Breaking News: Ann Richards is dead

[malaise]

Rest in Peace dear lady. CNN. The former Texas Governor died in hospital -cancer. 'George Bush was born with a silver foot in his mouth'

[blm]

1. Peace to you, ANN. You lived large good lady.

.

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Yes, may she rest in peace.

I will sure miss her. :(

[Gman]

3. OMG, I'm shocked

She had cancer, but we never heard she wasn't doing well. Ann was one of the absolutely greatest women I have ever had the pleasure and privlege of knowing.

[johnfunk]

4. Sad news indeed. She was one tough broad.

Greatest moment: snarking George H. Bush at the 1988 Democratic Convention:

"Poor George. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."

[City Lights]

5. Oh no!

:cry:

Rest in peace...

[helderheid]

6. I'm heartbroken! Rest In Peace!

[malaise]

20. CNN will have a feature shortly n/t

[MoseyWalker]

7. Another truly great human

that will be missed.

:patriot:

[moc]

8. Oh no!

:cry:

[OzarkDem]

9. Nooooooo!

Oh wow. Just wow. She was great.

[serryjw]

10. Ohhhhhh, I love her

She was the Key note speaker at our CO convention b4 2004. She was fab!! Any email to send condolences to the family?

[Liberal In Texas]

11. Oh boy. Awful news. Rest In Peace, Ann.

I met her a few times. What a fine person she was.

[Divine Discontent]

19. you were a fortunate person then

I always thought she was a bright tough lady. loved her totally SLAMMING bush with the silver foot comment in 88 when I was a youngin'


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <-- check it out!!

[Liberal In Texas]

23. One of the times I met her was at that convention, at a Texas Democrats

party. Yes, I was fortunate to have known her.

[Sydnie]

12. I am so sorry to hear this sad news

RIP Ann. We are better for your having been here. Thank you for all you did.

[2bfree]

13. Oh no!

She is one of my all time favorite people. Smart, funny and as sassy as can be. She is someone Texans can be proud of.

[Change has come]

14. Oh No.

Rest in peace Ann. You were one of the best. :cry:

[MazeRat7]

15. Ahhh... that really sucks..she was a great Texan and we will miss her.

She gave meaning to the phrase "To thine own self be true"....

MZr7

[texas1928]

16. She was one Spunky lady... And a DAMN FINE GOVERNOR.

The little shit trashed her record and ruined this state.



Rest in Peace

You are sorely missed.

[AspenRose]

70. You are absolutely right.

First Lloyd Bentsen, now Ann. :cry:

[L A Woman]

17. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

that sucks! I love that woman.

I recently quit drinking and printed off one of her quotes. "Quitting drinking was one of the greatest stories of my life."

There were a lot of them, Ann.

[malaise]

25. Ann chose her moment to die

Remember there is nothing like a Democratic funeral prior to an election.

[TheFarseer]

18. I'm sad to hear that

She was quite a gal. Rest in Peace, Ann

[Sugarcoated]

21. Damn!

I loved that woman, I always thought she was Presidential material. :cry:

Peace to you, Ann Richards.

[me b zola]

87. I did too

...both love her and think she was presidential material.

I was busy and I just got back to the computer and couldn't figure out why all of the Ann Richards posts--damn. I'm in tears. :cry:

[Garbo 2004]

22. Damn! Loved her wit. Damn. n/t

[bonzotex]

24. Damn....she was one of the good ones...n/t

[dsc]

26. I wish the country had elected that alcoholic governor of TX president

instead of the one they did elect. She was an amazing lady. I hope she is resting in peace.

[BlueEyedSon]

27. F*ck F*ck F*CK.... Only the good die young

[skylarmae]

28. Gov. Richards was one of the good ones-RIP

Her wit and sense of humor were what struck me as unique.

[kurth]

29. SHOCKING... R.I.P.

I met her once. A wonderful human being. A true loss.

[Roxy66]

30. Oh NO!!! She was one of the last of her kind....

A Southern Bell with balls of steel...I will miss her desperately O8) :cry:

[Bonobo]

31. "George Bush was born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple!"

