by John Norris
She recoiled at: Mary McGrory Papers, container 10.
She thought Al Gore: Mary McGrory, column, February 27, 2000.
“This would be utterly”: Beth Harpaz, The Girls in the Van: A Reporter’s Diary of the Campaign Trail (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002), 84–85.
With that, Mary turned: Corn, “The Death of Mary McGrory.”
When Bush selected Dick Cheney: Mary McGrory, column, July 27, 2000.
She shared the opinion: Mary McGrory, column, August 3, 2000.
As Election Day approached: Mary McGrory, column, November 2, 2000.
“Life goes on”: Mary McGrory, column, November 12, 2000.
“He is all wet”: Mary McGrory, column, November 23, 2000.
“The best that can be said”: Mary McGrory, column, December 14, 2000.
Mary wished that Gore: Mary McGrory, column, December 17, 2000.
Not long after, Mary: Mary McGrory Papers, container 7, McGrory note to Sandy Berger, December 28, 2000.
As fellow Post editor: Ken Ikenberry, interview by author, March 18, 2010.
Mary’s bottom line: Mary McGrory Papers, container 110.
“She wanted a plain”: Brian McGrory interview.
Mary’s letter to her lawyer: Mary McGrory Papers, container 165.
“It was gloomy and rainy”: Mark Gearan interview.
Gearan had not played: Fisher, “Honored to Have Known.”
“We just had to do”: Joel Achenbach, “Columnist Mary McGrory, Having Her Final Say,” Washington Post, April 27, 2004.
“Good,” said Mary: Gailey, “Words That Emblazoned”; “Saying Farewell to Two Best Friends,” St. Petersburg Times, May 2, 2004.
She declared that Bush: Mary McGrory, column, September 13, 2001.
“You are a shameful”: Mary McGrory Papers, container 119; Mary McGrory, column, October 28, 2001.
“But maybe it could”: Mary McGrory Papers, container 119.
“If anyone asks for credentials”: Mary McGrory Papers, container 164.
“She was beyond thrilled”: Brian McGrory interview.
After a battery: Mary McGrory Papers, container 155.
“Sheepish Democrats continue”: Mary McGrory, column, October 17, 2002.
“They emitted a bleat”: Mary McGrory, column, November 10, 2002.
Mary railed against: Mary McGrory, column, January 30, 2003.
Mary’s column the day after: Mary McGrory, column, February 6, 2003.
Oliver North, the disgraced: Donahue, MSNBC, February 6, 2003; Hannity & Colmes, Fox News Network, February 7, 2003.
“When Mary McGrory”: Bob Woodward, Larry King Live.
“If there was one column”: Al Kamen interview.
“We have been through a great deal”: Mary McGrory, column, March 6, 2003.
As she wrote to one of: Mary McGrory Papers, container 10.
“The slopes off Rock Creek”: Mary McGrory, column, March 16, 2003.
It was clear that: Tina Toll interview.
“Get well damn it”: Mary McGrory Papers, containers 5 and 3.
“It was one of the weirdest”: Lance Gay interview.
“Mary continued to call me”: Dowd, “A Star Columnist”; Dowd, Are Men Necessary? 130–34.
During one of her conversations: McGrory, The Best of Mary McGrory, xii–xviii.
“If you find someone”: Lee Cohn, interview by author, September 1, 2010.
“We knew she would still”: Borger, “An Inspiration Named Mary”; Gloria Borger, interview by author, March 17, 2010.
“She would write things”: Al Kamen interview.
“One day I went”: Lee Cohn interview.
Begging forgiveness for: Brian McGrory interview.
“When I think of Mary”: Mary McGrory Papers, container 164.
“If the evening had any excess”: Gailey, “Words That Emblazoned”; “Mary Gloria McGrory Still Follows Her Star,” St. Petersburg Times, November 16, 2003.
“It was amazing”: Mary McGrory Papers, container 165; Sean O’Driscoll, “Washington Goes Green . . . If You’re Irish Come Down to the White House,” Belfast Telegraph, March 12, 2004; Nora Boustany, “On a Festive Day, Irish Speak of Spain and Peace,” Washington Post, March 19, 2004.
“When I couldn’t read”: Josephine Murphy interview.
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