RIP Molly Ivins.

[VenusRising]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3089226

You were a true hero and voice in the darkness. You were a feisty lady with a good head and better heart. We were all better off having you on the planet. Rest well, you earned it. Godspeed, Molly.

[LostinVA]

1. Well, damn... not unexpected, but still

[sasquatch]

2. RIP, our dear sweet friend

:hi::patriot:

[trof]

3. Damn. We have lost an important voice.

And a very funny one.
I love Molly.
:-(

[Wapsie B]

4. RIP Molly.

[GOPisEvil]

5. GODDAMMIT! First Ms. Ann and now Molly.

Fucking cancer...

[blondeatlast]

9. Wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall at their tea party though? nt

[SeattleGirl]

6. I have loved and admired Molly for many, many years.

Her book, "Shrub" was my introduction to Dubya.

I loved her intellect, her wit, her courage.

Damn. I'm crying as if I'd lost a friend. And though I never met her, I think I have indeed, lost a friend. :cry:

[SPKrazy]

8. Sis

I feel the same way, same book inspired me

She's an American treasure!

:cry:

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

7. Dammit!

I'm really sad about this

I knew she'd been sick but I didn't know she was this close.

:cry:

[Danger Mouse]

10. Holy shit....that really sucks. I loved Molly.

Goodbye, Molly, and R.I.P. You'll be missed terribly. :cry:

[Hugin]

11. How very very sad...

x(

[Reverend_Smitty]

12. RIP

I hope she went peacefully surrounded by friends and family. I will certainly miss reading her columns

[Danger Mouse]

13. And yet Hannity, O'Reilly, and Limbaugh are all perfectly healthy.

What a fucked up world.

[Hugin]

15. The good die young...

Isn't just a saying.

[Danger Mouse]

21. ...while the evil grow to a ripe, vile, old age...

so sad...

[AlCzervik]

14. this day has been so sucky already and now i'm in tears.

Rest well Molly, say Hey to Anne Richards for me.

[tigereye]

16. that really, really sucks!

really.

:cry:

Why have all my lefty female heroes been dying lately?

[KitchenWitch]

17. Oh shit!

:cry:

[terrya]

18. This is so sad.

Oh, my. I loved Molly Ivins. A warm, funny, wonderful woman...her humor, her anger, her committment to progressive ideals...she will be so missed.

:cry:

[NC_Nurse]

19. Damn.

I'm so sorry to hear that. She was so witty, wonderful, and wise.
RIP, Molly. :cry:
I'll miss you...a LOT.

[u4ic]

20. She was brilliant

and will be sorely missed.

I loved reading her columns. She was truly one of a kind, and a voice for truth.

RIP Molly.

[flamingyouth]

22. RIP, Molly.

I miss you. Next time I give a Republican a rash of shit, you'll be in my heart.

[mwdem]

23. This makes me so sad.

She was always a favorite, and her voice will be missed.:cry:

[S n o w b a l l]

24. Love you, Molly....

RIP dear friend & patriot.

:cry:

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. Oh, no!

God... :cry:

I saw her speak a few years ago in Santa Cruz. God, she was a wonderful woman.

:cry:

[Redstone]

26. I'm going to miss her an awful lot.

Redstone

[peekaloo]

27. Bye Molly.

:patriot:

:cry:

[Lindsey]

28. RIP Molly......We will miss you so very much. N/T

[derby378]

29. Another picture of Molly

Here she is posing with the lovely ginbarn at DemocracyFest 2005 in Austin, TX:



We love you, Molly, and we will miss you terribly. :cry:

[Crabby Appleton]

30. RIP Molly

[bif]

31. I love Bill Clinton's quote about her...

"When she wrote good things about me, she was a good writer. When she wrote bad things about me, she was a painfully good writer." Well said Bill.

[av8rdave]

32. I started reading Molly in late 1987, when I first moved to Texas. This was the same time

I was really starting to question the conservative politics I had been trained to espouse. Molly, through her columns and books, taught me so much about progressive ideals and people, and about the way Texas politics really work. She educated, entertained and amused me, and made me so proud of so many people who really made a difference (including her).

RIP Molly....I'll miss you so much.