On Molly Ivins

When I read her column, which was not regularly, I thought she was generally right on. We need more like her.

Some choice quotes from Paul Krugman's column (NYT Pay Per View), courtesy E&P.

And a tremendous tribute from the Rude Pundit:


She was goddamned smart, so smart she didn't have to flaunt it. So smart that she could use the down to earth side to say what she meant so all of us could understand it. She didn't suffer bullies. She loved Texas like a parent loves her child even after that child has gone on a three-state killing spree. She was unfailingly polite. And she could eviscerate anyone who was failing all of us with just an image or two. Those guttings will be desperately missed. That sense and celebration of the decency of the average American will be missed even more.

We've lost one of our defenders.

Thanks to Atrios.