Ever since the beginning of the Iraq War, I’ve suspected that the Grim Reaper was a Bush Pioneer, since the whole enterprise makes no sense except as a sort of war-profiteering boondoggle for Death, Brown & Root.
But if any further proof was needed that the Grim Reaper is a Republican, Molly Ivins has folded up the chess board and gone on to greener pastures. Meanwhile, Dick Cheney, last I looked, was still not lying in a plot of his native soil, pushing up crabgrass, or deadly nightshade, or poison ivy, or whatever it is that would actually be able to grow on top of his grave.
Selfishly, I was hoping Molly would linger with us long enough to see Bush leave office, in whatever way he eventually does — upright, feet-first, in handcuffs, under cover of night, in a tumbril, or hand-dipped in creosote and lightly dusted with marabou feathers. But I’m glad she lived long enough to see the Democrats take control of Congress and Dubya’s Presidency auger in like an incompetent cropduster. And, not incidentally, the bulk of her own words sweetly vindicated.
Farewell Molly and Godspeed. You’re the only thing from Texas I can truly say I’ll miss.
Posted by scott on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 at 11:54 pm.
But if any further proof was needed that the Grim Reaper is a Republican, Molly Ivins has folded up the chess board and gone on to greener pastures. Meanwhile, Dick Cheney, last I looked, was still not lying in a plot of his native soil, pushing up crabgrass, or deadly nightshade, or poison ivy, or whatever it is that would actually be able to grow on top of his grave.
Selfishly, I was hoping Molly would linger with us long enough to see Bush leave office, in whatever way he eventually does — upright, feet-first, in handcuffs, under cover of night, in a tumbril, or hand-dipped in creosote and lightly dusted with marabou feathers. But I’m glad she lived long enough to see the Democrats take control of Congress and Dubya’s Presidency auger in like an incompetent cropduster. And, not incidentally, the bulk of her own words sweetly vindicated.
Farewell Molly and Godspeed. You’re the only thing from Texas I can truly say I’ll miss.
Posted by scott on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 at 11:54 pm.
18 Comments:
Thank you, Scott.
It was beautiful, and truly worthy of the lady herself. I’m just a little too… verklempt. Molly was like a fairy gawdmutha to me — all the things that I would’ve wanted in a mother, if I’d had one.
And when it comes to things/people from Texas that you oughta miss:
Janis Joplin
Barbara Jordan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bill Hicks
Ann Richards
And now, the smartest woman who ever wielded a rapier-sharp pen, Molly Ivins.
Hey, they ain’t much to be proud of, those whack-jobs next door, but they’ve managed to fire-off a few good ones here and there.
It was beautiful, and truly worthy of the lady herself. I’m just a little too… verklempt. Molly was like a fairy gawdmutha to me — all the things that I would’ve wanted in a mother, if I’d had one.
And when it comes to things/people from Texas that you oughta miss:
Janis Joplin
Barbara Jordan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bill Hicks
Ann Richards
And now, the smartest woman who ever wielded a rapier-sharp pen, Molly Ivins.
Hey, they ain’t much to be proud of, those whack-jobs next door, but they’ve managed to fire-off a few good ones here and there.
Thank you, Scott. Everything I don’t know how to say.
Goddammit, though. We really needed her around longer. And wanted her. Much longer.
Someone say something funny quick, because as Molly used to say, you can laugh, you can cry, or you can throw up, and two of ‘em are bad for you.
If it helps, and I know it doesn’t much right now, Texas still has Jim Hightower.
Goddammit, though. We really needed her around longer. And wanted her. Much longer.
Someone say something funny quick, because as Molly used to say, you can laugh, you can cry, or you can throw up, and two of ‘em are bad for you.
If it helps, and I know it doesn’t much right now, Texas still has Jim Hightower.
Somewhere, out there in the ether, you made her laugh, I’d wager.
THAT’s the guy about whom she commented, “If his IQ gets any lower, we’re gonna have to start watering him twice a week.”
So many great lines… So much great writing… Such an amazing woman. I’m still in shock. Can’t admit that it’s really true yet.
Seems like we lost one of our anchors to reality, a link to what this country was supposed to be about.
THAT’s the guy about whom she commented, “If his IQ gets any lower, we’re gonna have to start watering him twice a week.”
So many great lines… So much great writing… Such an amazing woman. I’m still in shock. Can’t admit that it’s really true yet.
Seems like we lost one of our anchors to reality, a link to what this country was supposed to be about.
This really, really sucks. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go, but there were so many other people who flat-out deserved to leave before Molly Ivins did. Any of us here could name several dozen of those bastards, who, when they pass shall remain unmourned, so I won’t… nnnggghhh–Kathleen Parker! Why is she still breathing, and Molly isn’t? It just isn’t fair! Nor is life, damnit. Gee, and the anti-depressants had just started working for me. Damn!
P.S. — Is that Death up there, from Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal?” Or is it Joe Lieberman?
I would miss Anna Nicole Smith. Or at least the old photos of her, let’s put it that way.
I am just heartbroken. Not only as a longtime fan who’s read practically every word she’s published… not just because Molly’s writing was spot-on, not just witty but exhorting us to fight like hell for what’s right…
That’s enough in itself. But the one time I got to meet and spend some time with Molly, she was warm, welcoming, and took as genuine an interest in me as I did in her. This doesn’t always happen, obviously, when someone famous meets someone who isn’t, but Molly Ivins was just the type of mensch I’d hoped she’d be.
