Posted on 01/27/2007 4:43:33 AM PST by Ninian Dryhope
AUSTIN - Nationally syndicated columnist Molly Ivins has been hospitalized in her recurring battle with breast cancer.
"I think she's tough as a metal boot," her brother, Andy Ivins, said Friday after a visit with her at Seton Medical Center in Austin.
Andy Ivins said his sister was admitted to Seton on Thursday. She spent Friday morning with longtime colleagues and friends, and was "sleeping peacefully" when he arrived later in the day.
A self-described leftist agitator, Ivins, 62, completed a round of radiation treatment in August, but the cancer "came back with a vengeance," and has spread through her body, Andy Ivins said.
Ivins' columns, which she infuses with passion and wit, appear in more than 300 newspapers around the country. She's written six books, four of which were best sellers.
They included Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush, Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America, which she wrote with longtime friend Lou Dubose; and Who Let the Dogs In? Incredible Political Animals I Have Known.
Ivins was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. A year later, she described her treatment with characteristic wit: "First they poison you; then they mutilate you; then they burn you. I've had more fun."
She received her third diagnosis a year ago; despite her illness, she's managed to crank out her columns.
In a piece earlier this month, she wrote that she was starting a newspaper crusade to end the war in Iraq.
"Raise hell," she urged readers. "Think of something ridiculous to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. ... We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!' "
I don't even wish evil upon tyrants. I am haunted by Luke chapter 6....
My mother in law used to, as she said, pray for justice. I tend to pray for healing. Lots of us need soul healing. I know for sure none of us who have reached adulthood are going to the other side unscarred and having done no wrong.
I wish the good Lord touch her heart and spirit that she be open to that healing. She's got a tough road ahead.
.....nevermind, nothing to say...... (whispering under breath, "out on the streets banging pots?".....gee....how....appropriate)
As a wife of a cancer survivor, I can tell you she is right now with her summary.
Praying for her comfort at this time.
Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.
Reading comprehension skills plummet from time to time here on FR for no discernible reason.
"Has anyone else noticed that we who claim to be above that, are getting our asses kicked by those who proudly reside in the slime below that?"
Truer words were never spoken. These holier-than-thou types make me sick to my stomach.
I can't believe all the haloes so prominently displayed on this thread. I have horns myself. :)
I hate her politics, but I wish her better health and minimal pain.
I do, too.
She deserves a long life and health.
I'm glad we can agree on that.
Bump.
I have to disagree. People deserve the respect that they give others. Ivins seems to respect no one who disagrees with her in any serious way. She is a model for the entire Rat party.
I wish her luck, too, in her latest struggles with cancer.
It is a horrible disease. No one deserves it.
I don't know how anyone can ask God for mercy for their sins with the above attitude.
Maybe you don't believe in God?
We are all created equal. But what we do after that changes things. If you murder someone, you give up your right to freedom, so you are no longer equal.
I think some people are making an effort to seem magnanimous, to prove some sort of point.
I read about 12 posts and couldn't get any further. Your initial post is nice. What follows is, for the most part, revolting.
Why are you assuming the worst of me? A power greater than us might ultimately decide Molly Ivins deserves an eternity of luxury, enjoyment, laughter, and peace. I'm just saying I hope she gets what she deserves down the road, no more, no less.
~ Blue Jays ~
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