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Kalliope- and so what if most of the Bush-Supporters on here are from the Mid-west??? Since when do Mid-Westerners opinions matter less than the rest of the country??

I'm with JD – he was pretty fair to Nixon, actually, portraying him as a deeply flawed human being instead of some caricatured monster. I really want to see this film, although it might have been better if they waited a couple years.

As for the posts here, it astonishes me that there are two truths nowadays. The Liberals KNOW we invaded Iraq for oil and that W is an idiot, the Conservatives KNOW that it's all Bill Clinton's fault. I'm a staunch Democrat, so I'm closer to the former, but both sides have the "facts" to back up their opinions, even if the facts and opinions are completely contradictory. How did we get here?

Oh, and I'll bet he's going to call the movie "W."

By the way I just have to say that I feel that thinking the way I do and seeing the world that way I do is a result of my independent thought. I feel that it is realistic to look around at my friends, family, co-workers, etc and their situations and my own, and realize that the country and it's people are not in the kind of trouble that the evening news is trying to tell us we are in. Just like "Christmas Retail Sales were quite good" pointed out. That was a great post and point.

First of all, I would like to say thank you to all who have contributed to a spirited debate here. There have been a lot of opinions espoused here; so much passion. I think this is just one reason that this country is so great. We all have the freedom to express our opinions on matters such as those we are discussing here. I don't think many would disagree. So much credit is due to the many people who have contributed to this exchange of thoughts and ideas.

Now to db-you are right; I may have been premature in my assessment of what Oliver Stone was going to do with this movie. I just know what I have seen from him in the past and feel that we will be subjected to more of the same. No- that is not quite accurate. I should say those who choose to see the movie will be subjected to more of the same. I will very likely choose not to spend my money to see this movie, if and when it comes out. That is what most people do when they do not like something. They choose to not give it any of their time, money, etc. Speaking of my money... I would love to be able to contribute to the list of the many pro-America movies that have been made in the past but I do not make nearly enough money to make a movie. I am no where near what you would call wealthy; in fact I am very middle of the pack salary-wise. That is not to say that I have always been middle of the pack. I have had to make changes in my life to even get to this point. I used to bring home a lot less money than I do now. I used to work for a relativeIy small company where I mostly enjoyed my job but had topped out wage-wise of what the owner/founder of the company determined a person in my position should make. I even endured a demotion from a position that I really enjoyed in the company that I felt was going to be my future career. That's fine. They were the owner and it was their prerogative to determine such things. It wasn't enough money for me to live how I want to live. I want to be comfortable and not have to worry about which bill should get paid over the others and fall behind on payments. I made some very poor choices in the past that put me in that led me to that point. I chose to quit going to college when I was 20 years old; I chose to run up my credit cards to points where they were difficult to pay down the balance with minimum payments (all I could afford); I chose to try to have things like expensive cable TV and new vehicles that were unaffordable on my salary. I made those choices. Then I finally made the desicion (with the encouragement of my girlfriend and now wife) that I needed to go back to school and get myself into a position to not have to worry anymore. That and I have learned to do without things I cannot afford without credit cards (I don't even have one of my own). I still drive the same vehicle I bought back then when I could not afford it; it is now 10 years old and probably in need of being replaced. But I have learned the hard way to make better decisions in my life and it has made my life better. I believe from my experience that I can say that anyone can do what I have done. My situation now isn't one of great wealth and my old situation wasn't one of the greatest despair; the type of despair that many in this country and the world face. But I feel that anyone can make their lives better if they make better choices and decide that they want to and NEED to. They do not need to take hand outs from the government to do so. In fact, they will probably never get there with hand outs because it will not teach them to do on their own. It would just be a temporary fix. Give a man a fish, he eats for a day; teach a man to fish, he eats every day for the rest of his life. I know that is corny but it can be applied to so many real life situations. Sorry for BOTH of my extremely long rants.... I feel lucky that at least the first one got to stay on the site. I don't yet know if this one will but I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Only if the movie ends with bushes career ending the same way Mussolini did in Italy after the war will I go see it.

Looking at these posts is puzzling me. The nations approval rating for Bush is 26%. Yet there are all these people who are taking up for him. Makes you wonder how many "ROVEbots" are are responding on here and getting everyone else up in a tizzy. Thats is why Obama is gonna win the presidency – he does not see a conservative America or a liberal America....he sees one America. Which is what all these Republicans should do as well. The Evangelicals are not gonna save you this time. So shut up and lets get along instead of wasting time bickering. Bush is a disaster, he has lyed, he has destroyed reputation of those who have gone against, and now he is going to live pretty for the rest of his life, while everyone else has to struggle to make ends meat and clean up the mess thats been made. Guys lets focus on America and making it better FOR ALL OF US instead of calling each other names like kids.

i hope this movie plans to explore both stolen elections as well as bush's lie and war, what he did to get votes (demonizing americans and dividing america), and how he's ruined our economy by giving tax breaks to the rich and corporate elite. worst president ever, and i hope this film portrays that accurately and richly.

Stone portrayed Nixon as a sympathetic human being who simply could not face the beast we call a government. I highly doubt he will completely demonize Bush (No matter how deserving he is of it.)

One thing I find really interesting is when you see points of view slammed.
Over a movie, a possible movie, about our current President.

After reading each and every post on this issue, its clear that many feel that our President did a poor job, and many are quick to defend the office of the President.

I feel the job of the President is the hardest job in the world. Always under the microscope, never not second guessed, and the fate of the world in your hands.
That is a lot of pressure for any human being.

Now if we look at the office of President, and we see what has happened to those in office, a movie about any President will make good drama. It doesn't matter if you like the President or not. All the choices a President has to make daily about the fate of the world is interesting.

That being said....

I don't feel President Bush (current) has done a quality job in office. I do feel that fear has been used to control the masses. I don't feel he won the first election, and the Supreme Court made a mistake. The second election, the country made a mistake by putting him back into office. I don't disrespect the President, I bet he's a nice guy, a guy you wouldn't mind having a beer with and relaxing with. I don't feel he was the right choice, and I question the choices he made in office.

As for the always talked about Clinton's. President Clinton did many good things for the country, he also did screw up in office. One thing I did find refreshing was that he tried to listen to different points of view while making choices. In his second administration he had a rough time with the Republican Congress, who battled with him to get things done, and went after him. Still we came out in better shape after the Clinton Presidency.

In the up coming election, we have several tough choices, as people, as americans. What leader will be able to unite us and not divide us? Who will help the struggling middle class, will keep us safe, will reach out to those in the world both friend and foe. We have many things to think about, but the fighting two parties, the left and right, need to stop, need to wake up, and realize that were all americans, we all want a better tomorrow, and were only as strong as our weakest link.

Prety much anyone who comemnts this to attack Bush is ignorant and hate him for what democrats on the media have said. If you dotn liek his policies thats fair game, but dont attack the person, this country is becoming very stupid and ignornat and tis nto becuase of Bush its the people that call him names and say he makes ur skin crawl. Learn some thing for once nad try to debate with facts .

A better choice for bush would be Frank Caliendo he's awesome at impersonating him. Now for a serious role he might not be able to pull it off, but add some comedy to it ( Face it bush does say some pretty ignorant comedic things ) and it would go over great.

Congratulations Mr. Stone, you will be doing the country a very great service.

Wake up people, Oliver Stone is a commercial filmmaker, not a journalist. He is an entertainer, not a historian. Even if he professes that his films are historically accurate, they will never be, simply because he is presenting images based on his own perceptions. He has no duty, as an artist, to give you want you want or what you think should be presented.

Mr Stone, I'd like to see a movie about how Hillary came to power. Please include some of her personal demons as well

Hey, there, you right-wing crazies and neo-con losers: How about trying to change the 22nd Amendment to give Bush a third term?

Ha, ha.

Would anybody actually watch a movie about this?

Personally I can't even look at Bush's face without feeling sick.

"It's like the many Democrats in the Senate who said how much they supported the troops but then voted against providing them with the tools and equipment they needed to do their jobs just to show their disapproval of this president and this conflict. This is another fact. If you are truly a veteran how can you possibly justify this?"

-John, Lincoln, NE

The "evil" Democrats aren't the ones smearing veterans (John Kerry, John McCain), it's the Republicans. Take a look at how both were treated in Bush's campaigns. Bush dodged Vietnam while those two guys were over there and for he and his people to criticize them is repulsive.

Irrespective of what people may think about George Bush, why wouldn't we want to experience what a demonstrably gifted cinemaic director would have to say about the 43rd president's terms of office? Good or bad, history needs to be interpreted, Greatly polarized sides of this debate are part of the discourse, but they don't necessarily advance our thinking.

to Red33 Do you have any clue as what liberal media means? it means free. Not that we have much of it left – but now you know what that means so you can use it in a sentence. I bet you listen to Fox news because it's "fair and balanced" – lol

It always gets me that those hard core "bushlovers" who buy into the propaganda of fear live in the part of the country that would never get hit by the terrorists. This is not the first time our government allowed 9/11 to happen in order to line up public opinion behind the war. Now if you paid attention in your history class you'd know that every war in the history of men was always about money. So fear not Mr. Red as long your beloved bush has his war that makes his buddies rich we are OK – trust me I take subway to work everyday and my only fear is – what is this unfortunate man going to come up with next. Arrogance and ignorance combined eats this great nation from the inside and we allowed that to go on for 8 years.

LOL Oliver you were once a good director almost great but now you are at best mediocre. I'm no fan of Bush but enough with your revisionist versions of history. I'm still laughing at all the flaws and made up events from JFK. Why do you persist in continuing to make movies no one wants to see? Try doing this for once. Lay off the drugs for a while and get you brain back to a somewhat even state of being. Then just tell a story people want to see. I think you did so many mushrooms on Natural Born Killers not to mention your years of cocain abuse you got swiss cheese for a brain. And sadly it is showing with your films. Making that god aweful Alexander should ban you from making films for at least 10 years.

Joseph Goebbels said, "If you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth".
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If Bush-supporters are using the words of a Nazi for quotations, it doesn't seem hard to believe that they might have also read the words of another Nazi:

“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” ~ Herman Goering, second in command of the Nazi Third Reich.

Seem very familiar?

I predict that there will be more lines spoken (yelled? screamed?) from the audiences than by the actors in the film, during wide release screenings.

What make-up and prosthetic feats will be needed to get the just-so nearly pointed ears, the beady, slightly crossed, convergent (and vacuous) gaze, the west Texas upper lip overhang for the actor playing the part?

Two hours (+/-) of the uniquely, exquitely, fumbling, unending stream of gramatical, lexical, geopgraphical, historical, economic and social malaproposims that even a beginner speaker - say, a three or four year old - would fail to surpass, would tax the efforts of phalanxes of screen writers never before assembled for the making of a film. (A practical solution might well be to simply lip-sync creatively compiled speech for the leading part from rich archival resources.)

Finally, what collection of Hollywood heavies will be assembled as supporting cast? Who will play "Shooter"? "Scooter"? "Slam-dunk" Tenet? the disgraced Powell? The now-Secretary of State named for a Chevron oil tanker? "Hand-jive" Rumsfeld? AGs "Trashcraft" and "Gonzo"? The "Flowers and chocolates" fraternity of neocon attorneys, Zionist ideologues, facilitators, loop hole deliverers and recycled ex-felons working out of the basement of the Pentagon? The Shock and Awe niche media cheerleaders? Plantation-boss Bremer? What vignettes of Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, Faluja, the rendition-and-torture gulag will be delivered?

