DC vs. DCU or, which supervillain is Bush?

[Bryan]

Blogger Todd Alcott's son is obsessed with the Justice League, which leads him onto strange, obscure tangents like the one below:

http://toddalcott.livejournal.com/72188.html


Tonight's bedtime conversation with Sam (5).

SAM. Is tomorrow a school day?
DAD. No. It's Presidents' Day. Do you know who the Presidents are?
SAM. Yes.
DAD. Yeah? Can you name one? Who was a President?
SAM. (patiently, as though to a dull toddler) George Washington.
DAD. Do you know what the President does?

This Sam is less clear on. Which is just as well at this embarrassing point in our nation's history.

I start to say that if the United States is the DC Universe, you could look at George Washington as Superman, but then I realize that if I say that, the next question will be "Then who is Batman?" and I don't have a clear answer for that.

Clearly, George Washington is Superman. He was the first, arguably the most important, debatably the best, and most importantly the "original." But then, indeed, who is Batman? Is it Adams, contemporary of Washington and close second in defining the young nation's ethos? Or is it, say, Lincoln, the most beloved of the presidents, the tall, dark, brooding loner president, the tortured insomniac, haunted by the deaths of his loved ones, the one who broke the rules for the sake of the greater good?

A much more complex game than it would at first appear. Some of the comments are also priceless:

"George W. Bush is almighty Darkseid! Hail Darkseid! Hail Apokolips! Death to New Genesis and thier Homosexual Liberal Elite! Rargh!

But seriously, Bush may be the worst U.S. president, that makes him at least the second best Russian president."

"I'll buy Cheney as Darkseid -- Bush is more like that pathetic little guy Darkseid is always smacking when he gets pissed off."

[semillama]

1. Hmmm.

Cheney:

Darkseid:

By Jove, I think they're on to something!

[Broken_Hero]

2. I'd say Batman is

Sec of Defense....:D Or head of the CIA...but I think Jon Jonzz would be a better fit for the CIA....:D Nice angle in that post though, :D

[Broken_Hero]

3. a villian, for W, I'd go with the Toy Man,

or the Prankster.

[Bucky]

4. In the DCU, Bush is played by Ambush Bug

Only thinks he's a superhero.

[Broken_Hero]

5. .......

:spray: :rofl:

[CarbonDate]

6. You know, I was going to try to take the challenge....

...but you nailed it. Right on the head. Bush = Ambush Bug. I can go to sleep, now.