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news.yahoo.com — Oliver Stone's film portrait of President George W. Bush was always going to be controversial given the director's liberal leanings.

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  • GordonFree, on 10/12/2008, -66/+29Name 1 famous, intelligent person who doesn't have "liberal leanings".
    • gquaglia, on 10/12/2008, -30/+52Typical liberal snobbery. If you don't think like me, then your not intelligent. Give me a break! How about Henry Kissenger, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, William Rehnquist, ect.
      • GordonFree, on 10/12/2008, -23/+18No, see, you're naming politicians. That's people inside the system, who don't really are who they say they are, because they get paid to do it.

        Name people who don't have the system filling their bank account to say they're "convervative".
        Artists, scientists, writers. It's OK I'll give you another shot...
      • gquaglia, on 10/12/2008, -13/+26Clarence Thomas and William Rehnquist are politicians?? Silly me, I thought they were Supreme Court Justices. And Colin Powell, before he got into politics, was a successful military officer who rose through the ranks from Private to 4 star general to the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs. Quite an accomplishment for any man. You list artists and writers. Well I guess you don't realize that most "creative" people are liberals by nature, they go hand and hand. It doesn't, however, automatically qualify them as intelligent.
      • TunaFishGangsta, on 10/12/2008, -7/+22Colin Powell got out after he saw what your buddy Bush was doing. That tells us that he came to his senses. And he's still "undecided" regarding the upcoming election: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/15/ ...

        Clarence Thomas and William Rehnquist were appointed by politicians. Yes, even our Supreme Court is infected with politics.
      • GordonFree, on 10/12/2008, -27/+9gquaglia:
        Yeah stupid ass, I know they were pathetic supreme court tools, but they were also politically involved, so i put them all in the same bag. Oh wait, you thought I didn't know that? I guess I know more than you. Don't underestimate people.
      • Clbck, on 10/13/2008, -3/+14@TunaFishGangsta

        Why do you assume that just because he is arguing that liberalism does not have a monopoly on intelligence that he is automatically a Bush fan? Honestly, it's a baseless conclusion, as disapproval of Bush crosses party lines. Obviously not all Republicans think so, but a fair amount do (Ron Paul, anyone?)
      • IIAmusedII, on 10/13/2008, -5/+1ect ect ect
      • EvilJelloMan, on 10/13/2008, -9/+17Phrases like "typical liberal snobbery" show you to be a typical partisan hack. Guess what: Liberals and Conservatives all do the same douchebaggy ***** when discussing the "other side". Partisan idiocy like yours is exactly why this country has suffered through a constant raping of the lower class and middle class, too stupid to realize they are making a choice between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.
      • rootbeerinacan, on 10/13/2008, -10/+3Henry kissinger:

        -he's on the inside so he doesnt count
        -he is in on the new world order
        -he wants population reduction

        "Bringing the world down to 320 000 people would be ideal."
        -Kissinger
      • FairDinkumMate, on 10/13/2008, -1/+4Henry Kissinger - A war criminal that is likely THE main reason the US has not signed on to many international war crimes treaties!
      • kawaiirobo, on 10/13/2008, -1/+3@EvilJelloMan

        Do you not feel like a hypocrite? You call out Gquagilla for being partisan (he is, and it's not right but I digress) but you ignore the partisan asshattery from GordonFree. If your going to act like the non-partisan voice of reason, at least be fair about it. In an attempt to insult partisan politics you clearly show your own liberal partisanship.
      • Puffles, on 10/13/2008, -1/+3@Gordon

        They were "politically involved," so they don't count?

        I challenge you to name one intelligent person with "liberal learnings" who isn't "politically involved" in any way.
      • EvilJelloMan, on 10/13/2008, -1/+1@kawaiirobokawaiirobo

        No, I don't feel like a hypocrite. The OP's statement, while clearly full of partisan bias, also has a grain of truth. A large percentage of "famous people" who aren't involved in big business or politics seem to have a liberal bias. The silly part of the OP's statement is trying to make it seem like we should model any of our opinions on the things famous people do, but that's as much general dumbassedness as partisan bias.

        Spouting "typical liberal snobbery" and then rattling off a bunch of names that in no way contradict the OP's statement is a far more douch-ey move, IMHO, than trying to make a weak connection between famous peoples' opinions and being "right". If the OP had gone on and on about "ignorant conservative bigots" or some such nonsense, then I would put him on the same level as the post to which I replied.
      • kawaiirobo, on 10/13/2008, -1/+1@EvilJelloMan

        you can disagree with what OP says all day, and you'd be right to, but you didn't address the question I asked you. You obviously are only ripping on him for his conservative view, but ignoring the just as bad liberal bias from GF, if you can't see that then you are completely blind to reason. Like I said before, don't go calling BS on political partisanship if your not prepared to call BS on ALL partisan politics. It just makes you look like a biased person as well.
      • EvilJelloMan, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1And you are missing my point - I will call on outright dickheaded partisan bias when I see it. The post by gordon was biased, but it didn't have the "typical conservative" blah blah blah nonsense. If it did, I would consider his post to be just as bad as the one I replied to.

        Everyone who discusses politics has some degree of bias some way, but I found the tone of the "typical liberal snobbery" post to be far more offensive than the OP.

        For the record, I consider myself fiscally conservative, but rarely vote republican because very few of them are actually conservatives. And I rarely vote democrat, either, but that's a different story.

        So no, I'm NOT showing my liberal bias, because I have no liberal bias. I just think one poster was being a bigger dick than the other, so I chose to respond to that one.
    • TunaFishGangsta, on 10/12/2008, -17/+25I can name 1 famous person who has "liberal leanings"... George W. Bush. The man has spent trillions to better Iraq. However, no one knows why.