In this case, even the redoubtable Oliver Stone might be biting off more than he can chew and deliver on. He might better opt to bring it out as a full-length animation, adult comedy. In that way, the wealth of opportunity to charicature, exaggerate and overstate a reality that can only be expressed in over-the-top burlesque might succeed as a creative endeavor. Take a page from Mel Brooks, who, presented with the challenge of rendering the Third Reich as an entertainment topic, arrived at a musical spoof featuring a character named Adolf Hitler.

Somebody already said it: WHY is this on the Political section of CNN? It belongs in the Entertainment section. Move it!

I read most of the comments and am excited that so many people agree with me and have seen the truth in the Bush adminstration. I learned a few things too.

I didn't know Bushy boys cheerleader college roommate was gay! Interesting. I also enjoyed reading that part of Reagan's diary which states in so many words that G. W. was a useless bum.

Yes, I agree – daddy, Cheney and Rove ran the show. Gee, I hope they are all rich and happy. They were the most miserable group of people I have ever witnessed..crooked, and full of .greed, greed, greed. Just how stupid do Republicans think the American people are? What? They think they can tell us anything and repeat it enough and we'll begin to believe it?

Well they managed to ruin the stock, job, and home market. They allowed financial and insurance corporations to run rampid and rip off people.

I think Stone should make the movie.. so we learn not to make the same mistakes again and demand accountability...I hope the voting machines are working correctly in 08.

My personal opinion – I think only Hillary can take on Romney or McCain.. and we need very badly to win!

If they titles the movie: "Curious George" and put him in a suit carrying a bannana I might go watch this, otherwise once he is outta office I never want to hear another thing about our dumbass president. I seriously hope that Obama gets elected and will make people remember what a president of the United States of America is supposed to be like!

I can't wait to see it. It's about time that someone shows all the brain dead people that voted for him twice in a row how Bush raped America for his own profit. Even the Republican Party that helped him steal two elections can't stand him anymore.
Anyone who believes his "I am a Christian montra that he was told by Jesus that he needed to be President " needs to look at his Christian behavior toward the poor, children, disabled elderly, and war vets. Yes, war vets that he sent to fight his illegal war against a country that didn't cause us any harm. He cut programs that would have benefited them. Jesus didn't operate like that.
I am not naive. I know that the terrorists were Saudi Arabians that Osama sent from Afghanistan (not Iraq) to blow up the twin towers. That’s where Bush needed to fight the terrorists and we would not be in the mess that we are in today. We may never recover from the damage that Bush has done to America. He has become an arrogant self elected dictator that has murdered the constitution for his own benefit. Beware of the person that uses the name of Jesus for their own profit and benefit. No, I am not a Democrat!! I am an Independent voter.

Instead of a fictional movie, why not just document an impeachment
or a war crimes trial at the Hague?

As a Canadian who prefers having a President who gets along well with our PM, I was embarassed when we didn't support Bush by invading Iraq but In hindsight however, I'd have to admit it would not have been worth it. It pains me to admit that a Liberal PM could go against my wishes and be correct but that's pretty much happened.

To be honest, it's not so much because I don't think America's high price in Iraq isn't worth the effort but it's more because my Canadian countrymen are fighting the Taliban, the real enemy on their home turf and the same sort of surge that has recently proved successful in Iraq would IMO be more useful in Khandahar.

IMO, it's time for the US to step in and help Canada finish the Taliban once and for all. After all aren't they the bastards that attacked Americans on American soil, not to mention Canadians and others. From what I understand we can still do this job despite the cowardice of the rest of the NATO nations who only want to "appear" to help. (Hello... Italy, Netherlands, France and Spain)

As for Stones' movie. It's a movie. That's all. Watch it or don't watch it. Agree with it or don't agree with it. But, be thankful you live in a country where he's allowed to make it.

In response to “Jeff, BR LA“ (posting January 21, 2008 4:20 pm ET), who wrote: “Especially as we are entering a recession.”

It's interesting how some portions of the media keep chanting "recession, recession, recession", and how "poor Christmas sales" in 2007 supposedly were.

Because the facts show otherwise.

For example, "Holiday Online Receipts Are Strong, but Reflect a Decline in Rate of Growth" by Matt Richtel in the New York Times (December 28, 2007) states that

"The sales growth of 19 percent, while enviable for traditional retailers was down sharply from the 25 percent to 30 percent growth rates of recent years."

What does this mean? It means that on-line retailers sold 19 percent MORE than LAST year. It means that retailers sold THE SAME AMOUNT PLUS MORE than last year.

Suppose at Christmas 2006, you gave your child FIVE toys, and he was happy with them.

Then a year later, at Christmas 2007, you gave your child SIX toys. Your child is unhappy, and you ask why. "I was expecting EIGHT toys this year," he says.

Merry Christmas!

Now look at how CNN also spins it in this sentence written in the CNN in this article "Rebates: No big deal for stores” by Parija B. Kavilanz, January 21, 2008:

"With 2008 expected to show the weakest growth for retail sales in years, Americans sorely need some incentive to keep shopping."

In other words, the weakest GROWTH. That doesn't mean retail sales are LOWER, nor does it mean that retail sales are FLAT. It means that retail sales are ABOVE, but the percentage above previous years doesn't satisfy some people.

There's definitely an attempt by the news media to make the situation seem worse than it is - by using slightly misleading sentences that careless readers will misinterpret. Of course, this has a domino effect of making the "consumer confidence index" fall because everybody thinks "the economy sucks".

The sales have been growing, just not at exorbitant rates of previous years.

I think it would be a bad idea to make a movie about Bush right now. Let the Democrats defeat the Republicans fair and square in November 2008. There could be unforeseeable backlash if the Republicans feel too bashed. Don't forget Michael Moore's Farenheit 911 failed to help the situation.

I applaud Oliver Stone’s endeavor to expose the multi-generational bush gene. Mr. Stone’s dissection of the John Kennedy assassination (JFK the movie) was excellent. He connected all the dots of deceit and conspiracy, and it was far more believable and accurate than the pre-disposed Warren Report. I look forward to seeing how well Mr. Stone will make sense of all the little pieces and parts, players and co-conspirators, responsible for positioning and putting this clown (the current bush) in charge of MY country. Molly Ivins (rest her soul) tried to warn the world through her writings what bush bunch was all about, but not enough people paid attention. But then, had everyone paid attention, and had absolutely no one voted for him, he would have ended up as President anyway. Oliver Stone will tell me (actually, confirm my thoughts) how this biggest travesty since the beginning of time came to happen –regrettably though, 5 or so years too late.

Bill in Seattle:

First: I am a veteran. I will take you at your word that you are as well.

Second: Call you names? Please go back and read my post again. I did not call you a single name. Not once. Do you think you saying so in your post would somehow give your post more credibility? I guess I have never understood that kind of thinking.

Third: No, I don't think we went to Iraq to create freedom. I think we went to Iraq because of Iraq's repeated violation of United Nations Security Council's Resolution 1441. I think we went to Iraq on the recommendation of the president and the approval of both the House and Senate. I realize that these facts have been lost to rhetoric over the last three years, but they are facts just the same despite liberal revisionist history.

Lastly: You can say you respect the office all you want. Your disrespectful insults are there for all to see that you do not truly feel that way. It's like the many Democrats in the Senate who said how much they supported the troops but then voted against providing them with the tools and equipment they needed to do their jobs just to show their disapproval of this president and this conflict. This is another fact. If you are truly a veteran how can you possibly justify this?

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bama boy can you dish it out – but taking it and expalining it seem to be two different things.................... My Independent vote goes to Hillary!

I think Hillary shows excellent performance and shows how she can more lead this Nation than any other of the canidates. Her boo's mean nothing she has every right to go on the attack when once again Obama has made the pre-emptive strike. This double standard the the Obama camp has been playing is outlandish and the fact that Black Voters have turned on the Clintons when no other President in recent history had done more I think is outlandish too. My appeal is I hope the S.C. black voters and black voters across this country will not desert the Clintons and will show the loyalty they have shown them up until this race.
Way To Go Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!

adidas boy

Sure chimps have charisma, but you don't want one running the country. BTW Brolin doesn't look like a chimp.

I LOVE THIS COUNTRY – DO YOU KNOW WHY?--- because i have been on 6 different sites and have talked out against this president past presidents and the candidates running for president. and it is my right to speak my mind and for that i am gratefull

George Bush is a genius.

Despite having nothing that resembles a brain, he managed to fix the result of the 2000 election and then convince 59million Americans to vote for him in 2004.

Despite being a foul-mouthed war-monger, Bush has convinced most American Christians that he is a great man of God; a latterday saint and defender of the Faith.

Despite his dubious share deals in the Eighties and Nineties, Bush was entrusted by Americans to run the US economy (and, hey, what a mess he has made of it).

Despite never fighting for his country, Bush somehow managed to convince America that he was a man of patriotism, of honour and of bravery.

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George W Bush has disfigured American history. He is the worst two-term president of all time and, probably, the worst of the 42 men who have held the office (yes, even worse than Harding, Hoover, Coolidge and Pierce).

Oliver Stone does not need to exaggerate about Bush because the story of this wretched president is already stranger than fiction.

It would be funny if it was not so tragic.

Hail to the Thief!!!

cnn- even though u block some of my post i thank you for haveing this opportunity to discuss this great nation and the people who have and might and will run this great nation so to that i say---GO OBAMA 08

Thanks for proving my point about over the top comments that lose all credibility.

Now I know why Reagan emptied the mental institutions other than save the money.He let them out to breed and continue the Republican gene pool.

THanks for proving my point about over the top comments that lose all credibility

this is a waste of time; by the end of the next year the theme movie or not, will be " thank God this is over"

jeff---- yes jimmy carter was a bad president but he never and i meen never broke our constitution and he has been the best ex-president this country has ever had so there is no way his name should be mentioned in the same sentence as bush

Based on the responses I have read, I see a lot of bitter people. It's one thing to disagree with decisions that are made, but some of these responses are amazing to me. Discussing a sitting American President in such a distateful manner. You have to separate your distate for the individual and the office of the President. I don't even agree with his decisions, but I find most of the comments so over the top that all objectivity and credibility is lost. Even President's that I don't agree with I am able to respond with dignity and respect as all Americans should do. At least the America I know. The comments I have read sound like sound bites that have been repeated with an even more bitter tone. Jimmy Carter was a very ineffective president, but the man had his principles and followed them and I respected him for that... George W. Bush also doesn't go by popular opinion, he has is own set of principles and he follows them. It is not always wise to follow public opinion polls when governing. Even though I don't agree with his decisions, I believe the man follows his own principles just as Jimmy Carter did. I prefer an individual who will follow principles as opposed to looking at polls and adopting his beliefs based on what will get him elected.

We have suffered enough – please spend your talent on something more meaningful and helpful to Americans. Two boarder patrol agents are still in prison – a true God fearing man could have easily ended this travisty. It wasn't too difficult to help S. Libby.

Sadly, a lot of people feel that we have been living under a dictatorship for nearly eight years. It is difficult to comprehend a Godly dictatorship.

Perhaps after a long period of healing, Americans might be open to seeing a humane side of a our President. Right now is not the time. By the way, who is potraying the countless Americans suffering because of the decisions of our Godly President?

President Bush is a Praying President. Prayer is good, Godly actions are also good. Why are so many individuals from all walks of life asking so many questions about the credibility of our President? I don't feel that stating that his heart is in the right place is going to give anyone a spiritual uplift.

hillary just got booooooooed hard core in the debate

TOM OF TEXARCANA, TX WRITES:

"What a waste of energy it would be to pursue this film project. Bush was a terrible governor of Texas, and probably the worst President of the last 150 years… yes, even worse than Nixon. Most of our citizenry just hope that this idiot doesn't get us into another war before his term expires."

now, isn't that exactly why we the people should find out How in the world such horrible miserable alchoholic loser ever got elected twice to lead this nation and the world?????????????

no curiosity is a hallmark of midiocre intelligence. just look at bush. for our children's sake, THINK for once in your life!

yes clinton is acting like a big baby and is still misunderstanding what obama said about reagan

Mike T January 21, 2008 8:17 pm ET

"One of the greatest presidents" (????)

