RIP Molly Ivins

Missing Molly

Speaking in Berkeley 2004

PJ O'Rourke has joined Molly Ivins in journalism heaven

PJ O'Rourke   November 14, 1947 - February 15, 2022
Molly Ivins    August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

Happy Birthday and RIP Molly Ivins (8/30/44 - 1/31/07)

Missing Molly

Speaking in Berkeley 2004

Molly Ivins: Aug 30, 1944 - Jan 31, 2007

Really, really missing Molly Ivins in these days.

RIP Molly Ivins

We could use Molly right now.  The documentary is currently streaming on HULU.

Missing Molly

The Sundance Film Festival has seen a lot of unique introductions over the years. But director Janice Engel came up with a distinctive way to unveil a new documentary on legendary Texas political columnist Molly Ivins.

“When I count to three, I want y’all to yell ‘Raise Hell!,’ and I’m gonna take your picture,” Engel told the audience, which included a large contingent of Texans, at the world premiere of “Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins.”

The crowd eagerly complied with a ferocity that reverberated around the auditorium and seemed in keeping with the in-your-face attitude of the documentary’s main subject.

[...]

It’s been a dozen years since the firebrand columnist and author of such best-selling books at “Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She?” and “Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush” died of breast cancer, but the documentary’s creators are convinced that in the time of Trump, she’s more relevant than ever.

  Houston Chronicle

And sorely missed.

“You can’t ignore politics, no matter how much you’d like to.”
Molly Ivins August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

What a time to be without Molly Ivins

Sure do miss you.  Especially now.

Molly Ivins  8/30/44 - 1/31/07

The film makers are raising money to create this documentary.  Go here to follow the progress or to donate.

Google Molly on YouTube and watch any of the videos.  You won't be disappointed.

On This Day in 1944 a Gem Was Born

Happy Birthday, Molly Ivins. 

We're missing you.

Aug 30, 1944 - Jan 31, 2007

RIP Molly Ivins

Sure do miss you.  Especially now.

Molly Ivins  8/30/44 - 1/31/07

The film makers are raising money to create this documentary.  Go here to follow the progress or to donate.

Google Molly on YouTube and watch any of the videos.  You won't be disappointed.

And We Still Miss Molly Ivins

“I don’t have an agenda, I don’t have a program. I’m not a communist or a socialist. I guess I’m a left-libertarian and a populist, and I believe in the Bill of Rights the way some folks believe in the Bible.”

“Friends, soulwise, these are trying times. Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of our country, and it won’t help if you all cower in places like Madison and the Upper West Side, having hot fantods over the approach of fascism. To the barricades, team. And for Lord’s sake, don’t leave your sense of humor behind.”

-- Molly Ivins

Molly Ivins, In Memoriam

(contains some good quotes)

For a while there, I thought the main reason she wrote for The Progressive was because we let her swear. But there were others: She knew we needed humor to lighten up our pages, and that our readers needed humor to lighten up their lives.

She believed in the power of laughter. She knew it could keep you from getting depressed or burning out. And she knew it could deflate the abusers of power.

Of the Reagan Administration, she said, “Half of it was under average—the other half was under indictment.”

Of Pat Buchanan’s culture war speech at the 1992 Republican convention, she said, “It read better in the original German.”

  Progressive

"Wake me when impending egalitarianism is a problem. In the meantime, oligarchy is eating our ass, our dreams, our country, our heritage, our democracy, our justice, and our tax code.” -- Molly Ivins

August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007

And We Still Miss Molly Ivins

“I don’t have an agenda, I don’t have a program. I’m not a communist or a socialist. I guess I’m a left-libertarian and a populist, and I believe in the Bill of Rights the way some folks believe in the Bible.”

“Friends, soulwise, these are trying times. Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of our country, and it won’t help if you all cower in places like Madison and the Upper West Side, having hot fantods over the approach of fascism. To the barricades, team. And for Lord’s sake, don’t leave your sense of humor behind.”

-- Molly Ivins

Molly Ivins, In Memoriam

(contains some good quotes)

For a while there, I thought the main reason she wrote for The Progressive was because we let her swear. But there were others: She knew we needed humor to lighten up our pages, and that our readers needed humor to lighten up their lives.

She believed in the power of laughter. She knew it could keep you from getting depressed or burning out. And she knew it could deflate the abusers of power.

Of the Reagan Administration, she said, “Half of it was under average—the other half was under indictment.”

Of Pat Buchanan’s culture war speech at the 1992 Republican convention, she said, “It read better in the original German.”

  Progressive

"Wake me when impending egalitarianism is a problem. In the meantime, oligarchy is eating our ass, our dreams, our country, our heritage, our democracy, our justice, and our tax code.” -- Molly Ivins

August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007

RIP Molly Ivins

Gone too soon.
 

Molly Ivins Aug 30, 1944 - Jan 31, 2007

Dear Molly - she would have brrn having a heydey had she lived.  But then, she had one while she did.