Gee, ya think? You mean to say a Hollywood anti-war liberal would inaccurately portray the Bush Administration in an upcoming film? Well, knock me over with a straw.

They said specific scenes are largely based in fact but noted that the screenplay contains inaccurate and over-the-top caricatures of Bush and his inner circle.

“It leaves you with the impression that the White House is run as a fraternity house with no reverence for hierarchy, the office itself or for the implications of policy,” said Robert Draper, author of “Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush.” “Everybody calling everybody else nicknames and chatting about whether to go to war as if they were chatting about how to bet on a football game really misses the mark of how many White Houses, including this one, are run.”

But of course that’s his goal. ABC News had gotten a hold of parts of the script that were so over-the-top they were pitiful. A choice quote:

When Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld purportedly confronts Bush in 2002 about his obsession with Saddam: “What’s the big deal about Saddam? Bin Laden’s the trained ape that wrought this hell on us,” Dubya’s response sounds like a line out of “The Godfather”: “You don’t go after the Bushes and get to talk about it. Ya got me?”

Oliver Stone’s film was originally set for release in ’09, but he wants it moved up to before November. Why? John McCain. Democrats are attempting everything they can to tie McCain, who differs on several significant issues with Bush, to the current President. Spend months tying McCain to Bush, then release a film demonizing Bush and portraying him the way Stone intends, it could have some effect on the election. Or, at least, Stone hopes it will.