Ted Rall for October 29, 2012
Transcript:
The leveraged buyout of the United States. (Woman: Governor, we're still running slightly behind Obama. We just don't have enough votes.) (Man: Wrong- we don't have enough votes now.) The businessman pulls together his brain trust of power vixens. (Woman 1: You don't need money to buy a company.) (Man: Yes! I'll borrow extra votes until after the election!) (Woman 2: Voters like to vote for a winner. Say you're winning!) (Woman 3: Like private equity! Turn the country around, pay back the votes, keep the profits.) After the election. (You're all fired. We'll auction off the valuable parts- NYC, the California coastline. And we're outsourcing defense to China) (Man 2: You said you knew the Economy!) (Man: This is the economy. You have my big popularity debt to pay off!) Four years into his new wars. Romney relaxes on his private island. Shielded from fallout by his forcefield. (Woman 5: Ever feel guilty?) (Man: I'm a vote creator, yo!)