And I'm pretty sure he isn't making this one up

The Texas Governorship is one of the weakest in the country – and we often elect people whose abilities are perfectly matched to the job.

Take our first woman governor, Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson, elected in 1924. Faced with a bill to provide bilingual education in our schools, she came out against it, declaring that, "If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me."

[From Jim Hightower | TEXAS GOVERNOR DRAWS LINE IN THE SAND]