In the fogginess of confusion over the newly progress to debt ceiling deal , nobody quite knows how to identify what ’s happen . So course , everyone get hold of for Tolkien .
Senator John McCainquoteda Wall Street Journaleditorial , which described the Tea Party ’s abstract thought behind not supporting the batch :
Democrats would have no selection but to hand a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements and the Tea Party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth .
In that narrative , the Tea Party are the Hobbits , and the Balanced Budget Amendment is the One Ring . I cerebrate .
Update : Apparently , we neglect Stephen Colbert’shilarious take on thisthe other day . Thanks , Xstrikr !
http://gawker.com/5825826/stephen-colbert-expands-on-john-mccains-tea-party-hobbits-metaphor
Pete Spiliakos over at Postmodern Conservativetakes payoff with this description :
Can anyone image a Sam , Frodo or Pippin bragging about have a “ titanium spikelet ” – even had they known what atomic number 22 is ? If you had to to make discriminatory comparison between one ’s least favourite Tea Party - consort politicians and nonvillainous characters in the Lord of the Rings ( though I do n’t know why you would have to ) , would n’t it be to Boromir ?
Meanwhile , over at Crooked Timber , Gollum and Smeagol debate the merits of the deal President Obama struck . Gollum feels like he has been tricked by the Tea Party hobbitses , while Smeagol feels as though Obama ( Master ) is doing the right thing . But of class , we all bang how that twist out .
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