Molly Ivins
Thursday, 1. February 2007, 13:47:55
I assume you all know by now that Molly Ivins finally passed.
She was a reason for hope that Texas could be so much more than the good old boys who have been in charge of late.
To their credit, Bush and Perry made gracious statements.
''Molly Ivins was a Texas original,'' Bush said in a statement. ''I respected her convictions, her passionate belief in the power of words, and her ability to turn a phrase. She fought her illness with that same passion.''
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whom Ivins had playfully called ''Governor Goodhair,'' praised Ivins for her wit and insight. ''Molly Ivins' clever and colorful perspectives on people and politics gained her national acclaim and admiration that crossed party lines,'' Perry said in a statement.
I don't know who will take on the role of successfully goading the right and pointing out their follies in the nicest and sharpest barbs imaginable. I went looking for a good quote, and there's too many to choose from. Her last column was a call for Americans to not sit idle but to take action every day, to show our outrage with this administration, to make "the ridiculous look ridiculous."
Sounds like good advice at this time of Extraordinary Rendition being called to court in Germany, Gonzalez finally revealing something (anything) about NSA wiretapping, Gitmo detainees finally getting some sort of hearing and potentially being able to challenge the nature of those hearings. And with the '08 race under way, I think we have an opportunity.
I don't know who I will support yet. I hope it's a good debate and that we get a lot of opinions and that we actually get to hear them all.
And I know we'll miss Ivins sniping intelligently and provacatively from her home in south Austin.
She was a reason for hope that Texas could be so much more than the good old boys who have been in charge of late.
To their credit, Bush and Perry made gracious statements.
''Molly Ivins was a Texas original,'' Bush said in a statement. ''I respected her convictions, her passionate belief in the power of words, and her ability to turn a phrase. She fought her illness with that same passion.''
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whom Ivins had playfully called ''Governor Goodhair,'' praised Ivins for her wit and insight. ''Molly Ivins' clever and colorful perspectives on people and politics gained her national acclaim and admiration that crossed party lines,'' Perry said in a statement.
I don't know who will take on the role of successfully goading the right and pointing out their follies in the nicest and sharpest barbs imaginable. I went looking for a good quote, and there's too many to choose from. Her last column was a call for Americans to not sit idle but to take action every day, to show our outrage with this administration, to make "the ridiculous look ridiculous."
Sounds like good advice at this time of Extraordinary Rendition being called to court in Germany, Gonzalez finally revealing something (anything) about NSA wiretapping, Gitmo detainees finally getting some sort of hearing and potentially being able to challenge the nature of those hearings. And with the '08 race under way, I think we have an opportunity.
I don't know who I will support yet. I hope it's a good debate and that we get a lot of opinions and that we actually get to hear them all.
And I know we'll miss Ivins sniping intelligently and provacatively from her home in south Austin.
WIDGETIZE