Molly Nailed It.

[kpete]

[mnhtnbb]

1. Molly was a national treasure.

I so do miss her unique voice.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Surely people don't think they only own Republicans now? n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

21. When Molly wrote this is was basically true

But you are correct, they've bought plenty of dems since then.

[pkdu]

27. Trust a !gl*tt*r-sh*tt*r! to ruin a Molly Ivins thread n/t

[Snarkoleptic]

3. Molly, for the win!

Sadly, if she were alive today, the present-day version would include a large number of corporatist Democrats.

[Hoppy]

4. Why isn't Turtle Wax a sponsor?

[Dustlawyer]

5. +1!!! I know, right?

[erlewyne]

8. Turtle Wax wanted to be on his chin

and there was not enough room?

[Dustlawyer]

9. Mom calls him McChinless!

[erlewyne]

6. Mitch makes me feel free.

He looks burdened.

[brush]

7. Now that's a graphic!

[raouldukelives]

10. K&R Those who own the corporations, own the results. nt

[HughBeaumont]

11. You wouldn't know it talking to right-leaning libertarians.

They're all vastly mistaken as to which egg begat what chicken; Government is corrupted BECAUSE the wealthy got so wealthy that the only thing left to BUY WAS the government and to run it like it a "Free Market" . . . unto themselves.

[mountain grammy]

12. Ah Molly, you left us far too soon, but what you left us is priceless.

K&R

[Gene Debs]

13. Yes, Molly nailed it. But let's not sit here and say with a straight face that

they don't own four-fifths of the Democratic Party as well. That would be the rankest hypocrisy, wouldn't it?

[merrifield]

14. So true.

Three things never change, no matter which party is in offfice or whether these items have public support or not: free trade policies, endless war and support for wall street. Maybe Bernie can slay this hideous trioka.

[MisterP]

25. heck, that was Ivins' #2 point, starting with the post-Richards TX Dems

[Cleita]

15. I so miss her. I never missed any column or book she wrote or any show she was

interviewed on. Reading her view of local politics in her column made my two year stay in Texas tolerable.

[Scalded Nun]

16. She would be both outraged and disappointed

to see just how much of that quote now applies to Dems as well.

[BernieforPres2016]

18. she would also be outraged and disappointed

to see not how many Democratic voters embrace a politician who is owned by special interests

[SoapBox]

17. Plus a million!

[modestybl]

19. And who bought and own the Democrats...

We all got hoodwinked.

[INdemo]

20. Couldnt we now say that Large Corporations/Wall St. also own the

Center/Right Corporate Wing of the Democratic Party.....I think so.......
The Corporate Dems have the largest investor/s with GoldlmanSachs,Citi Group,JPMorgan,WellsFargo,AIG......
and the list goes on and on.

[hifiguy]

23. Yes.

Though Molly hit it out of the park as usual.

Gads, the fun she would be having with this year's election.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

22. Lucky Me

I sat with Molly and Jim Hightower and listened to Michael Moore speak at a progressive event.
It does not get much better than that.
It was in Texas.

[moondust]

24. Working class Republicans

can't seem to figure out who has fucked them over and why their futures look so bleak. Or maybe it's just a bad case of denial.

[HassleCat]

26. Molly nailed everything!

I wish she was around to see this one.