In the April 1994 cover story, Paul Burka wrote about the Democratic governor who had come up through the party’s liberal wing and had gained a national profile after a feisty and funny keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. That’s where she went to work on George H.W. Bush: “I’m delighted to be here with you this evening because after listening to George Bush all these years I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like” and “Poor George. He cain’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth” (her delivery on that last line is perfect; she takes 23 seconds to utter those sixteen words). Six years later, as Richards prepared to face George…The post Ann Richards: Sadder but Wiser appeared first on Texas Monthly.