"- Declared 'mission accomplished' 2 years ago, the war is still ongoing"

2 years?? Try 5 years.

That was May of 2003 he declared that!

Is mr. schneider watching the same debate I am? Clinton looks horrible on everything

THE PICTURE OF THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS NEITHER STONE OR JOSH???

Movie about Bush? There is a movie about Bush. It is called "Mars attacks".

pixie--– that is perfect very good that is what bush acts like

haha nice. When I think of Bush on screen, I can't help but think of Leonardo DiCapprio's role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" lol

"Were it not for Hollywood and the media, Liberals might actually be proud to say they're Americans."
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The incredible HYPOCRISY of many Bush-supporters is never more apparent than their thoughtless condemnation of Hollywood. Ask these same people who their favorite Republican president was and the answer is likely to be Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan. They praise Hollywood Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger and some advocate changing the Constitution so he can become president. Who is one of their presidential candidates now? Hollywood Republican Fred Thompson. In the past they have elected Hollywood celebrities Sonny Bono and even Fred Grandy from "The Love Boat". What Hollywood celebrity is seen the most campaigning? Republican Chuck Norris.

Get real, HYPOCRITES.

As a republican I am still in shock, embarrassed and baffled at how my party nominated this known inferior intellect to run our country. Even more confusing, after he proved himself incompetent, America re-elected him. I hope Stone can offer some insight into how this happened.

Hello everyone. I like Oliver Stone very much. People that think that he was playing conspiracy theorist in "JFK" are full of it. "JFK" was based on the book by Jim Garrison called "On the Trail of Assassins." If you want to live in the truly fictional land of the single bullet theory go ahead. Come on people, any modern day forensics expert would laugh at the single bullet theory.
I am so sick of Americans burying their head under the sand. We trust our leaders entirely too much. Just look at the twin towers. That was a demolition! Why are we pretending that jet fuel can burn hot enough to bring the towers down in a straight freefall! Yeah call me a conspiracy theorist. Shake your head and say no no no it was the terrorists. I am sick of the naivete of most in this country. The Democrats are absolutely pathetic for not launching an investigation on this. I saw one commitee on this very subject on c span, and out of nowhere all word of this dissapeared from the media. Looks like to me you are all under the man's thumb! CNN you should be absolutely ashamed of yourselves for not investigating the demolition claims yourselves. You are all too weak, afraid, or deluded. If you think this is all rediculous conspiracy theories, then examine the claims of the conspiracy theorists objectively, one by one instead of just waving it all off as impossible.

"One of the greatest presidents" (????)

- Was appointed president by the US Supreme Court, did not even clearly win
- Allowed the greatest attack on American soil in over 200 years during his presidency
- Read a book to a child for 12 minutes after being told of the attack
- Invaded a sovereign nation with a campaign based on lies
- Declared "mission accomplished" 2 years ago, the war is still ongoing
- Turned a trillion dollar surplus into a multi-trillion dollar defecit
- Still has not captured Osama Bin Laden
- Single handedly changed the balance of the US Supreme Court to the religious right
- Tried to sell US ports to Dubai (no, we haven't forgotten)
- Claims to not be part of the Executive branch
- Failed to aid US citizens after one of the greatest hurricanes of our time

Yeah, history will be good to this guy – NOT!

George Bush is a genius.

Despite having nothing that resembles a brain, he managed to fix the result of the 2000 election and then convince 59million Americans to vote for him in 2004.

Despite being a foul-mouthed war-monger, Bush has convinced most American Christians that he is a great man of God; a latterday saint and defender of the Faith.

Despite his dubious share deals in the Eighties and Nineties, Bush was entrusted by Americans to run the US economy (and, hey, what a mess he has made of it).

Despite never fighting for his country, Bush somehow managed to convince America that he was a man of patriotism, of honour and of bravery.

* * *

George W Bush has disfigured American history. He is the worst two-term president of all time and, probably, the worst of the 42 men who have held the office (yes, even worse than Harding, Hoover, Coolidge and Pierce).

Oliver Stone does not need to exaggerate about Bush because the story of this wretched president is already stranger than fiction.

It would be funny if it was not so tragic.

Hail to the Thief.

Dan, you are awesome! One of the first intelligent pro Bush commentators in this blog! Your thoughts are right on the mark and I completely agree with you on everything. You really do know your history, please continue to enlighten these bleeding heart liberals.

it's just stone being stoned again..oliver and his mind are are pure delusional twins

Is this a joke?

This movie will BOMB just like all the other anti war and anti Bush movies. Nobody wants to see them. They echo the same Left leaning fascist slogans we’ve been hearing for umpteen years. Nothing new.

John Locke said that "in order for Liberalism to succeed, one must first rewrite history"... Good Lord, they're not even waiting for him to leave office and they're ready to perpetuate the manufactured hysteria. He also said that “in order for it to be defeated, it must first be battled in the minds of men”.

Joseph Goebbels said, "If you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth". Were it not for Hollywood and the media, Liberals might actually be proud to say they're Americans. Given the fact that Liberals appear to be winning the hearts and minds of our youth with their propaganda which appeals only to emotion and is void of demonstrable logic, I can only say that I loathe the morrow and expect nothing but further decay of or society.

The poor Liberals on this board are clueless and they don't even know it. It's really quite depressing when you think about it.

yes i hate bush alot i had a great job good benefits and this country had a multi trillion dollar surplus now we have a multi trillion dollar debt so i have and all americans have a reason to hate this evil man

"I challenge you to dislike him, his opinions and the way he does his job, but he has done nothing to be on trial in "The Hague". By the way what crimes has he committed that you know of?"
lets see the waterboarding thing, guantanamo bay, the whole multitude of unnamed camps in the middle east where people are having who knows what happen to them, messing up the veterans system for when people return with scrapnal in their head and are not only considered not handicapped, but must return back to iraq, or cannot take care of their families because they don't get much dissability...... need I continue?

LT, no one could screw up this nation as bad as Bush. It's not possible.

Another attempt by the far left to screw up this country even worse. Congress made promises to get in office and now have a lower approval rating than Bush. What does that tell you?

Another attempt by the far left to screw up this country even worse. Congress made promises to get in office and now have a lower approval rating than Bush. What does that tell you?

4 years too late.

Please Oliver expose the Clintons as well....

Josh Brolin ?!!! They always get a guy who's waaaaay better looking that the guy he's playing. Ha

Oliver Stone has perverted history time and again. JFK, The Doors, Born on the 4th of July and now Bush? Ray Manzarek, of the Doors, after viewing the movie for which he was used an historical advisor, said it was an "incorrect pile of jive". The Kennedy family referred to JFK movie as "riddled with fallacy, a steep dive away from the truth". Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth of July stated he was so depressed that Stone lied to him in how his mother would be portrayed, he contemplated suicide. Look up the articles. In effect, Oliver Stone has distorted the minds of viewers by twisting history into a pretzel of lies.

Bush is the President and I get why Stone should wait to make a movie about his failures. With all the information that is out there that shows that the man in power should be impeached and charged for war crimes,I don't know where people don't understand that. And I thought conservatives were self responsible, law and order types but the bias comes out when it comes to a Republicans failure. Look who is whining now.

They made a Bush movie, if you haven't seen it. It's called Farenheit 911. If you watch it and are not furious, you're an idiot.

To Red33:
"Bill Clinton could have stopped alot of this terrorism, IF…he had acted when he should have, but…he was too busy…. with other things."

You very cleverly left out the fact that when Clinton attacked the terrorist camps with missiles, pre-911, the right-wing sleaze machine began charging "wag the dog" and continuously used it against him. At least Clinton was going after true terrorists.

George Bush is a genius.

Despite having nothing that resembles a brain, he managed to fix the result of the 2000 election and then convince 59million Americans to vote for him in 2004.

Despite being a foul-mouthed war-monger, Bush has convinced most American Christians that he is a great man of God; a latterday saint and defender of the Faith.

Despite his dubious share deals in the Eighties and Nineties, Bush was entrusted by Americans to run the US economy (and, hey, what a mess he has made of it).

Despite never fighting for his country, Bush somehow managed to convince America that he was a man of patriotism, of honour and of bravery.

* * *

George W Bush has disfigured American history. He is the worst two-term president of all time and, probably, the worst of the 42 men who have held the office (yes, even worse than Harding, Hoover, Coolidge and Pierce).

Oliver Stone does not need to exaggerate about Bush because the story of this wretched president is already stranger than fiction.

It would be funny if it was not so tragic.

Hail to the Thief!

It's amazing when I read people defending Bush.

There is only one question people have to ask to sum up whether he's done a good or bad job. Liberal or Conservative, it does not matter what you are, just ask yourselves this:

Did he leave this nation better than when he took it over?

Speaking of bums, Stone hasn't made a decent film in 20 years. He should have his ceremonial director's bullhorn stuffed full of cotton and his subscription to Conspiracy Today canceled.

"Isn't his fault people loaded up their credit cards to get the stuff they wanted and can't pay for. Well heck, it was easier to file bankrupsy, keep the stuff and get more credit cards."

-kay

Isn't his fault? That's the blueprint he, his father and Reagan ALL used to bury our ENTIRE NATION in debt. What a great example they set!!

Cram it, kay.

"Movies like I and others believe that Oliver Stone is about to make do nothing but advance the belief in the farce of America being "terrible and unfair." They do nothing but further the liberal agenda that I believe is completely wrong for this great country"

- Jamie-Des Moines, IA

WOW, what a great review of a movie that hasn't even been filmed yet. "Liberal agenda!" Give me a break. Go use your, "anything is possible in wonderful America" attitude and make your own film if you think your viewpoint is the golden truth.

It is so funny how negative you Bush haters are! I can't wait for the shoe to be on the other foot so you can stop your crying!!! Oh, I am sure even then you will find ways to blame President Bush for your pathetic little lives...

Should have got Frank.

Ken,

You hit the nail on the head.

Who cares about Stone and a stupid movie?!?

What happened to this country? You are more interested in defending your party as opposed to telling the truth.

We are absolutely going broke and you morons are still buying into the same old "Liberal"/"Conservative" bickering!

Divide and conquer....well it's working.

As though our issues have only two points of view or solutions.

What has happened to INDEPENDENT thought?!?!?

Most of you Republicans and Democrats are a bunch of children.....no sheep.

I would be too embarrased for your nation's children to compare them to you.

Grow up, there are REAL issues out there!!!

We deserve what we get!

They should've picked Will Ferrell as Bush.

(sry CNN...probably a bit much earlier?)

wow, thats funny....
ya think there's gonna be a game show or reality show at some point too?
just watch how entertaining Hollywood can make such a braindead human look…
THAT…..I'D watch…after the Simpsons…

What's amazing is how there are still people that come to the defense of Bush. Unbelievable.

Somebody should do a documentary on these Americans who continue to live in their own little alter-reality. You know, the ones that are about to get hit across the face with the oncoming recession train.

Disaster films have traditionally done well, so why not this?

I imagine there will be even more examination of the worst administration in U.S. history, after Bush leaves office.

Terrific!

Now can we get the swift-boat guys to make a movie about philandering Bill and his "I did what was right for me" wife (I just ignored all his affairs and all the times he embarrassed me because we desperately need to get back to the White House).

Oh and it should be timed to come out just before the election like Stone's movie.

I bet that one would sell more tickets.

