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RIP Molly Ivins

Her Jan 5. column (one of her last) began as sharply as you would expect "The president of the United States does not have the sense God gave a duck--so it's up to us."

Here's more:

This Iraq war is being prosecuted in our names, with our money, with our blood, against our will. Polls consistently show that less than 30 percent of the people want to maintain current troop levels. It is obscene and wrong for the president to go against the people in this fashion, and it's doubly wrong for him to send 20,0000 more soldiers into this hellhole, as he reportedly will announce next week.

What happened to the nation that never tortured? The nation that wasn't supposed to start wars of choice? The nation that respected human rights and life? A nation that from the beginning was against tyranny? Where have we gone? How did we let these people take us there? How did we let them fool us?

Sad to see her go.

Posted by Duff at February 01, 2007

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It's very very sad.

Posted by: monica at February 1, 2007 01:34 PM

I was really sad when I saw the newspaper and learned of her death. I sure hope there are many journalists willing to fill the hole that is now left!

Posted by: Mariko at February 1, 2007 01:49 PM

Me too.

Posted by: claudia at February 1, 2007 01:55 PM

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