TNR: John McCain is like a fallen Jedi knight.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

by Jonathan Chait

"This is not Luke Skywalker here," said Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), discussing his friend and Senate colleague John McCain's second run for the presidency. "This is a totally different campaign."

Graham was looking for a way to reassure his fellow conservatives that they no longer had anything to fear from McCain. His choice of metaphor is one of those windows into the fundamental cultural gap that separates hard-core conservatives from the rest of humanity. To most people, who think of Luke Skywalker as a hero battling an evil and immensely powerful empire, Graham's implication would be seen as an unmitigated insult. In the world of the GOP elite, though, it's a form of praise: No, no, don't worry, McCain's with the empire now.

The rest is here.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Oh lordy, these 'Pugs need to get OVER themselves, already!

[Withywindle]

2. The Farce is strong with that one. eom

[marmar]

3. Please. He's a Sith Lord masquerading as a Jedi Knight....

and nearly as old as Count Dooku.