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bobbert's avatar

SHEEPLE!!!

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Good_Gawd_Yall - Unperson's avatar

Molly Ivins is dead and $arah Palin is alive. How is that even fair?

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JamesMichaelCurley's avatar

Yea Doc, I saw that in 1986. Will always remember the 'little tuna fishy outstretched hands with pimento stigmata' or some such. (I can't get sound to work through Wonkette.)

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Vienna Woods's avatar

I came to this directly from Nooner's column. Talk about compare and contrast.

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BarackMyWorld's avatar

Sadly, I didn't learn to appreciate her until the Franken/O'Reilly book forum incident.

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Chris Grrr's avatar

I hope they cloned Molly...

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William's avatar

I'm fairly certain that she hung the nickname "shrub" on W. I always appreciated that one.

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

<i>When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel — it’s vulgar</i>

an apt summation of conservative humor...

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

while she is famous for saying it, I don't think she <a href="http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talk%3AFirst_law_of_holes" target="_blank">coined it</a>

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ViveLaProtestPayments's avatar

Rest in peace, Molly. They don't make them like you any more and we are so much the worse for it.

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

I was thinking it was Will Rogers, but apparently it predates him, also too

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Should Wonkette wish to TM the phrase "nasty vile little snark mob", I would be happy to assist, gratis.

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