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The Spitting Image, Captain of the Hosts Edition (posted 20 January 2008)

What is it that unnerves me so much about the media’s duly-appointed Presumptive Republican Front-Runner, Senator John McCain? Is it the rampaging militarism? The austerely fascist aesthetic of his campaign materials? The newsmedia’s idiotic enthusiasm for any politician who can, in some sense or another, be packaged as a straight talker, without consideration for what the content of the straight talk might be? (So he says, with some conviction, that we ought to bomb the world. Great.)

Well, yes, yes, and yes, but there’s something that runs deeper, too. Just something about him, a certain I-know-not-what about the way he holds himself, and the way he talks, and the way he rallies his troops, that I can’t quite put words to. Where have I seen this before? Oh, wait…

Here's a photo of John McCain. And here's a photo of Gothmog, Captain of Morgul, from the Return of the King, looking eerily similar.

Yeah, that’s it.

McCain: The age of Man is over. The age of the Orc has begun!

Replies to The Spitting Image, Captain of the Hosts Edition (3 so far…) Syndication feed

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  1. The age of Man is over. The age of the Orc has begun! « paulie cannoli:

    […] H/T Charles W. Johnson […]

    posted 22 January 2008 at 4:24 pm

  2. The age of Man is over. The age of the Orc has begun! « Last Free Voice:

    […] H/T Charles W. Johnson […]

    posted 22 January 2008 at 6:34 pm

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