Vote with Molly's words ringing in your ears: "We want to find solutions other than killing people.

[kpete]

Go with Molly's words ringing in your ears: "We want to find solutions other than killing people.

Susan Lenfestey: What would Molly do?
The columnist is greatly missed, but her example can guide us in this campaign.

By SUSAN LENFESTEY

It's been a year since Molly Ivins died, leaving us to slog through the political landscape without her sanity-saving blend of insight, humor and outrage. Unlike Maureen Dowd, who delights in snippy wordplay, with Molly you felt the words erupting from her soul, ricocheting off her funny bone and then passing through her brain to be arranged in a way that made sense -- an enormous challenge when dealing with the non-sense of the president she called "Shrub."

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So Molly would rail at us not to let Bush Co. -- and any lily-livered so-called leader who is up for election -- tell us that this war is no longer an issue.

With plans for permanent military bases throughout Iraq and likely Republican candidate John McCain's comfort with 100 years of occupation -- not to mention the obscene daily loss of life and treasure -- we are a nation that will continue to bleed out until we die.

So do what Molly would do. Go to your precinct caucus on Feb. 5, not because your candidate's political future depends on it, but because your nation's future depends on the candidate you choose. Go with Molly's words ringing in your ears: "We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood."

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[riverwalker]

1. great article

"She would have donned a hazmat suit to deal with the hydra-like beast called Billary that clawed its way to defeat in South Carolina. She was clear on where she stood on the Clintons, calling Bill "as weak as bus-station chili" and writing in January 2006, "I'd like to make it clear to the people who run the Democratic Party that I will not support Hillary Clinton for president. Enough. Enough triangulation, calculation and equivocation."

[Yossariant]

3. Unfortunately, she didn't live to see the worse alternative -- a GOP presidency.

[TexasObserver]

2. Molly Ivins was a great lady, a great journalist, a great Texan.

RIP, Miss Molly.

She was right about most things and she is missed this election.