For me, Bruce King will always be THE Governor of New Mexico, even if the person in the position seems to change every four years of so. While we lived there, Bruce was elected to this position two different times. He had a special way with words, and they always were spoken with his Tex-Mex accent so common in the eastern part of the state. His comments always seemed to me to be scripted by Yogi Berra, who was equally famous for his . My favorite was Gov. King talking about boxes, " Ya'll gotta be careful about openin' boxes because ya'll nevah know how many of them Pandoras 'll get out."
Whenever he met you, you knew that you were seeing your long lost best friend and that you would need to vote for this man the next time he ran for something. The fact that he had no idea who you were never seemed to enter in any part of the conversation.
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I agree with you- Gov. King had an ability to work a room like a champ. I especially remember one encounter at a Sunday lunch at El Pinto- he didn't miss a person in the room, and all were left smiling, as if they had just greeted a family member. But, oh my!, the quotes!
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