Posted on 06/13/2012 8:37:00 PM PDT by Justaham
Politicians are calling for a boycott of HBO's fantasy series Game of Thrones after the creator's 'despicable' decision to include former President George W. Bush's severed head in several scenes.
In the tenth episode of the first season, Mr Bush's decapitated head is seen impaled on a wooden spike, covered in filthy long hair and slathered in dirt.
Show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who noted the appearance in the series' DVD commentary, insist it wasn't a political statement - just a prop.
But the image has provoked outrage among some Republican politicians.
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Add a band called the Dead Trayvons, it’s not a political statement, just a prop!
Hey, speaking of real-life parallels to GOT characters, how about this one: feckless, closet homo, pretend king Renly Baratheon (BHO), with his cynical, gold-digging beard of a wife (Moochelle), and his bound companion/secret gay lover (reggie L.)?
Maybe smelling like Old Nan....
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