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Ann Richards: Wit
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Ann Richards was a down-to-earth kind of woman. She was an alcoholic ( in recovery for years) who wouldn't have thought for a moment to lie about her disease or hide behind handlers in admitting her weaknesses or failings. In fact, she was very open about her alcoholism, sharing her stories with people in prison who she felt needed to know they, too, could pull themselves up by the same bootstraps. She had succeeded and so could they.
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"Ann Richards is one of the most important women in American history. She came to political leadership at a time when women had to overcome all kinds of barriers and obstacles to get there. And she did it with determination, and good luck and a real focus," Bonner said.
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Beginning in 2001, Richards was a senior advisor to the communications firm Public Strategies, Inc. in Austin and New York. From 1995 to 2001, Richards was ... a senior advisor with Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, a Washington, D.C.-based international law firm. Richards sat on the boards of the Aspen Institute, J.C. Penney, and
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During the 1990 Democratic primary, a challenger charged, without proof, that Mrs. Richards had used illegal drugs. Her refusal to answer the question -- saying it would hurt the recovery efforts of alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals -- became a campaign issue, but did not scuttle her nomination.
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Like the yellow rose of Texas, Ann was a beautiful and classic lady. She could ... be thorny, though. She told you exactly what you needed to hear, using wit and candor to make her point. Her presence and her laughter could fill a room, even if all you could see was that big white hairdo peeking above the crowd.
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Most people loved Ann Richards, a few hated her and everyone connected with politics respected her. She was the quintessential Texas politician. She followed in the footsteps of John Nance Garner, Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, Sam Huston and to an extent even Judge Roy Bean. Ann Richards possessed a little of each of these men and proudly displayed it when it would do her the most good, Ann Richards was a Texan all the way.
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