Give It Truth: Rush Limbaugh and Bane

Rush Limbaugh opened his mouth and words came out. Specifically, words that insinuated that the character of Bane in the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises film is a left-wing attack on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

There are problems with Limbaugh's assertion, mainly the fact that Bane first appeared in the DC Comics's franchise in 1993.

Not only that, but he was ranked number 34 on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villain's list. Bane couldn't even beat Sinestro, who isn't from the U.S. or even Earth, for that matter, which means Romney's purported likeness in Bane couldn't even beat an undocumented alien.

Based on this picture, Romney would probably deny him the right to marry, too.

Despite the fact that Bane first appeared in 1993, and not in 2012 just for this movie, there's still one question that should be asked: Does it matter?

What if director, Christopher Nolan, purposely portrayed Bane as a resemblance of Romney just to cause confusion in the heads of voters?

It turns out Nolan might have supported the Democratic ticket in 2008. According to one Cracked.com writer, The Dark Knight contained a scene solely for political benefit. Coincidentally (or perhaps evilly schemed), The Dark Knight opened on July 18, 2008 - along side such critically acclaimed movies as Mamma Mia! and Space Chimps.

The liberal agenda here was most likely to refute Intelligent Design as the movie grossed less money domestically than it cost to produce the movie. No conservative would do that.

The proof is quickly piling up for Limbaugh's case, which is bad for Romney because the movie, Live Free or Die Hard, with the character name of John McClane did little to help John McCain's presidential run in 2008. The July 2, 2007 release date probably didn't help either.

The good news is the Die Hard franchise plans another movie in 2013, and a sixth installment for a future date - perhaps 2016 as Romney gives it another run.

Yet, this post is getting away from the real point of this topic, much like certain radio hosts.

To be fair, he thought he saw a Snickers bar or some Oxycontin.

The real point with Limbaugh's statement is that everyone should just give it truth. Nolan is purposefully using Bane's character to create false memories of Romney.

As Limbaugh told MSN.com, in a slightly incoherent sentence, "... The thought is that when they're going to start paying attention to the campaign later in the year... and Obama and the Democrats keep talking about Bain, not Bain Capital but Romney and Bain, that these people will start thinking back to the Batman movies, 'Oh yeah, I know who that is!'"

Sorry, Roseanne Barr supporters. She didn't make it.

It's a serious problem. People confuse politicians with movie stars all the time. In 2003, California voters elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Governor of California because they confused him for that nice killing machine who was just trying to find that Sarah Connor and her son, John.

Then there was Ronald Reagan, who people elected as president because they remember him as the heroic, all-American man, Web Sloane. After all, Sloane parachuted behind enemy lines in Korea, the Koreans captured and tortured him, and yet he never broke under the severe treatment he was given.

See? False memories occur with politicians and actors all the time.

Limbaugh has yet to see the liberal symbolism of a white guy who kinda-sorta freed black people, only to start killing really white people.

These false memories could have huge implications for Romney's campaign. The next association could be actual false memories - such as the ones Romney has in accusations of his role at Bain Capital. (Note: The word "accusations" here means proof of his role and involvement from SEC filings.)

Even just a couple hundred thousand voters, or perhaps a million, could sway an already tight race. As of July 17, Gallup had Obama at 47% to Romney's 45%. Yet, on July 18, Rasmussen Reports had Romney with 47% of the vote, and Obama at 46%.

Sure, these are two different polls, but the early news appears to indicate that the Bane/Romney confusion has raised Romney's share of the popular vote by 2%.

And we all know how much even half a percent of the popular vote can mean.

Winning the 2000 Presidential Election popular vote by .51%, the 43rd President of these United States, Albert Gore, Jr.

All Limbaugh wants is to help Romney by calling out the liberal media's indirect use of money to alter the thoughts of the American public. You know, Hollywood, the corporations, and all the rich millionaires that the Democratic party is trying to raise taxes on.

Limbaugh knows that the biggest contributor to the public's image of a candidate is the media. After all, imagine if there were a report about how Romney bullied a gay student while in school. The media would still be covering it. Bad reports stick with voters, well, basically forever.

And Limbaugh won't stand (or sit) by while the media destroy Romney's image.

Sure, Limbaugh's Bane-Batman attempts may point to Limbaugh being bat-shit crazy (ba-dum ching) and finding some loose connection between a movie and pro-Democrat agenda.

But it doesn't matter, because if there's one thing Limbaugh knows it's how much damage the media can inflict on someone. And the last thing he wants is someone from the media damaging Romney's image, whether by television, the movies, or the Internet.

Or the radio.