Brigham Young Redux

Perhaps Margaret Spellings meant Mormons are "our" people, in which case everybody else is someone else's people.

Ms. Spellings said that Senator Orrin G. Hatch had invited her to Utah and she expressed eagerness to visit there. "These are Republicans," she said. "These are our people."

Upon first arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young proclaimed "This is the place." It seems only a short step to saying "These are our people." Next is "This is our quest," or "These are the times of our lives." The kind of portentous silliness that Masters of the Universe like to spew at the rabble, and that seems right at home in the Land of Zion.