R.I.P. Bob Eckhardt

[Jim Baldauf]

Yes, yes. Bob and Nadine (like Raph and Opal) marked
the end of an era. The last real ol' time democrats in Texas.
Replaced, nay viciously defeated, by the likes of Loyd
Bentson and the idiot funeral-home heir (name?) from Humble.
jb
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Connie Clark <connie_3c@yahoo.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:23 AM
Subject: R.I.P. Bob Eckhardt


> From the Houston paper today:
> 
> "His anti-pollution, anti-Big Oil representation of
> the 8th Congressional District in northeast Harris
> County for 14 years, until his defeat in the 1980
> Ronald Reagan landslide, appeared inconsistent with
> the then boming oil-....
> 
> "Eckhardt battled for cleaner air and water and for
> various consumer-protection measures.  He was proud of
> his success in passing legislation to control toxic
> substances.
> 
> "He dressed like an old-style, Southern Congressman
> from another era with his Panama hat, white suit and
> bow tie.  While he may have appeared to some as merely
> a colorful character, Eckhardt was a true scholar and
> great storyteller who could readily quote the
> Constitution or Shakespeare when needed."
> 
> 
> 
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