Santorum: War on Terror = LOTR

[Zero]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/17/santorum/index.html

As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else," Santorum said. "It's being drawn to Iraq and it's not being drawn to the U.S. You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States."

Ah, bless you Santorum, what will Politics be without you and your brilliant'ly conceived parallels? :rolleyes2

[Zelkiiro]

At least he's awesome enough to use a relevant parallel. ;D

[Mana]

Yay for links that won't show you anything unless you sign up through them :|

[Rove]

Yay for links that won't show you anything unless you sign up through them :|
Not true. All you had to do was click the sponsor add, wait a few seconds and the article showed up. Since it's short I might as well quote it for future reference:

Rick Santorum and the "Eye of Mordor"

In an interview with the editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times, embattled Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has equated the war in Iraq with J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings." According to the paper, Santorum said that the United States has avoided terrorist attacks at home over the past five years because the "Eye of Mordor" has been focused on Iraq instead.

"As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else," Santorum said. "It's being drawn to Iraq and it's not being drawn to the U.S. You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States."

We're sure that we wouldn't either, if only we had the slightest idea of what Santorum was saying. The Courier Times translates for those of us who are not so conversant in spooky Tolkienese: The "Eye of Mordor," it seems, was "the tool the evil Lord Sauron used in search of the magical ring that would consolidate his power over Middle-earth."

To be fair, Santorum's interview with the editorial board wasn't all about fantasy. Well, at least not the Dungeons and Dragons kind. Santorum said that he disagreed with the notion that the United States is "bogged down" in Iraq. As for talk of a troop withdrawal? Santorum said: "I don't think you ask that question. I know that's the question everybody wants to ask. But I don't think anyone would ask that question in 1944, 'Gee, how long are we going to be in Europe?' We're going to be in Europe until we win."

-- Tim Grieve

[soundchazer]

It is sad that people like him are the ones running the country. Trying to equate Iraq to WWII is a very bad analogy. A better one (and still not accurate enough) would be Vietnam.

[Mana]

I swear the sponsor thing didn't load when I clicked on it the first time x_X; Thanks for the text dump, though.

And, yeah, I wouldn't say that either LotR or WWII is a good analogy, bu tI'll leave my peace at that.

[Roark]

Santorum? I seem to recall him in connection with some rather disgusting sex act...

[Phate]

At least he's awesome enough to use a relevant parallel. ;D
I really don't see why you feel you have some obligation to defend every Republican in existence.

[Blue Audio]

Santorum? I seem to recall him in connection with some rather disgusting sex act...

No no, that's Sherwood choking his girlfriend.

And Bush is campaigning for him at a college 5 miles from my house on Thursday. Hooray.

[laborpilot86]

Santorum is probably so stupid he couldn't even read the first six pages of the 'Hobbit'

Republicans=Uruk-hai

Democrats=the Fellowship

[Moe]

"how long we gonna be in europe? until we win" the problem with that is we didnt go to iraq to win we went to find these so called weapons of mass distruction and said since we're here we might as well take out sadam.

[Dain Kinkaide]

Santorum? I seem to recall him in connection with some rather disgusting sex act...

Yes, thanks to Dan Savage.

[KiraraKim]

I am so thankful that this man is representing my state. :yuck:

[laborpilot86]

Hopefully, KiraraKim, Ricky-Boy wouldn't be representing Penn's woods much longer

The Democrat whose running against him is a D.A named Bob Casey

Even the twisted elephants over at Minas Morgul think Santorum's going down