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Since Rush Limbaugh first claimed that the villain in the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" was deliberately named Bane by diabolical Democratic operatives in order to brainwash America's movie-going public against Mitt Romney, the saga has taken a few turns. First Rachel made copious fun of Mr. Limbaugh's theory and then wrote him an open letter which she re-iterated on last night's show. Fun was had.
Undaunted (OK, maybe a little bit daunted) the right has been cooking up a counter-meme: Mitt Romney isn't Bane at all. He's actually Batman. In an attempt to re-direct his previous wack-a-doodlery, Mr. Limbaugh said, "Like I pointed out yesterday, Batman is Romney. The good guy's Romney."
Aha! Much more satisfying narrative, let's run with that!
One citizen journalist floated this:
"Mitt Romney and Bain Capital resemble Bruce Wayne far more than the destructive (although ostensibly drug-lord-fighting) villain 'Bane' who originates in a South American country that was taken over by a leader inspired by the uprising of Fidel Castro. Don't be fooled. No matter how much phonic or phantasmic spin one conjures up, the stubborn moral of the story remains: In Batman, the good guy and the rich guy are one and the same."
And finally, the man who co-created the character Bane, Chuck Dixon, a self-described staunch conservative, phoned into the "Schnitt Show" a nationally syndicated radio program and said, "It's ridiculous. Obviously Bane was not created as an attack on Mitt Romney. We never heard of Romney twenty years ago. . . . My understanding is that Bane is more of an Occupy Wall Street type. Romney is more like Bruce Wayne."
Glad we could clear that up.
(Photoshop: Will Femia. Larger version here. More about the actual guy holding the chair in the original picture here.)
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Holy golden calf manure, Batman!
Today Ann Romney told the American people....
"WE'VE Given All YOU PEOPLE Need to Know' .
'You people'......
Get it yet?
Yup the LULZ just keep comming I want more cake
Below is her statement on "YOU" people - don''t know who You is. Also she made this comment on Equal Pay for a women and I would like Romney to tell us what his view is on what his wife said.
1. The 10% in mandated by the Mormon Church and goes back to the Mormon Community.
2. He gave 24 years to the McCain campaign, doesn't running for Presidency deserver at least half those years for transparacy. I would really have liked to met his father seems he had more character and integrity than his son. Maybe it skips a generation.
3. Please do not talk about dignity when your husband and his campaign are attacking Obama for what he did when he was a teenager (did not like when people talked about your husbands behavior when he was a teenager). Your husband is referring the President as "Foreign" and his surrogates are saying he is not an American - you know the birther crowd you embrace.
Another comment Ann Romney said that I would like to know what Mr. Romney has to say on this subject:
April 18, 2012 By Sarah Wood
At a meeting with the “Moms For Mitt” group yesterday outside Philadelphia, PA, Ann Romney was asked her opinion on Lilly Ledbetter and equal pay for equal work regarding women’s employment. Without hesitation she responded with another question that seemed to shock even the most staunch conservatives in the room.
That how Mitt and the rest of the "1/10 of 1%" think. They're not like us--they're above us. If that comment doesn't say it all, I don't know what does.
Ann Romney's comment is the one that should be all over the news today. Of course, that would assume that the MSM are competent.
Chilling!
Lorr .. .do you have a reference for that last one??? I'm in shock!!!! Did she just crawl out of the 1950's or what???????????
Ann Romney never actually said, "Why should women be paid equal to men?..." It was satire from http://www.freewoodpost.com/2012/04/18/ann-romney-why-should-women-be-paid-equal-to-men/ It then got picked up by Daily KOS. The fact that satire passes so easily for fact is just a comment on how good the satire is. It hits so close to home that it sounds like something that actually came from Mrs. Romney's pie hole.
Deleted comment pending confirmation of validity of the Sarah Wood post - link fails.
It's the Liberal version of Foxification! ROFL!
How about this one?? http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/3624_472197446124177_1220047801_n.jpg
Um...you REALLY should put a warning on that link!
CAUTION: This link could burn a hole in your retina or cause severe brain trauma. Parental discretion is advised!
That being said, I think I just peed myself.
I am researching I was informed my first post was by A Ms. Wood whose blog is statirw and can not be relied on as accurate.
Than I found another, but again no indication if he just repeated Ms. Wood posted. During a search I showed and entry to Drudge Report -and when I went there and joined it appears it has been removed.
So my apology I can not confirm authenticity so please do not repost that portion. I will be much more careful in the future.
Huh???
Lor is talking about the comments above this one. He referenced an article that was not factual, but rather was a satire.
^^Holy roof dog batman!
I'd bet the dog would rather be on a car roof than the roof of Obama's mouth.
I agree, Romney is like Bruce Wayne: a fake.
"Bruce Wayne" is the facade, a cover, a phony image.
Sure, that is his real name. But, who the character really is, is Batman.
Romney is Bruce Wayne, he is no Batman.
The picture shows he is just a comic book character.
Yeah but at least Bruce Wayne did good things with his personal money and with the activities of Wayne Corp. Mitt is nothing at all like Bruce Wayne.
Romney is more the '60s-TV-show Adam West Batman; overblown, fluffheaded, melodramatic.
Grumpy...,
And RobMe isn't even passably amusing low camp.
The closest he gets to comedy is being a joke, and an unfunny one at that.
Let's see, what's the next logical step?
Romney will have to start talking in a gravelly Christian Bale imitation American accent (because, you know, Batman is secretly foreign, according to the casting of the last couple of movies).
Romney's running mate will have to be referred to as Robin.
I guess his campaign manager will have to be referred to as Alfred.
And eventually Warner Brothers will ask them to please stop associating their product with a political campaign, as it implies an endorsement that they do not wish to make.
Sure he's Bruce Wayne.
He's just Bruce Wayne from an alternate timeline, where he didn't witness his parents being killed as child, and therefore become a crime fighter. Instead, he grew up wealthy and coddled, and ended up a narcissistic playboy with a questionable grasp of reality and no concern for the common man. Poor Gotham.
We comic geeks do so love those origins! ;)
Exactly what I was thinking... Romney is Bruce Wayne IF Bruce Wayne never lifted a finger to help anyone but himself and his legacy (aka kids).
Mitt is Batman's droppings. I suspect Robin left because Mitt tried to hold him down and cut his hair. Mitt is more like Riddler. Riddle me this Mitt, why off shore money? Are you also an arms dealer and money launderer?
Riddle me this, Batman . . . where are the tax returns?
Dressing up like Batman is not a big step from dressing up like a State Trooper with a flashing light on the roof of the car (rather than a beloved pet) - afterall he was just fighting crime! You know, like that time he stopped his classmates from terrorizing another classmate who was different - you know - one of "those people."
Yeah, RoMoney the caped crusader fighting evil . . . oh wait, I think I got that mixed up! May bad.
He's fighting what HE thinks is evil - aka gays with long blonde hair...
Just to be clear, the image above is a fake. Romney did not actually dress up as Batman.
I don't know.. I much prefer this version of Romney in The Dark Knight Rises.
http://i.imgur.com/vlyle.jpg
ROFL! OMG, can you say SCREEN SAVER!
Anyone else noticing the latest GOP talking points from Limbaugh? He keeps asking his audience why the American public has no problem with some movie star or some jock making 30 million dollars a year but don't seem to like the idea of a CEO making the same type of big money. Well Rush, It's real simple. You see, Tom Hanks is not the one trying to screw with my pension or sending American jobs to the Philippines, that would be my CEO at Verizon trying to do that. If Tom Hanks ever tries to do these things to me, I promise you I'll be mad at him too.
The other thing is the phrase "union thugs." Limbaugh must use that phrase at least dozen times a day on his show. It's funny but he never uses a phrase like "billionaire sugardaddy" or "CEO selling American jobs down the river" or "soulless corporate raider." I'd bet the American people would like to start hearing some phrases like that from him.
That's because he's never heard those terms before.
