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Senator McCain Invokes LOTR Mythology

Posted by Richard Warnick in 2012 Elections, Economy, Federal Budget, John McCain, Mike Lee, National Politics, Party Politics, Republicans, Tea Bag Party on July 27th, 2011

There was so much crazy stuff going on atop Capitol Hill today, it was hard to choose. My pick is Senator John McCain (R-AZ) comparing the Tea-GOP to adventurous Hobbits who ought to have stayed home in The Shire (Senator Mike Lee isn’t that short is he?).

Of course, the geographically-challenged McCain (in the past, he has mixed up Somalia and Sudan, talked about the “Iraq/Pakistan border,” and referred to Czechoslovakia, which hasn’t been on the map since 1993) said that Hobbits hoped to defeat Mordor and “return to Middle Earth.” The entire Lord of the Rings story takes place in Middle Earth. Hobbits live in The Shire.

On “The Ed Show” tonight, Liz Winstead pointed out that the Tea-GOP are more like Orcs than Hobbits.

So which Lord of the Rings character is John McCain? I vote for Saruman, the white wizard who flip-flopped from good to evil.

UPDATE: Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, responds to McCain: “Clearly he’s been corrupted by the ring of power.”

UPDATE: Another contender for craziest politician quote from Wednesday is Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA): GOP lawmaker advises poor to ‘drop out of the country club’. Rep. Broun has sponsored a bill to lower the limit on our National Debt.

UPDATE: Stephen Colbert sets the record straight on Congressional Tolkien references

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  1. #1 by Ken Bingham on July 27, 2011 - 8:54 pm

    No he’s not Saruman, he’s Grima Wormtongue.

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  2. #2 by brewski on July 27, 2011 - 9:50 pm

    Obama is the Wizard of Oz, who as it turns out is a carnival fraud from Nebraska with nothing but a microphone and smokescreen to intimidate those who enter his presence.

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  3. #3 by cav on July 28, 2011 - 8:08 am

    Sarah Palin must then be Dorothy. And she’s certainly no longer in Kansas:

    Though a majority of Americans side with Obama’s position, Fox asked Palin why he seems so disconnected from the public. Palin harped on the all-too-familiar right-wing refrain that American ideals “seem to be foreign to our President” because of “his background.

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  4. #4 by Rico on July 28, 2011 - 8:12 am

    Sarah Palin must then be Dorothy.

    I’m thinking Wicked Witch of the West, but Scarecrow is also an acceptable answer.

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  5. #5 by cav on July 28, 2011 - 8:15 am

    I stand corrected.

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  6. #6 by brewski on July 28, 2011 - 8:45 am

    Nancy Pelosi is the wicked witch of the East who was killed when the house fell on her.

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  7. #7 by Ronald D. Hunt on July 28, 2011 - 11:39 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zbF5SlKyRI

    As I recall the republicans where calling her the wicked witch of the left!

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  8. #8 by Ronald D. Hunt on July 28, 2011 - 11:40 am

    California produces the funnest political ad’s!!!

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