Barack, Molly, and Me of Little Faith - Texas Observer blog post

[sonias]

The Texas Observer blog 11/05/08
Barack, Molly, and Me of Little Faith
by Carlton Carl


(Photo by Dave McNeely)

"You know," she said after we met him. "That young man could be President some day."

"What?" I said. "Are you crazy? Not in our lifetimes." We both knew what I meant. After all, that young man was black. And she and I had both grown up white and liberal in a segregated Houston with "Colored" restrooms, "Whites Only" water fountains, and lily-white lunch counters. In the mid-1960s we had both worked on The Houston Chronicle, where there were a grand total of two black faces in the newsroom, and where we had to plead with and cajole our editors to let us do a long story on poverty in the city. There wasn’t much coverage of the black community back then that didn’t involve crime.

She was Molly Ivins, my dear friend of 45 years before she died in 2007, having had an illustrious career as a reporter, editor of The Texas Observer, and widely syndicated columnist.

:applause::loveya::applause::loveya::applause:

Sonia

[catrose]

1. Thx for the memories

I've been imagining how happy Our Molly would have been.

[sonias]

2. Heck I didn't even know they had met

That picture just made my day.

This one is for you Molly - :toast:

Sonia

[crispini]

3. K&R

cool

[babylonsister]

4. Now there's a picture-rec'd! nt

[girl gone mad]

5. I got a little chill.

Molly would have loved this election cycle.

[TheDoorbellRang]

6. What a great find!

I was thinking of Molly the other day, wishing she could have been here to see what our country has wrought. She'd have been so proud.

Looks like Molly did have an opinion on whether or not Obama should run! From the comments after your posted article:

Betsy Moon says:

November 6th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
...Before Obama decided to run, Chicago Magazine asked a number of folks if they thought he should. Molly’s reply was the shortest and most to the point. You can see the article at this URL or just see her comment below.

http://chicago.godengo.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2006/Should-He-Run/
Molly Ivins
Syndicated columnist and author of Who Let the Dogs In?
“Yes, he should run. He’s the only Democrat with any ‘Elvis’ to him.”

Ah, Molly. We miss you! :cry:

[sonias]

7. She was right too

That one - had a lot of "shake, rattle and roll" in him - big time!

Sonia

[yowzayowzayowza]

10. Excellent.

:rofl:

[kayakjohnny]

8. Wonderful. There's a little poetry wherever you look these days.

This post made my evening. Thank you very much.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. How sad she could not be around to see how prescient she was...

:-(