The Voice of Treason

Yes, she was the olive

Writing by treason on Sunday, 25 of March , 2007 at 6:22 pm

I think the first tribute I read this week was the one on FNC’s website - an article by Susan Estrich. And then the floodgates opened. It was if George W. Bush had blown up the levees again. (People, it’s a joke. Bush didn’t blow up the freaking levees, okay?)

Anyway, I had to go where I usually go when I want to read the top-of-the-line obits. A lot of people want their day in the sun, their fifteen minutes. They want fame, they want to be remembered. This isn’t something that motivates me - I prefer to travel incognito. But if I knew I could get a write-up in National Review after I’m dead, I might just be whistling a different tune.

Since Cathy Seipp wrote a dazzling column for NRO, there would certainly be some mention of her this week. Oh, was there.

“Our Girl, Cathy”

“Fearlessly Independent”

“An Unorthodox Talent”

“A Fond Farewell”

Cathy was like a secret you just had to share, and all those who wrote about her at NRO provided links to share even more of her with us.

“Moxie” provides a stunning photo. “Pajamas Media” bestows a portrait by Roman Genn. “Jeremayakovka” provides a piece from an interview:

Interviewer: What do you consider the most important personal quality?

Cathy: A certain large-mindedness, or generosity of spirit - because this encompasses not only extending yourself for others, but other qualities like courage, and having friends who disagree with you politically, and not constantly worrying about what other people think.

And also a quote:

“Any publication she wrote for was changed from bottled water into a crisp martini. She was the olive — savory, faintly intoxicating, even nourishing.”

As a vodka martini fancier myself, I know precisely the type of olive he’s talking about. A martini is simply swill without it.

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