It's Raining Tears for Molly Ivins Today

[MzNov]

Thank you Molly for making us laugh and telling it like it is....

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F16910834%2F

We'll miss you very much.

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[AX10]

1. K & R!

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[AlCzervik]

2. i burst into to tears when i read the first thread.

i'm looking at my various Molly books right now and thinking about the times i saw her on cspan at the Texas book Festival. She was an amazing woman and writer.

[SeattleGirl]

5. I did exactly the same thing, chimpsmarter.

Just started sobbing.

[AlCzervik]

8. a really bad day this has been.

:hug:

[Hepburn]

9. Me, too......

...just sitting here crying my eyes out. :cry:

[Ilsa]

3. I didn't know she was this close to the end of this life.

Rest in Peace Molly; you've fought many brave battles for the good of all!

[patrice]

4. Oh . . . .

no! Darn it, NO!

Kind of like loosing a sister . . . .

What a great Inspiration she has been to me and so many others!! Hare Krsna! Hare Rama!!!

[MistressOverdone]

6. Rest in peace

You kept fussin' right until the end. A powerful voice is stilled. We are all less for it.

[BlooInBloo]

7. R.I.P., patriot.

[Staph]

10. There's a lovely column from Creator's Syndicate.

Molly's editor and friend, Anthony Zurcher wrote:

Goodbye, Molly I.

Molly Ivins is gone, and her words will never grace these pages again -- for this, we will mourn. But Molly wasn't the type of woman who would want us to grieve. More likely, she'd say something like, "Hang in there, keep fightin' for freedom, raise more hell, and don't forget to laugh, too."

{snip}

But there was more to Molly Ivins than insightful political commentary packaged in an aw-shucks Southern charm. In the coming days, much will be made of Molly's contributions to the liberal cause, how important she was as an authentic female voice on opinion pages across the country, her passionate and eloquent defense of the poorest and the weakest among us against the corruption of the most powerful, and the joy she took in celebrating the uniqueness of American culture -- and all of this is true. But more than that, Molly Ivins was a woman who loved and cared deeply for the world around her.
And her warm and generous spirit was apparent in all her words and deeds.

{snip}

For me, Molly's greatest words of wisdom came with three children's books she gave my son when he was born. In her inimitable way, she captured the spirit of each in one-sentence inscriptions. In "Alice in Wonderland," she offered, "Here's to six impossible things before breakfast." For "The Wind in the Willows," it was, "May you have Toad's zest for life." And in "The Little Prince," she wrote, "May your heart always see clearly."

Like the Little Prince, Molly Ivins has left us for a journey of her own. But while she was here, her heart never failed to see clear and true -- and for that, we can all be grateful.


http://www.creators.com/opinion/molly-ivins.html?columnsName=miv

[MzNov]

12. thank you! nt

[illinoisprogressive]

11. this is the last post I can do on Molly as it hurts me to know she is gone

[CTyankee]

14. Hey, don't cry. She and Ann R. will be there in liberal heaven when we get there!

I can't imagine a better ever after, can you?

[Lisa0825]

13. I can't bear to read the columns yet...

I have them bookmarked.

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