Hey Bill,
Brace yourself, you are about to see how many people will do anything to keep you and your wife out of Washington. Just go away and stay away.

i do not believe that this sould be made so early he wants to make the movie to realease before bush leaves office, that is too soon. It is impossible to realise the influence of a man good or bad until they are gone. Wait until after the election to start filming the movie. AS with 9-11 stone has taken this a little to soon, he needs to wait until the dust settles

And the Hollywood rewriting of history is about to begin.

LMFAO...
ya think there's gonna be a game show or reality show at some point too?
just watch how entertaining Hollywood can make such a braindead human look...
THAT.....I'D watch...after the Simpsons...

Let me just say this to you illustrious Bush-bashers:

He is one of the most powerful men in the world. Put in his position by many of your fellow Americans.

You're just someone sitting on their behind spouting hate.

Boy, aren't you looking good!

But I quess you have to do something with your time.

so now the looney left is blaming Bush for their own personal failings.
Isn't his fault people bought houses they couldn't afford to pay for.
Isn't his fault we have schools that teach more nonsense classess than what they should be learning to earn a living.
Isn't his fault kids quit school. It's there and they choose not to go. Like they say you can lead a horse to water but not make him drink. Look to the parents and local school districts.
Isn't his fault the terrorists hit ....again. And wanted to do something about it. Isn't his fault the military was gutted by Clinton.
Isn't his fault people loaded up their credit cards to get the stuff they wanted and can't pay for. Well heck, it was easier to file bankrupsy, keep the stuff and get more credit cards.
He didn't start NAFTA. He didn't raise our taxes.
Who got us into WW2.? Roosevelt, a dem. Germany didn't attack us. 450,000 of ours killed. Korea? Truman, a dem. 55,000 killed. They didn't attack us.
Viet Nam? Kennedy and Johnson. dems. 58,000 killed. They didnt attack us.
Bosnia? Clinton.
The 2 only issues that are important for our future are the economy and national defense. Without them we have nothing.
By the way, we don't control the oil prices. Better talk to OPEC about that. I wonder why Saudi gave Clinton 10 mil for his library. What kind of back room deal was that.?
Well almost time for dem debate. More comedy. Will be a fun year.
Vote for Romney/McCain

All Stone has to do is tell the actual story of this man's life, and at least some of the people who are blindly following will say, well, for heaven's sake, no wonder. we are who we are in this country. I don't claim that W is the only one, but he is the most egregious example. Clinton is just as bad in many ways, only with exponentially less actual human blood on his avaricious hands.

Think about it: A drunken, legacy, silver-spoon frat boy floats on a cloud of ethanol and favors from Daddy's friends to the highest office in the land/world; conveniently gets "saved and sober" but exhibits ample evidence that is neither, allows the worst attack on US soil in decades (ever), starts a war without good reason, abuses the very Constitution on which our union is based...?

Stone doesn't have to be biased. The facts speak for themselves.

There already was a movie made about the rich kid from Maine. Something about a flight suit and aircraft carrier. It ended tragically.

I could think of MANY people more worthy to have a movie made about then this idiot who has caused more harm to this country than any traitor in our history.

Great Idea and maybe we can have a sequill Bush convicted for crimes against humanity. The Japan Legislator is talking of reinvestigating the cause of the 911 incident Jan 11, 2008, and wondering if they can convict anyone of a crime. They had 24 people die. 2 on a plane and 20 in the buildings. They are questioning the attack on the Pentagon and the Explosions heard by one of their citizens while she was escaping the buildings. They also have the testimony of the Fireman that claims he heard Explosions inside the building he was escaping . .The families of the victims do not believe the 911 report because building that went down 7 hours after the planes crashed. And their engineers explaination of how it fell with in seconds. I can't wait to see Oliver Stones Movie.

Funny, a liberal profitting off the life of an individual many in his congested closet feel is pure evil. And as if there wasn't enough irony, the profits will come directly from the hands of those same liberals that wish to do away with Bush.

That's the problem when wannabe intellectuals like Stone, who by the way lost his virginity to a prostitute paid for by his own father. An individual who dropped out of Yale, who obviously should not have been had it not been for his father's wealth. If Stone really wants to make a difference he should start by making sure his own children (if he has any) don't take undeserved places at prestige universities away from more deserving students.

This individual isn't one to speak on morality, intelligence or anything really.

why? give the world a break! if it is made – i hope it is "accurate". then, maybe then – he will receive his sentence. please stop the production NOW and let us rest!!!

"The President's admirable accomplishments will most likely be left out…."

Unless you mean sparing the Thanksgiving turkey, I fail to see a single accomplishment of any kind by this criminal administration, much less admirable.

This is the Worst. President. Ever., and by a large margin. The U.S. has never had a president so criminal and so anti-Constitution.

red33, Iowa is in the midwest right? I continue to make my point, thanks for helping me with the research.

"And to "Bill in Seattle, WA": The only thing disgraceful about this administration is the lack of respect given it by its citizenry."

HAhahahahaha.

We don't respect thugs and war criminals.

Actually, I think a better choice and a dead ringer for playing Dubya would be Connor Trinneer, otherwise known as Trip Tucker from the defunct Star Trek Enterprise series. He has the same swagger, the accent (basically the same for Trip), and he looks a LOT more like Bushie than Brolin. Of course, he is not as critically acclaimed as Brolin, but give him a chance...Trinneer actually is a decent actor.

when i hear people defending gwb i am shocked and very scared when 200 years from now they look back at his time in office they will say that was the darkest days of america that he took a multi trillion dollar surplus and turned it into a multi trillion dollar debt. in the future they will wonder why he wasnt not only impeached but he should have been hung by his neck until dead on the capitol steps

From John, Lincoln, NE:

"And to "Bill in Seattle, WA": The only thing disgraceful about this administration is the lack of respect given it by its citizenry. The very idea that I have to share the blanket of freedom provided by patriotic Americans who understand the cost of the liberties people like you take for granted makes me sick. You get your news and form your opinions from the latest ramblings of Alec Baldiwn and Barbara Streisand and I'm supposed to take you seriously? Give me a break."

Here we go again. What blowhards like you fail to grasp is that people like me have served in the military and do provide the freedom for people like you. And, of course, you are probably of the same ilk that tries to associate our mission in Iraq creating freedom. People in Iraq were never interested in eliminating our freedom. Try al-qaeda in Afghanistan. And don't say they were in Iraq before we invaded as that will show your complete ignorance. So, get off your military high horse and try to use your brain for a change. Berating those who feel differently about Bush and his war policies than you as somehow any less patriotic is ridiculous.

I owe respect to the office of the presidency. It is for this reason that I put my life on the line to support his decisions, no matter how inane they may be. But, the president himself has to earn our respect. There's a big difference and this one has made so many poor decisions that I am unable to do so.

So, go on supporting Bush. That's your right. And, it's your right to disagree with me and even call me names, just as much as it is my right to shoot down every one of your ludicrous, insipid arguments that show complete cognitive dissonance.

Don't really care about seeing a film about Geo Bush. He and Chaney and company are unconscienable and/or just plain fools. They are America's WMD's.

As far as I am concerned, Bush's whole presidency has been a disgrace
for our country, for history.

What I really care about, is that we American's have smartened up,
so NO ONE can try to steal the election again, NOR get away with an attemp and that we KNOW enough about who's running, to elect the most QUALIFIED, knowlegable person(s) possible. Amen!

sounds boring. president bush really doesn't measure up to the types of figures Stone has covered. Alexander,Nixon are much more compelling than bush could ever be.

A movie about clinton would be good but thats already been done. (primary colors)

so i am assuming this will be a horror movie with bits of comic relief?

"History will show him to be one of the best presidents ever"

Hee-hee, lololol, hahahahahah, ohmygod, lolololol, hahahahahahah, hee-eee (wipes tears from eye), hee-heee, omg that was good.....

Now we know which five people in this country are still slapping "Support The Troops" and American flag stickers on the backs of their Fords – they're all posting here.....

How many "h's" are in DUHHHH ??????

What in the world do you want to do a film on this looser? I would put Bush right behind Warren Harding, who had the distinction of being the WORST President this country has had, wiht Bush right in line behind. Bush is a disgrace to the office and position of President of the US.

He is way over his head unable to think long term for America's future and has sold America out to anyone who bids the highest price. If you don't belive me just review his record of the sellng of our ports, the immigation fiasco, a unorganized war with wrong information to start it, a defficent & recession economy today , the lending institutions and mortgage mess, our terrible trade imbalance, corrupt contractors in Iraq, the inflation of oil and the continued dependence of foreign oil, just to name a few. What do women of the night and Bush have in common, they both sell themselves to the highest bidder. It's a disgrace to have this looser in office for 8 years and the country is far worse off today than 8 years ago, its broke today and going further into debt.
If you do a film about this looser you are are looser yourself for doing it.

"For that reason I believe he deserves the respect due his office, regardless of whether or not you believe he's doing the right thing."
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He HAD the respect due his office and he LOST it when he showed NO RESPECT for the wishes of the people who elected him. Bush has many times BRAGGED that he pays no attention to polls...the polls which tell him what the people who he REPRESENTS want him to do. Certainly, no president can keep switching directions based on the latest polls, but OUR president OWES us the RESPECT to hear what we want and honestly consider it.

Bush has also shown no respect for us when he shows no respect for our Constitution. EVERYONE knows the Constitution very purposely set up checks and balances so that the president doesn't become a dictator. He has steadfastly refused to permit any cooperation with any lawful investigation of the activities of his administration. He has made a habit of not allowing his people to put their hands on the Bible he hypocritically supports and swear to tell the truth. In the case where someone who worked in his administration was convicted of FOUR FELONIES, Bush showed no respect for OUR laws by freeing Libby from ONE MINUTE of time in jail.

Respect is a two-way street.

Is it going to be a tragic comedy, horrific demonstration of what wealth can buy, a documentary oh how this presidency failed miserably, or is it going to be titled "The Worst President in American History"? Will Stone discuss how Bush has pushed our country towards bankruptcy? Killed thousands of our military personnel for special interests (OIL)? Lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction – you know, the excuse for starting the occupation. I could go on and on.

josh brolin looks as much like bush as angelina jolie looks like a box of ritz crackers

Wow. An SP hippie making a movie starring other SP hippies about a conservative Republican. Sounds like its going to be a very truthful and fair story about Bush. LoL. The liberal Hollywood idiots are funny.

Why Josh Brolin? Why don't you get the guy that does the impersonations? He looks and sounds like the real joke, I mean President.

I think that a movie by bin Laden would be more accurate than a movie by Stone.
Stone is a disgrace. His socialist ideology is obvious in most of his movies.

In Alexander, he claims that Alexander was killed by his generals, because he was too open and freedom loving for the time (there are no historic sources to back this hypothesis). The parallel that Stone wanted to draw between Alexander and modern time is that people who really care about their brethren are crushed by the merciless system we have (that is presumably driven by corporate greed).

What Stone fails to understand is that, while socialism arrives with good intentions, the results are truly disappointing from every perspective. I suggest Stone to make a movie about the famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933 or a movie on Zimbabwe. While all socialist regimes carry the mantle of freedom in the first years, they ultimately arrive to dictatorship and authoritarianism.

While Bush is far for being perfect, during his 7 years he presided over an amazing economic expansion and freed 2 countries from the claws of dictatorship and repression. While I respect Stone's right to make a movie, people like him are not useless, they are ultimately dangerous.

To Larry Columbus, Ohio

In your desperate attempt to try to defend this failure of a man, you have stooped so low as to try to besmirch someone like JFK. Why am I not surprised. People like you have no intelligence, respect or decency. At least Bush is alive to defend himself. JFK was a war hero, a brilliant man who managed to inspire a whole generation of young people. He led us through the Cuban Missile crisis, a moment in history when we were on the very brink of a nuclear war. We will never know what he might have done. He wasn't with us long enough to have the chance to do even more. But his light has not dimmed through the years.

