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I miss Molly Ivins (Original Post) catbyte Jun 2020 OP
A wise woman with a biting wit... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #1
Dumya bush as 'shrub' empedocles Jun 2020 #2
CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE! Thunderbeast Jun 2020 #3
Me too. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #4
Ditto that! WVreaper Jun 2020 #10
Molly Ivins was a treasure!!! (nt) stopdiggin Jun 2020 #5
Hear! Hear! n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #6
If Only She Was Still Here colsohlibgal Jun 2020 #7
That's such a great photo of a wonderful journalist. What's that black thing on a cord she is erronis Jun 2020 #8
Whatever it is, scientists have been unable to identify it yet AZ8theist Jun 2020 #18
The other device was even more perplexing.... diverdownjt Jun 2020 #33
1 yr in 80s she and NikkiHollander spoke at Women's Week at IAStateU. Heard them both. Great! bobbieinok Jun 2020 #9
Probably my favorite political commentator of all time. Paladin Jun 2020 #11
OMG yes!! fantase56 Jun 2020 #12
Her death was a HUGE loss. Mickju Jun 2020 #13
Thought about her while watching "Ann" -- madamesilverspurs Jun 2020 #14
Ann Richards - Governor of Texas. Wonderful woman erronis Jun 2020 #19
Incredible woman. gademocrat7 Jun 2020 #15
Anyone who ever heard of Molly Ivins and is not named Bush DFW Jun 2020 #16
Never heard of her - thanks for educating me today. She left this earth too soon (62 years old). nt iluvtennis Jun 2020 #17
"You have much to do, Grasshopper.............. MyOwnPeace Jun 2020 #22
There is a documentary about her available on Fandango ms liberty Jun 2020 #23
Read her books. nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #34
The Molly Ivins documentary came out in 2019, I want to see it. appalachiablue Jun 2020 #40
She was so funny and smart. We need her wit today. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #20
While I agree strongly with this witticism, I note that in 2000 she was in the Michael Moore... NNadir Jun 2020 #21
Me too! Rebl2 Jun 2020 #24
I also miss her. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #25
I also had the good fortune to see her speak. yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #35
One of Texas' great Progressive/Liberal/Democratic women. I'll miss Molly forever. Hekate Jun 2020 #26
I miss Molly... paleotn Jun 2020 #27
I met Molly Ivins when she came to Lincoln, NE one time mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #28
saw this show in LA...fabulous... dhill926 Jun 2020 #32
I wish Molly Ivins & Hunter S Thompson were still with us. CaptainTruth Jun 2020 #29
Don't forget Barbara Jordan. She was also a treasure. n/t Paper Roses Jun 2020 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #30
One of my Ex Girlfriends went to Smith JDC Jun 2020 #31
Molly Ivins locks Jun 2020 #36
Will always miss her! cp Jun 2020 #37
K & R warmfeet Jun 2020 #39
She was one of a kind. Pepsidog Jun 2020 #41
One of my very favourite political quips: BobTheSubgenius Jun 2020 #42
Well, it's also a matter of which flag ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2020 #43
True Story ... rustysgurl Jun 2020 #44

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,847 posts)
4. Me too.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 04:16 PM
Jun 2020

I think she was warning about derivatives and all kinds of financial shenanigans years before the housing market crash too.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
7. If Only She Was Still Here
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 04:24 PM
Jun 2020

She would have gone after that Orange Criminal Creep with her own inimitable style.

erronis

(14,952 posts)
8. That's such a great photo of a wonderful journalist. What's that black thing on a cord she is
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 04:31 PM
Jun 2020

holding to her head? And that box in front with little roller-thingees? And the basket with what looks like leaves of dead trees.

Via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Ivins:

"We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. ... We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'"

AZ8theist

(5,339 posts)
18. Whatever it is, scientists have been unable to identify it yet
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 05:15 PM
Jun 2020

However, forensic research continues...

diverdownjt

(699 posts)
33. The other device was even more perplexing....
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:43 PM
Jun 2020

It has buttons with all the letters and numbers on them...those dead tree leaves fit in it perfectly...but we still cannot figure out what it's for. Obviously a communication device
but it wasn't plugged in and there were no IT cables connecting it to the net....simply
baffling. While we were there the black thing began making noises with out any one
touching it. The noise didn't stop until that black thing on a leash was picked up....after that
we just couldn't figure it out...so we went to the bar and stared at our smart phones without talking to each other...I mean sure we were texting each other but talking is for losers.

