Michelle Bachmann and the Politics of Comfort

Updated on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 1:18PM by Otter

Updated on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 5:54PM by Otter

Updated on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 10:57PM by Otter

This is the politics of comfort for many. I get that. It's the politics that I grew up with: a defense of the City on the Hill against the forces of chaos and anarchy and self-will that would destroy it.

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These Republicans

Updated on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 7:15AM by Otter

It's not that they're Republicans... It's that they're these Republicans. You know the ones: the ones for whom opposition to abortion and taxes are a vague creed instead of a clearly articulated principle, and for whom amateurism is a recommendation.

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