[mmonk]

32. Rest in peace Ann. Your fight is over. Your life was full.

[bdamomma]

33. Oh, that's terrible news, she was a great lady

Rest in peace Governor Richards

[CatWoman]

34. Very, very sad news

I looked at her as the ultimate role model.

RIP Ann.

You were loved.

[OzarkDem]

42. Very true, she was a great role model

for women and men Dems. A fine leader.

[Nickster]

35. Oh geez, we lost another great one. So sad. Rest in Peace Ann. n/t

[NYCGirl]

36. Very sad. A lovely, feisty lady. She will be missed. NT

[Cleita]

37. OMG no!

I don't respect too many politicians but I sure respected Ann. Blessings to Ann and her family.

[Beausoir]

Rest in peace, beautiful lady.

She knew the Bush pigs better than most and she wasn't afraid to say so.

What a loss.

[Sugarcoated]

38. One ever so slight consolation

is that they will play her '88 Convention speech and other footage & tributes, she'll knock dimfuck news-hog out of the news a bit. And I know she'd like that.

[malaise]

62. She timed her departure to perfection

Ann Richards was a classy lady.

[MzNov]

39. I'm so very sorry. What sad sad news. nt

[malaise]

41. CNN now

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:dnrEHnSB_MU5IM:
Rest in peace dear lady.

[cmf]

40. Rest in Peace, Governor Richards

I was proud to have voted for you. You were a great woman, someone to look up to.

[Horse with no Name]

43. Words cannot express the depth of sadness

She was a wonderful lady and a wonderful Governor. The last REAL Governor Texas had. RIP dear lady...and may you always have the wind at your back as you ride your Harley into the sunset.
Thank you for your dedicated public servitude and thank you for instilling your beliefs in your daughter who will carry the torch for women.


Edited to add:
In four years as governor, Richards championed what she called the "New Texas," appointing more women and more minorities to state posts than any of her predecessors.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/091406dntexrichardsobit.2d70e4f.html

[malaise]

47. Turn on CNN

She was great.

[Miss Marmelstein]

44. Such sad news.....

She was one great lady and she will be missed!

[Texasgal]

45. I am HEARTBROKEN!

OMG!!! I LOVE HER SO MUCH!

[Subdivisions]

46. OH! I'm so sad to hear this. I interviewed Ann on the same day

I interviewed Dubya when they were both in my town campaigning for Governor, which he went on to win.

He was an asshole (no big surprise) who didn't have the courtesy to stop walking as I spoke with him.

She was a perfect lady who went so far as to ask those around her to please give her a few minutes while I spoke with her. She was impressed that I was there not only as a voter but also as someone who was, at the time, on a crusade to save the habitat of the Golden-Cheeked Warbler in the Texas Hill Country. She even invited me to come speak with her in the Governor's office if she won the election and could schedule it and she took my card and put it in her purse.

I admired her. I am sad that she is gone.

[malaise]

48. Her funeral service will be

special -Bush bashing non-stop.

[Texasgal]

57. Gosh I hope not!

She was so much more than a politician!

[malaise]

58. True but she would expect some

Bush bashing.

[Texasgal]

69. Like I said... I hope not...

She was the Governor of Texas, but she was also a Mother and a Grandmother,a gardener...a person who donated alot of her time.A woman who cared about the enviroment, someone who cared waaaaay after she served our state.

I would REALLY hate to see her funeral turn into a GWB bash, she deserves her celebration of life to be about HER. Not that asshole!

[malaise]

76. You are correct but her family will decide n/t

[Ilsa]

49. Just heard. God Bless her soul. She tried to do the right

thing in opposing the imperial Bush Crime Family.

[VelmaD]

50. This is awful

She was a great lady. And as funny in person speaking extemporaneously as she was on tv. She was warm and just a great joy to be around.

I went to grad school with her daughter and cannot imagine how she must feel right now.

Texas lost a hero and the whole country lost a great Democrat. We will miss you Ann. :cry:

[aquart]

51. I have loved her since she was on Politically Incorrect

And told a yammering Ann Coulter to "Hush!" And Ann hushed.

I also had the pure joy of manning the incoming calls in the Texas room of Voter News Service the night she was elected governor. It was a long night, but a great one.

