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"Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way (Original Post) niyad Saturday OP
Shrub Bush Pesky1 Saturday #1
Bush was kind to her in death. Pompoy Saturday #3
Bush has a sense of humor Joinfortmill Saturday #4
Thanks for this post about George Bush. Pesky1 Saturday #5
Bush will always be a coward and a thief DemocracyForever Saturday #8
I miss her too! Can you imagine the Billsdaughter Saturday #2
I miss her too, very much. Martin Eden Saturday #6
And then the polarizers accuse you of being polarizing for calling out their polarization. Beartracks Saturday #7

Pesky1

(87 posts)
1. Shrub Bush
Sat May 9, 2026, 01:49 PM
Saturday

I grew up reading the great Mollly Ivins in the Fort Worth Star Telegram...her home newspaper.

She stuck "Shrub" with his name.

Pompoy

(261 posts)
3. Bush was kind to her in death.
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:30 PM
Saturday

"After her death, George W. Bush, a frequent target of her barbs, said in a statement, "I respected her convictions, her passionate belief in the power of words. She fought her illness with that same passion. Her quick wit and commitment will be missed."

Pesky1

(87 posts)
5. Thanks for this post about George Bush.
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:48 PM
Saturday

You added several plus points to my assessment of him.

DemocracyForever

(176 posts)
8. Bush will always be a coward and a thief
Sat May 9, 2026, 05:11 PM
Saturday

for refusing to accept the will of the people and for stealing what wasn't his. Our country is now on the verge of becoming a dictatorship because of him.

Billsdaughter

(178 posts)
2. I miss her too! Can you imagine the
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:15 PM
Saturday

privilege it would have been to see her on TV now speaking truth to power?

Martin Eden

(15,861 posts)
6. I miss her too, very much.
Sat May 9, 2026, 02:54 PM
Saturday

I'd like to know what she would write today, but on the other hand she is spared the anguish of what's happening now.

Beartracks

(14,637 posts)
7. And then the polarizers accuse you of being polarizing for calling out their polarization.
Sat May 9, 2026, 03:00 PM
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