SlowpokeBlog

Every so often, something happens that reminds you viscerally of the unfair, amoral nature of the universe. For me, the passing of Molly Ivins is one of those things. A genuinely funny woman with whom I agreed more consistently than perhaps any other pundit, Molly was often a source of inspiration to me. Her columns planted the seed for more than one Slowpoke cartoon. One of her finest, "Not. Backing. Hillary." from a year ago remains the most-sent ever column on WorkingforChange.com. It articulates exactly how I feel about the Democratic party -- and how many progressive ideas, or whatever you want to call them, are held by a majority of Americans. I quoted Molly in my very first blog post, in which I pleaded with the fates not to let Kerry be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004. "He's got no Elvis," Molly said. "You can't win without Elvis." As usual, she was right. Here's to Molly and her valiant career of bringing the good ol' boys down a peg.