Rick Santorum lives in Fantasy Land

It's hard for me to take Rick Santorum seriously because he doesn't take reality seriously. This guy is a U.S. Senator and yet he's also the guy who lumped together homosexuality, incest and bestiality and who, this summer, made the claim that WMD actually had been discovered in Iraq. His latest departure from reality was his claim that "America has avoided a second terrorist attack for five years because the "Eye of Mordor" has instead been drawn to Iraq".

Santorum used the analogy from one of his favorite books, J.R.R. Tolkien's 1950s fantasy classic, "Lord of the Rings," to put an increasingly unpopular war in Iraq into terms any school kid could easily understand.

"As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else," Santorum said, describing the tool the evil Lord Sauron used in search of the magical ring that would consolidate his power over Middle-earth.

"It's being drawn to Iraq and it's not being drawn to the U.S.," he continued. "You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States."

As his opponent in the current election said:

"You have to really question the judgment of a U.S. Senator who compares the war in Iraq to a fantasy book," said Casey spokesman Larry Smar.

It looks like reality may take a bite out of Santorum in November as polls give Casey a significant lead.

UPDATE: Check this out:

Santorum is simply crushing his Satanist opponent, Bobby Casey, in the polls. This election is in the bag, folks!

Certain liberal polls, such as those from Zogby, Pew, and Quinnipiac, have Casey in the lead. However, I am sure you have learned by now you simply cannot trust anyone but us, and possibly Fox News, for your political and spiritual information.

UPDATE2:

It seems that I have allowed myself to be Colbert'ed :-)

Anonymous points out in comments that this blog "a satirical site" and had I taken the time to read it more extensively, I would probably come to the same conclusion. Like the good Liberal he tries to soften the blow by adding "...but it is hard to tell these days".

True, but mea culpa, nonetheless.