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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
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Monterey
California
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Stupid
Political
Real
Gutless
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Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.
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The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.
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It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.
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Conservatives have been mad at the Supreme Court since it decided to desegregate the schools in 1954 and seen fit to blame the federal bench for everything that has happened since then that they don't like.
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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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Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.
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Manners are just a formal expression of how you treat people.
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And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
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He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes.
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Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.
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Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!
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It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
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One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.
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Most of us think of government as them. Yet government isn't Them: It's us.
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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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I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.
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As for George Bush of Kennebunkport, Maine- personally I think he's further evidence that the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky has an overdeveloped sense of irony.
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As I have pointed out time and again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than it is to let them grow up into young thugs who have to be sent to prison, not to mention the savings in the wear and tear on the nerves, property, and safety of the rest of the citizenry.
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It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good.
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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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