Ann was a fantastic governor. I literally cried when the election results came in with Bush as the winner. She is the only democrat for whom I have ever voted and would vote for her again tomorrow if I were in Texas and she were alive and running.
She was not a raving liberal as many are describing here. She loved Texas and Texas will miss her.
Ann Richards didn't think the public should be able to carry concealed handguns. This is after a horrible massacre at a Lubby's cafeteria in which one of the victims lost her parents and testified how a CCW law could have saved their lives.
Richards not only worked furiously against the Bill, she didn't even want the voters to have a referendum on it.
I want you to understand while she was in your opinion a fantastic governor, she didn't mind defenceless victims of murder. That's why she lost the election to George Bush. That's why he was nominated for the presidency. That's why gore is relatively unemployed now.
RIP Anne, you and the rest of the libs helped us more than you will ever know.
You wrote: " ... She loved Texas and Texas will miss her. ..."
That's almost word for word one of the things Dubya and Laura said in their statement about her today.