The Dark Bailout

The Dark Bailout

While the financial crisis is nothing to joke about, the Joker from The Dark Knight couldn’t be any worse than George W. Bush

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Replacing scenes of a corrupt businessman in The Dark Knight with clips of Bush’s reaction to the financial meltdown, this YouTube video brings new meaning to the Anybody but Bush mantra as the Joker, skeptical of Bush’s ability to adequately manage the emergency, urges a group of gangsters to call him when they want to get serious about the crisis.

Erica Landau

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