Former Texas Governor Ann Richards has died at the too young age of 73. This life long Republican will miss her toughness, class and incredible wit and humor.
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Ann Richards, a Class Act
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she was a whore.......
Just kidding, Although i disagreed with many of her views, she was feisty, dedicated and somewhere near the middle of the road which all of our parties could use today....she was also one of the funnier politicians out there...it was natural,not staged by some speech writer
Just kidding, Although i disagreed with many of her views, she was feisty, dedicated and somewhere near the middle of the road which all of our parties could use today....she was also one of the funnier politicians out there...it was natural,not staged by some speech writer
Just to set the record straight, she was not the originator of the great line "Poor George. He can't help it - he was born with a silver foot in his mouth." See article:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/33/messages/251.html
The New York Times' 1966 obituary of Morris credited its own reporter Paul Crowell with observing, 'Newbold was born with a silver foot in his mouth." From "Nice Guys Finish Seventh: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations" by Ralph Keyes (HarperPerennial, 1993).
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/33/messages/251.html
The New York Times' 1966 obituary of Morris credited its own reporter Paul Crowell with observing, 'Newbold was born with a silver foot in his mouth." From "Nice Guys Finish Seventh: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations" by Ralph Keyes (HarperPerennial, 1993).
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