Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) interviews Molly Ivins

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AMY GOODMAN: She joins us in our studio today at "Democracy Now!" Welcome.

MOLLY IVINS: Thank you. Delighted to be with you.

AMY GOODMAN: It's great to have you with us. First why don't we start off with just a follow up to the whole Tom Delay story. Your comment.

MOLLY IVINS: Well I think you really have to understand the magnitude of the achievement with what brother Delay has done here. He is accused of breaking Texas campaign finance laws. Texas did not have any campaign finance laws. I mean you have to go some to get yourself busted on that charge. And brother Delay has just taken it to the limit.

AMY GOODMAN: Well, he comes from Texas, which is where you come from. You seem to have tried to leave, but you went back.

MOLLY IVINS: That's it. One of those Texans who leaves and goes back, leaves and goes back. I finally gave up and knew that it was home.

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