McCain-Turning Into A Troll-“We wants it. We needs it. Must have the precious" (NYT)

[kpete]

I miss the good old days. Remember when the presidential campaign was all about oil drilling? That sure was fun....

Remember how we used to joke about John McCain looking like an old guy yelling at kids to get off his lawn? It’s only in retrospect that we can see that the keep-off-the-grass period was the McCain campaign’s golden era. Now, he’s beginning to act like one of those movie characters who steals the wrong ring and turns into a troll.

During that last debate, while he was wandering around the stage, you almost expected to hear him start muttering: “We wants it. We needs it. Must have the precious.”

....The Republican campaign strategy now involves sending their candidates to areas where everybody is a die-hard McCain supporter already. Then they yell about Obama until the crowd is so frenzied people start making threats. The rest of the country is supposed to watch and conclude that this would be an enjoyable way to spend the next four years.

Maybe the Republicans should have picked somebody else. I miss Mitt Romney. Sure, he was sort of smarmy. But when Mitt was around, the banks had money and Iceland was solvent. And, of course, when we got bored, we could always talk about how he drove to Canada with his Irish setter strapped to the car roof...

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more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11collins.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[Motown_Johnny]

1. Erratic Behavior Explained? Schizophrenia brought on by the ring of power?

[crispini]

2. LOL. Pretty biting stuff!

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Sure is.....

"Now, he’s starting to resemble an ambulatory patient accompanied by female attendants on an outing."

[BrklynLiberal]

3. It sure affected prez shit-for-brains...

[yourout]

4. McSmegal.

Can I copyright that?

[WillyT]

5. LOL !!!

"I miss the old guy-guy McCain who had so many male pals around he looked like a walking fraternity reunion. Now, he’s starting to resemble an ambulatory patient accompanied by female attendants on an outing."

:rofl:

[beac]

11. SO many great lines in this piece!

:rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

7. Eggsactly!

to the "T".

[Bubbha Jo]

8. Great piece

[Tatiana]

9. OMG YES! Especially when he starts that whispering voice.

"Must have the pweciousssssssss...."

[RagAss]

10. LOL..."this would be an enjoyable way to spend the next four years"

[Undercurrent]

12. Perfecto!

Gail read my mind, and phrased it in a most entertaining and cutting way.

[Zenmaster]

13. Gollum isn't a troll...

...sorry to get geeky.