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.

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

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

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

Is this going to be a comedy? LOL!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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!

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….

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

Thanks for sticking with the issues, CNN.

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

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.

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

Hmm…Were Caliendo and Hammond busy? Just curious.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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!

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

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

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?)

sounds like a horror flick to me…….

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.

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.

Brolin, he's better off with Dana Carvey.

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

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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!

I think President Bush should grow a goatee!

Wall Street came out in 1987.

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.

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.

Bush will never die in your hearts.

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

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.

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.

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

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 !

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.

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

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?

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.

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!

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

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.

Ditto

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.

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.

Surrealist, Fort Myers, FL

What accomplishmets are you talking about?

you really are surreal

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

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)!

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

"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 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".

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?

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…

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

"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.

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.

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.

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

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…

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.

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

Bring us some new crazy!

Paul:

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bush has charisma? Is repulsive the same as charisma?

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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….

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

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!!!

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.

Matt,

Is is so bad to be ANTI WAR?

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

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.

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.

Drive and Charisma???

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Will Bush's speeches be subtitled in English?

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

Martin Short would be more appropriate.

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.

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..

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?

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

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.

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".

note to liberals….

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

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

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!!

Moderator: why was my comment not posted?

Get Will Farrell to play Bush!!!!!

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.

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

OBAMA 2008

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

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???

The perfect Title: Dumb and Dummer

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

"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.

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

Drive and charisma? Please!!!

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.

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.

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????

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

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

Luke Wison would be the ULTIMATE dubya.

"Apocalypse Numb"

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

"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!

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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!

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

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…

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.

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

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

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 c