![]() ![]() What was most amazing was that Ann, who had years of political work under her belt but had never considered running for office, took a leap of faith in her early 40s and ran for Travis County Commissioner. That was the political era Ann Richards rose up in, and the men we are all now familiar with - Karl Rove, Dubya, and Perry - were slowly coming out of the woodwork and gaining their own ground in Texas politics. ![]() Before there was Dubya, there was his dad. Native Texans will be familiar with the cast of characters in Let the People In. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.” - she was a national celebrity. By the time she got to her most memorable zinger of the evening - “Poor George, he can’t help it. ![]() ![]() Who was this older woman with her fluffy helmet of silver hair? She began to speak in her Texas drawl, peppering her speech with the folksy anecdotes and one-liners that she had fought the speechwriters hard to leave in, insisting that she had to sound like herself. Virtually unknown outside of Texas, where she was State Treasurer, she the invitation to have her give such an important speech left politicos and journalists scratching their heads. No one could figure out why Ann Richards had been selected to give the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. ![]()
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