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SHEEPLE!!!

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

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

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

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I hope they cloned Molly...

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

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

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

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