      Many believe that he is a genius. We call these people Republitards, and they are Sarah Palin's base.
      • Dumbledorito, on 10/13/2008, -6/+11There's that weird disconnect. "Liberals" are supposedly "fiscally irresponsible," yet the defecit has ballooned under the past 3 "conservative" presidents we've had. Further, every time a "conservative" lowers taxes on the wealthy to stimulate growth, it's never worked, nor has any of that weath "trickled down" to the people it was allegedly going to benefit as well.
      • fedja, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2Yea, cause all Iraq really needed to be better is some craters and a million dead people.
      • ChloeMS, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1More like Repugnicans
    • akchrs, on 10/12/2008, -11/+13me.
    • inhaler, on 10/13/2008, -6/+20William F Buckley.

      Do I win?
    • Segaw, on 10/13/2008, -9/+19Ben Stein and Ted Nugent. Now quit being willfully ignorant. You're smarter than that.
      • idhindsight, on 10/13/2008, -11/+7The man that made the propanda hit piece for Creationism and hosted the game show on TV? Yeah, real ***** genious.
      • davidsakh, on 10/13/2008, -5/+3I don't disagree, but you picked horrible examples.

        He said famous AND ***intelligent. Please see my post.
      • Segaw, on 10/13/2008, -2/+7Well, he was class valedictorian at Yale. Is that good?
      • davidsakh, on 10/13/2008, -4/+4"Our failure has been not to Nagasaki [Iraq]"

        what a genius. Nugent is a caveman.

        As for Stein, I hadn't heard about that, but anyone who claims:

        "Love of God...leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people."

        is a delusional, if not necessarily stupid, person.
      • richardstaboner, on 10/13/2008, -2/+2Nugent?
      • graeh, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1Stein? He's intellectually dishonest at best - ignorant at worst.

        It's a false dichtomy on behalf of Gordon Free. The notion that all people fall within very limited stereotypes as defined by his particular culture and upbringing is dubious at best. The meaning of "liberal leanings" is also incredibly open to misinterpretation depending on his intended meaning, and the potentially differing accepted meaning of each cultural, ethnic, or political group. And finally - it's false to assume that "intelligence" is demonstrated by slavish adhearance to one "side" of something as flawed as a two dimensional political spectrum. Even by the intellectually lazy framing of liberal and conservative in the mainstream media from the US I'm exposed to - I believe it's entirely likely that intelligent individuals views on the myriad of issues large and small in the world fall in liberal and conservative columns on an issue by issue basis. One could argue that it is lacking in intelligence to form opinions based on sweeping ideaological stereotypes, rather than on an issue per issue basis.

        I'm sure there are many, many well known and intelligent individuals who have stereotypically "conservative" opinions on some issues, "liberal" on others, as well as a swathe of opinions that don't fall in the counter-product "x or y" column cliches.
      • ChloeMS, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1No, he's not!
    • MRoCkEd, on 10/13/2008, -7/+27Ron Paul
      • GordonFree, on 10/13/2008, -8/+2Some would say he DOES have "liberal leanings". The press has said so.
      • kawaiirobo, on 10/13/2008, -3/+3Gordon, your really stretching at this point, give up and quit being a dick.
    • davidsakh, on 10/13/2008, -9/+1Ayn Rand, Thomas Paine, Milton Friedman, Adolph Hitler, hell, my biology teacher from high school.

      There are thousands of examples, but it depends on your definition of 'liberal' because it means something other than it meant 200 years ago or elsewhere in the world.
      • davidsakh, on 10/13/2008, -3/+0why is this being dugg down? I'm genuinely curious.

        Are you people not familiar with classical liberalism? Or are you just not fans of Thomas Paine?
      • GordonFree, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2I agree with your Adolf Hitler entry. He was intelligent. But he can also be considered insane.

        The other ones, not so much. Try again
      • davidsakh, on 10/13/2008, -0/+0Plz do some research of your own before you disparage one of our brightest founding fathers. I could have mentioned several others.

        Benjamin Franklin was also a fiscal conservative. He was a firm believer in hard work and believed men could create their own luck.

        And calling Adolf Hitler insane misses some very important points.
    • ByronT, on 10/13/2008, -2/+50There are plenty of idiots who are liberal and plenty of idiots who are conservative.
      • Segaw, on 10/13/2008, -1/+11This is the most accurate comment I've read all day.
      • godofallcows, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2That should read to people form the site when they enter digg I believe.
      • GordonFree, on 10/13/2008, -7/+1That's doesn't answer the question. C ya
    • atact88, on 10/13/2008, -1/+5Famous intelligent people? We're deciding who's more intelligent in this country based on the politics of people who got lucky and famous? On a demographic that typically comes from upper class urban areas which clearly have their own political lean?

      Intelligent people end up in science, academia, business, and this place called the real world (not the MTV one) - they typically don't get famous. And it's a grab bag. You get all kinds. There's no trend.
    • RRJackson, on 10/13/2008, -3/+4Famous? As in celebrity famous? Clint Eastwood, Kurt Russell, Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Lucas, Gary Oldman, Gary Sinise, Joe Pesci, Kid Rock, Joan Allen, Ron Howard, The Rock, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, John Malkovich, Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis and Paul Sorvino. They're mostly pretty "successful" and "intelligent," from what I can tell.
      • GordonFree, on 10/13/2008, -9/+2Huh... WITHOUT liberal leanings!
        You basically named all the celebrity Obama supporters, with few exceptions.
      • Elranzer, on 10/13/2008, -1/+1George Lucas isn't a conservative. In fact, he's donated thousands to Obama.
    • aud24, on 10/13/2008, -0/+6Kelsey Grammer- Comic Genius- Bush Supporter.
      • AmazingSteve, on 10/13/2008, -4/+2Cokehead and convicted felon.
      • LokitheComplex, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1Cokehead and convicted felon? What about Kelsey?
    • werries, on 10/13/2008, -0/+6Go poll MIT. You'll find plenty.
      • GordonFree, on 10/13/2008, -10/+1So just because they're in MIT they *MUST* be intelligent? Wow, you're totally off.

