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Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:48 PM Jan 2017

I really miss Molly Ivins...

... She was so damn good at throwing the BS flag on Doofus Bush, I can only imagine the field day she'd have with Trumpelstiltskin.

Rest in peace Molly.... we hope you're watching this Theater-of-the-Absurd from your balcony seat.
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I really miss Molly Ivins... (Original Post) Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 OP
It would be awesome to have her here with us cilla4progress Jan 2017 #1
k and r niyad Jan 2017 #2
K & R GP6971 Jan 2017 #3
Kicking for Molly I. RIP nm AmericanActivist Jan 2017 #4
K&R Cadfael Jan 2017 #5
K&R dae Jan 2017 #6
K&R mountain grammy Jan 2017 #7
Me too! She also seemed to be one of the few reporters who kept warning about... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #8
I miss Gov. Ann Richards too PlanetBev Jan 2017 #9
Texas has produced some awesome women. I miss Molly and Ann too. Hekate Jan 2017 #10

Cadfael

(1,297 posts)
5. K&R
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 12:20 AM
Jan 2017

I miss Molly so much. The absolute absurdity of what has and is about to happen....well at least she could have helped us laugh through our pain and fear. RIP Ms Ivins

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
8. Me too! She also seemed to be one of the few reporters who kept warning about...
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 01:47 AM
Jan 2017

dangerous banking / investment deals like derivatives that had little government oversight, many years before the housing market crash.

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
9. I miss Gov. Ann Richards too
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 01:51 AM
Jan 2017

Can you imagine what she'd be saying about Trump? We really lost some great voices over the last ten years.

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