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HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 06:32 PM Jan 2016

If this election were The Lord of the Rings

The Cast:

Frodo: The Voters
Sam: Bernie Sanders
Gollum: Hillary Clinton

The Plot:

Frodo (The Voters) have been entrusted with the One Ring (Electoral Power) and has been sent on a quest to Mt. Doom (The Election). While on his way, Frodo and his trusty companion, Sam (Bernie), encounter Gollum (Hillary). They learn that Gollum once possessed the Ring of Power and that it corrupter her, but she's cunning and convinces them to let her join their fellowship. Sam is not convinced and remains skeptical of Gollum's intentions. As Mt. Doom draws near, Frodo becomes ever more conflicted on who to trust. Sam encourages him to destroy the Ring, but Gollum is less open about her intentions. Secretly, Gollum plots to regain the Ring and says anything to gain Frodo's trust. At the steps of Mt. Doom, with the Hobbits weary from their long Journey, Sam takes Frodo on his shoulders and leads him to the fiery chasm where the Ring is to be destroyed. But that's where Gollum drops the facade and tries to take the Ring. A battle ensues between Frodo and Gollum, both under the influence of the Ring's power, but ultimately Gollum's lust for power undoes her as she falls into the flames of Mt. Doom clutching at the Ring with an outstretched hand. With the ring destroyed, the veil is lifted from Frodo's mind, and he and Sam return to the Shire friends once again.

Fin

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If this election were The Lord of the Rings (Original Post) HerbChestnut Jan 2016 OP
Nicely done. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #1
I thought you said Lord of the flies Scootaloo Jan 2016 #2
Is this what gets BernieBros off? Metric System Jan 2016 #3
You left out Sauron Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #4
That would be cruz. BillZBubb Jan 2016 #5
Please. VulgarPoet Jan 2016 #6
I was gonna make a joke about "Santaurom" Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #10
After what Dan Savage, if I'm remembering his name right did to that name VulgarPoet Jan 2016 #11
A jury voted 2-5 to allow this garbage to remain. There's no point in Hillary supporters alerting. Metric System Jan 2016 #7
Maybe if Hillary supporters had a valid reason for an alert. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #8
No sense of humor, eh? HerbChestnut Jan 2016 #9

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
6. Please.
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 07:10 PM
Jan 2016

Trump isn't intelligent enough to be Sauron, and the likening to the Eye of Fire is an insult to him.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
11. After what Dan Savage, if I'm remembering his name right did to that name
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 08:35 PM
Jan 2016

yeah that is really upsetting mental imagery...

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
8. Maybe if Hillary supporters had a valid reason for an alert.
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 07:31 PM
Jan 2016

Instead of making up BS claims to alert on.

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