Molly Ivins quotes

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:50 PM -0500 1/31/07, Baker, John wrote:
>         My favorite is "he was born on third base and thought he hit a
>triple."  That's attributed to Ivins in reference to Bush (pere or
>fils), though I haven't tracked down whether it was actually Ivins who
>said it.  It looks like some people attribute it to Ann Richards.  I
>suspect the aphorism predated the application to Bush in any case.

Richards used the line about pere at a Democratic National
Convention, although I don't know if she wrote it or borrowed it for
the occasion.

LH

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