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Limbaugh's Dark Knight Rises/Romney Conspiracy

4:07 pm - 07/17/2012
"Do You Think That It Is Accidental" The Villain Is Called "Bane"?



From the July 17 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

RUSH LIMBAUGH: Have you heard, this new movie, the Batman movie -- what is it, the Dark Knight Lights Up or something? Whatever the name of it 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?

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LIMBAUGH: Anyway, so this evil villain in the new Batman movie is named Bane. And there's now discussion out there as to whether or not this was purposeful, and whether or not it will influence voters. It's going to have a lot of people. This movie, the audience is going to be huge, lot of people are going to see the movie. And it's a lot of brain-dead people, entertainment, the pop culture crowd. And they're going to hear "Bane" in the movie, and they are going to associate Bain. And the thought is that when they start paying attention to the campaign later in the year, and Obama and the Democrats keep talking about Bain, not Bain Capital, but Bain, Romney and Bain, that these people will think back to the Batman movie --"Oh yeah, I know who that is." There are some people who think it will work. There are some people think it will work. Others think -- "You're really underestimating the American people who think that will work."

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layweed 17th-Jul-2012 09:11 pm (UTC)
lol ok.
chaya 17th-Jul-2012 09:11 pm (UTC)
I guess we've been planning against the Mitt Romney campaign since... *checks Bane's origin date* ... 1993?
vanishingbee 17th-Jul-2012 09:13 pm (UTC)
lol mte
umi_mikazuki 17th-Jul-2012 09:12 pm (UTC)
Dammit, I can't get the video to work. :|
rex_dart 17th-Jul-2012 09:14 pm (UTC)


Okay then.
hii_fashion 18th-Jul-2012 01:17 am (UTC)
tom hardy, you fine mofo
mastadge 17th-Jul-2012 09:14 pm (UTC)
So did Dixon or Moench or whomever start plotting this insidious propaganda 19 years ago? Was it all part of the liberal comic book industry's master plan to derail the GOP 5 election cycles down the line?
jettakd 17th-Jul-2012 09:17 pm (UTC)
Bane's been around since the early 90s.

Also, if your company is synonymous with a word that means "scourge", that's not an authors problem that you named youself to sound like a super villain.

And apropos of nothing, I'm still pissed that movie Bane is no longer Mexican :|
rex_dart 17th-Jul-2012 09:19 pm (UTC)
why would they cast a mexican guy when they can cast a white guy who's allergic to the costume?
nikoel 17th-Jul-2012 09:18 pm (UTC)
How hard is it to do a little research, Rush? Oh sorry, I forgot that's just not how you do anything ever.
nitasee 17th-Jul-2012 09:25 pm (UTC)
Research? Who needs research. Pulling it out of his ass is much easier....
myrrhmade 17th-Jul-2012 09:19 pm (UTC)
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darth_eldritch 17th-Jul-2012 09:19 pm (UTC)
How about Darth Bane, Limbaugh.

Loser
fishphile 17th-Jul-2012 09:20 pm (UTC)
LOLZ. This is up there with people being upset that there was a movie called Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers after 9/11.

Edited at 2012-07-17 09:41 pm (UTC)
hii_fashion 18th-Jul-2012 01:21 am (UTC)
i wish i was surprised
bnmc2005 17th-Jul-2012 09:21 pm (UTC)
Rove Limbaugh ugh just.. no.


ETA: Names.

Edited at 2012-07-17 09:22 pm (UTC)
its_anya 17th-Jul-2012 09:22 pm (UTC)
bane (noun)
1. Fatal injury or ruin: "Hath some fond lover tic'd thee to thy bane?" (George Herbert).
2a. A cause of harm, ruin, or death: "Obedience,/Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth,/Makes slaves of men" (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
b. A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation: "The spellings of foreign names are often the bane of busy copy editors" (Norm Goldstein).
3. A deadly poison.

If we didn't know it already, this guy's a fucking mug.
moonbrightnites 18th-Jul-2012 03:40 pm (UTC)
Yeah, maybe these are definitions the lords of Bane Capitol should have considered when they were in the naming process.
nitasee 17th-Jul-2012 09:23 pm (UTC)
Dear Rush,

You are a paranoid idiot and a douchebag. Please stop talking. The world need a lot less noxious fumes.

No love,
Nita
aviv_b 17th-Jul-2012 09:25 pm (UTC)
LMAO! Yes it was done on purpose. You got it in one. Good thing they didn't name the villian Dr. Poopy-Face because then you'd really be mad that they named it after you.
cher_arlequin 17th-Jul-2012 09:30 pm (UTC)
Man, this is ridiculous even by Rush's standards.
nitasee 17th-Jul-2012 09:32 pm (UTC)
He has standards? Are you sure?
tabaqui 17th-Jul-2012 09:32 pm (UTC)
Limbaugh: willfully ignorant 'til the bitter end.
sweetnessarose 17th-Jul-2012 09:35 pm (UTC)
I am not going to pay any attention to this loser. Bitch boo bye



Edited at 2012-07-17 09:46 pm (UTC)
quicksilvermad 17th-Jul-2012 09:39 pm (UTC)

^ Actual gif of my actual reaction to this post.
dearmisterecho 18th-Jul-2012 02:08 pm (UTC)
lol nice
hauntermooneyes 17th-Jul-2012 09:42 pm (UTC)
omg IT'S FROM A COMIC BOOK do you just walk around with cotton in your ears
nitasee 17th-Jul-2012 09:45 pm (UTC)
I've heard that Limbaugh is incredibly hard of hearing to the point of being nearly deaf. Which just tells me the only voice he's been hearing for years is himself.
prehnite 17th-Jul-2012 09:44 pm (UTC)
moonbladem 17th-Jul-2012 09:47 pm (UTC)
*sighs* What else can one expect from Rash Lame-baugh?

And how is he still able to spew his hateful, ignorant, idiotic bile on air? Didn't his advertisers abandon him the last time he sprouted his misogynistic rage against Sandra Fluke?

Edited at 2012-07-17 09:48 pm (UTC)
kcountess 17th-Jul-2012 09:59 pm (UTC)
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?

...But...if the movie's been in production a long time, they couldn't have known that Romney would be the candidate...and...logic...centre...shorting...out...

*head asplode*

Seriously, it's fascinating how Rush and others of his ilk can take something that would logically not support their point at all and twist it in a pretzel so it does.

ETA: Sorry, that last sentence should be "so it does, in some right-wing alternate reality." As...no, that still doesn't prove his point, no matter how you squint.

Edited at 2012-07-17 10:01 pm (UTC)
kcountess 17th-Jul-2012 10:04 pm (UTC)
Also: "And it's a lot of brain-dead people, entertainment, the pop culture Fox-News-watching, Rush-Limbaugh-stanning crowd."

Fixed that for him.
blondebeaker 17th-Jul-2012 10:02 pm (UTC)
The fuck did I just read?
shadowesque13 17th-Jul-2012 10:02 pm (UTC)
It'll certainly make watching TDKR that much more interesting come Friday! *cackle*
wicked_g 17th-Jul-2012 10:24 pm (UTC)
Well, I think it's a mighty coincidence that they're using the SAME NAME as a characters from the comics...this is very suspicious. Someone should investigate.
hauntermooneyes 18th-Jul-2012 01:16 am (UTC)
Oh yes. And who is this "Batman" character? Did you notice that he wears a BLACK COSTUME, and his parents ARE DEAD? OBAMA, I PRESUME?

/ugh, so offensive
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