The irony here is that no one even thought about the name Bane and it's so called conspiracy ideology until the Right suggested it. But since they did mention it, I can see how Romney could be mistaken for the Bane character.
Romney has lost his mind resorting to such debasement.
Debasement...that's where R-Money belongs! (sorry, couldn't resist that)
The Dark Knight comic books are a journey into Batman's dark side. They portray Batman as a psycho. The Arkham Asylum story is a good example of this side of Batman. So we can deduce that if Romney is the Dark Knight, then he has deep psychological problems. Maybe the right wing wants to reconsider their idea that Romney is the Batman.
Who was your favorite Batman?
So does this mean whoever he picks as his VP candidate will be called Robin the Boy Wonder?
About the ONLY thing Mitt Romney and Bruce Wayne have in common is money. That's it. If we want an accurate comparison to Batman character mythos, try this: Romney has the looks of Ras Al Ghul, the corporate mentality of Oswald Cobblepot, and the transparency of Edward Nygma.
Um, guys?
I just noticed the comments about Romney "dressing up like Batman" and the picture showing he's "a comic book character". The cape and bat are Photoshopped on. There's a note at the bottom of the article letting you know about it. Here's a repeat of the link to the original photo for ya:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/12/meet-mitt-romneys-designated-chair-holder.html
I'm pointing it out, just in case, because people tend to assume that an image or printed text is truth. This is just a note so that more people won't make the same assumption.
REALLY?!?! You mean this isn't 100% factual!? Romney isn't BATMAN!?
I'm crushed... :(
Wow. You're snarky. Must be wonderful to be you.
That's not at all what I said. If you'd read more carefully, you'd know that some people might have misinterpreted the image to actually be of Romney dressed as Batman when in fact it's a Photoshop job. He's not participating in the gag - yet. (See link.) I'd already understood that, but read some comments here that sounded like some people might not be too clear on the issue.
Unlike you, I was trying to be helpful.
Oh silly me! You were trying to be condescending...er...helpful. So sorry, I didn't realize you had no sense of humor. Odd article to pick to read for someone who doesn't recognize sarcasm.
I guess you think the readers here are not smart enough to read the whole article, like the part where it links you to the original photo. I guess some people might be stupid enough to think Romney would actually dress up as batman and go out campaigning...I just don't think they follow this blog.
Hey Bats in the belfry ! SHOW ME THE TAX RETURNS! College transcripts and birth certificate. Also, which line item to deduct " medical expenses" for my dogs, my cat and my gym membership? I just may go buy that horse I've been wanting too. Didn't realize til Robme, they were tax deductible. All of my horse friends will be happy to know that.
Rachel,don't show a photoshopped picture like that. He'll jump on it as an example of liberal dishonesty and use it as a distraction from his self inflicted tax fiasco, the bane of his current existence (sorry, couldn't resist.)
I've always considered myself a republican. I truly believe is fiscal responsibility. However, over the last few years (and in particular this election cycle) I have noticed something incredibly troubling. In order to listen to the rhetoric of MY GOP, I am forced to consider undergoing a lobotomization procedure. I don't know how else an intelligent person could possibly listen to this inane, pedantic, drivel without suffering permanent psychological dissorders. "Bane sounds like Bain?" Aside from the homophonic nature what's the reason for pointing it out. Does Rush truly think that the average American voter is going to hear that diatribe and immediately change his or her vote. Freud once said "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" instead of some phallic symbolism in dream interpretation. BANE IS A COMIC BOOK CHARACTER! Yes, it is rather funny in a completely coincidental way that it does sound like Bain. Most movies take two to three years to make it to a theater. I'm pretty sure that two to three years ago, Rush was making fun of Mitt Romney and said he wasn't going to be the GOP nominee for president. Better yet, maybe the writers of the movie HEARD Rush make fun of Mitt Romney and, in a case of amazing prognostication ability, decided to make fun of him too. It is not mine, nor any other republican's fault that Mitt is the GOP candidate, hell I voted for Ron Paul. He's crazy but way better at this than "Vanilla Mittens." So, Rush, if you wish to "allude" to a conspiracy while still able to claim you are doing no such thing, go ahead. And the reason I'm not posting this on Rush's blog, I'm afraid that Rush's staffers that read for him will see this and misquote it as in some way affirming everything he is saying. And I think that Rachel's bloggers are literate and intelligent. I'm sure one of Rush's staffers will be reading this, since Rush is too important to misquote stuff on his own time, so just so even they can understand: REAL REPUBLICANS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY AND FICTION. "Batman: the dark knight rises" is fiction. Just like the world Rush and Mitt live in that thinks honesty and integrity can be bought, sold, mutilated, spindled, streched, and refurbished. I don't agree with Obama with most things, but I'd rather have 4 more years of a guy honestly trying to do what he thinks is right for our country even if I disagree with it, than 4 years of "Bainageddon:" the systemic selling off of our "good" parts of the country while the rest of us working class Americans get downsized. China gets Yosemite, we get the shaft. Rant finished.
