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:









