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McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing

Posted by samzenpus on from the 7-rings-for-the-legislative-branch dept.

Oxford_Comma_Lover writes "Senator McCain decried Tea Party 'Hobbits' on Wednesday for their failure to support the GOP's debt deal, at times reading from a WSJ editorial that began the analogy. The Tea Party fired back, with a prominent member noting on CNN that McCain had been corrupted by the ring of power. The full text of his floor remarks should be in the Congressional Record later today."

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  1. Well ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... if the US Government had the same budget as a Peter Jackson movie we wouldn't be in this fiscal mess, now would we? ;-)

    1. Re:Well ... by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They do. They just went over the budget because they decided to do the war scenes with real extras instead of much cheaper CGI.

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  2. Silly McCain... by TehCable · · Score: 5, Funny

    One does not simply walk into Metaphor.

    1. Re:Silly McCain... by RavenChild · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Sir, please remove that 1 from your UID. You have been promoted.

  3. LolzSec? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, which one of you hacked his teleprompter?

  4. Obviously McCain doesn't understand the story by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Tea Party aren't Hobbits by any stretch of the imagination - hobbits are more like 1970's back-to-the-land hippie organic farmer types.

    No, the Tea Party seems to be much more like the Easterlings, who's society has been thoroughly corrupted by promises of power regardless of the decency or lack thereof of the individual members. And Obama seems to be playing the role of Denethor, trying to hold back the tide but not really being able to do so and kinda ambiguous about where he's loyalties really lie.

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  5. Re:Easy enough by ArcherB · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you hate government so much, move to Somalia. Seriously.

    If you love water so much, why not move to the middle of the Atlantic?

    The problem is not government in general. The problem is TOO MUCH government, and too much CENTRALIZED government. You have much more power influencing your local and state government than you will ever have trying to influence the federal government. This should be obvious when you consider that 48/50 US Senators don't care about you or your state.

    If we had more local control over our lives, your argument would carry much more weight. You could say, "If you hate government so much, move to Mississippi. Seriously." and you would know that the person you are talking to could truly move to Mississippi. Of course, if they are already in MS, you could tell them to keep their noses out of your state's business.

    It's all clearly explained in the 10'th Amendment. Unfortunately, all three branches of our government seem to ignore it, even though they've all taken an oath to defend it. Clearly, the 10th Amendment means SOMETHING. I mean, the founders wouldn't have put in there for nothing. It's not like they had nine amendments and said, "Let's make up one more to make in an even 10."

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  6. Re:Easy enough by Phreakiture · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm not convinced that it is the quantity of government, but rather its specific content. The government is doing things that it should not, and not doing things that it should. Reducing the size of government might reduce the number of things it is doing that it should not, but I assure you the other side of this imbalance will only get worse, because the government will likely also stop doing several things that it should be doing.

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