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...Mike J and Virginia.
As for Molly Ivins:
Molly Ivins was kind of a hack. 3rd-rate verbal ability mixed with boiled over knee-jerk leftisms. People invoke her for three reasons--she's named "Molly," she wrote from Texas, and she wrote critically of the current administration. She was probably a nice enough lady.
But she had far superior contemporaries in the likes of writers such as Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich in wit-filled commentary. (And no, it's nothing nooyorkey-centric.)
And Camille Paglia letters thread is to be believed, it's apparent the woman had never cracked open a Paglia written work, interview, or heard her speak.
(And what is it about women named "Amanda" that they write like tornados?)
