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rest in peace honey.

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This just in: Thy're gonna have Orange Sodie and Popcorn at the wake.

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Her only crime was not beating GWB in '94. Just think, he could be on the board of an oil company or fighting off Katrina refugees in Houston instead of fucking up my days...

Larry King said it right: "In this era when everything that politicians say is focus grouped to death, we shall not see the like of Ann Richards again"

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So the middle school I'm teaching at is in it's 50th and final year. They've phased out 6th grade entirely. Next year it becomes the Ann Richards Girls High School, the unofficial p.o.v. being a place for girls who like to fight over boys can be removed and hopefully not distracted by said boys. Whatever.

The news trucks are here for memorial coverage. Our students have no idea who she is, or even that the school is being renamed in her honor.

Oh well.

She was cool.

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I was surprised to have not seen this, below, in this thread...

regale bore or sen. dimbulb loogar Wrote:
She was a woman in rare form, and rarer company; a top back when "no" meant "yes".
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you're with me, leather Wrote:
I was surprised to have not seen this, below, in this thread...

regale bore or sen. dimbulb loogar Wrote:
She was a woman in rare form, and rarer company; a top back when "no" meant "yes".


Believe you-me, she understood that no meant yes, better than most, jocko.

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)

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Sen. LooGAR (D - MEH) Wrote:
you're with me, leather Wrote:
I was surprised to have not seen this, below, in this thread...

regale bore or sen. dimbulb loogar Wrote:
She was a woman in rare form, and rarer company; a top back when "no" meant "yes".


Believe you-me, she understood that no meant yes, better than most, jocko.


The only woman to have spent a nite with both Lyndon Johnson & George H.W. Bush, huh?
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you're with me, leather Wrote:
Sen. LooGAR (D - MEH) Wrote:
you're with me, leather Wrote:
I was surprised to have not seen this, below, in this thread...

regale bore or sen. dimbulb loogar Wrote:
She was a woman in rare form, and rarer company; a top back when "no" meant "yes".


Believe you-me, she understood that no meant yes, better than most, jocko.


The only woman to have spent a nite with both Lyndon Johnson & George H.W. Bush, huh?


HO, HO, Bubba, but no. The swingers for Ayah's team used to subborn and force young women into the deviance that shan't bear its name.

No meant Yes for EVERYONE back then.

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)

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This is a pretty tragic loss. I always loved her line about Dubya being born with a silver foot in his mouth. And she also scored some prime-time backseat acttion with William Fontaine DeLaTour Dauterive, so she gets bonus points for that, as well.

The saddest thing about this is it leaves Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander Strayhorn as the reigning grand dame of Tejas politics. I don't think OTG ("One Tough Grandma") deserves a seat on that throne, though she's at least decent for taking shots at ol' "Adios, Mofo" Perry.

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Who is that woman? :oops:
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pollysix Wrote:
Who is that woman? :oops:


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Ann Richards (right), meeting an unidentified (by name) uncle of Chuck(e)d
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pollysix Wrote:
Who is that woman? :oops:


she was the Gov. of Texas before W. She more or less reclaimed the Texas Democratic Party and was a real character. Possibly the funniest person in American Politics ever.

I just found out she was the first woman considered for VP in '72. Awesome.


we could use 1000 more just like her.

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that photo of her was taken on her 60th birthday right after she got her motorcycle license.
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She was truly cool. Spent a lot of evenings waiting on her back in Austin, and just talked with her http://www.obner.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=15255&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=richards+restaraunt+restaurant this winter.

She will be missed by many many Texans, including me.

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Great memories of Texas politics when I was living there (88-92). Ms. Richards was a pistol, for sure. My favorite character at that time was Dallas City Councilman John Wiley Price- constantly being arrested for agitating against anything that most of the staid Dallasites were in favor of.
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tentoze Wrote:
Great memories of Texas politics when I was living there (88-92). Ms. Richards was a pistol, for sure. My favorite character at that time was Dallas City Councilman John Wiley Price- constantly being arrested for agitating against anything that most of the staid Dallasites were in favor of.


I've lived in Dallas for 12 years, and JWP has been agitating every step of the way. He's like Al Sharpton withtwice the brains and half the charisma.

He one of them uppity.

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Trully one of a kind. R.I.P in deed.
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FT, MF Wrote:
tentoze Wrote:
Great memories of Texas politics when I was living there (88-92). Ms. Richards was a pistol, for sure. My favorite character at that time was Dallas City Councilman John Wiley Price- constantly being arrested for agitating against anything that most of the staid Dallasites were in favor of.


I've lived in Dallas for 12 years, and JWP has been agitating every step of the way. He's like Al Sharpton withtwice the brains and half the charisma.

He one of them uppity.


A classic THEM. Good to hear he still be shaking the tree down there.
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