Molly Ivins quotes

[Peter Farruggio]

CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THIS?

The challenge for today: The Washington Post's obituary for Molly
Ivins says, "In 1982, after she used a colorful colloquialism to
describe a local chicken-killing festival, the Times and Ms. Ivins
recognized it was time to part ways."

What did she say?





At 06:33 AM 2/1/2007, you wrote:
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>From:    "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
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> >         My favorite is "he was born on third base and thought he hit a
> > triple."  That's attributed to Ivins in reference to Bush (pere or
> > fils), though I haven't tracked down whether it was actually Ivins who
> > said it.  It looks like some people attribute it to Ann Richards.  I
> > suspect the aphorism predated the application to Bush in any case.
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>I just read an article online in the _Chronicle of higher education_
>that appears to have that line attributed to Barry Switzer.
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>http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/01/2007012901c/careers.html
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