        I was in MIT and I met a lot of idiots there - even teaching!
      • kawaiirobo, on 10/13/2008, -1/+8I thought going to MIT was a sign of intelligence, but if GordonFree can make it in, I might just rethink my opinion, the guy is obviously an immature idiot seeing how he just can't keep from negatively replying to any post that dosn't completely agree with him.
      • Elranzer, on 10/13/2008, -4/+2There are no conservatives at MIT.
      • hmunkey, on 10/14/2008, -1/+1I agree, BUT MIT has a lot more liberals than conservatives. The same trend applies for all "high level elite" colleges.

        I'm not saying that means they're more intelligent than others, but yes, intelligent people do tend to think more progressively in a general sense.
  • Motherfuhrer, on 10/12/2008, -26/+3Karol Voytila a.k.a. Pope John Paul II
    He's the only one I can name and he was liberal considering the fact he was the leader of Catholic Church...
    • GordonFree, on 10/12/2008, -13/+9And who says he was intelligent? God?
      • Pixelante, on 10/13/2008, -2/+2You just demonstrated your lack of intelligence. Were you jerking off furiously while posting that?
      • GordonFree, on 10/13/2008, -3/+1Seriously is digg really this filled up with retards? Who are you?
      • Frostek, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1He worked as a volunteer librarian and did compulsory military training in the Academic Legion, but refused to hold or fire a weapon. In his youth he was an athlete, actor and playwright and he learned as many as ten languages during his lifetime, including Latin, Ukrainian, Croatian, Greek, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, English, Yiddish, Hebrew as well as his native Polish. He also had some facility with Russian.

        Lots more stuff on Wikipedia...

        Sounds like a nice and smart guy to me...
    • hankthedwarf, on 10/13/2008, -9/+7Being complicit in thousands upon thousands of instances of child molestation makes you intelligent?
      • xadhominemx, on 10/13/2008, -6/+1May make you an *****, doesn't make you stupid.
      • hankthedwarf, on 10/13/2008, -3/+2Actually if you're INTELLIGENT and are complicit then you're pure evil. If you're just stupid and are complicit, then it makes you an *****. So in that case everyone in the leadership of the Catholic Church are just pure evil.
    • SaperKain, on 10/13/2008, -3/+8He was intelligent. He admitted that evolution is more than just a theory.
      • hankthedwarf, on 10/13/2008, -5/+1And how long did that take him? The entire institution of religion kept denying, denying, denying until it was completely apparent to anyone with half a brain that evolution was the truth. Then they tailored their fairy tale stories to include evolution to further blur the lines in their empty-headed follower's small brains.
      • SaperKain, on 10/13/2008, -3/+4@ hankthedwarf
        Hey at least he did it. Now look at our own TV evangelicals. Those guys still holding strong in their fight against science.
      • hankthedwarf, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1I suppose, but the ones that cling to evolution being a fallacy almost seem more honest since attempting to co-opt the science of evolution into religious lore to confuse their followers is a lot shadier to me than sticking to their guns.
      • graeh, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3Heh - evolution is "just" a theory, so is gravity, thermodynamics, dna.

        What he understood was that the meaning of theory - as used in science - is incredibly different to its meaning in the vernacular. To quote "Potholer54" - to find a higher truth than the theory of evolution - you need to move to the realm of math. A theory in science - is something that has withstood the withering strength of the scientific method, of peer review, of the passage of time. It is refined, and adjusted as scientific discovery relevant to it becomes known and demonstrated.

        "Just a theory" is a willful deception of meaning spread by the intellectually dishonest, the intellectually lazy, and the straight up ignorant.

        Theory in science, the older it is, is so incredibly robust in its power - that the lies spread by those who misuse the term are that much more dishonest, unethical, and at times evil.

        Evolution is a theory - a scientific theory over 150 years old, constantly and comprehensively reaffirmed, and whenever appropriate, added to, and adjusted based on more knowledge and findings. We as a human species should be proud of the theory of evolution; proud that we have been able to make such astounding insights into the very fundamental nature of our existence and the universe see around us.

        So remember kids - when you hear "just a theory" being thrown around about topics in science, there's an incredibly high likelihood that you're witnessing ignorance or deception. That evolution is a theory is its strength, not weakness, own it. And own the ***** out of people who pretend that it means otherwise.

        And who am I to say so? I was brought up fundamentalist - I used to argue with scientists that evolution was "just a theory". When I finally grew up, and emerged from the cloud of influence and ignorance fed to me as truth as a child - established and embraced my critical thinking - I (as I've said before) was incredibly embarassed of my complicity in saying "it's just a theory". I was deliberately taught wrong - and the people who taught me that were culpable of lying to children, and abusing their intellectual authority to the ihghest degree. Many people are like me. Taught lies - which we accepted as truth, because we were children, and predisposed to absolute belief of those in authority over us. So keep it in mind - some of us just didn't, and don't, know better. But we can be changed. We can learn - and realise our mistakes.
    • Motherfuhrer, on 10/13/2008, -1/+3He was the one who suggested opening of borders in 80's, free trade and open mindedness towards new different races, nations, religions. He even organized annual Christmas Rock concerts on Vatican's main square.

