Molly Ivins: It's a Fine Fall Irony Fest

[Dudley_DUright]

Not that any of us is in a position to criticize the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky, but don't you think She's been going a little heavy on the irony lately?

All those folks who had conniption fits over Bill Clinton's affair are now pooh-poohing Arnold Schwarzenegger's sexual misconduct -- and vice versa. The right-wingers who are always griping about Hollywood stars who express political opinions -- "Shut Up and Sing" -- suddenly find an actor perfectly fit for high political office based on his experience as The Terminator.

Professional patriots who would have been screaming with horror had the Clinton White House ever leaked the name of an undercover CIA agent now struggle to justify or minimize such a thing.

President Bush has spent $300 million trying to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and come up with zip, so now he wants to spend $600 million more. And let's mention the president's interesting theory that NOT finding any weapons of mass destruction means the Iraq war was fully justified. (Hello?)

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15786

[Wetzelbill]

1. Damn, I love Molly Ivins

That lady is something else. Great column.

[0007]

2. As always Molly is great -

She ends the article "El stinko to high heaven-o"

[tom_paine]

3. KICK for the truth

Though since the Busheviks are immune from conscience or shame, and they make their cannolis through fraud and theft and selling the nation down the tubes.

[childslibrarian]

4. It's Great But...

If only the average American would GET it.They are being screwed....

[Wetzelbill]

5. Yup, there's the rub

[Dudley_DUright]

6. Welcome to DU childslibrarian

I wish the same. Money for TV ads is why people are able to be convinced to vote against their own interests. Most other industrialize democracies don't have this massive spending on TV ads.