Literary Karl Rove, part two
Last week, we told you about the literary pretensions of Karl Rove, U.S. president George Bush’s notorious senior adviser, who has just resigned his post. He’s at it again.
Previously, Rove compared himself to Moby Dick, and the Democratic Congress to Captain Ahab. This week, he digs even deeper for a comparison, coming up with this: “Let’s face it. I mean, I’m a myth, and they’re — you know, I’m Beowulf. You know, I’m Grendel. I don’t know who I am. But they’re after me.”
Here are some other literary things Rove could be:
- the Jabberwocky
- Voldemort
- the Pit and/or the Pendulum
- the most dangerous game
- Cthulhu
- Dr. Moreau
- Iago
- the hound of the Baskervilles
- Uriah Heep
- Lady MacBeth
- the Penguin
- one ring to rule them all
- Veruca Salt
- April (the cruelest month)
- the Wicked Witch of the West
- the Oobleck
- Raskolnikov
- the muffin man
- Galactus, the devourer of worlds
- the rough beast slouching towards Bethlehem
- a creative non-victim (for fans of Atwood’s Survival)
How about Randall Flagg? I’m sure he would enjoy having people pledge their lives to him.
He could be the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, all simultaneously.
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