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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:00 AM

Can Frodo save Iraq?

Sen. Rick Santorum thinks the war is distracting the "Eye of Mordor." But we really want to know your fantastical literary metaphors for the war in Iraq!

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2006 02:11 PM

    Grima Wormtongue

    In Tolkein terms, stretched as they are, George W. Bush would be King Theoden, son of Thengel, the King of Rohan. Cheney would be Grima Wormtongue, turning Theoden away from his family and the advice of his counselors. While the analogy is hardly perfect, we do have to remove Wormtongue (ie impeach Cheney) before we can bring back a good leader to Rohan (by impeaching Bush). Oh, where's Gandalf when we need him? Oh yeah, the Balrog Karl Rove got him...

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