Josh Brolin as George W. Bush

George W. Bush may have something like a 28% approval rating (probably down to 15 or so, but that was the last number I heard), but it sounds as if he may still have a few friends down in Shreveport, Lousiana he can be "proud" of.

On Saturday it was reported that Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, along with five others were arrested outside of a Shreveport, Louisiana bar when Eric Felland, 29, was arrested for resisting arrest and public intoxication and six others (including Brolin and Wright) were arrested for interfering with police.

That was all we had on the story… until now…

Out of the Chicago Sun-Times Bill Zwecker reports the following:

Seems a couple of good ol' boys got wind of the fact Brolin, Wright and their crew buddies were part of Stone's film project — likely to skewer President Bush as it recounts his rise to power from his early, less-than-successful years at Yale University. Some folks in conservative Shreveport — while happy to collect the bucks spent by the filmmakers during the current down economy — are not happy their town is serving as the site for a movie about a president they have enthusiastically backed in his two runs for the White House.

According to a sober source who was in the Stray Cat, a few profanity-laced barbs about Stone, his politics and the reported anti-Bush tone of "W" led to harsh words from Brolin — who is known for his own short fuse. Then a few pushes (it's unclear who started the pushing) degenerated into punches being thrown.

A "W" crew member reports Wright initially tried to play peacemaker, but that changed "after a racial slur was yelled" and the actor got "into it as well."

Seems like a gold old fashioned throw down in the South eh? What a world… What. A. World.

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