Penguin kidnaps the Board of Elections. batman is not concerned, "Even the Penguin doesn't have unlimited funds." BAM, POW, SPLATT, WHAMM!
Batman: No Robin, I want to conduct a campaign that deals with the issues. I'm convinced the American electorate is too mature to be taken in by cheap, vaudeville trickery. After all, if our national leaders were elected on the basis of tricky slogans, brass bands and pretty girls, our country would be in a terrible mess, wouldn't it?The Penguin: Politics is wonderful! I can use all my lowest, slurpiest tricks, but now they're legal! I should have been a politician years ago!
The campaign that predicted 2016 to a T: Batman vs. The Penguin - WaPo - Nov 25, 2016