May the memory of Molly Ivins endure as a blessing.
That’s enough in itself. But the one time I got to meet and spend some time with Molly, she was warm, welcoming, and took as genuine an interest in me as I did in her. This doesn’t always happen, obviously, when someone famous meets someone who isn’t, but Molly Ivins was just the type of mensch I’d hoped she’d be.
May the memory of Molly Ivins endure as a blessing.
I met her at a book signing once and am grateful that I had the opportunity to say Thank you for all that you do. She was very gracious and sweet, and I adored her. As a fellow native Texan, I especially appreciated her love of our home state which she said she considered a “minor perversion.”
Loved her, loved her, loved her.Trying not to cry at work. It does seem unfair.
Not to harp on the Texas thing, but I would suggest you add John Henry Faulk to the list: He was something of a mentor to Moly Ivins and a successor to Will Rogers, who we would claim as our own if we could get away with it.(He lived in that little state to the north.)
Sorry about all the assholes. I hope Moly and the others made up for them a little.
Not to harp on the Texas thing, but I would suggest you add John Henry Faulk to the list: He was something of a mentor to Moly Ivins and a successor to Will Rogers, who we would claim as our own if we could get away with it.(He lived in that little state to the north.)
Sorry about all the assholes. I hope Moly and the others made up for them a little.
just knew that there would be other fans of Molly here- been following her work since she had a column in The Nation, back in the depth of the Reagan Darkness. Her greatest gift to us was her unfailing heart for the fight; she didn’t scare worth a damn.
Brilliant, tough, good clear through to the bone- this world is so much poorer today.
But you know she wouldn’t want anyone to get despondent about this- “Cheer up, dear hearts” is what she always said.
Brilliant, tough, good clear through to the bone- this world is so much poorer today.
But you know she wouldn’t want anyone to get despondent about this- “Cheer up, dear hearts” is what she always said.
It is a sad day in The Lone Star State. We have lost a good friend.
And if you don’t like Texas, you can kiss my ass.
And if you don’t like Texas, you can kiss my ass.
[...] Fittingly, the blogosphere currently abounds with tributes to Ivins. This one is my favorite so far: Selfishly, I was hoping Molly would linger with us long enough to see Bush leave office, in whatever way he eventually does — upright, feet-first, in handcuffs, under cover of night, in a tumbril, or hand-dipped in creosote and lightly dusted with marabou feathers. But I’m glad she lived long enough to see the Democrats take control of Congress and Dubya’s Presidency auger in like an incompetent cropduster. And, not incidentally, the bulk of her own words sweetly vindicated. [...]
My favorite Molly Ivins line:
On the occasion of the passage of the Texas Sodomy Law, the two main sponsors gave each other a high five. The response? “Hey, stop that! It’s now illegal for a prick to touch an asshole in this state!”
On the occasion of the passage of the Texas Sodomy Law, the two main sponsors gave each other a high five. The response? “Hey, stop that! It’s now illegal for a prick to touch an asshole in this state!”
So sorry to see her go. Truly one of the best ever. I don’t generally get worked up over people I didn’t personally know passing, but this just about broke my heart. No matter how down I’ve been about the current state of affairs, she could always make me laugh out loud and make me feel that as long as we keep our perspective, sense of humor, and never surrender, the bastards can’t beat us down.
Steve Earle – a tireless warrior in the battle against unjust imprisonment and capital punishment. He’s a good thing from Texas.
Steve Earle – a tireless warrior in the battle against unjust imprisonment and capital punishment. He’s a good thing from Texas.
Marq, to go back to Molly’s infamous, “Some people just NEED killin’!“ debacle — the list is too long to even start.
But I’d wager that she’d have started HER personal list with GHWB, “carpetbagger extraordinaire.”
Here’s hoping that she’s out there in the ether, drinkin’ margaritas and sending flaming balls across the firmament, aimed right at GHWB & Biggus Dickus’ respective (if not respectable) heads.
Hey, just ’cause I’m an atheist doesn’t mean that there ain’t ghosts.
But I’d wager that she’d have started HER personal list with GHWB, “carpetbagger extraordinaire.”
Here’s hoping that she’s out there in the ether, drinkin’ margaritas and sending flaming balls across the firmament, aimed right at GHWB & Biggus Dickus’ respective (if not respectable) heads.
Hey, just ’cause I’m an atheist doesn’t mean that there ain’t ghosts.
So, I shut off my computer for a few days, just to take a break from using it, and one of the first things I read is THIS?
Aw, crap. That’s all I can say. That, and I’m sorry to be so late in joining all of you in expressing my sorrow at losing a truly funny, truly brilliant woman.
Don’t any of YOU go leavin’ yet!
Aw, crap. That’s all I can say. That, and I’m sorry to be so late in joining all of you in expressing my sorrow at losing a truly funny, truly brilliant woman.
Don’t any of YOU go leavin’ yet!
[...] Fittingly, the blogosphere currently abounds with tributes to Ivins. This one is my favorite so far: Selfishly, I was hoping Molly would linger with us long enough to see Bush leave office, in whatever way he eventually does — upright, feet-first, in handcuffs, under cover of night, in a tumbril, or hand-dipped in creosote and lightly dusted with marabou feathers. But I’m glad she lived long enough to see the Democrats take control of Congress and Dubya’s Presidency auger in like an incompetent cropduster. And, not incidentally, the bulk of her own words sweetly vindicated. [...]
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