Word: texan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BEST SPEECH BY A NON-KEYNOTING TEXAN. Jim Hightower, who called George Bush a "toothache of a man" who takes his privileged upbringing for granted. "George Bush," he said, "was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple...
...Democrats have never won the White House without winning Texas. Picking a Texan certainly enhances the Democrats chances of winning Texas and other parts of the South. Bentsen's conservative voting record should appeal to conservative white Southerners...
While Bush hasn't come out with a real opinion on the Texan senator, it is assumed that he and the Republican party think highly of him. Bush criticized Walter Mondale for not picking Bentsen as his running mate in 1984. Bush is hoping that those words will not come back to haunt...
Richards continued the attack by trying to show that Bush isn't a real Texan. Bush's voting residence is a room at the Houstonian, a hotel in Houston. This even prompted the head of the Texas delegation to call Bush a tourist...
...Bill Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. The Texas entourage included House Speaker Jim Wright, Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and Congressman Mickey Leland. Leland and the highly respected Jordan seconded Bentsen's selection as vice president. Even the ending of the convention had a Texan taste to it. Singer Jennifer Holliday closed out the convention with the old rendition of "America the Beautiful." And where is she from? You guessed it. She's from Texas...