Rest in peace, Ann Richards.

[Neecy]

52. this is terrible....

A fighting Democrat with a wickedly beautiful smile - one of the last truly interesting politicians left.

Damn.

[Midlodemocrat]

53. There are no words. I loved her statement that 'Ginger Rogers

did everything that Fred Astaire did only backwards and in high heels'.

RIP Ann. You have no idea how much greatness you achieved.

[sendero]

93. Isn't that perfect!

I love a beautiful turn of phrase and that one is a gem for all times!

[lonestarnot]

54. ahhh no.

:cry: May you rot in hell bushitler!

[AspenRose]

55. I campaigned for you. God bless you and rest in peace.

:cry:

[MoseyWalker]

56. .

from "Chants of Nezahualcoyotl"

...........................................................
i could not embrace the fire of the sun
the blinding sacred elements of high noon
were night and wind a higher calling?
yet who could stay us in the night and wind?
ah tloqueh nahuaqueh i thought you needed me
the gods need poets
the poets need gods
although they are never true each to the other
poems make it so forever and ever
unless the poem were to be mute in all its truth
oh who can voice such elevated silence?
who can accept the call of the impossible?
the riddle of the close and near
fled now to who knows where...
the toltec world grown cold
the heat of the god's presence bent
toward a place without existence
where i cannot go and dwell
i do not know if i exist here
are we presentiments of what has been?
nobody here can be a friend to the god
i nezahualcoyotl can only invoke words
and so i'm whiling in the stillness
wondering what changes the course of things
the warm blood in my heart says something
but what it is i cannot say
my words say look at me
i am here a quetzal and a white flower
a flowery-feathered fan erect in splendor
by the dark lake waters
where the white cane floats
where the fine mist wets the face
yes i nezahualcoyotl am here!
who dances yonder?
where is the place of music?
my toltec art is going...
my song is nought but deepest grief
will things appear again
under precious green willows
in the extensions of the creeping fog?
why was the past not null for song?
our present is an empty waiting...
why are all things vanishing now?
i forge my songs in darkness
it is tempting to love only
the night and wind
in this sterile time of endless waiting
with nothing to foresee or tell...
the time of the poem will it ever be....

when?

i nezahualcoyotl what have i seen?
have i named anything,
since i am not urged by you oh tloqueh nahuaqueh?

the tree is gone forever

i do not feel the wind
nor tremble with joy
in the still primeval night
i nezahualcoyotl long for a time
between day and night
i long for a new light
yet know such light will never bend unto me...
and the sacred rays of the sun that shine from heaven
will never be my form of light
and the tree will never shine transparent

the tree is gone forever

[brer cat]

59. A truly beautiful steel Magnolia. She will be missed!

[beachbum]

60. Sad

Sad but glad she is at peace. May God Bless her and her family. She will be missed.

[L A Woman]

61. I loved when she renamed "No Child Left Behind"

she called it "No Child's Behind is Left." LOL.

[Generic Other]

63. She was a gutsy lady and the epitome of a sassy Texan!

Many a day she lifted my spirit with one of her salty comments about Bush.

[Richard Steele]

64. RIP Ann.

[malaise]

68. Link from Texas

http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/091406Toprichardsobit.9002787.html

[Richard Steele]

86. "Oh, I would probably have raised more hell."

Asked once what she might have done differently
had she known she was going to be a one-term
governor, Richards grinned.

"Oh, I would probably have raised more hell."

[trudyco]

65. How come so many politicians are getting cancer? -nt

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

66. I'm in tears here and I never ever met the woman.

I admired her so much. I'll never forgot her speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention.

It was the last Dem Convention my Dad was alive to see and we both roared with laughter when she said "Poor George, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth" in her Texas twang.

Damn the country lost a great lady and a great Democrat tonight.

Rest in peace, Ms. Richards and may perpetual light shine upon you...

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[w8liftinglady]

67. in honor of ANN,I vow to see every democrat win on the Tx ballot...

She was a grand landy...Rest in peace,sister.

[Lex]

71. She was a *true* Texan with a real heart.

She will be missed. I felt like I knew her. So sad to hear of her death. So sad.