There are a lot of establishment Republicans that are afraid of the radicals. The only way out for the Republicans is for the Tea Party people to be defeated in primaries and elections. It may result in loss of a lot of seats in Congress, but that is the price the Republicans will pay for getting in bed with the Tea Party. The establishment Republicans will need to turn down money and support from people like the Koch Bros. and other similar minded rich people who are driving the party further right. If Republicans cannot get rid of the Tea Party within the next elections, they will control the party.
Don't let your compatriots know, Max, or they'll run you out as a RINO! Thinking of Obama as a decent guy? Why, that's GOP heresy!
The Republican party appears to have gone off the rails in recent years. They are no longer effective opposition to the Democrats. (Effective obstruction, maybe, but not opposition.)
Perhaps America needs a third party to fill the role the Republicans used to.
Chuck Dixon, a self-described staunch conservative" stated what???
"My understanding is that Bane is more of an Occupy Wall Street type. Romney is more like Bruce Wayne."
DEAR GOD, ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME???
This is a perfect example of how completely out of touch conservatives in this country actually are.
This man lives in a world that is SO UNINFORMED about his own party and pre-occupied with his own delusions of heroics that it is JUST PLAIN SCARY!
This is total evidence that today's conservative voters are living in the past and actually believe that they are SUPPORTING a Republican Party of YESTERYEAR!
...A Republican Party, which they do not realize, NO LONGER EXISTS.
Now at least we have a bit more understanding of how so many Republican voters continue to vote against American democracy and their own best interest.
God help us all!
As someone pointed out on Twitter, the difference between Bain and Bane is that Bane came to the US and employed locals to get the job done.
As for Occupy... Watch the video on this page. Bruce Wayne may be part of the 1%, but Batman fights for the downtrodden and against corruption.
Romney is the man Bruce Wayne pretends to be. The idle rich, standing for nothing, and always ready to lie or change the subject when anything important comes up.
If we're going to say that Bain = Bane, then Romney is Rupert Thorne, the corrupt businessman out for his own money and power who, as Bane's boss, ordered the destruction of something good just because it was in the way of his own selfish interests. (That was in the Animated Series version of the storyline, anyway.)
The thing that I find so amusing about the how credible some of the photo-shopped images and satire articles seem to be is that this level of absurdity and comical behavior have come to be expected and worse, acceptable political behavior. What passes for Congressional activity today is a clown circus way beyond anything Barnum and Bailey could have ever conjured up. But the one thing that mystifies me the most is that these clowns reflect the intelligence and awareness of the people who elected them. We all know that the super rich are buy political favor by the train loads but the vast electorate who will suffer at the hands of the takers (read job creators) continue to send these same wholly own subsidiaries to Washington, the State Legislatures and Governorships to foist ill upon them and/or enable the takers to. US citizens are an amazing people, its seems that "you people" as the latest references of the elite classifies us are more concerned with your prejudices than your personal well being. Just remember went it all goes to hell the job creators and politicians can follow their fortunes off shore and leave "you people" the manure.