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Hortensis

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21. "What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #12)

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 10:43 AM

Aug 2015

corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state capitols."

The Great Molly Ivins, bless her heart!

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It is at times like this that I REALLY miss Molly Ivins. [View all] hifiguy Aug 2015 OP

you and me both. she would be eviscerating them. niyad Aug 2015 #1

Who let the Rag out malaise Aug 2015 #2

It would be a thing of beauty and a joy forever. hifiguy Aug 2015 #3

Was just thinking this the other day on a thread in fb. Bohunk68 Aug 2015 #4

She would gut them like fish hifiguy Aug 2015 #6

OMG! Me too. Cleita Aug 2015 #5

I have been saying this for years. I so miss her and Anne Richards. KauaiK Aug 2015 #7

I still think that Ann R's "silver foot" line hifiguy Aug 2015 #10

Juanita Jean NV Whino Aug 2015 #8

True, she's good and brings the snark. hifiguy Aug 2015 #9

Absolutely NV Whino Aug 2015 #11

I miss her too.. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #12

"What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly Hortensis Aug 2015 #21

Those are the stories Molly told.. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #22

Finally!! Something we can all agree on... (RIP Molly) n/t mak3cats Aug 2015 #13

Anne Richards, too. GoCubsGo Aug 2015 #14

You KNOW that. hifiguy Aug 2015 #18

Some intellectual heroes should not be allowed to die, RIP Molly Augiedog Aug 2015 #15

There should have been floriduck Aug 2015 #16

IIRC Kathleen Turner did a one-woman show hifiguy Aug 2015 #19

She did; it was. For your viewing pleasure sarge43 Aug 2015 #20

Thanks for that. hifiguy Aug 2015 #25

The number she would have done on Rick Perry sarge43 Aug 2015 #17

She is the one who hung the "Governor Goodhair" moniker on him. hifiguy Aug 2015 #26

Corporate Owned Media never bothered to look for a similar voice. Octafish Aug 2015 #23

Molly Ivins would be having a great deal of fun Gothmog Aug 2015 #24

Did she die? Or quit politics? yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #27

Believe she died of cancer. libdem4life Aug 2015 #28

Yep, breast cancer, per Wikipedia and my memory. hifiguy Aug 2015 #29

As my Grandma used to say... KoKo Aug 2015 #30

God I miss her! flygal Aug 2015 #31