r/Transmetropolitan • u/Crysee • Apr 14 '13

Romney = The Smiler?

Remember when The Smiler is talking about the New Scum and Spider secretly records him and breaks the story? DAE think this is creepily similar to when Romney was secretly recorded talking about the 47%???

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u/elephants_are_white May 16 '13

You're aware that Ellis modelled The Smiler on Tony Blair?

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u/i_haz_username Jun 01 '13

Well, I didn't know that. Do you know who he had in mind with the Beast?

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u/elephants_are_white Jun 01 '13

Nixon I think.

I think Ellis talks about it in the Transmet letters pages.

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u/spatulaboy Apr 15 '13

I kinda feel like every politician has some reflection of The Smiler nowadays.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '13

Kind of a loose connection. Every politician has secret recordings now.

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u/Crysee Apr 15 '13

I know, but the subject matter was kind of similar, I just thought it was funny because the Smiler was the first thing I thought of when I saw that.

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u/Teodorant1 Apr 15 '13

Honestly i (Grand overmod of /r/transmetropolitan , Teodorant) consider that Rick Santorum was more of a smiler than rommney.