Game of Thrones: Bush's Head Gets a Makeover

mahiskali writes "After apologizing for using a likeness of former President George W. Bush's head in the season finale of the first season of 'Game of Thrones,' HBO has digitally altered the offending scene. After releasing an formal apology, HBO proceeded to yank the episode off all digital platforms, as well as halt distribution of the Season 1 box sets. The episode is now back with an altered head; more hair, less chin. Show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss later clarified, 'We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can't afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk. After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush.'"

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Re:you what?

[demachina]

Seeing as how Bush ran the U.S. in to a ditch and left Obama a thankless, nearly impossible job running a country in ruins, I think Obama has been pretty kind to him. You also glossed over the fact that Cheney did multuple hatchet jobs on Obama so Bush didn't really need to. Cheney has been anything but respectful to Obama.

I'm no fan of Obama but no matter how you look at it Bush-Cheney was one of the worst presidents in U.S. history and almost single handedly started the U.S. on the road to decline and collapse.

I've often wondered if the Bush administration intentionally let Lehman blow. They knew that Republicans were so unpopular at that point they would lose the White House, so maybe they decided to completely wreck the economy on their way out so they could blame the economy on Obama four years later and win it right back.

It will be mind boggling if the Republicans manage to put a vulture capitalist in the White House after Wall/Fleet Street's misdeeds of the last decade.