Remembering Molly Ivins

This is a video I shot myself on March 23, 2002 at the "Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour" in Austin, TX. Molly Ivins was one of the speakers, introduced by the event host, Jim Hightower. (There were many other great speakers including former employees/victims of the then recent Enron collapse, as well as Michael Moore). I've had this video on the shelf for several years but decided to capture and post it now in tribute, since Molly passed away earlier today due to breast cancer at the too young age of 62. Please excuse the shaky video, as I was standing in a crowd and holding my camcorder over my head for parts of it!

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Molly
• Ivins
• Jim
• Hightower
• Austin
• Texas
• Democracy

[Rheinhard]

D'oh! I just noticed that I mistyped the year on the date in the subtitle on the video (2006 instead of 2002)! I was editing this around midnight Wednesday and was also sick, and I got it right in the text description on the side, so hopefully I can be forgiven this little goof. I can correct the title on my own version, but I don't think I can change the video while keeping the same URL, links, and comments, can I?

[colibri1]

Thank you for posting this! I was one of the hundreds of volunteers helping with this event and this was one of the speakers I was too far away and busy to see. Helped me clear the tears from my eyes at her passing today.

[Rheinhard]

Thanks! I have a fair amount of additional video which I planned to use in one of those "when I get around to it" projects, that never actualy get done. The other speeches I taped would be too long to fit in 1 part since Youtube limits videos to 10 minutes. I should at least import them all and make a complete DVD. Maybe I could then Bittorrent the DVD image.

[LrdWayland]

Thank you soo much for posting this...to see her speak and to have her character captured on film is a true treasure..

I knew Ms. Ivins...She truly was a wonderful and intellegant woman....Conversations with her whether or not you paid any attention to politics ..made you want to...her brillence will be truly missed...I know those angles never knew what hit them when they welcomed you...You truly were a one of a kind...I miss and love you Molly...

[genelawdog]

Molly Ivins rules. reading one of her opinions in the paper was like finding a diamond in a heap of coal. I will miss Molly Ivins

[Miata822]

Where are those voices today...

[Wisegeorge]

I just read her Biography. What a fine woman with a great wit and a true compassion for the underdog. My kind of woman.

[Wisegeorge]

I like Jim and I miss Molly. They always told the truth and Jim still does.

[mrobertb]

Thanks for sharing this with us! I miss Molly every time I read the opinion page of the paper!

[Mamasan41]

We sure need her today.

[nitzwalsh86]

When she describes the support of civil libertarians for the right of the KKK to march I think Gawd bless Molly Ivins and Gawd Damn the ARA

[SkipW]

A1 stuff Rhein, Thanks! keep banging the pots and pans

[michaelbme]

Politics is "legalized bribery" in the form of campaign contributions!