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Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.

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Molly Ivins
Age: 62 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2007
Died: January 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Monterey
California
Political
Real
Gutless
Policies
Consequences
Consequence
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Stupid

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Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.
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The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.
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Conservatives are fond of pointing out there are problems in this world can't be solved by throwing money at them. There are even more that can't be solved by dropping bombs on them.
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I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.
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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.
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So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
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Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.
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In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.
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Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.
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The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.
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I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.
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Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press corps to determine who are actually the ten stupidest members of the Legislature. Two years ago, there were thirty-seven official nominees and several write-ins.
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Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman
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This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency
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On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don't need get-well cards, but I would like the beloved women readers to do something for me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done.
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I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing.
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If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.
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Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.
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We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet.
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Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.
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