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The late election looniness made for some interesting television, ranging from concession speeches to wacky SCOTUS demonstrations (who even knew GOP-sters knew how to demonstrate?) to the now-infamous pictures of senior citizens peering at punch cards.
One of television’s most interesting bits of election stuff came yesterday when, in a bizarre coincidence, the Sci-Fi Channel showed the election episode during its Batman marathon. For those few who don’t remember this classic of American theater, this was the episode in which the Caped Crusader, played by Adam West, faced off against the Penguin in a race for mayor of Gotham City.
Biff! Wham! Socko! Holy election fraud, Batman!
Needless to say, the dark scourge of the underworld won (though just by a few thousand votes — the east side of the city went overwhelmingly for the Penguin.) — but just to make sure no easy analogies were drawn, Batman gave a speech about every vote counting while the Penguin called for a recount.
PR flack: You and me, we’re both writers.
POTUS speechwriter: Yes, I suppose … if we broaden the definition to those who can spell.
-from West Wing