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How did Bush go from being an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?”

1. By being born into Connecticut royalty,
2. being there to capitalize when the GOP destroyed the political discourse in this country,
3. Al Gore ran a campaign shitty enough to make a blowout close.

1. Stole it in 2000
2. Won in 04 because the American public are cowardly sheep

King Prendergast wrote:1. Stole it in 2000
2. Won in 04 because the American public are cowardly sheep

2 alternate: because of likely vote fraud in Ohio

Now just look at what you've done. You've made a "McCain for President" banner ad appear at the bottom of this page.

Let's keep this thread about the film, not politics. I don't think any of the above is news to anyone anyway.

I get an ad for Forgetting Sarah Marshall, perhaps prompting us all to forget this movie

Jeff wrote:Now just look at what you've done. You've made a "McCain for President" banner ad appear at the bottom of this page.

Oh Jesus, now it's Ann Coulter! Ann Coulter by e-mail no less!

-Toilet Dcuk

MTVNews spitballs some ideas for casting Stone's W. film.

I like the one about Tommy Lee Jones as Rumsfeld.

Paul Giamatti is in talks to play Karl Rove.

Pekar, Adams, now Rove?

Now that's versatility!

Antoine Doinel wrote:Paul Giamatti is in talks to play Karl Rove.

He'd be so much better as Cheney. As we've seen in American Splendor, he's got the grimace down (just needs to evil it up a bit). Then in his place give me P.S. Hoffman as Rove and I will actually look forward to this.

tavernier wrote:Pekar, Adams, now Rove?

Now that's versatility!

Don't forget Santa!

hot_locket wrote:Don't forget Santa!

Managed to miss that one....but, please, no Philip Seymour Hoffman.

ABC News profiles the script.

I'll put my vote in for Willem Dafoe in a fat suit as Cheney. Dude was far and away the best thing about American Dreamz.

The first scene, in which Bush and his advisers brainstorm different terms to describe their global enemies, from "Axis of Hatred" to "Axis of Unbearably Odious..."

This is a perfect example of the bullshit in this script. That article is very accurate, revealing more than I was comfortable revealing.

There is no cocaine use whatsoever in the script, confirming Stone has indeed lost his testicular fortitude.

So Bush is lovable good 'ol boy who just wanted to make Daddy happy? Fucking gag me.

When he hears about French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's desire to give weapons inspectors 30 more days to work in Iraq, Bush explodes: "Thirty days! I'd like to stuff a plate of freedom fries down that slick piece of s--'s throat!"

When Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld purportedly confronts Bush in 2002 about his obsession with Saddam: "What's the big deal about Saddam? Bin Laden's the trained ape that wrought this hell on us," Dubya's response sounds like a line out of "The Godfather": "You don't go after the Bushes and get to talk about it. Ya got me?"

Movie of the decade.

portnoy wrote:Movie of the decade.

No, that's this one.

chaddoli wrote:

The first scene, in which Bush and his advisers brainstorm different terms to describe their global enemies, from "Axis of Hatred" to "Axis of Unbearably Odious..."

This is a perfect example of the bullshit in this script. That article is very accurate, revealing more than I was comfortable revealing.

There is no cocaine use whatsoever in the script, confirming Stone has indeed lost his testicular fortitude.

Well, I'd be curious to know what draft of the script they got. Something tells me it probably wasn't the shooting script.

You guys will enjoy this.

John Cope wrote:You guys will enjoy this.

Heh, thanks for this. I figured as much. Either way, Stone will get crucified for this film in the press. How can he not considering the subject matter? Let's hope he releases an annotated screenplay like he did with JFK and Nixon.

Not once did I sense the presence of Hollywood far-left liberals getting off on skewering Bush because it's in their blood and it makes them clap their hands and say yeah.

Eye rolling, nonsensical, indie rock referencing aside, this is exactly why the Republicans continue to run roughshod over the Democrats. The "far-left liberals" are always far too afraid to as dirty as their far right enemies. If ever there was a time for a "wild-ass", piercing, no-holds-barred take down of Dubya - it's now.

"Carefully shaped and ordered" should not apply to a man who spent 8 years doing whatever the fuck he felt like.

More casting news from The Hollywood Reporter:

Oliver Stone has found the actress to play Condoleezza Rice in his upcoming "W," with Thandie Newton in final negotiations to star as the National Security Advisor-turned-Secretary of State.

Meanwhile, Ioan Gruffudd is in final talks to play former British prime minister Tony Blair.

Jeff wrote:More casting news from The Hollywood Reporter:

Oliver Stone has found the actress to play Condoleezza Rice in his upcoming "W," with Thandie Newton in final negotiations to star as the National Security Advisor-turned-Secretary of State.

Wow. This is so wrong on so many levels.

Queen Latifah must've been busy.

I think it's time we started accepting that this will be the best movie of the year