Molly Ivins was a syndicated newspaper columnist, co-author of Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush (Random House) and Bushwhacked (Random House).
An excerpt from the new eBook, Molly Ivins: Letters to The Nation.
They’re back now, but Texas’s few living elected Democrats, who fled to Oklahoma pursued by minions of the law, are said to remain unrepentant. The proximate cause was a redistricting map, but
Austin
Oh, sure, blame it on Texas. It’s all our fault Jim Jeffords walked. Many, many people in Washington are assuming "the Texans" in the White House are responsible for this massive screw-up. Whereas everybody in political Austin assumes it. It’s often hard to discern the difference between Texas Tough and Texas Stupid.