Ross Douthat spews all over himself in his political man-crush on Tom Coburn. "A Serious Man"? Not even close. A serious bat-shit crazy, antiscientific global warming denialist? A serious obstructionist of Congress less on idealistic principles than on gnat-straining for gnat-straining's sake? Check.
I would say Douthat hit a new low in shark-jumping, but this column isn't even that. Rather, it's a new low in intellectual laziness; he seemingly just mailed in this one.
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