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- Full name: Mary Tyler Ivins
- Born: August 30, 1944 in Monterey, California
- Died: January 31, 2007 in Austin, Texas
- Coined the nickname "Shrub" for George W. Bush
- Her syndicated column was published in over 400 U.S. newspapers
- Both praised and criticized for her honesty and cutting wit
- Was fired from the New York Times in 1982 for calling a community chicken-killing festival a "gang-pluck"
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Unabashedly outspoken liberal writer Molly Ivins worked as a journalist for over 40 years before succumbing to a near decade-long battle with breast cancer in early 2007 at the age of 62.
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Quotes
- "All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people. As long as you don’t think about what that peculiar body should be doing and what it actually is doing to the quality of life in Texas, then it’s all marvelous fun."
- "So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."
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Molly Ivins on Amazon
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Last Man Standing - Politics, Texas Style - $26.95
From Sundance Jury Prize winner and three-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Stekler (George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire), P.O.V. presents the SXSW audience favorite LAS...Amazon
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Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights - $15.00
Throughout her long career of “afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted,” the cause closest to Molly Ivins’s heart was working to protect the freedoms we all value. ...Amazon
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Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known - $14.95
The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America’s most amazing and outlandish politicians–the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witle...Amazon
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Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights - $15.00
In this, her final and perhaps greatest book, Molly Ivins launches a counterattack on the executive branch’s shredding of our cherished Bill of Rights. From illegal wiretaps and th...Amazon
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Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? - $13.00
Only Molly Ivins can write about redneck politics in her native Texas and the discreet charm of the Bushwazee and manage to be both brutally honest and unabashedly affectionate.Amazon
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Molly Ivins Questions
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Molly Bee commercial? 1 AnswerThis is an 1981 ad for the now defunct car dealer in Norwalk, CA. It features CHEVROLET. Sadly, this ad only has the last part of the jingle, sung by Molly Bee. read more -
When is Molly Malaneys Birthday? 1 AnswerDo you mean Molly Malone? Her birthday is January 8th, 1978. read more
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Is Jason and Molly going to get married? 1 AnswerI loved Melissa on DWTS Monday night! For only having 2 days to practice she did an amazing job and see her going the distance! As for Molly and Jason after all... read more
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Molly Ivins Timeline
- August 30, 1944: Born in Monterey, California
- 1970: Writer, Texas Observer
- 1976: Leaves Observer for the New York Times
- 2000: Publication of "Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush"
- 2001: Independant columnist for Creators Syndicate
- January 31, 2007: Dies of breast cancer
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On Twitter Powered by Twitter
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Listening to @tprnews man how I miss Molly Ivins. Still a large void unfilled with her passing.
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Birthday present from my aunt came today - a copy of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life! #thingsilove
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@egratto Molly Ivins is turning over in her grave.
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Finished Molly Ivins bio - knew how it would end, factually, but am still bereft :(
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Read SP in school & hated it RT @winemaxf I am SO GLAD I never read Sexual Personae and, DAMN, I miss Molly Ivins. http://tinyurl.com/2bsdqh
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