Ann Richards' Best Oneliner.....

[Postman]

George W. Bush was born on 3rd base but HE thinks he hit a triple....

[AllieB]

1. Beautiful!

:rofl:

She really was a treasure. :cry:

[mdmc]

2. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth

:patriot:

[Avalux]

3. She said that about his daddy -

during the 1988 Democratic National Convention. :D

[ronnykmarshall]

9. She had perfect timing in that speech.

That's one of the best speeches I've ever heard.

[Individualist]

18. That's my favorite too

[Rosco T.]

4. For shrub wouldn't it be...

"he was born with a silver spoon in his nose" ???

[onecent]

5. How about up his ass? n/t

[TheFarseer]

8. Come on be fair

That only came later when he was a young man in his thirties and possibly fortys.

[Canuckistanian]

28. He became a dry drunk when he turned 40

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_George_W._Bush
"He says that he gave up drinking for good shortly after waking up with a hangover after his 40th birthday celebration: "I quit drinking in 1986 and haven't had a drop since then."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_drunk
"Dry drunk is a term used, often disparagingly, by members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and by substance abuse counselors who subscribe to the AA theory of alcoholism to describe the recovering alcoholic who is no longer drinking but whose thought processes are considered to continue to be distorted by the thought patterns of addiction."

[Lex]

6. You are correct!

From earlier today:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2133146

[QuestionAll...]

7. that is So excellent!.

what a woman.
I didn't know that much about her but what I've been reading here lately - wow, just wow - she sounds like a remarkable human being.

[jazzjunkysue]

10. I always get a laugh on that one. She was a Queen. A real Queen.

We'll all miss you, Ann.

[William Seger]

11. I think she got that from Jim Hightower

[meg]

12. Juanita's has the best story - and 1 liner from Ann

It's from Molly Ivins. Check it out!!
http://www.brazosriver.com/index.html">juanita's

Several years ago there was a big political do at Scholz Beer Garten in Austin and everybody who was anybody in political Texas was there, meetin' and greetin' at a furious pace. About halfway through the evening, a little group of us got the tired feet and went to lean our butts against a table by the back wall of the Garten. Like birds in a row were perched Bob Bullock, the state comptroller; me; Charlie Miles, a black man who was then head of Bullock's personnel department (and the reason Bullock had such a good record on minority hiring); and Ms. Ann Richards.

Bullock, having been in Texas politics for thirty some-odd years, consequently knew every living sorry, no-account sumbitch who ever held office. A dreadful old racist judge from East Texas came up to him, "Bob, my boy, how are yew?" The two of them commenced to clap one another on the back and have a big greetin'.

"Judge," said Bullock. "I want you to meet my friends. This is Molly Ivins with the Texas Observer."

The judge peered up at me and said, "How yew, little lady?"

"This is Charles Miles, who heads my personnel department." Charlie stuck out his hand and the judge got an expression on his face as though he had just stepped into a fresh cowpie. It took him a long minute before he reached out, barely touched Charlie's hand and said, "How you, boy?" Then he turned with great relief to pretty, blue-eyed Ann Richards and said, "And who is this lovely lady?"

Ann beamed and said, "I am Mrs. Miles."

[readmoreoften]

14. Best Texan Ever.

[Hav]

17. .

Oh my God, that was great!
I'm so sorry that I barely heard anything about her. She will be missed because people like her are so rare in these times.

[dback]

20. Thank you SO MUCH for posting--that's my favorite Ann story, hands down!

Shows how quick she was, how witty, and how sharp. Can you imagine that judge's face?

[mdmc]

22. thanks for sharing

:kick:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

24. You have to picture Ann's voice and delivery of that line. Sublime!

Rest in peace!

[Jade Fox]

27. Wonderful....

Thanks for the laugh. :o

[OzarkDem]

31. Priceless! n/t

[sweetheart]

13. they say...

before and after a great darkness there comes a great light.

RIP Ann Richards

[SeattleGirl]

15. That's always been my favorite line of hers.

And she had so many of them!

[wryter2000]

16. Ooops

That's Jim Hightower about Poppy, I'm pretty sure.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. I remember the punch line to one of her digs, but I can't for the life of

me remember the build-up. The punchline was..."and they all voted for George."

[sendero]

21. I'm sorry..

... but this quote did not originate with her. It was said by Jim Hightower at the 1988 Dem National Convention. Some claim he stole it from none other than Barry Switzer.

In any event, I don't know where the idea that it was a Richards quote got started, but it is incorrect.

[Lex]

29. It was a perfect line for Ann to say, regardless of its origin! nt

[sendero]

30. I agree..

... I'm just not convinced she ever said it.

[orpupilofnature57]

23. Shrub ,A smug bug! a funny lady, we'll miss her.

[Eric J in MN]

25. Jim Hightower said that about George H. W. Bush

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4093121

Q: I always thought the line, "He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple," originated in Ann Richards' keynote at the 1988 Democratic convention . Someone told me the line originated elsewhere. If so, who and when did it first surface? -- Warren Mitofsky, New York, N.Y.

A (Ken Rudin): It wasn't Ann Richards who delivered that line at the '88 convention; it was a fellow Texan, then-Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower. He followed it with, "He is threatening to lead this country from tweedle-dum to tweedle-dumber."

But it wasn't Hightower who originated it. Barry Switzer, the legendary head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune in 1986 as saying, "Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." It's usually Switzer who is credited with the quote. But the wonder of Nexis has produced this quote from Time magazine's Susan Fraker, who wrote this in the May 30, 1983, issue about Superior Oil head honcho Howard Keck: "People who know him say that he can be vindictive and that he often acts capriciously. And like many very rich people, he is not accustomed to anyone disagreeing with him. The trouble with Howard, an acquaintance says, is that 'he was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.'"

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Link to transcript of Ann Richards' 1988 keynote:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/annrichards1988dnc.htm

[Justice Is Comin]

26. At the convention speech, she was talking about women in politics

she said give us women a chance and we can perform. Ginger Rogers did the same thing Fred Astaire did. Only she did it backwards and in high heels. ha hah ha