American - Journalist | August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007
If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.
Molly Ivins
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For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid.
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It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.
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The extent to which not just state legislatures but the Congress of the United States are now run by large corporate special interests is beyond mere recognition as fact. The takeover is complete.
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We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket science. We've done it before successfully at the presidential level and tried it several places at the state level.
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Public campaign financing isn't perfect and can doubtlessly be improved upon as we go.
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In most legislatures, punctilious attention to correct usage is considered elitist. The word 'government,' for example, is normally pronounced 'gummint'; bureaucracy is 'bureaucacy'; fiscal comes out 'physical,' and one moves not to suspend the rules, but to 'suppend.'
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Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to be right, it just has to be close enough for government work. If they understand what you mean, it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it.
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Losing a part of a breast or all of one or both has, obviously, serious psychological consequences.
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A teenage foot that never tapped to 'Heartbreak Hotel' in the '50s probably belonged to a hopeless grind.
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I do object to those who jump from political hackery to flackery and expect respect.
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Truly, if you can't cover a five-car pile-up on Route 128, you should not be covering a presidential campaign.
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