Friday, July 29, 2011

"Gollum McCain"

James Robbins has some fun with Maverick, and, in the process, provides some fascinating details about the provenance of some of Tolkien's inspiration.

4 comments:

JeffS said...

Yeah, I had a hard time understanding why McCain would compare the TEA Party to Hobbits in such a denigrating fashion.

And then I realized.....it's because he looks at down to earth Americans with disdain.

I regret ever having to support this clown. But it was him or Obama -- not much of a choice.

RebeccaH said...

I agree, Jeff. Obama or McCain, Sophie's choice. But I at least used to respect McCain... until he threw Sarah Palin under the bus, that is. He can take his criticisms and his advice and shove them where the sun don't shine.

JorgXMcKie said...

Like so many who have remained in DC very long, McCain has become a kind of snob, especially about those who disdain government 'help'.

I think he has Saruman-ike tendencies.

And my neighborhood had people with names like Stubblefield and Starkweather.

Paco said...

Saruman...good analogy!