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Wall Street Journal Declares The Dark Knight a Pro-George W. Bush Film. Agree?
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Today, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed piece that is on crack. The writer's main point is that Batman, The Dark Knight himself, is George W. Bush and only by placing America's current president in a mask and an ab-defining bodysuit can liberals and conservatives alike respect his neverending fight against the evils of our day. The intro actually compares the film's bat symbol to a "W." Is the Rupert Murdoch-owned paper this desperate for hits? "There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W.
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