University of Wisconsing Eau Claire; University of Wisconsing Eau Claire
- Introduction
- Podium issues. Molly took off her shoes.
- Molly begins.
- John Henry Faulk/ACLU/Reverend Weaver/Citizen's Against Pornography Story
- Reverend Weaver
- John Henry Faulk
- "You asshole! You asshole!"
- Political correctness
- "All the evils of free speech can be solved by more free speech."
- Political correctness furor takes time and energy away from the epidemic of black and brown people dying under mysterious circumstances.
- The cure for all excesses of free speech is more free speech.
- PIFFLE- Politically Incorrect Feminists Free to Laugh at Everything
- Satire definition
- Rush Limbaugh
- Separation of Church and State
- Dr. Martin from Rice University
- Fundamentalists frightened by Pastors who used that technique to get theimr money.
- Fundamentalists & anti-intellectualism
- John Henry Faulk/Boots Cooper chickensnake story
- Safety vs. Freedom
- McCarthy Era. McCarthy as one of Wisconsin's "gifts" to the nation
- Rowell- "Tell them how much fun it was, tell them how much fun it was."
- Speech Ends
- Questions and Answers begins
- "Louisiana is a peculiar state. Half of the state is under water and the other is under indictment."
- A dittohead tries to mansplain to Molly Ivins about homeless individuals, the dead, "Kennedy had the same political philosophy", etc.
- Molly answers him by using Rush Limbaugh's own words about Hillary Clinton.
- The definition of uppity women
- 1970 Westlake Hills Ann Richards story in reaction to "jugs" description. Ann mentions dicks and balls.
- Bill Clinton as a compromiser and consensus builder
- Training for politicians comes from parenthood.
- Lyndon Johnson story
- "If you got their peckers in you pocket, their hearts & minds will follow."-Lyndon B. Johnson
- Mike Martin story
- In Texas it is illegal to pay somebody to shoot you
- George H. Bush
- "Eat Cheese or Die"
- Molly Ivins lacks patience to be in politics
- Molly discusses her early days in journalism in the 1960's
- "Ivins get your ass out there."
- Camille Paglia
- "Never be afraid of making an ass of yourself."
- Charles Dickens and Jane Austen
- Waco
- The law didn't like to be laughed at.
- Molly Ivins was once banned from Texas A&M. An old rule stated that they couldn't have a political speaker on campus.
- Ann Richards & Phil Graham & the presidency
- Voters don't like mean politicians
- Politicians can get elected by people's fear
- NAFTA
- Questions and Answers ends
- (Tape Ends)