      *****, he was the first pope to talk with Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist leaders. And he was against all wars that took place in his time...
  • jojopumpkin, on 10/12/2008, -23/+200It doesn't take a liberal to know Bush is an ass.
  • halloweenkat, on 10/13/2008, -10/+92"I know that human being and fish can co-exist peacefully"
    • anonymous1986, on 10/13/2008, -12/+13"more and more of our imports come from overseas"
      • godofallcows, on 10/13/2008, -1/+17That's not a stupid comment.... think about it.
      • TheSabre, on 10/13/2008, -1/+12They do. The percentage of imports coming from countries overseas like China or Indonesia, as opposed to places like Canada and Mexico, were continually rising when he said that. What's the problem with it? It's a perfectly valid comment.
      • anonymous1986, on 10/13/2008, -0/+4Always thought overseas meant any other country/abroad and not literally 'overseas'. Guess that's cause i always lived on an island...
    • Xcel, on 10/13/2008, -0/+10To be fair, he WAS right.. lol.
    • TheLichKing, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Not G.W. Bush and a fish though... :p
    • Tophillious, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1"Where wings take dreams!"
  • halloweenkat, on 10/13/2008, -3/+8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLvBUSJucg
  • SkaheadVa, on 10/13/2008, -15/+1I heard the actor playing bush is a hard core bush lover... even if the director is a "liberal leaning" one... all the bush loving actor needs to do is play Bush.. heck if they put the real thing in it would still have a sad but funny movie.
    • prophet5, on 10/13/2008, -2/+8Brolin a "hard core bush lover"? Are you our of your mind?

      This is more Liberal drivel.
  • Foot56, on 10/13/2008, -25/+32Just think if Gore was in Office in 2000..
    • MRoCkEd, on 10/13/2008, -30/+14Imagine if Ron Paul was in office - we would be a prosperous nation once again.
      • Setherex, on 10/13/2008, -11/+5Al Gore + Ron Paul - George Bush x UN + (-Federal Reserve) = A civilized nation
      • EtherGnat, on 10/13/2008, -6/+12Yes, because Ron Paul would be able to accomplish so much with no support in Congress.
    • GaynEmo, on 10/13/2008, -20/+40MANBEARPIG!!
    • nraphael, on 10/13/2008, -16/+21That's what the rest of the world keep wondering. How did the USA screw up so badly? I remember the last election. There was an international poll on the internet somehwere. Bush had about 2% of the votes. And yet the USA voted him back in. Needless to say, the rest of the world shook it's collective head in dispair.
      • Foot56, on 10/13/2008, -7/+7It's the same people who think Sarah Palin would be a great V.P... what?!?!
      • malschla, on 10/13/2008, -5/+0Ummm... I think you have the wrong election. 2000 was his first election, so he wasn't "voted back in," he was just voted in.
      • me1.0, on 10/13/2008, -1/+8No you have it wrong, the last election was 2004. And politicians are all relatively worthless.
      • userperson, on 10/13/2008, -9/+2Yeah, all the cool kids are gonna make fun of us. *eye-roll*
        Al Gore would have done everything perfectly. There's an alternate universe where he was president ... milk and honey flow through the streets there.
        ( head-wall x ∞ )
      • SlowelyFadeAway, on 10/13/2008, -4/+3John Kerry is a *****. The last election was all about the lesser of two evils.
      • AchaIemoipas, on 10/13/2008, -1/+6Bush is never the lesser of any evil.

        You could've elected a ***** dildo and it would've been better.
    • bearcat8543, on 10/13/2008, -16/+4instead of wasting all of our money on pointless wars and *****, he'd prob waste money on fighting the evil global warming and manbearpig.

      • Foot56, on 10/13/2008, -6/+17I really don't consider fighting global warming a waste, but maybe thats me.
      • SaperKain, on 10/13/2008, -6/+5Cause that alternative would be horrible. I love GOPers with their "Leave global warming alone" scream.
      • bearcat8543, on 10/13/2008, -7/+5wasting tons of money is wasting tons of money, regardless of where it goes.

        and who said i was a GOPer? i love ignoramuses who think that if one doesnt like some flaming liberal, it automatically makes them a repub.

        ***** al gore.
      • SaperKain, on 10/13/2008, -5/+3I love how hardcore right-wing republicans pretend to be bipartisan or have no party affiliation, while savaging democratic politicians.
        I guarantee you that the guy has a Ronald Reagan picture in his bedroom.
      • EntangledPhysx, on 10/13/2008, -2/+4Fighting global warming is a waste if we can't control it. Nature has a much bigger say in global warming/global climate change then humans can produce. Sunspots appearing and disappearing has major affects on our climate, for example. Anyone have more sources on this, though (from both sides of the argument)? example: The Maunder Minimum: http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/lisa3/beckmanj ...
      • godofallcows, on 10/13/2008, -1/+3@SaperKain

        ***** you.

        There see? Not all republicans lie about being so, so you can stop trying to stereotype us all and get back to dry humping Obama's leg.
    • prophet5, on 10/13/2008, -25/+8You'd all be speaking Arabic if Gore was President.

      You're all a bunch of whiny pussies. Get over it. Gore lost.
      • douglasr007, on 10/13/2008, -4/+12Gore won popular vote.
      • me1.0, on 10/13/2008, -2/+5Too bad the 'population vote' has never elected a single president.
      • Sage920, on 10/13/2008, -3/+3"You'd all be speaking Arabic if Gore was President."

        ....
      • HuntGather, on 10/13/2008, -0/+5...No I wouldn't.
      • Elranzer, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1"You'd all be speaking Arabic if Gore was President."

        Wow, if you really think that Bush prevented the Arabs from INVADING and CONQUERING the US, then I just don't know how to retort. Your brain has already begun a one-way decent into pandemonium so there's nothing I could say that could convince you to come join us back in reality.
    • USER1236, on 10/13/2008, -2/+12I saw a recap of the 2000 presidential debates recently and it was sad to see that Bush did look like a much more capable leader back then. Gore exagerated his facial expressions. His audible sighs and rebuttals made him sound whiny. If he was the man he is today he would have won easily.
    • darkened, on 10/13/2008, -14/+12We'd be really *****. That's where we'd be.
      • richardstaboner, on 10/13/2008, -1/+4really? explain...
      • katagana, on 10/13/2008, -2/+2How could he have been possibly any worse? Civil liberties wise, he would never have suspended habeas corpus or introduced the patriot act, or locked prisioners in Gitmo. He wouldn't have invaded Iraq, he would have focussed on the environment and renewable energy instead of drill drill drill. He would have been better, anyone would have been better than G.W.B!
    • Troy64, on 10/13/2008, -5/+13I think he invented Office 2000.
    • singularityv, on 10/13/2008, -10/+3We'd be ***** regardless of who won..

