Oh no...

[ebonlock]

Nationally syndicated columnist Molly Ivins has been hospitalized in her recurring battle with breast cancer.

"I think she's tough as a metal boot," her brother, Andy Ivins, said Friday after a visit with her at Seton Medical Center in Austin.

Andy Ivins said his sister was admitted to Seton on Thursday. She spent Friday morning with longtime colleagues and friends, and was "sleeping peacefully" when he arrived later in the day.

A self-described leftist agitator, Ivins, 62, completed a round of radiation treatment in August, but the cancer "came back with a vengeance," and has spread through her body, Andy Ivins said....

And the Wingnuts respond as expected to the news:

In respect for the old adage that if you can't say something nice about someone it's better to say nothing, I will say nothing.

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Remember, you never know what loving prayer and concern for one's enemies will result in. She might have a change of heart, even now.

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Prayers for her recovery from cancer and from the liberalism.

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I do hope Ms. Ivin's takes a long break from her writing to focus on recovery. Say 10 to 12 years.

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from cancer and from the liberalism.

But then sir, you repeat yourself.

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Yes, but we still need to pray for liberals. They truly are an unhappy bunch. They may not admit it, but their constant anger, depression and lack of hope are eating them as surely as any cancer. Most of them don't even like themselves.

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I hope she recovers OK and the Doctors inadvertently sew her mouth shut before they send her home.

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It's sad that I have to suppress the thoughts I have...

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Her hatred of George Bush and Republicans these past six years probably took a toll on her health. Hating that much can never be good...

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My wife has had a couple of bouts with breast cancer. I've always believed stress was a factor, as she tends to internalize things. I suppose in keeping with that theory, excess vitriolic hatred could probably cause some health issues, too...

Much worse here. via No More Mister Nice Blog.

Comments

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

That's to be expected from the wing-nuts. They love a chance to gloat at the misfortune of those who don't share their twisted world views.

But what sad news! It doesn't sound good, which is a damn shame. She's a good person as well as a powerful voice.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Amen to that, I hope she can make her way through this illness and back onto the pages of the newspapers and the internet soon.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

These are the sort of people who believed that utter bitch Anne Coulter when she claimed that the 9/11 widows were greedy whores who were glad their husbands had died, or who supported a smear campaign against war hero and triple amputee Max Cleland. I put nothing past them.

[psyfic.livejournal.com]

*will light a candle for her*

Eric Hoffer said it best: Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunies for battle.

How totally empty those people's lives must be.