[flyarm]

72. dang!! noooo...bless her for eternity..may she fly with the angels..

she will be an extraordinary angel...

as a delegate to dem convention i got to meet her personally at an Emilies List luncheon..

she hugged me and kissed my cheek..she was truely one of a kind..so strong..and such a wonderful lady...

she will be missed by me , and so many..

may she rest peacefully..with nothing but joy ..on the other side...

tears here..for an incredible loss by us all...

ohhhh i will miss this beautiful, vivacious lady..

ahhh dang...

god bless her and protect her...her long suffering is over...

fly

[Lone_Star_Dem]

73. A strong and wonderful woman

Who taught me much and I will miss her dearly.

[fishwax]

74. that is too bad

Rest in Peace, Ann Richards.

[oasis]

75. Rest in peace Ann. Democracy had no dearer friend.

[aaronbees]

77. Link to her 1988 DNC keynote address transcript

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/annrichards1988dnc.htm

I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio. Well, it was back then that I came to understand the small truths and the hardships that bind neighbors together. Those were real people with real problems and they had real dreams about getting out of the Depression. I can remember summer nights when we’d put down what we called the Baptist pallet, and we listened to the grown-ups talk. I can still hear the sound of the dominoes clicking on the marble slab my daddy had found for a tabletop. I can still hear the laughter of the men telling jokes you weren’t supposed to hear -- talkin' about how big that old buck deer was, laughin' about mama puttin' Clorox in the well when the frog fell in.

...

I got a letter last week from a young mother in Lorena, Texas, and I wanna read part of it to you. She writes,

“Our worries go from pay day to pay day, just like millions of others. And we have two fairly decent incomes, but I worry how I’m going to pay the rising car insurance and food. I pray my kids don’t have a growth spurt from August to December, so I don’t have to buy new jeans. We buy clothes at the budget stores and we have them fray and fade and stretch in the first wash. We ponder and try to figure out how we're gonna pay for college and braces and tennis shoes. We don’t take vacations and we don’t go out to eat. Please don’t think me ungrateful. We have jobs and a nice place to live, and we’re healthy. We're the people you see every day in the grocery stores, and we obey the laws. We pay our taxes. We fly our flags on holidays and we plod along trying to make it better for ourselves and our children and our parents. We aren’t vocal any more. I think maybe we’re too tired. I believe that people like us are forgotten in America.”

...

This Republican Administration treats us as if we were pieces of a puzzle that can’t fit together. They've tried to put us into compartments and separate us from each other. Their political theory is “divide and conquer.” They’ve suggested time and time again that what is of interest to one group of Americans is not of interest to any one else. We’ve been isolated. We’ve been lumped into that sad phraseology called “special interests.” They’ve told farmers that they were selfish, that they would drive up food prices if they asked the government to intervene on behalf of the family farm, and we watched farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that’s wrong!

It's amazing how true those words ring today 18 years later. What a wonderful woman who gave so much back to Texans and hope to people everywhere. RIP, dear lady.

[Greeby]

81. Thanks, I was looking for some audio/video

:hug:

[T Town Jake]

78. Rest in Peace, Governor.

(n/t)

[senseandsensibility]

79. Thank you, Mrs. Richards

You gave me hope and you made me laugh. Rest in Peace.

[kimsterdemster]

80. What a wonderful lady,

an inspiration to all. :cry:

[Rex]

82. Dammit

:( :( :( One of my favorite politicians. :( :( :(

RIP Ann.

[beam me up scottie]

83. Someone asked earlier who still makes us proud to be Americans.

[L A Woman]

85. I agree...

[texas1928]

89. She does that, but the biggest thing she does for me...

She makes me proud to be a Texan

[SammyWinstonJack]

84. I just heard. I am so sad! She was a great Lady!

:-(

[bullwinkle428]

88. A wonderful woman who would have made an amazing President!

:cry:

[Lex]

94. OMG, that would've been awesome.

*sigh*

[LSK]

90. Thats shocking. Very sad.

:-(

[Bluebear]

91. Peace to you, dearest Ann.

May your fire never die as long as we can carry it for you.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

92. My condolences to the family of a great politician & and wonderful woman

Rest in peace, Governor.