Buzzflash Interviews Molly Ivins about new book "Bushwhacked"

[Dudley_DUright]

It's the BuzzFlash Interview with Molly Ivins, Need We Say More

A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW

Yes, BuzzFlash and Molly Ivins had a little chat about things.

For one thing, Molly's got a new book coming out in September, "Bushwhacked," written with her "Shrub" co-author, Lou Dubose. The cover (Bush in full "Friday the 13th" buzzsaw gear) is worth the price of the book. Then of course, there's the subject du jour, the man of the hour, George W. Bush himself. Along the way we discuss the almost inexplicable hypocrisy of Tom DeLay, the Svengali smarts of Mr. Rove, and the "bushwhacked" plight of the average American who doesn't get much attention anymore.

Here's what her publisher, Random House, has to say about "Bushwhacked":

"Bushwhacked brings to light the horrendous legacy of the Bush tax cut, his increasingly appalling environmental record, his administration's involvement in the Enron scandal, and the real Bush foreign policy—botched nation building in Kabul and Baghdad, alienation of former allies—and, unfortunately, much more. Ivins and Dubose go beyond the too frequently soft media coverage of Bush to show us just how damaging his policies have been to ordinary Americans."

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http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/07/10_ivins.html

[Wonk]

1. I know one book that's going to be on my September reading list :) nt

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Me too!

I have all of Molly's books. I am glad to see that she is justifiably proud that all the predictions she made in "Shrub" have come to pass with a vengeance.

[PretzelzRule]

8. Same here

Molly is a personal hero of mine :loveya:

[indepat]

3. Hope she has time to add a chapter on escalating natural gas

prices that Alan has assured us are coming: I'm guessing it will cost from $500 to $1,000 or more extra to heat the average-size home this winter in our community (if we get lucky). Wonder who will profit. Wonder if any of it will come back to the RNC.

[jafap]

4. she's too kind

IVINS: "No. I think I've said this several thousand times in my life. George W. Bush is not stupid, and he's not mean. You know, it is possible to really independently disagree with a politician's policies without personally hating him. You know, grownups can do that. It's feasible, believe me.

You don't have to turn into, you know, the liberal equivalent of the Clinton hater in order to think that this guy's just completely screwing up the country. No, he's not stupid. He is very limited, however.

It's not stupidity as much as ignorance, and his inability and unwillingness to learn. He's not very curious. And it's not a first-rate mind."

Okay, ignorance combined with inability to learn. That sounds like stupid to me. I think it is worse than ignorance. Like what Mondale always quoted about Reagan: "It is not so much what he doesn't know, but that the things he knows for certain, are just plain wrong." He gets a second grade understanding of a subject and then his mind closes and any disagreement is disloyalty, bordering on treason.

Of course, you never know if he really believes his own lies, or tells them to make a sale.

[Eloriel]

5. Mondale quote

I think that's a knock off from Will Rogers: It's not how much you don't know, but how much you know that just ain't true.

Eloriel

[jafap]

11. yes, the old Trotskyite

Mondale mentioned that it was Will Rogers talking about Herbert Hoover. Just as I am mentioning that he was talking about Trotsky when he said the famous: "I never met a man I didn't like."

[rasputin1952]

9. He believes his own lies...

I have no doubt in my mind that he knows he's lying, and even with this knowledge, he still believes the lies. Simply because he wants to. Psychopaths are like that.

[opihimoimoi]

10. Someone go get the shrink for Bushy.

He is an addled narcissant Idiot, posing as a great leader. He is a FRAUD and a LIAR.

[Mirakul7]

6. Bushwhacked sounds like a worth-while read

Thanks for the link to Buzzflash. I read the interview and thank God I am finding more and more people who feel the same as I. I will certainly get the book.

I'm still new to DU so I haven't visited all sections of the site yet. I could stay online here for hours, just reading and commenting but I've got to pull myself away for a couple hours at least. :)

I think I will visit the media section to discuss why authors like Molly get so little airtime as compared with ANY right-wing author.

[Dudley_DUright]

7. Welcome to DU Mirakul7

I think you will like it here. It does get addictive to be among (sane) people with political views similar to your own. I spend more time than I should but less time than I would like here at DU. I look forward to discussing my favorite political columnist (Molly :loveya: ) with you. See ya around. :hi: