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Molly Ivins is interesting in this curious contradiction in her philosophy: she writes anti-2nd Amendment editorials, yet she is firmly pro-1st Amendment. If she fully understood what she's in favor of, that being individual civil rights vis-à-vis government, she'd be in favor, and writing in favor, of the 2nd Amendment also.
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Actually, I think Molly Ivins never expected to be anything more than the diarist of the Texas Legislature. It was already a strange beast when she started, but since then it has swelled and morphed and spawned the most terrifying evil empire this country has ever seen when it launched GWB on the world. Frankly, I don't think Molly is up to the task anymore once she steps outside the Texas state line. The horror is just too great, she begins to come across as a bit hysterical. Nevertheless, she does make some dead-right observations. I can understand why many people would not take Molly Ivins seriously, believing she is "too liberal"; what I can't understand is why 50+% of the electorate is not taking seriously so many others who have much more impressive credentials and are pointing out the same disasters in the making.