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Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« on: July 29, 2011, 12:06:34 PM »
Last night on The Colbert Report Stephen Colbert talked about how McCain had called Tea Partiers hobbits, hilarity ensues. http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/thu-july-28-2011-buddy-roemer
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 12:36:31 PM »
Epic.

I anticipated the Pelosi-cave-troll link. =)
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 01:09:19 PM »
McCain called Tea Partiers hobbits?

In LOTR, weren't they the good guys?

Hmmm . . . I guess that makes Obama . . . Sauron?   :O
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 01:13:11 PM »
Better a Hobbit than a Bobbit.
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 01:14:35 PM »
I think the most fitting analogy is conspicuously absent from McCain's ramblings.


It is all happening at "Mordor on the Potomac."
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 01:43:14 PM »
I think that makes Johnny Mac, Saruman.
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2011, 02:10:10 PM »
Quote from: Jocassee on July 29, 2011, 01:43:14 PM
I think that makes Johnny Mac, Saruman.
Dang it, I had to refresh before posting that and here you beat me to it.   =D
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2011, 04:48:14 AM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on July 29, 2011, 02:35:36 PM



Epic win!  =D

And  =|, now that I think about it.

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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2011, 11:19:50 PM »
Quote from: HankB on July 29, 2011, 01:09:19 PM
McCain called Tea Partiers hobbits?

In LOTR, weren't they the good guys?

Hmmm . . . I guess that makes Obama . . . Sauron?   :O

Following that...  Nancy Pelosi = gollum?
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2011, 12:15:09 AM »
Ummm... no.

Gollum actually HELPED in the book...
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2011, 08:55:03 AM »
Quote from: Gowen on July 30, 2011, 11:19:50 PM
Following that...  Nancy Pelosi = gollum? goblin

FIFY....  =D
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Re: Stephen Colbert talks about debt ceiling, Lord of the Rings
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2011, 11:49:56 AM »
at ~2:10, sorry for that, but it was thing i thought of back when i saw that the first time. :laugh:


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