Captions, tres cute (to borrow from french speaking Dave)
This is soooo not nice, but I am sick of Ann Richards. Sorry she had to suffer from cancer, but she was a blight on Texas and two days in a row the Dallas Morning News has devoted their front page to the woman.
Okay, had to get that out. Hope God forgives me.
I don't think there's anything to forgive. Last time I looked at God's commandments, there was nothing about being obliged to like other people. :)
and while I'm at it, Ann had no loyalty to her democrat friends.
She totally undercut Jim Mattox, a long-time friend and supporter. She knew Jim was running for governor and had been planning it for a long time. He would have won, as Clayton Powell...not a bad guy, but clueless... had a way of putting that big cowboy boot in his mouth.
So, Ann jumps into the race; Jim had given up his congressional seat to run (later occupied until a few years ago by the infamous Martin Frost- who would still be there if it hadn't been for Tom Delay getting the redistricting through)
Basically Jim's political career was over. He was actually one of the better dems the state has known.
Not that he was good, but ....
And, by the way, Delay was good for Texas and would be good for the house. Too bad whatever happened, happened.
I hear you regarding Ann Richards. I'm sure she loved her state in her own way very much. But I'm so glad that GWB whupped her butt - politically, of course.