If you're going to play in Texas,
you've got to have a fiddle in the band.
I think the same is true.
There are two kinds of people in the
world, those that live in Texas and those
who wish they did.
And Texas living in a place like
Southfork Ranch.
Well, for some, that would be ideal
images of Texas, the
big blue sky, gorgeous green
ranch, hundreds of horses,
even J.R., swimming pool
images millions of Texans
want to see kept alive by whomever
is elected. The next governor, Clayton
Williams, clearly has the edge, says
Tommy Denton of the Fort Worth Star
Telegram. Because Williams carries
the Texas image gregarious, engaging
the consummate salesman, Williams
will try to tap into Texas pride.
I don't care how Texans are seen around
the country. It's because World War we're
different from the rest of the country is
kind of like an amazing image.
You know, they're supposed to be dumbed
down there, even though we're supposed to
be braggers and liars here.
So we try to live up to it.
Ann Richards must live up to her image,
described by Tommy Denton as firm,
articulate and serious about her
business. She will try to distance
herself from the good ol boy image of
Texas leadership satirized on national
television.
I've been personally responsible for the
executions of 63 criminals
in the state.
Death penalty is my middle name,
to be sure. The Texas image has lost
some luster tarnished by the oil slump
of the mid 80s and the SNL failures
which followed.
But those calamities have done little to
alter the way Texans think of themselves
in relation to the outside world.
Why just get rid of our cowboy hats?
Because New York is now like in Texas.
That's the kind of talk that just might
win an election.
Jeff Eliasoph ofthe Texas News 5.