tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post115820570188061287..comments2023-10-22T03:07:32.340-05:00Comments on Pulp Friction: Karen Zipdrivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394557801356007952noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-1158549023633631372006-09-17T22:10:00.000-05:002006-09-17T22:10:00.000-05:00Amazing woman...certainly knew how to talk circles...Amazing woman...<BR/><BR/>certainly knew how to talk circles round George...<BR/><BR/>I think the line was "You'll have to forgive George...he can't help it...he was born with a silver foot in his mouth."<BR/><BR/>That lady was a lady through and through...one of the very few in politics who posessed True Grit.in.dog.neatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675276875352321860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-1158295238273857942006-09-14T23:40:00.000-05:002006-09-14T23:40:00.000-05:00Here's the link to the Ann Richards' speech to the...Here's the link to the Ann Richards' speech to the DNC in 1988. It's a great speech. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/annrichards1988dnc.htm" REL="nofollow">Ann Richards at the DNC in 1988</A>jordanrep.com/10522https://www.blogger.com/profile/00053253054510882276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-1158291016820863692006-09-14T22:30:00.000-05:002006-09-14T22:30:00.000-05:00That speech at the '88 Democratic Convention was t...That speech at the '88 Democratic Convention was the best damned political speech I've ever heard.<BR/>After Ann told her mama she'd been selected as the keynote speaker, the mama said, "That's great, honey. Now, when are you coming to visit me?"<BR/>A few days later, her mama sent her a check for $100--to buy herself a new dress for the convention.Karen Zipdrivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394557801356007952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-1158280119042041322006-09-14T19:28:00.000-05:002006-09-14T19:28:00.000-05:00The country is in mourning KZ.I still love the lin...The country is in mourning KZ.<BR/><BR/>I still love the line about King George the First.."You have to forgive George, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth."--or something to that effect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-1158276929273272002006-09-14T18:35:00.000-05:002006-09-14T18:35:00.000-05:00If anyone wants to gauge how a REAL Texan acts and...If anyone wants to gauge how a REAL Texan acts and sounds, as opposed to a Connecticut, blueblooded carpetbagging drugstore cowboy, look no further than Ann Richards.<BR/>We lost a true American heroine yesterday, and the whole state is mourning.Karen Zipdrivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394557801356007952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-1158262372596190482006-09-14T14:32:00.000-05:002006-09-14T14:32:00.000-05:00We out-of-Texas folks remember her remark about Gi...We out-of-Texas folks remember her remark about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did only backwards and in high heels.<BR/><BR/>She was a great lady. Hope she bumps into my mama in the heavens. They'd have a ball.Lulu Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100523351881499282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-1158246511710730622006-09-14T10:08:00.000-05:002006-09-14T10:08:00.000-05:00My first favorite memory of Ann Richards was back ...My first favorite memory of Ann Richards was back when I was a MSM reporter, interviewing her when she was running for governor.<BR/>I was there with an ABC affiliate TV reporter named Marilyn, who watched as I intervewed her, because TV people always watch the print people interviewing people because we ask smarter questions.<BR/>After Ms. Richards left, I said to Marilyn, "Holy crap, did you see how she was holding my hands in hers while she stared into my eyes? I felt hypnotized by those Windex blue eyes."<BR/>Marilyn said, "Yeah! I usually am the one to maintain eye contact when I'm interviewing people to see if they are shifty- but she completely stared me down!"<BR/><BR/>Memory #2 was when she was the keynote speaker at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in San Antonio.<BR/>The idiots who were running the dinner had a crappy looking drag queen introduce her to the audience, and she was so pissed that they'd relegate the job to a fuckin' drag queen, she was still muttering about it after dinner.<BR/>She was charming as hell, but you didn't want to piss her off.Karen Zipdrivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394557801356007952noreply@blogger.com