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Home Front: Culture Wars
Columnist Molly Ivins Dies....
2007-02-01
Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment and referred to President Bush as "Shrub," died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62.

David Pasztor, managing editor of the Texas Observer, confirmed her death.

The writer, who made a living poking fun at Texas politicians, whether they were in her home base of Austin or the White House, revealed in early 2006 that she was being treated for breast cancer for the third time.
Ms. Ivins may have been on the other side of the fence politically, but times like this, it doesn't matter - I know all our sympathies and condolences go to her family.
Posted by:Mike Kozlowski

#20  #2 Sherry - Why not send a donation in memory of ol' Molly?

To the Republican Party.

Or, even better, to Catholic Charities.

:-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-02-01 23:39  

#19  She is dead so I just say phuck off and rot in hell bitch.

I hate her ass with a passion. People like her did their part to wreck this country and this particular presidency.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2007-02-01 23:24  

#18  I've been praying hard for the death of liberal asshats in the media. I think if y'all joined me in these prayers, we would rid ourselves of these traitors. May I remind you that these liberals do not respect the lives of our soldiers, who are standing guard so we may live freely. So, why should I or any honorable man respect their pathetic existence ? I don't. Please, Lord, take more from our midst. Take more back-stabbing liberals.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-02-01 18:12  

#17  Compared to leftist terror-beasts like Arkin or the editors of the NYT, Molly was practically a human being.
She once paid me a high compliment: "How can a smart guy like you be a conservative?"

RIP, Molly. It isn't your fault that your cause is now in the hands of devils.


Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2007-02-01 14:27  

#16  That lil ol gal from Texas act got old fast.
Too bad, but I'll miss her just about as much as she woulda missed me.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-02-01 13:56  

#15  I wanted to make a snark about BDS being teminal, but I just don't have the heart. I don't wish death on moonbats, I wish that they repent and believe the Good News.
Posted by: Spot   2007-02-01 10:09  

#14  Good riddance to bad rubbish I say. While I'd normally agree with you all, her shift to full-on BDS post-9/11 was astonishing. I used to take her with a grain of salt, but had lately wished her ill (o.k., I'm havin' my Jimmuh moment here and laying open my soul). May Jimmuh, Castro, Mugabe, Jong-Ill and ALL of their ilk follow her. Would go a long way to ridding this world of some truly evil persons.
Posted by: BA   2007-02-01 09:29  

#13  She used to be hysterically funny; I liked both her stuff and P.J. O'Rourke's alike, and thought they were different sides of the political spectrum, but the same kind of irreverent sensibility. Some of the essays in "Molly Ivens Can't Say That!" about Texas and the state legislature are pure classics, and about the best preparation there is for actually coming to Texas to live.
I think chemo, BDS and 9/11 just drained away all the open-hearted humor, leaving nothing but corrosive bitterness, which is not fun to read. Garrison Keiller has the same problem, but without chemo.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2007-02-01 08:19  

#12  Molly Ivins was no Michael Moore. Her columns had a liberal slant but she never pretended to be anything other than an opinion journalist.

In addition, although her work had a fair amount of snark, it never descended to anywhere near the bitter distorted bile of, say, Paul Krugman (of the NYTimes) or Eugene Robinson (of the WaPo).
Posted by: mhw   2007-02-01 08:08  

#11  There's no more reason to avoid speaking ill of this particular dead person than there is to avoid speaking ill of someone like Joseph Stalin, or Pol Pot.
Posted by: Dave D.   2007-02-01 06:53  

#10  "...dishonest, mean-spirited, envy driven, intellectually challenged jerk... moonbat leftist preacher..."

I'd add "hate-filled" to the description but otherwise, it's spot on. She was one nasty piece of work.

Posted by: Dave D.   2007-02-01 06:50  

#9  NMU: That wasn't directed at you, and sorry if you took it personal. I actually agree with pretty much everything in your last posting here. I was about to write something snarky, but I caught myself.
Posted by: Mike   2007-02-01 06:47  

#8  Conflicting thoughts:

Judge not, lest ye be judged. (Who said that?)

On the other hand.... Too bad it wasn't sooner.

So send the ACLU a Christmas card in her honor.
Posted by: Bobby   2007-02-01 06:45  

#7  Mike, I understand your disdain for this "speaking" on one level. I, for one didn't "wish" her dead. But the truth is the truth.

I don't see a problem with acknowledging the human side of loss but being up front about the person's foibles, particularly if those foibles were as corrosive to our nation as hers were.

One can respect life generally without respecting everything any one individual does.
Posted by: no mo uro   2007-02-01 06:30  

#6  Speak not ill of the dead.
Posted by: Mike   2007-02-01 06:23  

#5  Sympathy to the family, and the loss of life is regrettable.

However, I placed Ivins in the same category as Michael Moore and Garrison Keillor; a dishonest, mean-spirited, envy driven, intellectually challenged jerk who was a pretend down-home person on the outside but a Northeast/West Coast moonbat leftist preacher on the inside. Essentially a (barely, to anyone with brains) stealth means of spreading the cultural Marxism meme to the heartland.

Sorry she's dead. Not sorry her evil voice won't be ripping my nation any more.
Posted by: no mo uro   2007-02-01 06:20  

#4  A village/town/city (I don't much care where this loathsome harpy was spawned) in Texas is missing its idiot. Happily, it won't be getting it back.
Posted by: Kirk   2007-02-01 02:57  

#3  OP, "good riddance to the lying shill" and God help her now that she is facing judgement for all her hateful actions.

At Best, molly ivans was a bitch with a mental disorder.

She and her ilk broke the sacred agreement with me along time ago. As far as i'm concerened she lost her Citizen Status decades before she died.

with what specie of infamy will they stain our flag with next.
Posted by: RD   2007-02-01 00:57  

#2  Old Spook -- living in Austin, well, she wasn't one of my favorites. And she asked for no flowers or cards, but donations to the ACLU!
Posted by: Sherry   2007-02-01 00:37  

#1  Synpathy to her family, but in my honest heart, I still feel the proper words are "good riddance to the lying shill" and God help her now that she is facing judgement for all her hateful actions.
Posted by: OldSpook   2007-02-01 00:24  

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