Bush & Batman — look! both begin with ‘B’!

Holy clone, the resemblance is so uncanny I can barely tell them apart.

BATMAN: Tormented over the tragic mistakes he’s made.
BUSH: Makes jokes about the tragic mistakes he’s made.

BATMAN: Has Lucius Fox and Alfred to ensure he stays on the right track.
BUSH: Has Karl Rove and Cheney to steer the country down the wrong track.

BATMAN: Acting on false intelligence, destroys the lives of his loved ones.
BUSH: Acting on false intelligence, destroys the lives of other people’s loved ones.

BATMAN: When Gotham is attacked, steels himself with the courage to take charge.
BUSH: When Manhattan is attacked, pisses himself and reads My Pet Goat.

BATMAN: Tracks down and kills captures the Joker.
BUSH: Drops the ball and loses bin Laden.

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BATMAN: Takes responsibility for his own misdeeds and punishes the crimes of others.
BUSH: Takes no responsibility for his own misdeeds and pardons the crimes of others.

BATMAN: Spends millions of dollars of his own money for his obsessive vendetta.
BUSH: Spends billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money for his obsessive vendetta.

BATMAN: Hands over control of surveillance system for eventual suspension.
BUSH: Demands retroactive immunity for telecoms so surveillance can proceed unheeded.

BATMAN: Reckless moral confusion results in corruption of Gotham’s highest ideals.
BUSH: Reckless moral confusion results in corruption of America’s highest ideals.

BATMAN: Stitches up his own wounds.
BUSH: Chokes on pretzels.

BATMAN: Endlessly fighting the same deadlocked battles for 70 years.
BUSH: Endlessly fighting the same quagmire wars for 100 years (oh, wait; that’s McCain)