In a Jan. 6 article in the Chicago Tribune and also here, Molly Ivins begins:
The president of the United States does not have the sense God gave a duck--so it's up to us. You and me.
Outraged, she continues:
I don't know why President Bush is just standing there like a frozen rabbit, but it's time we found out. The fact is we have to do something about it. This country is being torn apart by an evil and unnecessary war, and it has to be stopped now....
Molly points out that almost no one supports the "surge," but she is eloquent about other issues too:
What happened to the nation that never tortured? The nation that wasn't supposed to start wars of choice? The nation that respected human rights and life? A nation that from the beginning was against tyranny? Where have we gone? How did we let these people take us there? How did we let them fool us?
It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there. This administration has done away with rights first enshrined in the Magna Carta nearly 800 years ago, and we've let them do it.
Molly promises to continue her effort.
This will be a regular feature of mine, like an old-fashioned newspaper campaign. Every column, I'll write about this war until we find some way to end it. STOP IT NOW. BAM!
In conclusion, she says adults need to take charge. Also,
We need to make sure that the new Congress curbs executive power, which has been so misused, and asserts its own power to make this situation change. Now.
In case your local papers don't carry her column, here's another link.