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[furrbear]

Over at Salon.com Anne Lamont blogs..

What's missing from this election? Molly Ivins

The late buckaroo populist and freedom fighter would have had a ball with the insanity of this current news cycle.

By Anne Lamott

AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez, Pool Carlton Carl, right, gets a hug from Elna Christopher, left, during a memorial service for Molly Ivins Feb. 4, 2007, in Austin, Texas.

Oct. 3, 2008 | It breaks a girl's heart to know that Molly Ivins does not get to have a go at the Republican slate this year. I can see that big, rosy, sunflower face watching this all with astonishment and roaring with laughter. Ivins -- the legendary buckaroo populist, journalist, freelance hell-raiser and freedom fighter -- would be pounding her fists on the arms of her easy chair, stomping her feet as if listening to live bluegrass.

She would have had such a ball with Sarah Palin -- the trooper scandal, her love of moose (between buns), the flamboyantly botched television interviews, the bravery of people who hunt wolves for sport, from the air. Even though Molly was a Texan -- who would have been on guard for the sneering tone of liberal criticism toward anyone with a gun or a double-wide -- she still would have obliterated Palin as a faux populist wingnut with a tanning bed instead of a heart. She would have made great hay with the capacity of certain politicians to reinvent themselves in entirely new realities, as newfound populist Brotherman McCain has done, and his desperate, icky laugh of contempt might have raised some worries for her.

Go read the rest of this wonderful tribute to Molly.

Comments

[jkusters]

*sigh* I miss her so much right now... :(

[jeffbriggs.livejournal.com]

I posted this same link.
God I loved her

[winstonthriller.livejournal.com]

I just loved Molly.

[hickbear.livejournal.com]

The same thought has floated thru my head throughout much of this year. From Hillary's Inevitability in January, thru Stupor Tuesday, to the conventions and beyond, this year has just seemed to have been one tailor-made for Molly.

*sniffle*

[kenwoodville.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

I miss Molly too...

If we had only listened to here when she said,"Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."

[brinah.livejournal.com]

I Miss Molly too! :-(

Thanks for your post.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Molly was unique and brilliant, and she is vastly missed....

[fogbear.livejournal.com]

Add me to the chorus missing the divine Molly. She's still on my profile under "Interests."