Lord of the Zings

As you know, Sen. McCain fired a broadside at the clueless, uncompromising malcontents in his party yesterday. To recap, he thinks they're crazy to think they can block raising the debt ceiling, escape blame for the resulting catastrophe, and then, like "Tea Party Hobbits," return triumphantly to "Middle Earth having defeated Mordor." Twisting the dagger further, McCain said, “This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell into GOP Senate nominees.” Today, Angle fired back. “As in the fable, it is the hobbits who are the heroes and save the land. This Lord of the TARP actually ought to read to the end of the story and join forces with the Tea Party, not criticize it,” Angle said in a statement. “Meanwhile, we look forward to meeting members of Congress and the President at the polls in 2012 … And we will keep in mind those who supported increasing our nation’s mountain of debt, what could be called their very own Mount Doom.” Now, I doubt that Angle herself crafted these words. But whichever wordsmith did deserves points for metaphorical cleverness. And pass the popcorn.