You think we are pathetic and mean-spirited for despising Bush. We have all earned the right to air our opinion of him. After all, we are the ones who are paying for his failed policies and utter lack of leadership. Bush will be viewed by historians as the very worst of presidents. He violated his oath of office and the people of this country. If there were any justice, he would have been impeached by now.

I would be careful trying to trash JFK as an excuse to build up Bush. Bush never served his country, yet he has not hesitated to send young men and women to die in a war that he created for his own selfish goals. The stories of his alcoholism and drug use and alleged infidelities have not been widely circulated. The power of the Bush family has managed to hide a lot of his dirty laundry. Don't attack the memory of a dead President who was loved by so many.

Why don't you just come out of your denial and live in the real world? All you have to do is look around you to see the wreckage that Bush has visited on us all.

I think that we have seen all of Bush that I care to see. Save your money.

I sure hope its going to be a comedy.........................

It appears to me there are so many ignorant people out there who just plain.....hate Pres. Bush......Period. Do you people ever read or listen to anything other than the media who doesn't like him either?
Compared to the Clintons, I would take Bush any day.
Bill Clinton could have stopped alot of this terrorism, IF...he had acted when he should have, but...he was too busy.... with other things.
Have we ever been attacked since 911? I flew from Boston on 911, and landed in Ontario; I was thankful to be back in our great USA after 5 days, even though the Canadians in Ontario treated us great. Did any of you people ever see 'The Path to 911'? Maybe you should see it if the Clintons haven't stopped all the reruns, as it seems the DVD has been stopped from being produced...until after election.
Also, remember....the Republicans were in control of congress when Clinton was in so he gets no credit for reforms; he did nothing for the economy; it was the Republicans. Read the truth; don't listen to the 'libs'.
You people criticizing need to read more and stay away from the liberal media.......if you can.

jenny from ma....you must be kidding...."courageous" "thoughtful" used to describe oliver stone!!...what planet are you from that you can't see stone for what he is (what all of hollywood is...."opportunist" "profiteer"...jenny, it has nothing to do with bush....it's the money....and as for the masses following...there is the problem...people don't think for themselves....i for one will not see the movie...

"How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum..."
pfft, yeah, sounds like Stone really knows the "truth".

I think it's fascinating, and fantastic, that Oliver Stone wants to do a movie about the moron who destroyed not just one nation – but two. And, wasn't even elected! I hope Oliver focuses on what really happened when the supreme court decided the first election in American history. And of course, how could he not mention Diebold machines, Florida, two stolen elections and two countries in ruin.
Go for it Oliver! I'll go!

This time I think that Oliver stone is wasting his time. Why on earth he thinks this man is worth doing a movie about, I have no idea. We already know everything we need to know about him. Bush will rank right along with the very worst presidents ever – Hoover, Harding are a few that come to mind.

This man took the biggest surplus and turned it into the biggest deficit in our history. He unilaterally invaded a country that presented no national security threat to us and was not involved in the attack on 9/11. He has conducted warrantless surveillance on innocent Americans in direct violation of the Constitution. He is responsible for enacting a huge tax break for the wealthiest two percent of the population, leaving the middle class to suffer under the weight of increasing healthcare costs, higher gas prices, failed mortgages, bankruptcy, escalating education costs, stagnant wages, and outsourcing of jobs overseas to third world countries.

I could go on and on. The corruption and greed of this administration is like nothing we have seen. They lie blatantly and don't even have the conscience to care. Both Bush and Cheney should have been impeached. There are more than enough grounds to do so.

We all know Bush was an alcoholic whose family used its wealth and power to get him out of trouble at every turn. We know that he failed at everything he tried – college, owning a baseball team and now as president of this country. I think it's absurd that Stone would waste his time rehashing the life of this pathetic excuse for a man. There are far more worthy and inspiring stories to tell.

The midwest comments here are certainly proving that there is something to be said for stereotypes. I can finally get an answer to my long-standing question of "who are these people who still approve of Bush". You know that 29% or so of population who give STILL give him positive ratings. They're right on this blog! Columbus, Troy...

This is great news that Oliver Stone is going to make another fiction with a non-fictional charecter! I just love the way he makes up history.

Look at the Bush apologists try to protect their Dubbya. hahaha. I heard that Brolin was the second choice for the role. The Shaved Chimp was already attached to a different project.

What a joke!!! Oliver must be really desperate. While he's at it why not include Cheney too!!!

kidding right? This idiot doesn't deserve a cartoon, nevermind a movie.

"I truly HOPE Stone highlights Mr. Bush's accomplishments, but highlighting his bad times in a small article already shows how the movie will be. The movie will be gloryfied by all the lame LIBERALS and DEMOCRATS that are sinking this great nation.

Too bad Stone's influence cant be used for the better of this country…"

Bravo, Mr. Doocy!

We need a predident who believes in the people not some mytholigical hybrid

Houstan Texan, "Decent campaign"... Have you forgotten FLORIDA?

I wouldn't honour such a topic with a comment.

I'll watch it after he does an accurate and truthful depiction of Bill Clinton's life story. Oh well, guess that won't happen.

GREAT posts Jen in CF, Dan (and a few others as well....)
Much applause to you.
What a laugh this article gave me. To believe that O. Stone would give a "fair and true portrait" of GWB is just hilarious. I think we all know what Stone would believe to be "fair" with regards to President Bush. As far as someone making a movie to build up America; I agree that we should see more movies like this but liberals will NEVER make a movie like that. The reason is that they need people to believe that America is a terrible, unfair place where "if you are poor, you will stay poor, no matter how hard you work." They will continue to portray our great country in this manner so people will elect more Democrats. Democrats want people to think that they NEED the government to pull them out of their despair. The truth is that people just need the government to get out and stay out of the way and let people make their own decisions and make their own way in life. People need to be allowed to fail sometimes so that they may realize that they need to make changes in their lives. People getting "hand ups" by the government is one thing but "hand outs" do little if any good for people who are trying to make it in life.

"Chris" said in an earier post, "Some of the hardest working people I know work long hours washing dishes all day so people who were born into well-to-do family's can (at 20 years old) smoke drugs all day. go into work 2 half days a week, and make six figure salaries, just because of who is in their family."

Ummm... huh? I don't know what a person working as a dish washer has to do with someone else only working 2 days a week and smoking drugs, but anyway....
Is there a reason that the dish washer can't put that work ethic to work in a way to better themselves (like get college degree, if they don't already have one?) and make themselves more marketable so that they can get a better job and better their situation? Is there a reason the dish washer can't look at those "well-to-do" people and their money/success and decide that they too want to make a better life for themselves and their family? Not that success is determined solely by what a person does for a living... but that person could turn their negative envy (I would surmise) into a positive and see that anyone can make good in life.
No, no-that isn't possible because America is an unfair place where people like that will NEVER get ahead in life, right? That is unless the Democrats ride to the rescue and pull them out of their bad situation by taking money from people who have already worked hard in life to achieve some level of success and bestow it upon those that are less fortunate. Those that have a lot of money don't deserve that much money. Why should they get to keep so much of their hard earned money when there are those that don't have much out there in the world? That is just not fair!
Someone had to work hard at some point to build the wealth afforded by those that were "born into" that family in Chris' scenario. Not everyone in that family has gotten a free ride. Having money doesn't equal being a bad person, as some would have you believe. We choose our own value system and there are bad people with a lot of money just as there are good people with a lot of money, and vice versa.
America IS NOT the bad place that some people believe it to be; America is still a place where people, if they are allowed, can make good on their dreams. Are there problems with the country? Of course. There has always been problems but there are ways out of bad situations.
Movies like I and others believe that Oliver Stone is about to make do nothing but advance the belief in the farce of America being "terrible and unfair." They do nothing but further the liberal agenda that I believe is completely wrong for this great country.

If Oliver Stein truthfully presents the role of the neocons and their motives in the downfall of Bush, it will be a worthwhile movie. Otherwise it is more revisionist garbage.

It is actually a bad idea, what's the story line? I personally like President Bush and I give him a lot of credit for the service he gave our country. The movie would have no surprise element to it. What would we get out of it?

People like Larry from Columbus scare the #!*#@!* outta me!

"Apocalypse Numb"

Luke Wison would be the ULTIMATE dubya.

A movie about Bush? Will it be a comedy or a horror?

I truly HOPE Stone highlights Mr. Bush's accomplishments, but highlighting his bad times in a small article already shows how the movie will be. The movie will be gloryfied by all the lame LIBERALS and DEMOCRATS that are sinking this great nation.

Too bad Stone's influence cant be used for the better of this country...

This is an outrage. Josh Brolin is too good looking. Billy Bob Thornton should play Bush in the movie.

As for the movie, it will actually help Republicans, as it will cause a record turnout of Republicans at the polls. I'll be interested in hearing the reviews of it. While JFK was interesting as fiction, it would have been interesting to see what Stone would have done with JFK's actual life, not the matrydom that he depicted in the movie. An Oliver Stone wanting to "portray" JFK the same way that Stone will likely "portray" Bush would have likely have given a pretty interesting story of power and American royalty in it's own right. Where is THAT movie, Oliver? Or are you only upset by what you see as REPUBLICAN abuses of power????

Now my curiosity has been peaked. What will the surprise plot be... that he came into office because he was intelligent, articulate, experienced, internationally aware and future oriented, not to mention he won the election fair and square? And the nightmare we've been living and will have to deal with far into the future is just that a bad dream. I know it's Hollywood, but we unfortunately we know how this story begins and none to soon, ENDS.

Is this a joke?

Oliver Stone must be hurting for money after his Alexander the Great bomb.

Oh well, I suggest releasing it straight to DVD.

Drive and charisma? Please!!!

im done with your site! i dont watch your stupid news, and ill never post anything here again, if you had to go by your own moderation you,d be out of buss and hopefully you will be soon!! we can only regret your station was missed on 911

"Stone said the movie would be a "true portrait" of the 43rd president."

it sould be a Duzzie. if everything George Bush and his criminal gang have done during his "administration" are listed, it should not only make an excellent historical reference but also a call for future indictments after they get kicked out next year.

Who in their right mind would defend Bush at this point? Just because he believes there is a magical man named Jesus doesn't make him "moral". Our dollar is becoming worthless because he, like Reagan, felt it to be a good idea to bury our nation deep in debt. He took his "eye off the ball" and put the attention on Saddam Hussein, when Bin Laden was who we needed to get. Thousands upon thousands of innocent people died because of his incompetency and hell yes - he should be found guilty of war crimes. There's NOTHING smart or good about this man... it's been an eight-year nightmare.

What terrifies me greatly is the thought that so many of you will be able to vote. Your short-sightedness, self-absorption, intellectual arrogance, lack of historical awareness and blind hatred for Bush are pathetic. The vast majority of you would have had a nervous breakdown long ago if you were President. Go ahead and get it out of your system: Bush is the antichrist, Bush is pure evil, Bush has been bought and paid for by the Saudis, Bush is a war criminal, blah blah blah. Keep it up; the surest way to help a Republican back in the White House is to continue your ridiculous "observations".

I'm not happy with all the decisions that we've made during Bush's adminstration, but I truly believe he has the best interests of the country at heart and is dealing with issues that have never been experienced before. For that reason I believe he deserves the respect due his office, regardless of whether or not you believe he's doing the right thing. And before you begin the oh-so-predictable chant of "he brought this on himself", you might try looking closely at the last 20-30 years of American history and foreign policy (not just the last 10-12). While there is PLENTY of finger pointing that we could do to administrations of both parties, the focus now should be on moving forward.

