Mitt Romney is Edward Lewis... without the Julia Roberts part.

[NightTemplar]

from imdb:

"Edward is a rich, ruthless businessman who specializes in taking over companies and then selling them off piece by piece...."

some quotes from Edward:

"You and I are such similar creatures Vivian. We both screw people for money."

Vivian: You don't actually have a billion dollars, huh?
Edward: No. I get some of it from banks, investors… it's not an easy thing to do.
Vivian: And you don't make anything…
Edward: No.
Vivian: … and you don't build anything.
Edward: No.
Vivian: So whadda ya do with the companies once you buy 'em?
Edward: I sell them.
[Viv reaches for his tie.]
Vivian: Here, let me do that. You sell them.
Edward: Well, I… don't sell the whole company, I break it up into pieces, and then I sell that off, it's worth more than the whole.
Vivian: So, it's sort of like, um… stealing cars and selling 'em for parts, right?
Edward: [sighs exasperatedly] Yeah, sort of. But legal.

[malaise]

1. I've been saying that for years here on DU

Funny that prostitution seems to be a big topic here this week. They prettified both corporate raiding and prostitution.