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"As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else," Santorum said, describing the tool the evil Lord Sauron used in search of the magical ring that would consolidate his power over Middle-earth.
"It's being drawn to Iraq and it's not being drawn to the U.S.," he continued. "You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States."
The Herald Standard reports that soon-to-be-former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is a big Lord of the Rings fan, which is really interesting. Aren't his supporters the type of people who try to get Harry Potter banned from school libraries and such? What's with the double standard when it comes to wizards? I mean, Gandalf and Harry both repised Christ's "risen from the dead" storyline and everything.
Anyhow, what really gets me is that this sort of thinking is what passes for actual analysis in the halls of the Republican Congress.
"See, it's a GOOD thing we screwed up Iraq," he seems to be saying.
3 comments:
What a tool!
I seem to remember that the GOP leaders wanted us to be the valiant savior of the poor, oppressed people of former Mesopotamia. Those of us who were initially skeptical about, or opposed to the war endured accusations that we didn't care about the Iraqi people, etc, etc. Now, the GOP's big idea is to keep that country in a state of perpetual war?! I wonder how that's working out for the Iraqi people.
It's been widely reported that Santorum is going down in this election. He seems to be hopelessly behind his opponent in the polls. I'm not sorry. Mordor or otherwise, I'll be glad whe he disappears from this kingdom and leaves us Hobbits alone. He loves his friends and sticks with them to the last match. But to the enemies he has chosen to make, he is a great devil. He meant to be. Be gone, you goddamned orc.
Jim,
Excellent point about the wing nuts' new vision for Iraq! I also remember the flag-waving and the messianic talk about delivering the wayward Iraqi people to a new land of prosperity and freedom.
Bush Rule #1: Never change the strategy; Just change the rhetoric.
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