Washington Post Columnist Mary McGrory Dies at 85

Washington Post (excerpt) ^ | April 22, 2004 | David Von Drehle

[Rummyfan]

a writer of lasting influence, exquisite technique, liberal convictions, a contempt for phonies and a love of orphans and delphiniums, died last night at George Washington University Hospital.

May she rest in peace but .... a writer of lasting influence and exquisite technique?

[TC Rider]

All we need now is for Molly Ivins and Moron Dowd to kick off, and we'll have the perfect trifecta......

Couldn't we squeeze Helen Thomas in there somewhere?

[Mr. K]

"...a writer of [...] liberal convictions, a contempt for phonies..."

Impossible- these are mutually exclusive. For example, did she ever ADMIT her 'liberal convictions'? (or was she a phony)

Her inane ramblings were drivel

[dirtboy]

a writer of lasting influence and exquisite technique?

In other words, she could subtly inject her bias into her work, instead of making it so blatantly obvious like journalists nowadays.

[Howlin]

And you would be who?

[Chi-townChief]

As with the late Paul Simon, this is another case of RIP and the less said, the better.

[wolficatZ]

"Mr. Fang says you're not long for this forum."

[Constitution Day]

PS: Wait until Helen Thomas croaks, then you'll see some fun.

Hah! I think we should all have a party.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hah! I think we should all have a party.

I don't know if I can drink enough to be as incoherent as her without passing out.

[Verginius Rufus]

Today is the 134th anniversary of Lenin's birth, and the 10th anniversary of Richard Nixon's death. Having the news come out today about Mary McGrory's death may dampen the celebrations of Lenin's birthday among our Democratic Socialists, and McGrory misses the opportunity to write a column trashing Nixon on the anniversary of his death.

[FourtySeven]

Welcome to FR! Here's some advice: When you join a group of people, it's best not to overly criticize a member of that group, when you haven't been in said group for an appreciable amount of time.

It's just common sense.

After a few months, you'll be able to flame with the best of em, but the words of a "newbie" carry little weight, especially around here.

Enjoy!

[dirtboy]

He's a troll. He already had a vanity that bitched about this pulled. He's still around because the kittens are all sleeping off the trolls they had for lunch.

[gargoyle]

...Put some delphiniums and orphans on her grave for me, let the influential, phoney, contemptuous, exquisite, liberal, id'ee fixe s, take care of her remains...

[gargoyle]

...There are no phoney liberals. Liberal phoneys, yea. Let him speak, or this will cease to be FR...

[BobFromNJ]

Good point---I stand corrected!

[Positive]

"A hospital spokeswoman declined to give the cause of death."

Perhaps she choked on her own words.

[Viking2002]

Couldn't we squeeze Helen Thomas in there somewhere?

Damn, I thought of that about an hour after I posted my comment, while I was on my way in to work...LOL

[bondjamesbond]

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[mombonn]

PS: Wait until Helen Thomas croaks, then you'll see some fun.

I was properly respectful until your your reply.

Shame on you, I'm now ROFL!

[A Jovial Cad]

Okay, I give up. What are you trying to tell me?