Silver-haired Ann W. Richards, who was Texas’s 45th governor until an upset
in 1994 by George W. Bush, died Wednesday at her home in Austin. She was 73.
I remember she made a great speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention. It was funny, tart, and full of greats Southern attitude.
And in the gubernatorial race against Bush she coined the great phrase: "Poor George, he can’t help it, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth."
That was a good one.
I remember girls in my dorm crying when she won the election because they thought it meant Texas was going to the liberal, honorary homosexual recovering alcoholics. That was a big eye opener for me since I’d grown up around fiscal, not social Republicans.