Our Friend Molly Ivins

Written by: Fran Vincent on Feb 1, 2007 1:00 PM EST

 A lot is being written about Molly Ivins today.  People are celebrating her wit, the writing style that always made you know it was her even without the byline, and her uncanny ability to make anyone look foolish who deserved it.  God knows Texas politicians gave her plenty of material. 

At Democracy for Texas, we have been grateful for her support.  She gave up a precious weekend to be with us at DemocracyFest 2005 in Austin, where she wowed the crowd at the “Veterans of Texas Political Wars” lunch.  Her R-rated speech at Stubb's on Saturday night at DemFest was pure Molly and won't be forgotten by anyone who was there. And just last December, she autographed books for our silent auction with the inscription “Raise hell! -- Molly Ivins.”

Most of all, there was a crucial point in our infancy when someone said to us, "Molly’s real proud of what y’all are doing."   You can’t imagine the inspiration that provided.

To say Molly will be missed doesn’t even begin to describe it.  We plan to continue raising plenty of hell in her honor.

Fran Vincent, Democracy for Texas

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