Molly Ivins: Mourning in America (Getting over it by getting organized)

[Dudley_DUright]

Do you know how to cure a chicken-killin' dog? Now, you know you cannot keep a dog that kills chickens, no matter how fine a dog it is otherwise.

Some people think you cannot break a dog that has got in the habit of killin' chickens, but my friend John Henry always claimed you could. He said the way to do it is to take one of the chickens the dog has killed and wire the thing around the dog's neck, good and strong. And leave it there until that dead chicken stinks so bad that no other dog or person will even go near that poor beast. Thing'll smell so bad the dog won't be able to stand himself. You leave it on there until the last little bit of flesh rots and falls off, and that dog won't kill chickens again.

The Bush administration is going to be wired around the neck of the American people for four more years, long enough for the stench to sicken everybody. It should cure the country of electing Republicans.

And at least Democrats won't have to clean up after him until it is real clear to everyone who made the mess.

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[wellstone_democrat]

1. But Molly! You said he wasn't "mean" or "stupid"!

How stupid he is or isn't aside, he sure as hell is MEAN. Just listen to the bastard

Right now I'm not too interested in Molly's platitudes because I recall too vividly how she downplayed his vicious nature before the 2000 election.

[walkon]

2. Be a uniter, not a divider.

[flordehinojos]

4. i do too remember that, wellstone_democrat ...

and i remember the many e-mails i wrote to her when she had an e-mail address at the ft.worth_star (i think it was) ... and i remember being shocked when she started to come out against shrub telling myself just what the heading of your posting says, "I remember when you said he wasn't 'mean' or 'stupid'". I am so glad your posting validates my memory. Thank you!

[Carl Brennan]

3. One thing the Left needs is to clean house of people

like Ivins who keep barking up the wrong tree. These namby pamby's walk on fucking eggshells when they should blast the bastards with the cold hard facts and not let-up. This election was stolen and I cannot believe the number of Left leaning people who gloss over this vitally important fact and start ragging on their own.

What the hell good does organizing do if your vote is stolen, lost, etc?
Answer: none

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. You must not read her often

Very few people have been blasting Bush longer than Molly has and she hunts with a best ammo: truth and humor.