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**tickerinet** · 01-31-2007, 11:46 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment and referred to President Bush as "Shrub," died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62.

David Pasztor, managing editor of the Texas Observer, confirmed her death.

The writer, who made a living poking fun at Texas politicians, whether they were in her home base of Austin, Texas, or the White House, revealed in early 2006 that she was being treated for breast cancer for the third time.

More than 400 news organizations, including CNN.com, subscribed to her nationally syndicated column, which combined strong liberal views and populist-toned humor. Ivins' illness did not seem to hurt her ability to deliver biting one-liners.

"I'm sorry to say (cancer) can kill you but it doesn't make you a better person," she said in an interview with the San Antonio Express-News in September, the same month cancer claimed her friend, former Gov. Ann Richards.

To Ivins, "liberal" wasn't an insult. "Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal -- fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed," she wrote in a column included in her 1998 collection, "You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/obi....ap/index.html Had to admire her spirit, even if you might not have agreed with her politics.

Matt

**tickerinet** · 01-31-2007, 11:47 PM

BTW, for those preparing to post either:

1. She was an awful liberal who deserved to die a horrible lingering death, or
2. Bush had her killed!

Kindly don't bother. Have a touch of class.

Matt

**JTS_tv** · 01-31-2007, 11:47 PM

I've enjoyed some of her writing.

Cancer sucks.

**OQmYckYz** · 02-01-2007, 12:03 AM

I think when she was diagnosed with cancer she said something like 'I don't want your get well cards. I want you to get a mammogram'

Great advice!

**gkruCRi1** · 02-01-2007, 12:58 AM

She was witty. RIP. These days, death at 62 is getting cheated.

**TheBestCheapestOEM** · 02-01-2007, 01:13 AM

May she rest in peace.

**Zpxbawtz** · 02-01-2007, 01:16 AM

Her book Shrub was one of the wittier tomes I've ever read. . .

01-31-2007, 11:46 PM	#1
tickerinet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	Molly Ivins - who coined "the Shrub" dies AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment and referred to President Bush as "Shrub," died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62. David Pasztor, managing editor of the Texas Observer, confirmed her death. The writer, who made a living poking fun at Texas politicians, whether they were in her home base of Austin, Texas, or the White House, revealed in early 2006 that she was being treated for breast cancer for the third time. More than 400 news organizations, including CNN.com, subscribed to her nationally syndicated column, which combined strong liberal views and populist-toned humor. Ivins' illness did not seem to hurt her ability to deliver biting one-liners. "I'm sorry to say (cancer) can kill you but it doesn't make you a better person," she said in an interview with the San Antonio Express-News in September, the same month cancer claimed her friend, former Gov. Ann Richards. To Ivins, "liberal" wasn't an insult. "Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal -- fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed," she wrote in a column included in her 1998 collection, "You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You." http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/obi....ap/index.html Had to admire her spirit, even if you might not have agreed with her politics. Matt Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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tickerinet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	BTW, for those preparing to post either: 1. She was an awful liberal who deserved to die a horrible lingering death, or 2. Bush had her killed! Kindly don't bother. Have a touch of class. Matt Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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JTS_tv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 572 Senior Member	I've enjoyed some of her writing. Cancer sucks. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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OQmYckYz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	I think when she was diagnosed with cancer she said something like 'I don't want your get well cards. I want you to get a mammogram' Great advice! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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gkruCRi1 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	She was witty. RIP. These days, death at 62 is getting cheated. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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TheBestCheapestOEM Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 378 Senior Member	May she rest in peace. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Zpxbawtz Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 660 Senior Member	Her book Shrub was one of the wittier tomes I've ever read. . . Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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