# Molly Ivins Is Very Sick **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 27, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753 "2007-01-27T19:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/1 "2007-01-27T19:51:39Z")
…and probably hasn’t got long. Goddamfuckshitcocksucker! She dug in her heels and told the truth, she pointed out that the Emperor had no flight suit and a shriveled winky to boot. She was a public left-wing populist liberal in Texas and, honey, if you think that’s easy, you ought to try it. She had a wit you could shave with and not a mean-spirited bone in her body. She made you laugh, and that makes you think. If she slips into that sweet darkness, I fervently hope Jesus is waiting with a plate full of Bar B Q and pecan pie and a can of Pearl. A chorale of Aggies would be a good touch. “Welcome home, sweet darlin’! Mr. Twain’s settin’ over there, got a bottle of sippin’ whiskey he’s been saving to share. By the way, you done good! \* Real \* good!” (Well, of course, Jesus has a Texas accent! You didn’t know?) (Note: if thread ill placed, move as appropriate. Ain’t nothin’ to Debate, and it goddam sure isn’t Mundane and Pointless, unless life is. And it isn’t…) ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/2 "2007-01-27T19:53:08Z")
The good die young, assholes live forever. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/3 "2007-01-27T20:01:30Z")
[Link](http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=5994934&nav=2FH5) to news story. There is an ongoing discussion of this on another message board, so I won’t link to it directly, just noting that it’s the one Markos Moulitsas Zúniga started. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/4 "2007-01-27T20:06:45Z")
Controversial. A gifted writer. Possibly the last remaining true Populist. Luc, I share your pain on this one. It’s an irreplaceable loss. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/5 "2007-01-27T20:32:09Z")
I read _Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She?_ from one cover to the other, on a transcontinental flight,\* with a migraine headache\*. Laughed my fool aching head off all the way, too. I don’t always agree with her, but I adore her. This does, indeed, suck. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/6 "2007-01-27T20:38:02Z")
Sad news. I might not always agree with her politics, but she sure seems to know what she’s talking about, and goes about explaining things with a humor that is both funny and cutting at the same time. A unique soul who will be missed, if her time has indeed come. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/7 "2007-01-27T20:57:28Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] If she slips into that sweet darkness, I fervently hope Jesus is waiting with a plate full of Bar B Q and pecan pie and a can of Pearl. A chorale of Aggies would be a good touch. “Welcome home, sweet darlin’! Mr. Twain’s settin’ over there, got a bottle of sippin’ whiskey he’s been saving to share. By the way, you done good! \* Real \* good!” [/QUOTE] Unless you are implying that he was a homosexual sailor, Sam Clemens is not an “Aggie” in the sense of being an alumni of Texas A&M, or indeed from Texas at all. I was never a particular fan of Ivins, particularly her apologism for Clinton’s more egregeous actions (I’m not talking about blowjobs), but she did have a rapier wit, the sharpness of which was really wasted on such a doughy target as Governer-cum-President G.W. Bush. In any case, gadflys are necessary, and Ivins filled the role with style and aplomb. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/8 "2007-01-27T21:03:26Z")
Man, that is terrible news. Just terrible. It makes my heart ache. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/9 "2007-01-27T21:08:22Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] Unless you are implying that he was a homosexual sailor, Sam Clemens is not an “Aggie” in the sense of being an alumni of Texas A&M, or indeed from Texas at all… [/QUOTE] Ah, dude? Dude? Side note to GeeDubya: get on the plane. Fly down there, right now, with a Medal of Freedom and about fifty dozen roses. For once in your pampered and privileged life, show a little class. Just once. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/10 "2007-01-27T22:10:57Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Side note to GeeDubya: … For once in your pampered and privileged life, show a little class. Just once. [/QUOTE] Fat chance. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/11 "2007-01-27T23:29:17Z")
Damn. Just DAMN. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/12 "2007-01-28T00:13:37Z")
That’s really sad; i didn’t know. Thanks for the info, **elucidator**. Molly Ivins really is one of a kind. I’ve read quite a few of her books, and always looked forward to her columns in _The Progressive_. [QUOTE=Liberal] Possibly the last remaining true Populist. [/QUOTE] I think her fellow Texan Jim Hightower qualifies in this category too. Another guy i really like to read. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/13 "2007-01-28T00:17:56Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] ..Thanks for the info, **elucidator** … [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s me, Mr. Sunshine… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/14 "2007-01-28T00:18:14Z")
I saw that news and was greatly saddened. She was only rarely printed in my local paper , but was always a first read when she was. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/15 "2007-01-28T00:30:18Z")
Damn. She was the only reason I suscribed to _The Progressive_. She is a class act, through and through. The world needs more like her. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/16 "2007-01-28T00:34:47Z")
That will be a loss. We need a smart-assed Southern populist writing columns, to counteract the steady torrent of righty propaganda in these parts (and in a way that brings it home for the locals). ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/17 "2007-01-28T00:48:23Z")
I remember when she had her first bout with cancer, she said the worst part was sitting in the waiting room feeling like an idiot because she hadn’t been getting regular exams. She said don’t send flowers, don’t send cards, just go and get the damn test. I think about this every month when self test day pops up on the calendar. I’m sure she’d extend that to those of the testicular persuasion as well. Damn, she’s too young. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/18 "2007-01-28T03:19:22Z")
Ms. Ivins had a regular Thursday column in the Chicago Tribune. I don’t know what I enjoyed more: her columns or the subsequent letters to the editor complaining about her “liberal bias”. (Because any liberal point of view is by definition biased and therefore does not belong in a daily newspaper.) ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/19 "2007-01-28T03:25:45Z")
Am I the only one that immediately thought of our death pool? Of course, she isn’t on my list. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molly-ivins-is-very-sick/389753/20 "2007-01-28T03:26:40Z")
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