Letters to the Editor
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Good Golly Ms. Molly!
Molly Ivins is a voice in the wilderness because she speaks about courage and conviction to a party that has lost its way and hopes that the Presidency and control of Congress will fall into its lap if Democrats just sit tight and don't make waves. Does anyone really believe Hillary Clinton wanted to go to war in Iraq or thinks the answer is, as she often says, sending more troops? Look at how passionless she is discussing these issues, and you know her heart isn't in it. But her strategists are whispering in her ear, counseling caution, and she listens, just as Kerry famously and disastrously listened to his counselors--and did the wrong thing. I used to think Clinton would one day be a grand old woman of the Senate, a female Robert Byrd, but look at how she has consistently held back and temporized, while Byrd has told the truth about abuse of power. Clinton does not deserve such status, nor does she deserve to be President.
Maybe Molly will run.