It is at times like this that I REALLY miss Molly Ivins.

[hifiguy]

Can you begin to imagine the fun she would have harpooning tRump and the rest of the klowns? She could shoot the wings off a fly, rhetorically, and this target-rich environment would have been irresistible.

[niyad]

1. you and me both. she would be eviscerating them.

[malaise]

2. Who let the Rag out

Molly would destroy Trump and the rest of ReTHUG morons

[hifiguy]

3. It would be a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

[Bohunk68]

4. Was just thinking this the other day on a thread in fb.

She would have eviscerated this kurrent krop of Klown Kar Kandidates. And delighted in doing so, in the process.

[hifiguy]

6. She would gut them like fish

with a smile on her face all the while.

[Cleita]

5. OMG! Me too.

She had that gift of being able to to strip out the nonsense and expose the core reality of a person or issue with deft humor and charm.

[KauaiK]

7. I have been saying this for years. I so miss her and Anne Richards.

[hifiguy]

10. I still think that Ann R's "silver foot" line

was one her good pal Molly slipped her. It sounded SO Ivins.

[NV Whino]

8. Juanita Jean

http://juanitajean.com

She's not Molly Ivins, but she's a close second.

[hifiguy]

9. True, she's good and brings the snark.

Molly was one of a kind, though.

[NV Whino]

11. Absolutely

[mountain grammy]

12. I miss her too..

A few years ago I gave my copy of "Bushwhacked" to a friend who wasn't very political. He said that book changed his life and he sees everything differently. He's since read all of Molly's books and much more, but she hooked him.

Molly Ivins should be required reading.

[Hortensis]

21. "What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly

corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state capitols."

The Great Molly Ivins, bless her heart!

[mountain grammy]

22. Those are the stories Molly told..

of how real people suffered under the corruption of officials and the lack of enforcement of existing regulation.

[mak3cats]

13. Finally!! Something we can all agree on... (RIP Molly) n/t

[GoCubsGo]

14. Anne Richards, too.

I'm sure she would have some similar things to say, as well.

[hifiguy]

18. You KNOW that.

She and Molly were amazingly smart, cool, and very funny women and they are so missed.

[Augiedog]

15. Some intellectual heroes should not be allowed to die, RIP Molly

[floriduck]

16. There should have been

A Molly Ivins movie. She had spunk for an op-ed writer.

[hifiguy]

19. IIRC Kathleen Turner did a one-woman show

as Molly, like Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain. That had to be a blast.

[sarge43]

20. She did; it was. For your viewing pleasure

[hifiguy]

25. Thanks for that.

"My legacy will be helping people be a pain in the ass to those in power." Priceless.

[sarge43]

17. The number she would have done on Rick Perry

It delights the imagination.

Dear Molly, we do miss you.

[hifiguy]

26. She is the one who hung the "Governor Goodhair" moniker on him.

She saw that yutz coming from ten miles away.

[Octafish]

23. Corporate Owned Media never bothered to look for a similar voice.

After Molly Ivins, who?

Borowitz. He's sort of OK.

Then?

Who on DU remembers Art Buchwald?

[Gothmog]

24. Molly Ivins would be having a great deal of fun

[yeoman6987]

27. Did she die? Or quit politics?

[libdem4life]

28. Believe she died of cancer.

I have her book.."Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?"

[hifiguy]

29. Yep, breast cancer, per Wikipedia and my memory.

Gone far, far too soon.

[KoKo]

30. As my Grandma used to say...

"They don't make 'em like that anymore."

She is truly missed....

[flygal]

31. God I miss her!

Loved her column.