http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/4954/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/celebrating-ann-richards-personal-attack-george-bush-sr <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;Her acidic, plain-spoken keynote address was one of the year&#039;s political highlights and catapulted the one-term Texas governor into a national figure.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Rick Lyman's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/us/14richards.html" target="_self">obituary</a> for former Texas Democratic Gov. Ann Richards includes her infamous insult of then-vice president George H.W. Bush.</p><br /> <p>"'Poor George, he can't help it,' Ms. Richards said at the Democratic convention in 1988, speaking about the current president's father, former President George Bush. 'He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.'</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/celebrating-ann-richards-personal-attack-george-bush-sr" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch "SilverFootInHisMouth" AnnRichards DickCheney GeorgeH.W.Bush NewYorkTimes NYTimes RichLyman TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:46:00 +0000 admin 5173 at http://archive2.mrc.org