All your hate-motivated comments aside, Bush will indeed be viewed more favorably in 20 years (perhaps less) than he is now. The Sean Penn-esque, "fashionable" character of many liberals notwithstanding, I believe we CAN come together and work toward a bright future, but the time for partisanship, arrogance, revenge and pettiness are over. Based on the comments on this thread (and I've no doubt that those of many Republicans are the same), we still have a long way to go.

Well, Forrest Gump was a big success, so this movie could work.

i have a great name for this movie "NIGHTMARE ON ALL STREETS" PART 911

Don't get too excited. This movie will never come out if Stone has to figure out what Bush was doing when he was SUPPOSED to be serving our country in Alabama.

When the wealthy discovered they could manipulate the masses through patriotism and religion they recruited an incompetent moron named George W. Bush to be their Presidential candidate. Now fatcats use the US stock market to pay a flat 15% on billions of dollars in unearned income each year while the middle class pays closer to 30% in taxes (income + FICA + Medicare). Our country is bankrupt, our economy is receding, and over a million Americans have fallen below the poverty level during each year of the Bush Presidency. So no, Oliver, I won't pay my hard-earned money to see how greed and lies destroyed America. We've already paid enough.

After Jan. 20, 2009, I hope Bush goes home to Crawford and I never see or hear anything about him again. I will not go to any movie about him.

If Stone spends more than ten dollars making this film he's not going to turn a profit.

How predictable....a Hollywood hit piece just in time for an election. Fortunately, for those who have any intellectual curiosity, Stone and his ilk are as irrelevant to good movies as they are to portraying historical fact.

Ummm. No thanks, I'll just stick to That's My Bush. i won't watch it, Ill just remember.

Surrealist, Fort Myers, FL (Ft. Myers is my hometown!)

Could you please enlighten the rest of us as to what Bush's "admirable accomplishments" might have been? I can appreciate a few bills he signed, but that hardly makes up for all the death, destruction, bankrupting our country, etc.

It will probably be interesting, terrifying and will make me nauseous.

Dear Mr. Stone,

As much as I understand your need to leave an artistic imprint on this issue, I find the subject and timing of it tasteless. 9/11 movie only added salt to our (New Yorkers) wounds – didn't take long for Hollywood to try profit from our loss.

I think that it's bad enough that we have to wake up in the morning knowing that our tax money are being used to kill people who never did anything to us, that we will have to pay for generations for this man's ignorance and arrogance and greed. I'm not sure Mr. Stone if you getting what I'm trying to say, but sometimes climbing a mountain just because it's there is just not enough of a reason.

I will not pay to see your movie.

Yeah, that's the question the whole world is asking: How did Bush go from being an alchoholic bum to the most powerful man in the world ? That much power in the hands of a ex-alcoholic bum has turned out to be not good for this world.

The only way this movie will be worth watching is if Will Ferrell plays Bush Jr. and Dana Carvey plays Bush Sr.

Wolf,
When the Swift Boat people asttacked Kerrty, I didn't hear apeep out of you. Compare that with the way you're defending McCain.

Ladies and gentlemen meet the only failure that is larger than George W. Bush himself.

Mr. Stone please tell us the truth. LOL! If you tell the real truth you'll end up like MLK, Wellstone & all the others that have been killed by the people who live by hate & the gun. The Saudis bought Bush, he bought the office, he gave his masters what they wanted: Destroy the United States face with the world, weaken the dollar, cost millions of jobs & lock us into a endless war. Watch your back!

The perfect Title: Dumb and Dummer

Are they going to have to hire 2 actors to play Cheney? I mean one for the Legislative Branch and one for the Executive Branch???

Oh yeah – Stone will be as unbiased and accurate as he was with "JFK".

OBAMA 2008

So this movie will be rated R and be a horror movie right?

Examples abound of commenters calling liberals stupid. We may be stupid, but most of us are not ignorant. Anybody who can read can find actual facts about bush and the destruction he has caused. Start at the beginning – bush ran when he should have been in Vietnam working off the $1 million in training that was wasted teaching him to be a pilot. His history goes down hill from there. When I talk about bush with one of my best friends, himself a Vietnam era AF pilot, FAC driver, co-authored a nuclear winter study read by Congress, he claims he can't read. Asked about where he gets his facts to make decisions about bush, he says he "trusts" bush. Definitely not stupid, but ignorant as hell. Stupid we can't do anything about, but ignorance is just ignorant. Lots of fine examples in these comments.

Get Will Farrell to play Bush!!!!!

Moderator: why was my comment not posted?

Being from Texas and an Independent, I would like for someone to make a movie telling the story of Bush's early days and how the Republican party polished him to become Governor of Texas, then President. It is a story that needs to be told. Too many people have followed him blindly, for the sake of the Republican Party, without understanding or knowing the whole story.....and they are too loyal to complain. I just hope it will be thoroughly researched correctly, so that people can understand how the political process (a.k.a. "MACHINE") can select "Their Man"...and get him into office come Hell or high water!! Becoming Governor was unbelieveable enough, for someone who had never held office. It will be a very interesting story to show how the process can propell all the way to the top, with the support of a major political machine behind you. Once the mechanics of that is understood, it become easy to understand why our country is so different now, than 8 years ago.

We need to learn from this without it being a Republican or Democratic issue, in order to fix what is broken and make sure we, The People, don't allow the same thing again, with any political party or machine in power. In many ways, our system is broken.....carreer politicians out of touch with the people, staying in office for life with benefits far in excess of their salaries, lifetime healthcare, and benefits only meant for the Good-Ole-Boy's Club. Somehow, we need to fix things and get people in office to run for Service, not for the benefits of the Services we need them to represent for us.

Personally, I suspect seeing everything within a 2 hour movie, will leave many with chest pain and speechless. Spreading it out over 8 years is hard enough with media diversions.....but seeing it all layed out.........WOW, it will be something to see!!

So, what's the title, Oliver? "WHAT I DIDN'T DO IN VIETNAM?".....

note to liberals....

The whole, "Dumb and Dumber" post has been used like 50 times already in this blog.....

Think I will wait until the Bush movie comes out on DVD to watch it, I would hate to spend too much money on it, " it's hard work to make a buck anymore".

Who in the world would want to see this movie of a wimp who came to power, attacked a country to gain all the oil wealth for his buddies and him to split, because surly they would welcome Americans with open arms.

Result, half a million dead, no oil for us and America loses another war, not to mention the 4000 of our dead who most of they're stupid families think they died protecting us. They died for Bush, a mass murder. Yeah make a movie, I'll pay to see that.

he better not ,he dont know who bush is really wait and watch you all will know befor this year finish.

reading the comments here, one can only conclude:

the same crowd that voted for the stooge and cluelessly supported all of his crimes now refuses to reflect on their own stupidity and arrogance, learn the truth, and take responsibility for their own actions and inactions, so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

we've got long ways to fall before we hit the bottom and bounce back.

Mr. Stone. maybe the masses deserve their squalid lot. you might be better off producing rubbish this crowd will gobble up.

how in the world do you keep your optimism up with this crowd around?

Funny how these lefty producers pass on the Clintons. What are you guys afraid of? Hillary??

If ever there was a money maker about the lust for money, power and sex. The Clintonians exemplify it..

Maybe there will be a part in the movie for Ann Coulter. She's every bit as charismatic as Bush and Cheney, don't you think? She can play the chief of staff to the Smirking Chimp.

Martin Short would be more appropriate.

They should get a trained chimp to play Bush, would need less make-up

Will Bush's speeches be subtitled in English?

its ashame that politics let race be dough up from the past. real true americans can put a stop to this race issue by voting for a change. for me im sick and tired of hearing about race. lets hear about the issues in america. im a black man born in america,like alot of us we are not going anywhere.so tell your forfathers and grandmothers no more of race hate in america.

That will be interesting. Hey, good or bad, Bush is now part of the American History.

Wow the sheer amount of hate that can be invoked by uttering George Bush's or a Clinton's name is unbelievable. People lose all reason and intelligence. We need a loooooong break from both to heal this country.

GW tried at the Hague? Really? A movie about the Clinton's time in office a porno? Really?

People, put down the guns and relax.

HOLY COW, I CAN'T WAIT ! THANK YOU OLIVER !

The last 8 years have been so stupefyingly soul-sucking. Covering the darkest, most unconstitutional and corrupt corporate administration ever, is certainly fascinating, in a sick, twisted and painful way. Eight years, where the Oval Office message has been essentially Fear, Hate & Lies to fleece us of our rights, checks and balances, and public safety nets, crippling the middle class to corporate mega-power ends, is definately striking. And the fetid bile-ridden diseased carcus of Bush, sullying the hallowed halls of 1600 Pennsylvania is certainly provocative. The oceans of healing to be done in his disastrous wake, is definately a subject to captivate. I'm not sure which urge would prevail, one to throw up, or one to cheer. It would, however, be a wonderful send-off to such evil. And if it helps elect a Democratic president, even by half a percent, it's worth it. I toast you Oliver! Go to it! And Thank you, from the bottom of my bottom.

ALTHOUGH GOLEM SPEAKS MUCH BETTER AND I THINK IS A BETTER PERSON

President Bush is is actually a collage of the Wizard of Oz characters: he has no brain, but he also has no heart and no courage. Of Course, Cheney/Rove is collectively the man behind the curtain.

Drive and Charisma???

Oh nice, a "documentary" from the great historian, Oliver Stone. (just a note to liberal left wing conspiracists...this is sarcasm)
Now for the facts, Oliver Stone is probably the biggest contributor to a brainwashed American society we will see in our lifetime.

Bush ran a decent campaign and won (twice). The United State military under his command has performed (almost) flawlessly. He's obviously not a "moron". He's obviously not a "criminal". He's obviously is a "politician" so the lying thing is hardly some kind of unique trait that he owns in Washington..

It's also obvious that Oliver Stone does not use such boring facts in his films so whatever he produces will be far from an even-handed calm assesment. Thinking that it will be even-handed is not thinking.

i think they need someone with a mental disability to play bush ,josh brolin is way to intelligent to play someone with no clue about anything past the 3 grade level

Matt,

Is is so bad to be ANTI WAR?

Couldn't even pay me to go to that movie. I also agree with Lori from Houston, the only movie I want to see starring Bush is one where he is tried and locked up for war crimes.

Please, Just let this guy go away and steal what he's going to steal. We have to get Bush out the national limelight and start fixing what he destroyed. No movies, Just trials in the Hague!!!

It's already been done. It's called Dumb and Dumber.

Surrealist, Fort Myers, FL January 21, 2008 3:11 pm ET

I can tell you…

this movie will be a flop….

The President's admirable accomplishments will most likely be left out….

what admirable accomplishments do you speak of? Please provide a list....

Oh. No. this is going to be awful. its way to soon to be making a portrait of a character... that is still in office, come on this is in terrible taste. I think Bush should be impeached and imprisoned, but to be targeted by Oliver Stone ? Thats going to be a terrible movie.

6 years of ultimate Republican rule and their version of guidance from God gets you in a 8 trillion dollar debt to foreign countries, a crashing housing market and perpetual war.

Can we please stop doing what we THINK God is telling us to do and start listening to the people of this country.

Im writing a letter to CNN to report the moderator .It seems that every Mooney and Cargill story I post to gets wiped out in minutes

Jeff BR LA study history, Truman is regarded as one of the Strongest Presidents now, but had a lower approval rating than Bush. News flash read a book Jeff! We as a country are not hated around the world, been to 40+ countries. There are a few countries that tend to be vocal. Even France and Germany are on our side now. Russia has distanced itself from us, oh no. North Korea and China along with Iran dont like us. Now coming across the wire from the AP NK China and Iran have hated us for decades. Read, listen and conversate. Hating on Mike because history more than likely will show his accomplishments as positive like that of Truman.

