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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   ["Followup-To:" nach rec.arts.books.tolkien gesetzt.]   
   Steve Hayes  schrieb:   
   > On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 07:29:44 +0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Steve Hayes  schrieb:   
   >>> Bernie Sanders: "You cannot wield it! None of us can. The One Ring   
   >>> answers to Sauron alone, it has no other master."   
   >>   
   >>> Hillary Clinton: "It is a gift, a gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not   
   >>> use this ring?"   
   >>   
   >>What is the Ring in this context?   
   >   
   > To know that, you'll need to read "The Lord of the Rings".   
      
   I have read the LoTR, thank you.  This might have been inferred   
   that from the fact that I started this thread.   
      
   It is not clear to me how this sentence from the Council of Elrond   
   is applicable to current US politics.   
      
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