{"id":10382,"date":"2007-01-31T18:46:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T01:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/01\/31\/rip-molly-ivins.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T23:00:35","slug":"rip_molly_ivins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/31\/rip_molly_ivins.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP Molly Ivins"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t always agree with all of her positions, and sometimes she was a bit prone to take the cheap shot (though she always did so with incredible homespun panache), but Molly Ivins was still one of the greats of modern modern political commentary<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Molly Ivins, whose biting columns mixed liberal populism with an irreverent Texas wit, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home in Austin after an up-and-down battle with breast cancer she had waged for seven years. She was 62.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hers was a unique voice, and it will be missed.<\/p>\n

Four quotes by her from my WIST database:<\/p>\n

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Yes, the bad-lawyer felony is the leading cause of the death penalty in Texas.<\/p>\n

The single most dangerous thing you can do in politics is shut off information from people who don’t agree with you. Surround yourself with sycophants, listen only to the yea-sayers … then stick a fork in it, you’re done. — “Election Denial,” 3 Apr. 2001<\/p>\n

There’s a weird Republican schizophrenia: They want welfare mothers to work and working mothers to stay home. — “Winning Women,” 2 Aug. 2001<\/p>\n

Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cat, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin’ ass and celebratin’ the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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