Romney/Ryan = Bialystock/Bloom
I've been trying to think of the best way to describe the Republican ticket to low information voters.
Thurston Howell III/Gilligan seems too easy, but I've been thinking about this for a while. As the days go by, the comparisons of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" and the current Romney/Ryan ticket get closer and closer.
1. Background: Former glory. Romney and Bialystock are both selfish and greedy con artists who primarily profited by convincing others to put up the money. Both have a few historic posters on the wall signaling success; their reputations rest mostly on successful shows they produced years ago. Ryan and Bloom are both regarded as "numbers" people, are initially overshadowed by their partners, and give off the appearances of sincerity, only to be discovered as fully capable of larceny as their senior.
2. Strategy: Redundant fund raising. Think about the 47% video. "What we need you to do is raise millions of dollars..." This is exactly what Romney does for his day job as a corporate raider. He puts up a paltry amount himself, then gets secret backers to put up enormous gobs of money. It doesn't matter to them if the show closes. In a Citizens United environment, there's so much money up for grabs, siphoning off several hundred millions into shadowy SuperPACs is a great way of paying off lower-level supporters with position and lucre.
3. Tactics: Flagrant and dedicated dishonesty. Both Romney and Bialystock kiss a lot of old money in order to do their daily business. They promise each prospect exactly what each wants to hear: righteousness, romance, profit, glory. Both have been lying so long and so deeply neither has any sense of right or wrong, other than the bottom line: personal wealth.
4. Performance: Outright incompetence. Both Bialystock and Romney made outrageously poor decisions in casting, content and direction. They seem to be willing to insult their potential audiences in order to push away the maximum amount of supporters. Senor and Bolton as foreign policy advisers? Why didn't they just get Wolfowitz and Bremer? The London and Jerusalem trip? Laughable.
5. Subtext: Gross perversion. The entire Romney campaign has been a "Springtime for Hitler." "Corporations are people, my friend." "47% will never vote for us." Etch A Sketch? Seamus? "A rolling calamity," said Peggy Noonan.
6. Outcome: Neither Romney or Bialystock plan on winning, and if they win, they're not prepared in any way to make good on the promises they've made to all their stockholders. The numbers just don't add up. Both Bloom and Ryan understand this, but they're perfectly willing to go along.
So what happens if they win? Even they don't know. They don't expect to win. They just expect to profit from the attention, like small time Trumps, then skedaddle with the proceeds.
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But, that was the problem in "The Producers". "Springtime For Hitler" was a hit. ... I'll shut up now.
...if queen ann is Oola, than I DON'T want to see her "go to work"! Yuck! 
PEACE! 