      We all know how much of an idiot Bush is. Gore would have taken away everything we enjoy in life all in the name of global warming.

      It's a damn shame I was only 15 in 2000. If I were only three years older, I would've voted for Harry Browne.
      • SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/13/2008, -3/+6"Gore would have taken away everything we enjoy in life all in the name of global warming."

        ...right...
      • christianw, on 10/13/2008, -2/+3" Gore would have taken away everything we enjoy in life all in the name of global warming."

        youre a ***** liar.

        under bush weve lost freedom as we know it, the constitution, personal privacy, habius corpus, our ***** economy, our respect in the world, and our sense of american community. that ***** has done more ***** to this country than any other president in history and you think Gore would have been worse?

        Gore has been trying to tell people how to solve the climate crisis while creating a global industry that could strengthen the economy since he wrote "earth in the balance".

        so go down to barnes and noble, and do this......

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUkpR2Q6Oy8
    • charlietuna, on 10/13/2008, -1/+4I think this crises may have still happened, though not in such a bitch-slapping cross-the-face John McEnroe fashion. Too many people were staring to believe that cash could indeed be conjured up from bad mortgages. Our currency system is backed by mortgages (google "money as debt"), so you would think that there would be strict accounting rules in place for that. Secondly credit swaps were marketed as insurance when they were really empty promises. CBS' 60 minutes explains the credit swap crisis well, as does Time Magazine.
    • DestroyFascism, on 10/13/2008, -4/+3Sep 11 would still be 4 months away...

      (Don't stress it will make sense)
    • redwire, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2We have seen this parallel world on SNL :)

      http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/03/24/president-al ...
    • randumbusername, on 10/17/2008, -0/+1with lieberman by his side....ill pass.
  • xt0xicx, on 10/13/2008, -11/+16Fool me once shame on.. shame on you... eh.. um.. a fooled man can't get fooled again
    • utahnkid, on 10/13/2008, -0/+12I'm not sure if his actual comment or your own butchered rendition of it is funnier but..

      Oh who am I kidding, his is:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ux3DKxxFoM

      You can skip to 47 seconds but the others are just as good.
    • ttw1002, on 10/13/2008, -0/+5Guess we didn't learn our lessons well enough. The bastard did get elected a second time along with Cheney.
    • Shadowhawk109, on 10/13/2008, -0/+5I tip my hat to the new constitution, Take a bow for the new revolution, smile and grin at the change all around. Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday. Then I'll get on my knees and pray - we won't get fooled again!

      Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
  • Eagle193, on 10/13/2008, -9/+15I do take offense. :P
    • Checkerd, on 10/13/2008, -0/+8The best offense is a good defense.
    • doshindude, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1DE-FENSE! UH UH! DE-FENSE! UH-UH!
  • MRoCkEd, on 10/13/2008, -24/+10Bush indeed is an idiot.

    I can't wait for "O" the film.
    It should show that BOTH parties are the problem.
    • RobotBuddha, on 10/13/2008, -0/+7I'm not sure if I'd say it's the parties, or the people who keep voting for politicians who vote against their statements or platforms, that are the biggest problem.
    • lazyfisherman, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3The big "O".
      Oprah ?
    • SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/13/2008, -1/+4Uh, could we save judgment of an Obama administration until, at the very least, after he's elected?
  • IIAmusedII, on 10/13/2008, -10/+113Bush will go down as the most misunderestimated president ever.
    • predakon, on 10/13/2008, -3/+25..that or misoverstood, I think both are perfectly cromulent.
      • ModernDayDarwin, on 10/13/2008, -0/+15after trying to read both your statements, I can only determine that it's far past my bedtime..
      • WaCkYmAk, on 10/13/2008, -0/+0Dugg for the cromulent use of the word cromulent.
      • Frostek, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1The use of such words embiggens us all...
    • trilobite, on 10/14/2008, -0/+1William Shakespeare makes up words and everyone says he's a genius, George Bush makes up words and everyone says he's an idiot?
  • DangerCollie, on 10/13/2008, -19/+74The surprise isn't discovering Bush is a fraud and incompetent. The surprise is the 25% of the population who still thinks he walks on water. Almost 1/3 of our entire population of the United States of America are poster children for Idiocracy.

    Where have we failed our educational system?
    • spyd3rweb, on 10/13/2008, -3/+12Go away!... baitin'
    • temujin2012, on 10/13/2008, -2/+19"It's got electrolytes, what plants need!"
    • wristpull, on 10/13/2008, -5/+4025% =/= 1/3.
      25% = 1/4.
      • refugeechris, on 10/13/2008, -2/+11thank god you said it, so I didn't have to...
        Seriously 1/3 = Almost 1/4?
        I'm no neo-con, but i don't try to deceive people either. Don't stoop to their level
      • maximumsteve1, on 10/13/2008, -2/+2possibly he means that 8.33333333% of the population believe bush does not walk on water but are still idiocracy poster children
    • FreddieD, on 10/13/2008, -1/+4Sounds to me like Bush needs some Monday Night Rehabilitation, courtesy of Beef Supreme!
    • darkened, on 10/13/2008, -12/+6Bush has had the toughest presidency potentially ever faced by America, while he has been a driving factor in some very poor policy, I do truly believe history will vindicate him in the coming decades. I would not for a second reconsider my vote for him in 2004, and was sad I could not vote him in 2000 or his father in 1992.
      • Niallgriff, on 10/13/2008, -4/+11I'm sorry, but FDR had a way tougher presidency than Bush. He also didn't completely ***** it up, like Bush.
      • lazyfisherman, on 10/13/2008, -3/+8It's tough because he made it tough.

