Rick Santorum has lost his mind

I mean really, how can one not draw comparisons between Iraq and Lord of the Rings?

Embattled U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said America has avoided a second terrorist attack for five years because the “Eye of Mordor” has been drawn to Iraq instead.

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.,” Santorum 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.”

Wow, what a loser. The level of sophistication in this analysis could be rivaled by any 15 year old Sci-Fi fan. And this guy is part of the Senate leadership. Pennsylvania must be proud. More importantly though, if at any time in a political career one says some really whacky shit like “I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States”, that career is about to end. Santorum’s tenuous grasp of reality has been questioned for quite some time. This little episode has convinced me that he is nuts.