Bollywood Does Bush

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“The President Is Coming,” an Indian mockumentary opening this weekend in the subcontinent, tells the story of six contestants fighting for “the greatest prize”—a chance to shake the hand of George W. Bush. Needless to say, it’s a comedy.

Official site here, trailer below.

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Bollywood has a going away present for President George W. Bush as he prepares to leave the White House: a gag movie that makes him the butt of every joke.

The new film “The President is Coming,” uses Bush’s 2006 trip to Mumbai as a springboard for a fictional comedy in which six young Indians compete to shake the President’s hand.

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By philip witak, February 8, 2009 at 11:14 am Link to this comment
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“Needless to say, it’s a comedy.”

no. actually, it is a tragedy. in every sense of the word.

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By hippy pam, January 12, 2009 at 11:52 am Link to this comment

1-12-09…..OOOooooHHHhhhhhhh….I was just allowed the TREAT of VIEWING “ole mr.bullshit” giving ANOTHER EXIT SPEECH to “the press”!!!!!.......I hope we all feel TRULY BLESSED that “bullshit” could SQUEEZE A FEW MINUTES out of his BUSY DAY SCHEDULE-making sure America and the rest of the world is in ruins-....I think the time would have been better spent PACKING HIS STUFF…...

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By hippy pam, January 10, 2009 at 1:05 pm Link to this comment

Hey purplewolf….But we would love to see “ole bullshits” face when he realizes that some one has the guts to show him as the uneducated inarticulate idiot that he is….

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By purplewolf, January 9, 2009 at 8:42 am Link to this comment

I would rather have my hand cut off than to let G.W. shake it!

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