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Dept. Of Odd Comparisons

September 3, 2008

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Daniel Larison

To activist Republicans and conservatives, she is a heroine. She is Joan of Arc. ~Jay Nordlinger

These people are aware of how things worked out for Joan of Arc, aren’t they?  It might be considered a tremendous compliment to be compared to such a martyr (even if it is a French one in this case), but I’m pretty sure that politicians do not aspire to being likened to those who were captured and burned at the stake by their enemies.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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