        People asked him to unite the nation to fight the war on terror. Instead, he was a divider who settled personal scores, pissed all over the constitution and used fear and war to help his "base" grab obscene amounts of money.

        That said, I hope you are right and that history will show that he did not ruin America.
    • darkmagician777, on 10/13/2008, -2/+0The political manipulation game has been going on long enough beyond the whole " your vote counts". Its all lies. Bush Mr self appointed monkey has the right backing that he is for the most part " self appointed and untouchable". Our political machine is design to take advantage of the little guy feeding into the self absorbent system that wasn't ment to give back to the people. As more and more large companies fall apart the political machine called Government suddenly is starving after abusing people for so many years.

      Serves them right for politicians to loose their benefits. How bout good work good pay - bad work bad pay. very simple.
  • ThierryHeny, on 10/13/2008, -14/+19Hate him or love him, you gotta admit the kid got spunk.
  • ufia, on 10/13/2008, -7/+15The trailers I see on TV makes this movie look like a comedy. I LOL'ed when I've seen it. Then they say based on a true story, which makes me cry.
    • prophet5, on 10/13/2008, -12/+9It's based on a Liberal ass-tart's imagination.
      • Elranzer, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2It is based on reality, which has a well-known liberal bias.
    • GJBlizzard, on 10/13/2008, -0/+6What makes me cry? "LOL'ed"
    • EntangledPhysx, on 10/13/2008, -1/+8When ever i see a movie that is "based on a true story" the story is so off-track and completely inaccurate to what actually happened, I wonder what the hell is going on. Such as, the only part of the story that is based on truth, could be that Geoge W. Bush is president.
      • TheOther1, on 10/13/2008, -9/+2Right. If there were a mirror image of this movie, it would show Barack eating chitterlings, fried chicken and watermelon while banging hoes and smoking crack between Muslim prayer times.
      • GumshoeMike, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3"Right. If there were a mirror image of this movie, it would show Barack eating chitterlings, fried chicken and watermelon while banging hoes and smoking crack between Muslim prayer times."

        Funny, I thought that was the McCain-Palin campaign strategy [rim shot].

        What's sad (coming from someone who voted from McCain in the 2000 primary) is that he so obviously hates the lies his campaign is spreading, but he must think they are necessary to win. He thinks wrong. I was still considering him until he started making nice-nice with the evangelicals -- and then the grotesque Palin choice made it impossible to vote for him. I think there are many others who feel the same way.

        And now look at his fan base at the rallies. Sends a shiver down your spine.
  • jetboyterp, on 10/13/2008, -35/+41Oh yeah....an Oliver Stone film...which basically means this film will be based on no facts whatsoever.
    • anonymiau, on 10/13/2008, -21/+30If you RTFA it tells you what it's based on, and afterwords you can try something new and make an actual educated comment.

      • wristpull, on 10/13/2008, -17/+10Don't be a bitch, anonymiau.

        Nobody likes a bitch.
      • voilaamour, on 10/13/2008, -9/+10Why is anonymiau being dug down;
        It's true, read the article, or will I have to explain it myself?
      • bewareofmoose, on 10/13/2008, -12/+6Maybe because he or she is being a snide punk-ass? Just a guess.
      • SMELLtheGluv, on 10/13/2008, -7/+1Fail on your own time.
      • daddymcguire, on 10/13/2008, -1/+6"Actual educated comment"? About politics?? On Digg???

        Surely you jest!
      • Setherex, on 10/14/2008, -0/+1RTFA = Read The ***** Article?

    • BossKey, on 10/13/2008, -9/+7It is a fact that W was a beer-swilling coke-head at a time when others of his generation were spending their lives building America.
    • macgarp, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1but it will be entertaining. :)
    • belebih, on 10/13/2008, -2/+4You'd think the movie would be inaccurate, but from the scenes I've seen, and from what I've read about it, most of it (the post-elected-as-president part) is pretty much taken word for word from actual transcripts of the press-conferences, meetings, etc. that are portrayed in the film. I mean, a lot of this ***** you just can't make up; there's not much that you can add/change that would make it more ridiculous than it already is in real life.
  • gfryesc, on 10/13/2008, -26/+21Oliver is an idiot. The put up job he did in JFK with wild slander against LBJ should clue you leftists in that he is off his rocker. I know, I know, you typically can't recall anything past the current news cycle.
  • scfraser6, on 10/13/2008, -20/+11"Dildo" would have been a more fitting title
  • LMN8R, on 10/13/2008, -16/+3Obviously you guys didn't see The Colbert Report from last Thursday. Making this film as turned Stone into a Bush convert - he thinks Bush is one of the greatest presidents ever.

    duh
  • SaperKain, on 10/13/2008, -8/+9Is this movie suppose to make me cry or laugh?
    • DforSpiD, on 10/13/2008, -1/+17Yes
    • charlietuna, on 10/13/2008, -0/+4If you were from Holland or Canada you could laugh. If you live in the USA (or Iraq), I think a some mournful wailing is in order. Then go out and buy canned food and gold. You are gonna need it in the coming years.
  • SidiousX3, on 10/13/2008, -34/+8Bush FTW! ***** obama! (and if you digg me down, then that shows that you shun people that you don't agree with!, liberals!)
    • isaaciaggard, on 10/13/2008, -4/+11uh, aren't you doing that in your comment? "***** obama" = shunning people you don't agree with, yeah?
    • Iatethecrayon, on 10/13/2008, -3/+21Dug down because of your use of comma after an exclamation point.
  • abajaj2280, on 10/13/2008, -13/+10*no offense

