Ann Richards:

[applegrove]

Long time ago Ann Richards said exactly what Republicans do to women’

— Pat Fuller (@bannerite.bsky.social) 2025-12-28T20:48:14.116Z

[FarPoint]

1. met her back during th Democratic Primaries/ Iowa

2004....In Des Moines...chilling out at campaign headquarters...supporting Howard Dean...

[applegrove]

3. What a great memory.

[TexasTowelie]

6. I stood about 10 feet away from her when they installed a new insurance commissioner in Texas.

She had security with her, but she was mingling in the general crowd and I looked up to see her nearby.

[liberalla]

2. Big kick!

What a woman!

[a kennedy]

4. OMG!!!! Loved her......and oh my gawd would she politely kick ass now days.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. I directed a televised Texas Gubernatorial debate where I met her

and saw her again when I chatted with her at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta in '88.

She was geat.

[niyad]

7. DAMN, I miss her. And Molly!

[Enter stage left]

8. Ann Richards and liberal newspaper columnist from Houston, Molly Ivins...

Terrorized the Repuq men in Texas in the 1990's.

The movie "Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins" was a documentary about Molly and her very close relationship with Ann Richards. It is well worth watching.

I still can't believe the direction Texas has taken in the last 2 decades. As far as I'm concerned, the next Democratic president should let Mexico have them, IF Mexico would take them.

[applegrove]

10. I will try and see that. Sounds great.

[sheshe2]

9. We need thousands more of her!

[SunSeeker]

11. What a magnificent president she would have been.

I just adore her.

[applegrove]

12. Thinking of her always make me smile.

[soldierant]

13. PBS or at least some stations

are streaming the one-woman show of her, and will stream through 12/21/2026 ("Twelfth Night" ends December 31 2025) I have Passport, but I was not asked for my credentials to watch it, so either you don't need it or else I was still logged in from something previous when I watched it.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/ann-about/10421/

[Skittles]

14. she was cool

loved her

[Lithos]

15. Met her once at a meet and greet

Great lady - superb presence.

More importantly, though, my eldest graduated from her namesake school. This school was her last legacy. She helped in the initial planning, framing the vision. She died before the doors actually opened. You see her words in action each and every day there.

https://www.annrichardsschool.org/.

[mokeyz]

16. Remember when she said about W...

“Poor George, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth”

And Molly - omg I miss them so much.