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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-04 12:07 PM
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Lord of the Rings and good vs. evil
In Lord of the Rings, the evil uses nothing but fear and violence. All of the good uses nothing but hope and violence in return. I wish the American people could draw similar parallel. A Frodo endorsement of Kerry perhaps?
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-04 12:08 PM
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1. at least evil didn't
try to pass off their fear as hope like the current evil in the WH does...
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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-04 12:13 PM
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3. True and the evil in Lord of the Rings wasn't elected
Then again, neither was our President. The parallels draw more frightening by the second.
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rkc3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-04 12:09 PM
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2. Gandalf - All you have to do is figure out what to do with the time...
you're given.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-04 12:37 PM
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4. I see Kerry as Aragorn n/t
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-04 12:49 PM
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6. Rove is Wormtongue n/t
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DaveFL99 Donating Member (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-04 12:37 PM
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5. We don't need Frodo's endorsement
Edited on Wed Aug-11-04 12:38 PM by DaveFL99
We have Licorice.
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