    and no one takes this to offense
    • AZRoboto, on 10/13/2008, -4/+5It's ironic that he calls Bush an idiot (which has absolutely no relation to the article at all), then misspells a very simple word.
      • hankthedwarf, on 10/13/2008, -4/+7It can go either way. Offence is the British spelling, and they invented the language.
      • alaskanassassin, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3actually the English invented the language.
    • PatrickFisher, on 10/13/2008, -1/+3Hankthedwarf is correct; "Offence" is just as correct as "Offense". It's a matter of choice and the country you're in.
      • ism70605, on 10/13/2008, -2/+3Look in her profile; she is american, so it should be spelled "offense".
    • astorygirl, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1"Offence" is a mostly British variation of "offense." Since I've lived in both places, I sometimes slip into the British spelling. But both are correct - check your dictionary.
  • JasonCox, on 10/13/2008, -5/+41"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
  • akchrs, on 10/13/2008, -13/+8It's not like anyone is going to see this movie anyways.
  • JasonCox, on 10/13/2008, -11/+5"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
    • Gorgamel, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2This statement made soberly true by Stone.
  • Iatethecrayon, on 10/13/2008, -4/+14I wonder if George will see it....
    • lazyfisherman, on 10/13/2008, -1/+3He will.. and he'll have a big 'ol laugh about what he's done.
  • wristpull, on 10/13/2008, -9/+31"Oliver Stone's film portrait of President George W. Bush was always going to be controversial given the director's liberal leanings."

    Psst... Bush-as-an-idiot is no longer controversial. After eight years of economic decline and the ***** ton of money he's wasted here and abroad, making fun of the guy for being stupid is about as edgy and counter-cultural as reading off your local weather forecast.
    • SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/13/2008, -0/+5That's probably why the movie doesn't make fun of him.
    • wristpull, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Commenting on the title, not the article.
  • Seeds0215, on 10/13/2008, -13/+5Bush is an idiot (lots of offense)
  • xike, on 10/13/2008, -16/+11You'd have to be an idiot to misspell "offense" (no offense)
    • hankthedwarf, on 10/13/2008, -5/+13Or British. Idiot.
      • kylere, on 10/13/2008, -3/+2Poster wasn't british.

        Idiot
      • arizonabay, on 10/13/2008, -1/+1The nationality of the user of a word is moot. Offence is an accepted variant of offense, similar to license/licence, catalog/catalogue, check/cheque. etc.

        Before being a pedantic *****, one should be certain that they're getting the pedant portion of it correct and not just being a mere *****.
    • gl77, on 10/13/2008, -15/+4unfortunately, i see a lot of idiots misspell that word as "offence" & i just want to stab them.
      • hankthedwarf, on 10/13/2008, -1/+13You want to stab everyone from England?
      • crackberri, on 10/13/2008, -11/+3Just the Liberal ones.....
      • AmazingSteve, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2Ahh internet spell checking and grammar policing. The last bastion of weak minded trolls.
    • HastyNameChoice, on 10/13/2008, -3/+11You'd have to be an idiot, egocentric and ignorant of the world at large to presume to be an authority on a language that you have borrowed and bastardised.
      • alaskanassassin, on 10/13/2008, -1/+1so after we sent the british sailing, should have made our own language instead of using the ones we already knew?
  • Saitekc, on 10/13/2008, -9/+13Bush is an idiot?

    Who knew?
  • johnnyfistfight, on 10/13/2008, -27/+6top 10 actors who are in the running to portray Obama in the film "Change You Better *****'in Believe In, Bitch!
    10. Chris Rock
    09. Robert Downey Jr.
    08. CGI . No human can portray a God.
    07. Steven Quincy Urkel
    06. Spike Lee
    05. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly
    04. Earvin "Magic" Johnson
    03.Bernie Mac, errrrr..... I mean that kid who played Bernie Mac's nephew on his show
    02. Tiger Woods
    01. James Earl Jones
    • ufia, on 10/13/2008, -4/+211. Steven Segal
    • iPirate, on 10/13/2008, -3/+10That was one of the worst comments I have ever seen on Digg. The door is *that* way.
      • johnnyfistfight, on 10/13/2008, -8/+5Thank you. I forgot to mention Buckwheat and Stimey are also in the running.
    • neonoodle, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2What's wrong with Will Smith? Too white for ya, Adolph?
      • johnnyfistfight, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2Will Smith is scheduled to portray Michelle Obama in "I Ain't Proud of America but I Sure Likes Me Some Chittlens". Oprah was up for the part but she opted out for play Isaac Hayes in his upcoming bio-pic.
    • alaskanassassin, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1one of the best comments I have seen in this thread.

      especially for the Robert Downey Jr, he should get an oscar from Tropic Thunder.
  • Walled, on 10/13/2008, -18/+16Bush is a moron.
    • theWaterboy, on 10/13/2008, -4/+7I have to ask: which is dumber an idiot, or a moron?

      Because Bush is most certainly the less intelligent of the two.
    • nonchalantmoon, on 10/13/2008, -2/+2I think a '***** idiotic moron' is the dumbest.
    • RadiatedAnt, on 10/13/2008, -0/+8moran*
    • alaskanassassin, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2I can't wait for Bush to be out of office so that morons who cannot think of anything to say have to find something other than "bush is a moron" to get diggs.
  • nurbsenvi, on 10/13/2008, -8/+4Biggest blunder of the century.
  • crackberri, on 10/13/2008, -9/+3Great Movie,
    When are they going to do one on Whore Dog Billy?
  • prophet5, on 10/13/2008, -14/+7Oliver Stone wears a tinfoil hat. So does anyone who sees this drivel and believes it.
    • SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/13/2008, -2/+4You revel in your ignorance passing judgment on that which you have willfully deprived yourself knowledge.

      You are what is wrong with America.
      • godofallcows, on 10/13/2008, -4/+1Coming from the liberal who supports killing babies.