From Oliver Stone....Just in time for the November elections....but I promise it will be fair.....Pleeeeeze spare us. Just add it to my "Don't bother wasting my time" list along with all the other Hollywood "message" flops.

this is wonderful. i can't wait to see how the film turns out. for all of the abuses of power and complete miscalculations from the bush administration, it is time that everyone be faced with a portrayal of who they elected, and the negative impacts of their own miscalculations at the ballots. i am proud of oliver stone for having the courage and the urgency to tackle such a controversial subject in such a pivotal year. america needs to wake up to the fact that if it keeps electing modern-day-marie-antoinettes into power, the value of our currency, our GDP, and our honor will be further tarnished in the world community. lets choose science over faith, diplomacy over tyranny, and reason over irresponsibility this next election.

It should be even more interesting when we get the opportunity one day of having a look into mr.Sonte's life and someother scoundrels fifth columns. That day will come for sure.

"I want a fair, true portrait of the man. How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world? ... I'll also cover the demons in his private life, his bouts with his dad and his conversion to Christianity, which explains a lot of where he is coming from."

Seems like Stone is already on the wrong foot: is "alcoholic bum" really "fair?"

Also,

A year or so ago, I realized, based on Bush's own statements, that he's not a Christian. He's much closer to a Unitarian/Universalist. Doesn't mean I don't like him, just that he departs from orthodox Christianity on some really important matters.

So if Stone is going to "explain... a lot of where [Bush] is coming from" in the context of Christianity, he'll be working with a faulty premise.

Bush has charisma? Is repulsive the same as charisma?

The sad thing is, Bush would be too stupid to learn his lines. He's the sitting idiot while Cheney and his evil minions pull the strings.

If this were done honestly, it would be a good movie. But since I doubt Hollywood can put anything out that is honest about Republican president, I won't bother seeing it.

George W. Bush is likely one of the best Presidents of our lifetimes, but is largely treated unfairly by the media and Hollywood.

We all know the story about Bush, it's still fresh in our memories.

We all know what a coward- failure he is as a president. Worst this country has ever had !

-no need for a movie.

What a waste of energy it would be to pursue this film project. Bush was a terrible governor of Texas, and probably the worst President of the last 150 years... yes, even worse than Nixon. Most of our citizenry just hope that this idiot doesn't get us into another war before his term expires.

Paul:

There already was a sequel to "Dumb and Dumber"....

PEOPLE: CHECK FACTS BEFORE YOU POST!!!!!

Wow, another anti-American movie plot from Oliver Stone?

Bring us some new crazy!

Jeff in Plainfield-this guy is out and out filled with hatred. Your comment is like me calling you an idiot and saying after-no offense. Please Who cares about Bush's old roommate and his preferences. You implied that Bush was gay. Why? Does that have any reason to be in this conversation? This is the same President six years ago that had the highest approval rating of any president. Now he has the second lowest. Welcome to being a war time president. Congress has the lowest rating as well and they are mostly liberals. No one is complaining that they arent doing a good job. By the way John I hope you arent my next door neighbor. Movies like this feed ignorance.

Jermaine:

May I ask why it is that a person should not vote for any Republican? There must be some all-encompassing reason, right?

Or is it just your plain stubbornness and lack of a useful brain that prevents an educated decision based on the stance of the candidate on the issues (not just the party they're affiliated with)?

It's party-line voting that allows people like President Bush and possibly Senator Obama into office...

Why oh why would anyone want to see a movie about George Bush? He is the most uninteresting, empty person on the planet. Oliver Stone, you must be desperate. What a waste

FOR GOD ALMIGHTY'S SAKE LET US BE DONE WITH AND FORGET THIS

IGNORAMOUS OF A PRESIDENT.

Ban the theatres that have the stupidity to think of showing such a disgusting film...we've all lived through the horror of this presidency, why look back on it.

SHAME ON OLIVER STONE.

Chris,
BOO HOO, move to mexico and see how much you like it there. I was born poor and know I make a good salary in a good career. Sorry things arent working out for you.

"I want a fair, true portrait of the man. How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?"

Yep, that sure sounds like he'll be completely objective.

If he ignores basic facts and evidence the way he did with Garrison's book maybe he can convince an entire group of punitive enlightened liberal America bashers that Bush killed Kennedy.

And to "Bill in Seattle, WA": The only thing disgraceful about this administration is the lack of respect given it by its citizenry. The very idea that I have to share the blanket of freedom provided by patriotic Americans who understand the cost of the liberties people like you take for granted makes me sick. You get your news and form your opinions from the latest ramblings of Alec Baldiwn and Barbara Streisand and I'm supposed to take you seriously? Give me a break.

Being proud to be an American isn't a bumper sticker or song lyric. It's an appreciation for the people who came before us that gave more than they took. Something far too few people are willing to do now. The notion that you believe Al Gore should have been president 7 years ago gnaws at you and makes you and every like minded child who didn’t get their way to want to take their ball and go home. But you can’t. So in spite you root for a man and by extension an entire country to fail so you can feel superior.

Sad and tragic.

I have the same fear, Ross. It is time to break the cycle and NOT vote for Hillary Clinton.

Bill in Seattle:

"...[undo] all the damage this administration has caused."

You mean the war in Iraq? Fine, call it a disaster. But to claim it is the cause of each and every negative aspect of our current status in America is just ignorant. What has this new Democratic Congress accomplished for health care, education, the economy, alternative energy? If you've ever studied the American government system, you'd see that it is the LEGISLATIVE, not executive branch, that is responsible for making our laws and effectively creating any sort of change. Please get yourself a refresher course...

Stone will make a movie, we'll see it, we'll wonder how in the world Bush wasn't impeached very early on as well as kicked out for rigged elections both times.

The question of how the American people could sit on their hands and do nothing while Bush destroyed the Constitution a little bit at a time will follow, and how will we answer that to the generations to come? How will we justify not stopping Bush before our liberties and freedoms were chisled away?

I just hope that Oliver Stone can show Bush for just what he thinks he is. Bush thinks he will go down in history, as the knight in shining armor, on a white steed, sent to topple Saddam Hussein & free the Iraqi people. I just hope he is around long enough, to see what the history books really have to say about him. Thanks to his "ride to glory", thousands of our yound Americans have been killed & we'll never know how many innocent Iraqis have died because of him. Add to that, the fact that the USA, once the leader in the world, is now despised by almost all of the other countries in the world. Impeaching him & Cheney won't do much good. It's too late for that. They would only be replaced by their next in line "me-too". They both need to be tried as the war criminals, that they are, convicted & given a fitting punishement. Only will ever reclaim the lives, that have been lost by those two "glory seekers".

"History will show George Bush as one of our greatest presidents in one of our toughest times."

Either I forgot how to read momentarily, or someone actually submitted this statement. I REALLY doubt it, Mike. A president with such a low approval rating , whose staff has almost entirely left him, who contradicts himself often, and is seen all over the world as a screw-up, will never in history be seen as even one of the top 40 presidents of all time. Especially as we are entering a recession. Too much Faux News Mike!!! Just because they say they are fair and balanced every five minutes doesn't make it so. It is obvious that Rush's opiate addiction created some delusions that trickled down into your impressionable(incapable of taking data and turning into authentic opinion)brain!

I like the idea of this movie, but probably wouldn't pay $10 to see it. Besides, I already saw Dumb and Dumber.

Surrealist.....WHAT "admirable accomplishments", unless you feel that doing a far better job of trashing America than Bin Laden could have ever dreamed of doing admirable?

The American people will never know the full truth on this bum. I do admire Oliver Stone for the try. Bum is kind for a man who has trashed the constitution, sealed records, ignored supeonas, and employed the most corrupt Attorney General in our history. If we had known the truth about this man, I don't believe he could have been elected President.

I hope he includes details of Bush's extensive time spent with his former Yale roommate, fellow male cheerleader, and frequent travel companion, the openly gay former mayor of Knoxville, TN, Victor Ashe. (not that there's anything wrong with that).

This movie will most likely be sorely lacking in Truth, meaning through omissions, not lies. The Truth about George W. Bush would send many fundamentalists who were tricked into voting for him to a shocked and disgusted early grave.

I'm with you, Chris. It amazes me that people can write "History will show George Bush as one of our greatest presidents in one of our toughest times" and mean it.

I suggest that the film can be positioned as a sequel to "Dumb and Dumber."

Dumbest.

As to the comments that Bush "won" the Presidency – how quickly they forget! Bush was appointed by the Supreme Court – he never won an election nor anything else in his pathetic life.

And, thank God, someone NEEDS to do something to keep the Republicans from winning the next election, as they have done more in the last 7 years to destroy our way or life and the world at large than Hitler did (although the Republicans themselves seem to be doing a really great job of making sure no one will be stupid enought to put them back into power)!

Will Rosie O'Donnell play Karl Rove? Wilmer "Fez" Valderama as Alberto Gonzalez? That dude from "Saw" as Dick Cheney? I smell an Oscar!

Surrealist, Fort Myers, FL

What accomplishmets are you talking about?

you really are surreal

Roberto January 21, 2008 3:37 pm ET

Liberals. Gotta love 'em … when they make stupid statements!

Which is better than when conservatives elect stupid leaders – like George W. Bush.

Wow I can respect "Dan" (lol) since he understands that like Bush or not, Oliver Stone's movies are fiction and telling his history not reality. The main point in the article that's not been touched on is when it comes out. Forget Feingold-McCain reform this would be the worse than million dollar contributions from dead people in Chicago. Please this is his way of distorting politics. If he came out with this right after the elections then Id be less inclined to think he is trying to be Micheal Moore.

Ditto

Why doesn't Stone save himself a lot of time and money and just show an Elmer Fudd cartoon. It would make the same point.

Admirable accomplishments?, surrealist in Fort Myers, are you for real? same ole, same ole, denial, denial...!

Just in time for the election,...I cannot wait for this October surprise. It will remind everyone whay they should not VOTE for a REPUBLICAN like ROMENEY, MCCAIN etc etc.

BARACK THE VOTE-2008!

I expect about as much truth in this movie as I do in Oliver Stone's other movies –or as much stretched truth, at any rate. (Remember –Hoffa was just a man out for justice!)

Bush may be a fraud, but if someone is going to make a movie about it, let it be made by someone who doesn't have a history of stretching and distortion themselves.

Why doesn't Stone get it over with and team up with Michael Moore to create the ultimate fantasy film? Stone obviously lost his grip on reality in Vietnam, so why should we expect this movie to be anything but a flight of his imagination?

charisma and old time hollywood swagger? Who are we talking about again?

How about "Bush gone wild." And, no, this is no pleasure film.

The man is a complete moron and disgrace to our country. It will take years to undue all the damage this administration has caused.

That there are still people like Mike from NY (above) still drinking the Bush Kool-Aid is the scary part.

Mr. Stone, if this movie is made please be as factual and non-biased as possible and consider this title...'The Worst American President Ever'. Okay maybe that's too biased, however, I think a majority believe it to be factual...and over time the number of people who think so will increase exponentially. Indeed it is past time for writers and intellectuals to step forward to document some of America's darkest times of ignorant tyranny and oppression. Only then can those who still blindly follow this tyrants doctrine and dogma better see the light and wake up from their hypnotic state. Indeed history, like Germany in the 1930s does repeat itself, lest we forget...LET'S NOT EVER !

If he gets Darrell Hammond to cameo as President Clinton, it will be all worth it...