Paladin

(28,202 posts)
11. Probably my favorite political commentator of all time.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 04:57 PM
Jun 2020

Nobody has ever done it better than Molly. What an absolute feast she'd make of the sorry state of current events.

madamesilverspurs

(15,783 posts)
14. Thought about her while watching "Ann" --
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 05:09 PM
Jun 2020

Somewhere Molly and Ann are having a conversation about the trump era. And who wouldn't love to be a fly on that wall!


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NNadir

(33,368 posts)
21. While I agree strongly with this witticism, I note that in 2000 she was in the Michael Moore...
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 05:32 PM
Jun 2020

...clique of anti-Democratic Party, aka the "Green Party" where the term "Green," given the hatred of science that almost approached the hatred of Democrats in that set, was an oxymoron.

A problem that is really facing the world at large is that, especially in the twit tweeting age, by and large, people have confused wit with thinking.

No one can think respectably in a sound bite.

If mere wit was thinking, Maureen Dowd would be considered an intellectual rather than an abysmal trivializing fool who thought that Al Gore's suit was a major political matter.

Ms. Ivins was willing to advance the idea that Al Gore was the same as George W. Bush, and many American and orders of magnitude more Iraqi's were destroyed and blown to bits based on the willingness of a small number of people in Florida who, like Ivins and Moore, embraced a lunatic named Ralph Nader, whose paranoia, delusion, self importance was positively Trumpian.

Despite some noble efforts of people like Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and others, the country has never really recovered from that.

I do not miss Ms. Ivins.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
25. I also miss her.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 05:38 PM
Jun 2020

I had the amazing good fortune to see her speak some years back. She was sharp and witty and it was a joy just to be in the same room.

yellowdogintexas

(22,119 posts)
35. I also had the good fortune to see her speak.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:49 PM
Jun 2020

It was a Democracy Fest and she shared the stage with Jim Hightower and Howard Dean. What a Night! She was getting very thin by then; I think she died about a year later.

I miss her terribly

paleotn

(17,779 posts)
27. I miss Molly...
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 05:49 PM
Jun 2020

I truly do. She was a gem. Sometimes I wonder what she'd think about our current predicament. Most of what she'd think wouldn't be printable.

mnhtnbb

(31,319 posts)
28. I met Molly Ivins when she came to Lincoln, NE one time
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 05:59 PM
Jun 2020

while we were living there in the '90's. She came to do a talk for a local Dems dinner. She was quite charming and entertaining as a dinner speaker.

Then, when Kathleen Turner brought the one woman show about Molly Ivins to the Arena Stage in DC, "Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins," I got myself a ticket and drove up to see the show. It was fabulous. Just fabulous.

There's a nice interview with Kathleen Turner about her role as Molly here:




And this link to the print interview: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/amy-henderson-red-hot-kathleen-turner-72154862/?utm_campaign=20121017&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=atmkathleenturner

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locks

(2,012 posts)
36. Molly Ivins
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:56 PM
Jun 2020

and Roger Ebert brought so much great opinion and joy every year to the Conference on World Affairs at University of Colorado. How we have missed them. I would love to have heard Molly take down Trump and all the crazies. I hope we have some young people who will learn from Molly and some of the great liberals.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
42. One of my very favourite political quips:
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 11:56 AM
Jun 2020

(referring to W) "....not exactly bent double with intellect."

Folksy, polite and scathing, all at once. Who can do that?

rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
44. True Story ...
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 03:29 PM
Jun 2020

... the husband and I attended the opening of the Clinton Library and, prior to the ceremony, were walking back toward the library from a local restaurant. I stopped dead in my tracks, as right towards us, on the sidewalk, chatting away like two old lady friends, were Ann Richards and Molly Ivins. They walked up to us .. I stammered something about admiring them both greatly, and having voted for Ann when I lived in Texas. They were both gracious, and we moved on. What a memory.

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