Lindsey
September 14th, 2006, 01:12 PM
That's the headline on the Truthdig.com article (http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_world_just_got_a_little_boring/) announcing the death Wednesday night of Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas and true American original. Best known for her sharp wit, you could always count on Richards to be the complete antithesis of boring.
Today, Democracy Now! offered a video clip of part of an address she gave at the December 2004 50th anniversary celebration for the Texas Observer. Do check it out (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/14/1351255) -- it's vintage Ann Richards. There's a transcript there, but if you possibly can, play the video, or at least click the audio link. A Texas yarn is best appreciated by the ear.
Ann Richards originally entered public life because, she said, "I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'" No danger of that, I think. We'll hear many times today the famous quip in her keynote address at the 1988 Democratic Convention about George H.W. Bush being born with a silver foot in his mouth. She said something else in that address that that we should pay closer heed to, though. "We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are gonna tell the truth."
Amen, sister. We're really gonna miss you, gal.
--Lindsey
Today, Democracy Now! offered a video clip of part of an address she gave at the December 2004 50th anniversary celebration for the Texas Observer. Do check it out (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/14/1351255) -- it's vintage Ann Richards. There's a transcript there, but if you possibly can, play the video, or at least click the audio link. A Texas yarn is best appreciated by the ear.
Ann Richards originally entered public life because, she said, "I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'" No danger of that, I think. We'll hear many times today the famous quip in her keynote address at the 1988 Democratic Convention about George H.W. Bush being born with a silver foot in his mouth. She said something else in that address that that we should pay closer heed to, though. "We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are gonna tell the truth."
Amen, sister. We're really gonna miss you, gal.
--Lindsey