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Bush: "Texas has lost one of its great daughters" (Ann Richards)
AP ^ | 9/14/06

Posted on 09/14/2006 8:14:02 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside

Bush: "Texas has lost one of its great daughters"

WASHINGTON President Bush has paid tribute today to Ann Richards, whom he ousted and succeeded as governor in 1995.

The former Democratic governor of Texas died last night at her Austin home after a battle against esophageal cancer. She was 73.

In a statement issued by the White House, the president said he and first lady Laura Bush "are deeply saddened by the passing of Governor Ann Richards of Texas."

He said Richards "loved Texas, and Texans loved her," and that "as a public servant she earned respect and admiration."

The president said Richards "became a national role model, and her charm, wit and candor brought a refreshing vitality to public life."

He concluded that "Texas has lost one of its great daughters."


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: annrichards; mad; marichards
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1 posted on 09/14/2006 8:14:05 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside

President Bush has more class and dignity in his little pinky than all the Democrats in America put together.


2 posted on 09/14/2006 8:15:19 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Sad that someone lives their life with so much contempt for certain people(ie conservatives)and dies with that hate.


3 posted on 09/14/2006 8:15:57 AM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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To: Peach

Ditto Bump


4 posted on 09/14/2006 8:16:46 AM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Freedom isn't Free.........Support Our Troops......Thank a Veteran Today)
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To: Peach

Those were my thoughts also.


5 posted on 09/14/2006 8:17:17 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: JackDanielsOldNo7

A lesson that should be taken to heart by EVERYONE.


6 posted on 09/14/2006 8:17:41 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Peach

AMEN, Peach, Amen.

God bless President Bush and rest the soul of Ann Richards.


7 posted on 09/14/2006 8:17:59 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (Some pray for peace; I pray for VICTORY that will ensure it.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Will they boo him at the Funeral?


8 posted on 09/14/2006 8:18:02 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Peach

Just think about all their hateful comments after Ronald Reagan's death.


9 posted on 09/14/2006 8:18:09 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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I know it may not sound charitable, but I hope she died better than she lived. That was a dirty campaign against Bush for the governorship.


10 posted on 09/14/2006 8:18:39 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: digger48

Is the Pope German?


11 posted on 09/14/2006 8:18:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Peach

He does. After all the vile things she's said about him and his family, he's still the gentleman. I have seen liberals continue the smear campaigns even after death, but not the Bush family.


12 posted on 09/14/2006 8:19:02 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: Mr. Brightside

Ann Richards was so ugly toward George W. Bush when he ran for Governor in Texas and again when he ran for the presidency.

I won't say anything ugly about this woman and will try and follow the president's excellent example so I will leave the thread.


13 posted on 09/14/2006 8:19:35 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Ms. Richards. RIP

I for one never voted for her or liked her. President Bush has much more class than I.


14 posted on 09/14/2006 8:19:37 AM PDT by JFC (President George W Bush, the comforter in chief.)
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To: Fudd Fan
God bless President Bush and rest the soul of Ann Richard

and Amen to that.

15 posted on 09/14/2006 8:19:52 AM PDT by SmithL (Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Mine too....President and Mrs. Bush are class acts!


16 posted on 09/14/2006 8:21:13 AM PDT by Guenevere
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Though I held her politics with great disdain, I hated to hear of her passing.


17 posted on 09/14/2006 8:22:09 AM PDT by no dems ("25 homicides a day committed by Illegals" Ted Poe (R-TX) Houston Hearings 8/16/06)
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If I can not say something nice about a dead person, I will say nothing.
NOTHING
18 posted on 09/14/2006 8:25:06 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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Time for a campaign funeral.

19 posted on 09/14/2006 8:27:56 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: digger48
Will they boo him at the Funeral?

Will they learn from past mistakes, and avoid turning it into a "funerally" a~la Wellstone? We shall see.

20 posted on 09/14/2006 8:28:32 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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