You know we're in trouble when Congresscritters try to make Lord of the Rings analogies

[thewayne]

"As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else. 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."
-- Sen. Rick Santorum

Comments

[nausicaa1.livejournal.com]

OMG WTF? So who is supposed to be The Eye--OMG TERRARISTS!!1? Liberals? I don't get it.

[neefsck.livejournal.com]

You know...my first thought was that "At least this senator is able to read..." and then I rememebered that they made it into a movie as well.. :)

[maegwin-of-hern.livejournal.com]

WTF is that eye supposed to symbolize? The world in general? Like "look at those bad baddies in Iraq, don't look to us, no, look there, over there?" I don't get it. And someone should tell that guy that just because he's watched the movies, it doesn't make him cool.

[donkey-hokey.livejournal.com]

I'm tired of reading politicians' statements where my first thought is.. "wow, somebody's finally coming out and saying something that mirrors the way the rest of the world feels about us" .. only to read it again and see that it's still the same ole tired "us (good) vs. them (evil)" nonsense.

[quasar273.livejournal.com]

So, wait, is Santorum saying that we committed all those troops to Iraq and got all those people killed as a diversion? From what? Who the heck are the hobbits, here?

Well, at least Santorum isn't MY senator anymore. I sure felt unrepresented when I lived in PA.

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

Maybe the President is supposed to play Frodo.

[ateji.livejournal.com]

It is Santorum... 'nuff said.