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BIG HAIR / BIG HEART

Ann Richards was bigger than life.

She was an old style politician who didn't mince words.

I remember listening to the convention broadcast (photo) where she made the remark about bushie's dad; that we shouldn't blame him, he was just born with a silver foot in his mouth.

She was also one of those public figures who found recovery from alcoholism and, while she kept her anonymity as far as any Program is concerned, worked to help others through the governmental channels she operated in.

She was a gravel voiced, funny, good ol' Texas gal.

Her gift for telling 'how the cows ate the cabbage' would be wasted on today's wimpish pols.

Ann Richards, Flamboyant Ex-Governor of Texas, Dies at 73