Posted on 07/16/2012 4:12:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
This summer's much-anticiapted Hollywood blockbuster, "The Dark Knight Rises," is getting an unusual boost from Democrats and other foes of Mitt Romney who are eager to tie the Gotham crushing villain to the GOP presidential candidate. Their angle: the mask-wearing, "Venom" gas breathing bad guy has a name that sounds just like Romney's former investment firm that President Obama has been blasting as a jobs killer.
"Bane" is the terrorist in the new movie who drives the caped crusader out of semi-retirement in the final Batman movie. Democrats, who believe they have Romney on the ropes over the president's assault on his leadership at Bain Capital, said the comparisons are too rich to ignore.
"It has been observed that movies can reflect the national mood," said Democratic advisor and former Clinton aide Christopher Lehane. "Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives are similar: a highly intelligent villain with offshore interests and a past both are seeking to cover up who had a powerful father and is set on pillaging society," he added.
As the Friday release date has neared, liberal blogs were the first to connect Batman's toughest foe with Romney's firm. But now even some conservatives, concerned Romney isn't fighting the Bain attacks hard enough, see a similarity in the epic DC Comics fight and the political campaign.
Conservative commentator Jed Babbin told Secrets, "Now we have the new Batman movie with super-villain Bane, the comic book bad guy who broke the Bat's back. How long will it take for the Obama campaign to link the two, making Romney the man who will break the back of the economy? Romney can't win if he's constantly on the defensive," he said.
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“Clinton aide Christopher Lehane. “Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives are similar: a highly intelligent villain with offshore interests and a past both are seeking to cover up who had a powerful father and is set on pillaging society,” he added”
There are no Democrats who operate above the mentality of the 8th-grade.
Still waiting for the Mormon bashing that we all feared....
...I’m sure this will work with the nose picking ignorant potheads on the left....
And Obama is a political creature of Gotham.
I agree. And Bane is being played by the ever-so-gorgeous Tom Hardy. Yum.
I agree. And Bane is being played by the ever-so-gorgeous Tom Hardy. Yum.
Well of course - that's the point. That's how it's DONE.
Yes, The Joker has been running the show for 3.5 years now.
Obama is Batman like Hillary is Captain America.
Hillary is Bane.
Obama is irrelevant.
Hmm...who is the character Bane more like? Romney or Obama?
This is my memory of the comic book version. Bane was born in a prison on the island of Santa Prisca, where he and his mother were jailed to serve the life sentence of his absentee criminal father, whom he never knew. Bane’s mother died there, and he was “raised” by all sorts of unsavory characters in the prison. Part of that education included experimenting with drugs (he eventually became addicted to one called Venom). He then entered America...illegally...and found his way to Gotham City, a place barely maintaining law and order. The first thing he did was to release the inmates from Arkham Asylum to overwhelm and tire the city’s defender, Batman, and his allies so he could destroy them. He then broke the back of the Dark Knight. He spends later years searching for his father.
Yeah, that’s Romney. Uh huh.
Coincidence? I don't think so.
So, obviously, Mitt Romney is a racist.
If the GOPe were SMART.....they would ASK WHY this movie was DELAYED!!!!! “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”. Because, I believe, is what may be going on, now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNUBV9trDoA
In that classic clip, Bane is Obama and Batman is the American economy/U.S. Constitution.
If he gets another term.
This is hysterical!!
Bruce Wayne is no commie!
And Obama does not remotely resemble Bruce/Batman! LOL!
Gotham DOES resemble Chicago though!
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