Reply #10: Thanks, it was a good article. Bottom line for Molly was that government works

[Ninga]

best for the people at the fringes, the people who need it the most.

Molly was a real liberal. It is hard to be an authentic liberal, because it means your paycheck might be a bit lighter, so the less fortunate get more.

I do not resent her take on the state of politics when she wrote the article.

If we are honest, both Gore of 2000, and Kerry of 2004 were stiff, wonks, that made it hard for the politically challenged to see their way to vote for them.

She explained her vote well.
This is a Molly Ivins quote: edited
"I'm voting for Ralph. I'm voting for Nader because I believe in him, admire him and would like to see his issues and policies triumph in our political life. I'm also voting for him because I live in Texas -- where all 32 electoral votes will go to George W. Bush even if I stand on my head, turn blue and vote for Gus Hall, the late communist."

We can debate and fight until we are blue in the face. The nebulous factor, that is so hard for me to put into words that Hillary lacks, will be her downfall. Writers in the ilk of Ivins, are able to capture it. Ivins called it the "Elvis factor", and intelligence aside, Hillary just does not have it.