Rush Limbaugh & Chuck Dixon – Grown Men Fighting Over Comic Books

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As you have likely heard by now, earlier in the week, right-wing pundit and prescription-drug addict Rush Limbaugh made a pronouncement on his radio program that the villain character Bane in the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises had been so named in order to connect in viewers’ minds this insidious villainy to the insidious villainy going on over at Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital.  But then yesterday, after the inevitable backlash, Limbaugh claimed his words had been taken out of context and that he never believed that this was a conspiracy on the part of the filmmakers.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Limbaugh said, “I never said that.  I didn’t say there was a conspiracy.  I said the Democrats were going to use it, which they are.  Jon Stewart’s harping on it.”

What he did say, again from THR, was, “Do you think it is accidental that the name of the really vicious, fire-breathing, four-eyed, whatever-it-is villain in this movie is named Bane?”  So clearly, Limbaugh was not implying that anyone conspired to name this character Bane, which is homophonic with a company associated with Mitt Romney.  He was merely asking if we thought it was accidental.  We all said, “Well, yeah, obviously.”  And Limbaugh was all like, “Oh, right, that’s what I thought.  Just checking.”

Further weighing in is comics writer Chuck Dixon, who co-created the character with Graham Nowlan back in 1993.  Dixon, who is himself conservative, immediately sought to distance himself and his creation from Limbaugh, and then went ahead and made his own dopey comments on the character’s political affiliations.  Said Dixon: “He’s far more akin to an Occupy Wall Street type if you’re looking to cast him politically.  And if there ever was a Bruce Wayne running for the White House it would have to be Romney.”

As we all know, the vast majority of the OWS protesters were born and raised in South American prisons, hence why they so vastly despise Batman and the American values he represents.  They also have mega-steroids pumped directly into their heads.  And of course, we all know how handsome and charming a billionaire playboy Mitt Romney is.  And remember that time that Two-Face robbed the Gotham City Second National Bank Gala Ball, and Mitt Romney was conveniently locked in the bathroom the whole time?  Hmmm…

Conrad Bain, star of Maude and Diff’rent Strokes, could not be reached for comment.