with the Mercy Outreach Ministry ... it’s my passion. That’s where a lot of good is really done,” Jordan said.
“While I’m a Christian, I’m also a social conservative. In our Mercy Ministry we work one-on-one with individuals.They’re asked to take some accountability as we give them a hand-up, not a hand-out.”
Speaking to his fiscal conservative views, Jordan, who announced back in October that he would run for the 8th District, said: “After watching the first nine months of President Obama, I had to act. If we continue down this path, we will have no future. As it is today, I cannot look my children in the eyes and tell them you’ll have a better future than I have.”
Jordan said he would bring a “common sense, business-like approach” to solving the country’s economic woes and expects the country to elect 40 or more like-thinking new members to Congress in November.
“Our country is approaching bankruptcy, and in 5-6 years, we’ll not be able to service our debt if we don’t change our policies,” he said.
“I’m not trying to be a fear-monger, but we need to be serious about this thing. I think we can still solve this, and maybe, we need to cut across the board.”
Jordan said that he supports term limits for both the Senate and House, with two six-year terms for senators and 10 years total for representatives.
“Being a politician should not be a career. Too often long-term politicians are not about being public servants, but about the public serving them,” he said.
“Jim Black is a good example of that. Although I didn’t agree with all his positions, he was a good representative his first 10 years. But as he moved up in the ranks, his power went to his head.”
As for creating jobs, Jordan said: “We don’t want temporary jobs created by government. Private enterprise should provide the jobs. We’ve got to have fair trade, if we don’t, they’ll make everything and will own us. America used to be the greatest producer nation, we’ve become the greatest debtor nation. At the end of the day, America has more natural resources than most any nation on earth. We’re just not tapping them.”
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