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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Fantasy Politics

Tolken's race or Well's Eloi (the Time Machine) ?

This one admits to having dabbled with Wicca !!!

Op-Ed Columnist - Myth and Madness - NYTimes.com:

"Christine O’Donnell is in a fantasy world. Literally.

The pretty Palin Mini-Me identifies with the women of Middle Earth, comparing herself to the female characters in the “Lord of the Rings” novels by J. R. R. Tolkien.

“Look at the significance that he gives to Eowyn, the Lady of Rohan,” O’Donnell said on C-Span in 2003. “She was a warrior spirit and, to me, that’s who I love. I mean, I aspire to be soft and gentle like Arwen, but realistically, I’m a fighter, like Eowyn.”

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