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Molly Ivins

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The Resume

    (August 30, 1944-January 31, 2007)
    Raised near Houston, Texas
    Wrote ‘Molly Ivins Can’t Say That Can She?,’ ‘Nothin’ But Good Times Ahead,’ ‘Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush,’ ‘You Got To Dance With Them What Brung You: The Politics in the Clinton Years,’ ‘Bushwhacked’ and ‘Who Let The Dogs In?’
    Former Rocky Mountain bureau chief for ‘New York Times’
    Columnist for ‘The Texas Observer,’ ‘The Dallas Times Herald,’ ‘The Fort Worth Star Telegram’ and 'The Minneapolis Tribune’
    Commentator for National Public Radio and ‘60 Minutes’
    Died of breast cancer at 62

Why she might be annoying:

    She made a career out of criticizing the administration of George W. Bush, and that of his father, George H.W. Bush.
    The ‘New York Times’ dismissed her after she wrote an article on a community chicken killing festival.
    She was accused of plagiarizing from the book ‘Southern Ladies and Gentlemen’ in one of her columns (1995).
    She was banned from the campus of Texas A&M University.
    The Minneapolis police named their pig mascot in her honor.
    During the Iraqi War, she falsely claimed more Iraqi citizens had been killed as a result of war than had been killed by Saddam Hussein.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her political commentary is more humorous and witty than that of her contemporaries.
    She opposes corporate ownership of news media outlets.
    She was nominated for several Pulitzer Prizes.
    She was active in the civil rights movement during the 1960’s.
    She graduated Columbia School of Journalism.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 38 Votes: 39.47% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 68 Votes: 48.53% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 76 Votes: 43.42% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 49 Votes: 46.94% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 41 Votes: 48.78% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 41 Votes: 51.22% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 179 Votes: 42.46% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 41 Votes: 39.02% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 131 Votes: 50.38% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 243 Votes: 51.03% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 172 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 302 Votes: 54.64% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 448 Votes: 48.66% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 484 Votes: 45.25% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 207 Votes: 57.00% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 225 Votes: 47.11% Annoying