It's Over Gandalf. We Need to Unite Behind Saruman to Save Middle Earth from Sauron!

[Katashi_itto]

I’ve been on Team Gandalf ever since he first visited the Shire. It was so nice to see a wizard who was truly a wizard of the people. The kind of wizard who wouldn’t even throw you in a dungeon for smoking a little Longbottom Leaf or Old Toby. Here was a wizard who didn’t have a big fancy tower. His staff and cloak were rather plain and grey. And he had quite a dream, didn’t he?

Gandalf had the crazy idea that some little hobbits could stand up to and defy the power of the billionaire class Dark Lord Sauron. But I guess that was a pipe dream after all.

Gandalf failed. He got his ass locked up atop Saruman’s tower when he foolishly defied the head of the Democratic Party council of wizards. And now that he’s locked up it’s not like some eagle is going to magically appear and rescue him. It’s over. And now Saruman is our only hope against Sauron.

We need to stop saying nasty things about Saruman or it will be difficult to rally the people of Middle Earth to his side. Here are some things we should no longer mention, or if we do, we should put a positive spin on them so people will still see Saruman is our only hope.

Saruman’s Environmental Record: While it is true that Saruman has supported clear cutting huge ancient forests, and while an old hippie tree hugger like Treebeard might tell you lots of those trees were his friends, we ARE talking about trees here. And sure, Gandalf has a much better record on the environment but he’s done now. It’s time to focus on how much worse Sauron’s environmental record is. I mean, have you seen Mordor?

Saruman’s Being in League With the Dark Lord: Okay, okay. It’s true. Saruman did go to Sauron’s wedding. But that was a LONG time ago when Sauron still had both eyes. And fake hair. It’s also true that Saruman may have promised to do the dark lord’s bidding and to find the ring of power and give it to Sauron. But c’mon! You know Saruman was just doing that because he plans to ultimately betray Sauron after he’s done betraying us!

More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/3/17/1503088/-It-s-Over-Gandalf-We-Need-to-Unite-Behind-Saruman-to-Save-Middle-Earth-from-Sauron

[SidDithers]

1. 1172 to 846...nt

Sid

[hobbit709]

6. Sauron's armies outnumbered them too, but what happened?

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Gandalf isn't what we consider a good churchgoer, wink wink nudge nudge

And he has that annoying accent.

I don't know, there's just SOMETHING about him that I don't like. Can't say what it is

[Agschmid]

3. I guess I'll kick it...

[Kalidurga]

4. Too funny

Sadly, I heard Kos banned that member. The member posts elsewhere now, so all is not lost. I guess we won't be silenced after all.

[baldguy]

5. Sanders is more like Boromire than Gandalf.

Thinking he has the right to take something that he hasn't earned - and prevent The One who did earn it from having it.

[hobbit709]

7. Boy are you wrong.