Former Texas governor bashes old foe Bush

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

President George W. Bush's jobs record is hurting Iowa and the rest of the country, former Texas Gov. Ann Richards told members of a statewide labor conference here Thursday afternoon.

Richards, campaigning for the Democratic ticket of Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards, painted Bush as a president who is recklessly asleep at the helm of the nation and knocking out thousands of jobs in the process. ..

Richards riddled her speech with criticisms of Bush in the form of jokes. She's widely known for ridiculing then-Vice President George H. W. Bush by saying, "Poor George. He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth," at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards was elected Texas governor two years later, but she was defeated by George W. Bush in 1994. ..

"She's from Texas, and she's seen the devastation of (Bush administration) policies," said Grell of Waterloo. "The effect of the tax cuts to the rich are filtering down to the people who can least afford them." ..

She was great.

Shit I must have missed it.

quip was from '92 after the 'read my lips - no new taxes' thing was quoted far 'n wide.

before I read the thread.

"Annie Get Your Gun"

I love reading and listening to her.

Why does the radical right always use the word "shrill" when referring to women who speak their mind? It's a rhetorical question.

Being female, I guess I can say this.

I don't think they use shrill against some women because they are strong willed, or even downright mean. Some women have higher toned voices that get even higher when they get angry. Those are the ones that get the label shrill. When I think about strong willed (or minded) women in politics, I think of Ann Richards, Hillary Clinton, Jane Harmon. They have been called lots of names, and most derogatory, but not shrill that I know of. I think lots of older men are very intimidated by forceful women, and heaven forbid that they are intelligent too.

She was anything BUT shrill.

I lived in her district for a while and was always stirred to the core of my soul when she spoke. O8)

Or Phyllis Schafly?

I don't know Phyllis.

I volunteered in her campaign against Clayton Williams in Brazos County many moons ago.

:yourock:

She is everything a woman should be.

Certainly one of the few, but with her I don't hide my head in shame.

I would've figured out a way to see her.

She's "somethin' special".

Texans must be gratefull that Barbara and Molly are with us. Laura the porch sweeper gives the women of Texas a very slack image.

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

I think that we Texans feel the pain of the Bush Disaster a little more than most folks, because he destroyed us before he went and destroyed the rest of the world.