It's hard to believe there are still supporters for a man that has stolen your money, kicked your neighbors on the street, refused to give help to your sick fellow men and women, ruined your country's reputation, and made it an embarrassment to say "I'm an American." It's almost funny to see people that like the state the country is in. It just goes to show how deep the propaganda runs. One administration has effectively destroyed a country that used to have a fine standing around the world. Wake up people, America is gone, and it will be a miracle if it ever comes back. You may be critical of that statement but it's the truth, The American dream does not exist anymore. In most cases, if you are born poor, you stay poor, no matter how hard you work. Some of the hardest working people I know work long hours washing dishes all day so people who were born into well-to-do family's can (at 20 years old) smoke drugs all day. go into work 2 half days a week, and make six figure salaries, just because of who is in their family. You think I'm making this up? I'm not.

Oh great. There's an entire generation of people who watched JFK and thought it was the truth. Now "Mr. Conspiracy Theory" wants to affect the outcome of the election with yet another fantasy film. No doubt the plot in GWB will link Bush to the 9/11 attacks.

I thought they already made that movie, it was called "Dumb and Dumber".

Bush will never die in your hearts.

Well the joke is on us (America) anyway. Bush will become rich beyond his dreams from the money he will make from speaking engagements at the oil companies he has made wealthy. We elected him twice and now we are pissed off at him. Jeb Bush 2016. The Bush-Clinton rotation will dominate for another 30 years.

Wow are you full of hatred there in Houston. I find it amazing that Bush is hated for doing the things a president must do to protect a country. Like him or hate him as a person his presidency will be looked upon in the future much like Truman's. I have my degree in history to give background. Truman was a much hated man in his time but now we view him as a man that saved American lives. I love hearing how people who don't research what they are told want to see Bush hanged. Please I hate war as much as the next person yet to have the freedom you have to want to see Bush put on trial was given to you by our military. Many in this world want to see your freedoms taken from you. We can either fight those ideals over seas or in our back yard. Bush does what he does because he has to. Like or dislike the way he manages the war, fine. I challenge you to dislike him, his opinions and the way he does his job, but he has done nothing to be on trial in "The Hague". By the way what crimes has he committed that you know of? You want the President to be on trial? Then what you are is an anti-constitutionalist. We as American citizens have rights we are born with. If Bush is to be triedby anyone it would be an American court of law. Clinton's administraition killed innocent civiliians in Bosnia yet he would only be allowed by this country to be tried in America. I dont believe he committed crimes against humanity either. We as a country need to return to what made us a great country and stop this UN crap. The UN wants all countries to answer to them and the USA is an independant nation. Once again you are entitled to your opinion like I am and I feel you are soured by others to believe Bush is a criminal. We need to get our politics back to the center were most of us live. Not far right religion and far left Bush burners. Sorry Thomas Paine isnt around to give advice to Americans.

Wall Street came out in 1987.

I think President Bush should grow a goatee!

I hope it does good, who cares what any lib freak says, we haven't seen any movies about Clinton, it would be in porn only, so heaven forbid that would happen, the imoral jerk anyway!

Go Mitt!

Dave, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas during GWB's first run was Ann Richards. As you may remember, she was a self-professed recovering alcoholic, and did not refer to her opponent as an "alcoholic bum". As a matter of fact she did not resort to any personal attacks. That comes from the Republican playbook, which Karl Rove mastered and Bush ran on. Even this year during Repulican debates, the candidates have attacked Senators Clinton and Obama. You don't hear them doing the same. They are more focused on ideas and a vision for a better country than attacking Repuclicans.

I agree with Jeff from Huntington Beach.

It is quite sad and ironic how George W. Bush appears to be ending his term with disgrace in the eyes of many. I can’t help but to wonder who most people would say left the Oval Office with more shame, him or Bill Clinton.

JEN in Cedar Falls,guess we know who you voted for last time out .Does it hurt to think about it? I think the Moderator wants the part of Carl Rove.He wiped out my first post and Im sure this wont make it .

Instead of wasting $ to produce a movie; forgo the project and see how many homeless people you can find shelter for and starving children you can feed. Hollywood wastes far too much time spinning their wheels to pump their egos and fatten their wallets; it is time that more stars role up their sleeves and start to turn this country around for the good of all people. Producing movies will not get them any glory in the end; but taking care of people in need will buy more than your money can make.
I am personally insulted that it costs 200 million to make a movie, I state to myself; " just how many people can we save with that $". If you really look into people's pasts you will find that good people made poor choices thus putting them into a spiral of missery that they ultimately can not pull themselves out of.
In the end it will not matter how much $ you make, what material possessions you have, but what you have done.... and not to benefit yourself.

Great Idea! I loved Nixon (the film). I thought is was pretty empathetic. I'm interested in seeing what this would be like.

Brolin, he's better off with Dana Carvey.

Anthony...most people know what their limitations are and adhere to them...I do not see anyone commenting that they could do better...simply saying they are sick of this tyrant...thugh persoanlly I think Cheney actually runs the administration...despite them claiming otherwise.

"A moment I've been dreading. George (Vice President George H.W. Bush)
brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the
kid a job. Not the political one who lives in
Florida (future Gov. Jeb
Bush). The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This
so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll
call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a
contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work."

Ronald Reagan in his recently published diaries, May 17, 1986.

Oh! Oh! Let me guess how it ends! George Bush came to power when the CIA brainwashed the Supreme Court by secretly giving them LSD. This, of course, is to return the favor for George Bush being the second gunman by the grassy knoll.

If you've never seen the History Channel special that uses computer models to fully debunk Stone's "JFK" then I highly recommend it. It had to be humiliating for Stone... I mean if he had any character or pride to begin with.

sounds like a horror flick to me.......

Your comment is awaiting moderation...Repeat....Your comment is awaiting moderation...WTH? Isn't it a good thing when people can spell and write a complete sentence on your blog? (Wut? you donts bellieves so?)

Don't bother. I wouldn't pay money to see that slime, even if it was on trial for war crimes

Actually, Will Ferrell would have been a better choice - he looks just like him!

History will show George Bush as one of our greatest presidents in one of our toughest times. Stone's movies are fictiopn, too bad so many people take them as historical documents. Can't wait for Jeb!

Liberals. Gotta love 'em ... when they make stupid statements!

Why do a movie about Bush? I don't want to be reminded of this president and his cabal. Why doesn't Stone do a movie how Bush destroyed the common working man?

Wow...there are compassionate people left in this world! I think the movie is a great idea. As Stone says...there is a sense of apathy and humanity that people have for a leader. I wish every critic could have a seat in the Oval Office for a month and see how wonderful of a leader they are.

"Wall Street" was released in 1987, not 1981.

This is most surely a quest for ratings. there is no possible way this will be a true look back on perspective on Bush. It will come too soon, towards the end of the presidency? all Oliver stone wants is money, money money, besides, it will be hard to know the truth about Bush until long after he is out of office, after all of his propaganda has died down. I mean does anyone really believe the whole "I was chosen to be President by God" thing anyway? Yet here Stone is making it one of the staples of the movie.

Hmm...Were Caliendo and Hammond busy? Just curious.

I also agree with Lori – the other person from Houston that doesn't support Bush.

My hope is that Oliver Stone will portray Bush through the facts of who he really is. Many will claim it is just another Hollywood attack on a "just" man. Let an honest, unfiltered appraisal (unlike his presidency) show Bush for what I believe to be a dishonest, small minded, self absorbed, self righteous individual who has cost and who's legacy will continue to cost a lot of pain, misery, suffering, and death to many, while padding his and his kinds pockets and interests. It grieves me that he made so much of being a "born again Christian" while roping in the religious right in an ever more misguided set of beliefs regarding destiny, privilege, and power. Jesus has been given a bad name for centuries by the likes of these. Bush's legacy will be a backlash and stench to the senses for years to come. Let the movie play while Bush and his advocates claim the victim role while trying to put their spin on perception. We all know who the victims really are.

Thanks for sticking with the issues, CNN.

Sheesh, you guys wonder why so few respect the media.

It will have to be a cartoon. Cause his presidency has been one sick tragic joke after another…

Yawn. I think EVERYONE already knows his family, his govenorship, and how Al Gore lost his home state to Bush. We don't need a movie to rehash it. I don't think that a 120 minute movie showing someone with poor verbal skills will be entertaining.

Michael Moore as executive producer!
Al Franken as Osama Bin Laden!
Ward Churchill as technical adviser!
Perez Musharraf as the dark and handsome stranger!

What a line-up!

I'm not sure anyone will care enough to see this movie. It sounds more like a network movie of the week. Unless Stone is planning to reveal some conspiracy or fact that the media overlooked. Hard to believe Stone would ignore any 9/11 conspiracy theories.

There's no way I would have any interest in watching a movie about a pathetic, ignorant, irrisponsible, lying, spoiled brat. Stone shouldn't waste his money...donate it to charity!

The only movie I want to see about GWB is the one that includes his trial and sentencing at the Hague for crimes against humanity.

I wonder if they're going to give Josh Brolin a lobotomy to add more realism to the film. I think a feature on the whole Bush clan would be more illuminating to the general public. One that elaborates on the family relations with the Saudis, the ownership and/or membership of United Fruit, Zapata Oil, Betchel and the World Bank, and all of the mysterious deaths of political leaders in Latin America during their private sector work as well as the selling out of America while in public office....

Good for Brolin. Hollywood could not pay me enough to portray G.W. The guy makes my skin crawl. I guess playing Bush would be better than Cheney!

Why is this on a Breaking News site? Media is affecting US politics more and more every passing day.

I rue the day Bill Clinton went on MTV and introduced mass media to the US political process.

I believe a movie like this will do more harm to the unity and reputation of the U.S. than good. Oliver Stone should stop using his powerful movie making talent to remind everyone of negative America and instead he should be making movies that build up America.

I can tell you...

this movie will be a flop....

The President's admirable accomplishments will most likely be left out....

and frankly...beyond that there isn't much to watch...

that would not be speculation.

In these tough times–I sure wouldn't waste my $$ going to see it.

Title suggestions:

"How Brain Damage Ruined an Empire."

"Exercise in Arrogance"

"Modern Day Dynasty"

"George the (not so) Great"

If Stone could get someone to play Cheney, Ridge, Rove, Lay, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld, and the rest of the chickenhawk coop, he might name it "The Bores."

It is highly doubtful that someone can make a movie about someone without any bias when they refer to him as "an alcoholic bum". It sounds like a line that the opposition candidate probably used when he first ran for governor and was probably used again when he ran for President. The words he chose to describe the old Bush vs the new one speak loud and clear as to what is probably his true feelings and reasons for this movie.

My hat's off to you again, Mr. Stone.

Thank you for your unfailing courageous and thoughtful service to humanity, putting everything you have on the line at each moment. Your clear-eyed enlightened faith in the real alternative in the time when cynicism is oh so fashionable is truly inspiring.

Soldier on, and the masses won't be too far behind you.

Duh, Oliver!
The Bush Hate Syndrome is OLD. Get a new message.
We don't care anymore, Bush's a lame duck already with the Dem's in Congress leadership.
Your movie will only serve your intention to keep fair elections from happening.
You will try your best to ruin any chance of a Republican winning the Presidency.
You're not a "dramatist who's interested in people".
You are an 'egotist who wants to bash the Republican Party' and continue the hateful trek our country has been on since the 1990's.
Same song, 100th verse!
Duh, Oliver!

Interesting movie. To be honest after he is out of office, I don't think I ever want to see him or anything about him ever again. thank you very much.

Is this going to be a comedy? LOL!

I would like to see that movie. More people should know Bush's story so maybe we won't elect someone like him again!

A better choice to play Bush would have been the Scare Crow from OZ, you know the one in search of a brain....

This idea disgusts me. I hope Brolin refuses the role.

Who cares?! Bush is not even out of office yet and Stone wants to profit off of Bush's failures. At least 4 yrs should pass before Bush Jr.'s name is even mentioned again.