The Republican Governors Association is pushing back against Michael’s assertion that its flashy new web video was echoing “V for Vendetta.” The sequel video portrays a left-wing media conspiracy to discredit the original piece by tying it to violence, while largely echoing the stylistic and thematic qualities that drew comparisons to the Wachowskis’ work in the first place. They also spliced in a bunch of images of Guy Fawkes masks, some ominous close-ups of this blog (0:36) and added the tag line “V for Victory” for good measure — embracing the comparison while denying it. As for the charge that Michael was tying the RGA to Guy Fawkes’ act of terrorism, I’d say he already covered this:

The RGA is not calling for a violent uprising here. It is tapping into well-established online anti-government memes.

And it’s not just Guy Fawkes.