Sail On Ann Richards...............

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » September 13, 2006 11:00 pm

Ann Richards, ex-governor of Texas, has died of cancer.

Sail on, Ann, you were quite a woman.

Dally · Post by **Dally** » September 13, 2006 11:01 pm

Sail on, Ann.......

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » September 13, 2006 11:04 pm

Sail on Ann...

....a firey spirit and advocate for women's rights.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » September 13, 2006 11:06 pm

Post by **SMLCHNG** » September 13, 2006 11:12 pm

Sail on, Ann.

conched · Post by **conched** » September 13, 2006 11:15 pm

Sail on~Ann Richards~one of those great Northeast Texas Women with cotton candy hair.

I think of her every time I hear that song.

conched · Post by **conched** » September 13, 2006 11:23 pm

I always loved the photo when she got her motorcycle license when she turned 60.

More photos here.

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/governors/mo ... s-p02.html

Marnin Grita Guy · Post by **Marnin Grita Guy** » September 13, 2006 11:27 pm

I don't care what side of the stick you vote on, That was one great lady!

Sail on Silver Haired Ann!

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » September 13, 2006 11:39 pm

Sail on Ann...

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » September 13, 2006 11:39 pm

OMG!!!!

Texas has lost a good one!! A true lady.

Sail on.......

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » September 13, 2006 11:41 pm

Damn...

Sail on, great lady.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » September 13, 2006 11:43 pm

Sail on....

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » September 13, 2006 11:46 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... components

VanillaGrl · Post by **VanillaGrl** » September 13, 2006 11:54 pm

Sail on, Ann....

backbeat · Post by **backbeat** » September 14, 2006 12:05 am

Whenever I think that we're all becoming alike, I remind myself about the women of Texas. There is nothing like them anywhere else and Ann Richards epitomized their wildness and independence and directness and unpredictableness and big-heartedness. Thank God we still have Molly Ivins to tell it like it is. That cushions this blow. Sail on, Ann.

ejr · Post by **ejr** » September 14, 2006 12:07 am

How very sad! sail on, Ann.

backbeat · Post by **backbeat** » September 14, 2006 12:09 am

An excerpt from the Washington Post obit - see springparrot's link above:

The silver-haired, silver-tongued Ms. Richards said she entered politics to help others -- especially women and minorities, who were often ignored by the male-dominated Texas establishment.

"I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone,' " Ms. Richards said shortly before leaving office in January 1995.

She was governor for one term, losing her reelection bid to Republican George W. Bush.

She grabbed the national spotlight with her keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, when she was the Texas state treasurer. Ms. Richards won cheers from delegates when she reminded them that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, "only backwards and in high heels."

Ms. Richards sealed her partisan reputation with a blast at George H.W. Bush, a fellow Texan who was vice president at the time: "Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » September 14, 2006 12:14 am

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeche ... 988dnc.htm

mp3 of DNC Keynote speech

AdamBomb8 · Post by **AdamBomb8** » September 14, 2006 12:29 am

Sail on Ann.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » September 14, 2006 5:36 am

dammit...

Sail on ma'am. Y'all had some serious rapier wit and I am going to miss that more now that you are gone.