        Correct me if I'm wrong on the liberal thing.
      • aud24, on 10/13/2008, -4/+1@Steamboat... Blow it out your ass... sorry, but that was a perfect setup.
    • oblique63, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3dude, I can't read your comment... your tinfoil hat is reflecting too much light into my eyes...
  • nonchalantmoon, on 10/13/2008, -6/+11Isn't commenting on Bush's intelligence insulting to the commenter? It's overstating the obvious. Like telling smokers cigarettes will kill them. It's not like people are going to be all wide-eyed and go, "Really? Holy *****! And here I thought our utter turmoil on the most broadest of political scopes was just the liberal media!"
    • ttw1002, on 10/13/2008, -1/+0Hardly. We need a hearty serving of humble pie after 8 years of this presidency.
    • SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/13/2008, -1/+1True, but the movie isn't a comment on his intelligence. It's a comment on his person and his presidency.
    • charlietuna, on 10/13/2008, -1/+4It has to be said:

      Cigarettes kill people.
      HIV prevention requires condom use.
      George Bush is the Worst President Ever.

      These things need to be continually repeated to resonate. What if McCain is elected, has a stroke the next day and Palin is president. That would be twelve years of slacker presidents.
  • 5xSTUN, on 10/13/2008, -7/+16I lean strongly left, yet Oliver Stone annoys me to no end. I don't watch his movies anymore. He's a pretentious, arrogant, distorting propagandist, and he's an embarrassment to the left, as far as I'm concerned.
    • SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/13/2008, -4/+3What does that have to do with the article? This movie is different.
      • fumar, on 10/13/2008, -3/+2How do we know? All we know is what he has told the media about his film. Until I have seen the movie and formulate my own opinion instead of being spoon-fed "truth", I am going to assume that based on Stone's track record this movie has a slant to the left.
  • apena89, on 10/13/2008, -9/+3Buck Fush.
  • Gorgamel, on 10/13/2008, -10/+4Stone is so full of *****. "I try to be even handed" pah!
  • RadiatedAnt, on 10/13/2008, -7/+2no offense but obvious cat is obvious

    ohh and to offend, it's not a fence
    • astorygirl, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1"Offence" is a mostly British variation of "offense." Since I've lived in both places, I sometimes slip into the British spelling. But both are correct - check the dictionary.
  • jdpwnsyou, on 10/13/2008, -10/+4Yeah Stone is an idiot, and so is the submitter of this article...its offense. Jesus Christ.
    • arizonabay, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/offence

      American Heritage Dictionary -
      of·fence (ə-fěns') Pronunciation Key
      n. Chiefly British
      Variant of offense.
    • astorygirl, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2"Offence" is a mostly British variation of "offense." Since I've lived in both places, I sometimes slip into the British spelling. But both are correct - check your dictionary.
  • aud24, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2I will give Ollie this- he wrote the screenplay for two of my all time favorite movies- Scarface and Midnight Express... that said Bran from the goonies doesn't have me sold as a convincing W.
  • astevens54, on 10/13/2008, -8/+1Oliver Stone is an idiot... and you morons are paying him to see this movie!
  • spencen66, on 10/13/2008, -7/+2at the end of the day who are you going to want to have a beer with?


  • b0rg, on 10/13/2008, -1/+6Jesus Christ. Even Moose Lady is embarrassed by Bush. That's really, really saying a lot. I feel a little bad making fun of her, she's just a small-town politico who learned the art of the backstab. Bush has been the president of the United States for eight years, and has royally ***** up each and every one of them.

    Making him look goofy in a movie is a compliment; it's better than painting him as the shallow, foolish ideologue he really is.
  • alexkim804, on 10/13/2008, -4/+3offense*
    • astorygirl, on 10/13/2008, -0/+5"Offence" is a mostly British variation of "offense." Since I've lived in both places, I sometimes slip into the British spelling. But both are correct - check the dictionary.
  • RobotCitizen, on 10/13/2008, -2/+3Intelligence != morality
    Intelligence != intellectual honesty
  • CharlesP2009, on 10/13/2008, -3/+5Epic fail on the spelling there bud.
    • Frostek, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Because terms like "epic fail" are great examples of the English language.
      • CharlesP2009, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1I'm glad you noticed the irony.
  • terrible0ne, on 10/13/2008, -6/+10Damnit!! How in the world can ANYONE support Bush and the Republicans?!?!?! Am I in the ***** Twilight Zone. The Republicans have had total control over this country for 8 years now and completely RUINED it. I mean really. Any somehow they still blame the Democrats! Why are the supporters of the Republicans either rich as crap or ignorant uneducated rednecks?? I really don't get it.
    • friday04, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1First of all, don't confuse Republican with Conservative. I'll admit that Conservatives have become the face of the Republican party and may have even changed the Republican ideals forever. But what was once Republican, e.g., lower taxes, small federal government, state's rights, the freeing of the slaves, are now more in line with the Libertarian party. Unfortunately we live in a failed 2-party system that makes us choose between a Conservative or a Liberal and those 2 views are TOO FAR APART for most Americans.

      Second, this nation has not be under Republican control for the last 8 years. The government was under Republican control for the first 4 years of the Bush administration but the last 4 years the Democrats have controlled both the Senate and The House of Representatives. And they all voted for some pretty significant measures that can be directly tied to the current economic crisis.

      The real problem here is that no one takes an actual interest in political science. Most people are so emotional about one or two hot-button issues that they think they understand the entire political landscape. I am sad to see the dumbing of America. There is a lot wrong with our current political system and people can affect change but people need to understand the basics of politics in order to bring that change about.

      And watching The Daily Show every day does not mean you're more educated on the subject of politics. It just means that you allow Jon Stewart, who understands politics very well, to do your thinking for you.
      • tufftugg, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1"First of all, don't confuse Republican with Conservative"...Is this the next lie the NeoCons are starting with? Republican/Conservatives are one in the same, sorry did not believe the WMD lie, mind you I'm not an American.
  • Iamalawyer, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1I would love to snort some cocaine with Bush. He's a great guy.
  • ShylockHolmes, on 10/13/2008, -2/+1Stone is a neocon.
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