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Originally Posted by alatar
I'm still not sure if I whould have placed this thread elsewhere, as I'd like to comment on the Senator's use of Tolkien to describe the world.
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Leaving aside the (very) questionable portrayal of Iraq as a "diversion", it seems to me to be a curious comparison to liken the goal of diverting the attention of terrorists away from the US with the goal of saving the entirety of Middle-earth from unremitting and irresolute evil.
Those of us who regularly use the London Underground, for example, are only too aware that there are many places outside Iraq upon which the minds of terrorists remain fixed.
Anyway, be that as it may ...
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Originally Posted by alatar
Candidate Y actually *laughed* at the Gimli drinking scene... Is this the kind of person you want in Congress?
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Oy! What are you implying about people who laughed at the Gimli drinking scene ...?
My own contributions:
My dear voters. I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve ...
(Perhaps Donald Rumsfeld, with his known knowns, known unknowns etc studied the speeches of Bilbo Baggins …)
Do not meddle in the affairs of Candidate X for he is subtle and quick to anger.
Candidate Y looks fair and feels foul, if you get my meaning.
Go not to Candidate Z for counsel, for he will say both no and yes.