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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:01 PM Original message |
Molly Ivins Asks Texans NOT to vote for Senator Clinton From Beyond the Grave |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Molly said it all 2 years ago. RIP, girl. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. OK |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, by that logic she's not supporting Obama either |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Clearly, NEITHER candidates are Saints. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
69. kick |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I think Molly Ivins would have a good chuckle at your post |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I think she would have a better chuckle at the assumption that she would have supported Obama. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I don't. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Obama has said Schiavo was his biggest mistake |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. I don't think so... |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rec for one Fiesty Texas Lady. |
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texas_indy (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Her column was the main reason I got the Dallas Morning News, and it was a bummer |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. They are both heros of mine. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. How ridiculous. She wouldn't have cared for Obama either. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Did you read the entire article? Because she seems to predict Obama in this passage: |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good find. McCarty is a true hero to me. |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Sounds like she had Obama in mind to me. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. So what do you think she would say now? |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Of course not, but I also don't assume that dead people would endorse a candidate from the grave. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. apparently Hillary thinks Ann Richards can. nt |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. LOL! |
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stillrockin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
60. Oh, suh-nap! |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. yup |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. I'm certain she would see the difference in support between the candidates |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Unlike HRC, I don't think we should be speculating on how the dead would have voted. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. no kidding. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, unless they planted her in Llano county, she doesn't get a vote this time around. n/t |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Then who shall us dead voters vote for? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. What the heck kind of creature is on her coffee mug? |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Hightower has endorsed Obama and clearly Ivins would have too from this column |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. I miss Molly. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Molly Ivins and Jim Hightower are my kind of Democrats |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. She DOES seem to endorse Obama before she died: |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. As to Mark Twain: It is amazing what getting out of the |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. Even back then...Imperialistic intervention led to a "QUAGMIRE" |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I love this one: |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. I really miss you Molly. RIP |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Her standards rule out Obama too. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. Texas Womens' Hall of Fame: Ivins, Richards, Jordan, Farenthold |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. kcik, kcik, kcik, kcik, kcik, kcik, kcik, kcik, kcik, |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Molly would have supported Edwards .She described him as having a "populist streak that she really |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I think she would have endorsed Edwards before he was out. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There is no other way to think about it, especially her yearning for an obscure junior Senator to |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I caught that Junior Senator statement, too. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I do not think so. After all, Edwards hasn't and won't. |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Retaining delegates is not the same as active campaigning. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I didn't say he was actively campaigning. I said he will not release his delgates. |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I don't think he should endorse anyone. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. Molly was a wise lady |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. Spooky! |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. I miss Molly - |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I really miss her, too. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. RIP Molly. "contemptible little dodges" - |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. Is Molly endorsing Obama from the grave? |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. She told people NOT to vote for Hillary and Ivins just about endorsed Obama here: |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I already addressed this in the other thread. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. It seems that Molly was pretty clear |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. You haven't convinced anyone who read what I poasted I'm afraid. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. I am always pleased to recommend Molly Ivins. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Molly RIP |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
58. Good Golly... |
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stillrockin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
59. I was wondering when someone would remind the world of that column. |
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NastyRiffraff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
61. I loved Molly but like any other opinion columnist |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. So you are going to disobey Molly and vote for Clinton? |
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NastyRiffraff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Molly is not my mother |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. How can you be for Edwards and then Clinton? Were you against the war in Iraq even? |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Would you care to explain why one should "obey" |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. kick |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
67. one other thing this column/post does |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
68. kick |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
71. If Molly were alive, she might well be supporting Clinton. |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I seriously doubt that. |
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