"I realized the similarities between this episode and real life yesterday. After seeing McCain get ripped from all sides, then back peddling on Hannity.I realized this had less to do with the Senator and more to do with the utter fear Conservative politicians and media figures have for the Tea Party right now. And, with all the ‘Lord of the Rings’ references flying around, I’ve decided to make a geeky anualogy of my own."
Writer John Bershad explains.
The Tea Party has become to Conservatives Billy Mumy [before he became Danger Will Robertson Danger] character Anthony in the “It’s a Good Life” episode of The Twilight Zone. f you don’t recall, the episode, based on a short story by Jerome Bixby, tells of little Anthony Fremont, a six-year-old boy who has the ability to do terrible things with his mind. He can create amazing things but he can also kill at will, forcing the adults around him to constantly think and say nice things about him because, at any moment, he can destroy them, sending them off “to the cornfield.” It’s not that he’s evil per se. He just has this incredible power and doesn’t really know the implications of what he’s doing.
Watching on The Five as Greg Gutfeld and Andrea Tantaros rush to counter anything negative Bob Beckel might say about the Tea Party, one can’t help but think of the adults in that episode. I keep waiting for them to turn and start talking to the camera: “Don’t listen to him, Tea Party. It’s a good thing you did! A very good thing! We shouldn’t raise taxes for anybody at all no matter how broke the nation is! You’re such a clever party!” continued