Dear Mr. Limbaugh:
Here's what you said yesterday, for which we made fun of you last night on MSNBC:
Have you heard this new movie, the Batman movie, what is it, The Dark Knight Lights Up or whatever the name is? That's right, Dark Knight Rises. Lights Up, same thing. Do you know the name of the villain in this movie? Bane. The villain in The Dark Knight Rises is named Bane, B-a-n-e. What is the name of the venture capital firm that Romney ran and around which there's now this make-believe controversy? Bain. The movie has been in the works for a long time. The release date's been known, summer 2012, for a long time. Do you think that it is accidental that the name of the really vicious, fire-breathing, four-eyed whatever-it-is villain in this movie is named Bane?
Here's how you responded today to criticism of your remarks :
Everybody's out there running around saying I got this giant conspiracy theory that the Batman people, the creators, the comic book creators, created this thing to campaign against Romney. I never said that. I didn't say there was a conspiracy. I said the Democrats were going to use it. . . .
Mr. Limbaugh, actually, you did say it was a conspiracy. You did so when you asked your rhetorical question ("Do you think that is is accidental?") about whether it could conceivably be an accident that this new Batman movie has a villain in it with a name that sounds like Mitt Romney's former firm.
Was that not a rhetorical question? When you asked "Do you think it's accidental?" did you actually mean to imply that you do think it really was an accident, it really was a coincidence?
I think we were factually accurate when we made fun of you for trafficking in one of the stupidest right-wing conspiracy theories of all time. You are contesting our characterization of your remarks, but we didn't mischaracterize what you said. And now I think you're just lying about what you said in order to avoid the embarrassment of having been so wrong.
We'll correct the record if we need to, but I don't think we need to.
All best wishes,
Rachel Maddow
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To Crackhead Awards (Whom I seriously doubt is smarter, or as well adjusted, than me :) )
Typical troll false-humor arrogance.
What "wave of surveys"? Research going back decades shows the very opposite re: "more intellectually consistent" "more open-minded" "more empathetic" and "more receptive to criticism."
Maybe Rush mentioned Bane because words with only four letters are easier for him to sound out!
There's really only two ways of looking at Romney's retroactive retirement.
1) Romney was still in charge and calling the shots, meaning that Romney was all for shipping US jobs overseas for his own, and his company's, personal gain. In this case, Romney is lying through his teeth and can't even be trusted to rule over himself, much less control himself in the position of POTUS.
2) Romney is absolutely telling the truth and had nothing to do with Bain Capital's policies during his retroactive retirement. That is to say that Romney, as CEO of a company, did not have to do any work or make any decisions at all to continue 'earning' his 6 figure salary, thus proving that hard work is actually anathema to financial success at the top of the corporate ladder. So much for the ol' 'I worked hard to get where I am and the poor simply do not have my outstanding work ethic' line.
So, in conclusion, Romney is either a failure or a lying sack of excrement. I'm going to have to take a Schrodinger sort of stance on this and say I personally think he is a failure AND a liar at the same time.
Fatman on Batman! You tell it like it is Rachel.That liar needs to be called to task.My company won't buy from any of his sponsors.
Now rush lamebrain is blaming Tim Burton for the shooting.
It is no coincidence that this shooting took place right after rush lamebrain made its unfounded conspiracy accusations.