Comments on: Ann Richards, RIP

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:52:51 +0000

It appears that is the way she'll be remembered though. Much like fellow Texan Lloyd Bensen, who seems to be remembered by most people only through his "you're no Jack Kennedy" line during the '88 VP debate.

By: PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » In Memoriam: Ann Richards

PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » In Memoriam: Ann Richards — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:49:26 +0000

[...] As James Joyner rightly notes: It’s not often that a one-term governor makes as large a splash on the national political scene as Richards did [...]

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:30:37 +0000

She said it, although I don't know if she "came up with" it. Most politicians have speechwriters, especially when they're giving keynote addresses. I had long since left Texas by the time she was in office and know little about her tenure as governor, let alone state treasurer. One hopes that insulting an honorable man's circumstances of birth on multiple occasions was not her finest hour.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:13:59 +0000

Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, perhaps most famous for her quip that former president George H.W. Bush was “born with a silver foot in his mouth,”

Didn't she also come up with the line that Georgie was born on third base but thought he hit a triple?

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:01:42 +0000

Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Dies...

Former Gov. Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national poli...