“I’d rather be a hobbit than a troll”

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Rand Paul: 'I'd rather be a hobbit than a troll'

By SCOTT WONG & MANU RAJU | 7/28/11 1:20 PM EDT Updated: 7/28/11 11:28 PM EDT

The “Lord of the Rings” metaphors crept into the debt-limit fight on Thursday, as tea-party heroes fired back at Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who mocked members of the conservative grassroots movement as “tea-party hobbits.”

“I’d rather be a hobbit than a troll,” freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on a conference call when asked by POLITICO about McCain’s remarks. “I think in reading the books, the hobbits were the heroes. They overcame great obstacles, and I think I’d rather be a hobbit than a troll.”

Added fellow freshman Sen. Mike Lee, who co-founded the chamber’s tea party caucus with Paul and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.): “It’s stunning to me that some people have resorted to name calling rather than simply addressing the issue.”

McCain, his party’s presidential nominee in 2008, took to the Senate floor a day earlier, blasting tea-party lawmakers for opposing House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to raise the debt ceiling because it doesn’t require passage of a balanced budget amendment.

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[Janice]

Stinkin McCain. Must be something in the water in Arizona.

[THA HOUSTON PIMP IS IN DA HOUZ!]

This is what is imploding the GOP right now; RINO"S like hime.

He's part of the GOP ruling class and needs to hang it up.