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July 16, 2012

Bonjour les Enfants

Hatched by Dafydd

Is this to be the Trillion Dollar Taxman's new campaign theme? It's tres apropos, since Barack "Big Stick" Obama has always operated under a Hollywood haze of teen logic:

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.

I say again,

I suppose this might be a very persuasive argument, if the voting population was entirely composed of adolescent boys and aging, spherical anime fans. Bonjour, les enfants!

The self-dubbed, self-deluded, most intelligent president of all time, the One, the lightbringer, whose advent will cause the Earth to cool and the oceans to subside (any minute now), appears to be pinning all his hopes upon a series of sound bites, one-liners, lies, and now -- on the freak similarity of names between a successful, job-boosting, private-equity firm and a comic-book villain from the DCverse.

Am I missing something here, or has the president gone bananas?

"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.

It would be comical, if it wasn't so villainous. All one can do is look at the denizens of D.C. and marvel.

But thank goodness that some Democrats, here and there, have a little more bottom, gravitas, than to turn to a comic book (yes, yes, "graphic novel") and its attendant movie in a plaintive and desperate attempt to put Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the rear-view mirror... something the Obama campaign has utterly failed to do after years of campaigning and hundreds of millions of dollars pounded down the rathole. Still, some Democrats, at least, cling to the innate dignity of the office and democratic election and confine their campaign themes to serious, weighty issues:

Democratic strategist Karl Frisch suggests a Romney comparison instead to Mr. Burns, the devilish nuclear power plant owner on the Simpsons. "The similarities are endless."

All right, I know when I'm licked. I guess the Obama nation is like Solla Sollew, where we never have troubles -- at least very few. Since we have evidently solved the troubles from our sour economy, our mind-numbing deficit, our collapsing foreign policy, the looming government takeover of all medical care, crony ~~Capitalism~~ Fascism, our pending ~~surrender~~ withdrawal from two wars we had already won, Climategate, Solyndragate, Holdergate, Amnestygate, and our regulatory regurgitation, we might as well wallow in ComiCon-induced cognitive craziness on the campaign cul-de-sac.

But if we're leading with animated American icons, then I suggest a more apt comparison: Barack H. Obama as -- you're way ahead of me! -- Wile E. Coyote, the hapless half-smart slowfoot who is constantly losing the race to much smarter, speedier, and invariably more cheerful Roadrunner. (Whose first appearance was in a 1949 Warner Bros. cartoon titled "Fast and Furry-ous." You can't make this stuff up!)

Quick, somebody break open that box from Acme Mendacity and Demagoguery! Something in there is sure to turn the tide...

Cross-posted on Hot Air's rogues' gallery...

Hatched by Dafydd on this day, July 16, 2012, at the time of 8:19 PM

Comments

The following hissed in response by: Alseen

Ever since I read the DS9 book Fallen Heroes I knew you were a great writer. I've enjoyed your opinion articles in the past.

This takes the cake for brilliance.

"It would be comical, if it wasn’t so villainous. All one can do is look at the denizens of D.C. and marvel."

Pure genius.

The above hissed in response by: Alseen at July 17, 2012 5:42 AM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

Alseen:

Yeah, that variety of "genius" is what eventually induced the Pocket Books Star Trek division to send me off with a flea in my ear. They were never quite overjoyed with my sense of humor.

Or my sense of serious, I suppose: I made it quite clear I was no fan of the United Federation of Fascist Planets -- which I once compared to a thousand-limbed galactic squid, writhing its tentacles to throttle the last vestiges of sentient liberty. But didn't everybody think that? <g>

Dafydd

The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh at July 17, 2012 12:39 PM

The following hissed in response by: Geoman

It is not so much that they are stupid 9they are, but that iis beside the point) it is that they think you are a complete dolt. They feel they can only explain things wth simple, cartoon metaphors.

The above hissed in response by: Geoman at July 17, 2012 5:26 PM

The following hissed in response by: Geoman

It is not so much that they are stupid 9they are, but that iis beside the point) it is that they think you are a complete dolt. They feel they can only explain things wth simple, cartoon metaphors.

The above hissed in response by: Geoman at July 17, 2012 5:26 PM

The following hissed in response by: Wizard

Yeah, the UFP does seem to be a shining example of collectivist conformity, albeit the warm and fuzzy, shiny-happy-people version. I've long thought it would be interesting to see a more detailed explanation of the Federation's economic system, although I suspect it would be considerably less informative and believable than the schematics for a warp drive.

The above hissed in response by: Wizard at July 23, 2012 6:59 AM