Molly’s Words of Wisdom
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I was looking for something else in the Observer archive and I stumbled on a Molly Ivin’s column called Use It or Lose It from February 2006. Molly wrote that she wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton for president. She found her too inauthentic for the historical moment.
“It’s about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership,” Molly wrote. “There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times. There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief.”
It makes an interesting counterpoint to today’s Wall Street Journal cover story of Hillary. “Sen. Clinton actually is running two campaigns at once — courting left-leaning Democrats to get the nomination, but mindful even now of maintaining a sufficiently centrist course to withstand Republican attacks and win election next November.”
November 24th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Molly was almost always right. She hated phonies and Horsefeathers. I miss her clarity.