Talonz Posted September 29, 2006 Posted September 29, 2006 BORAT REALLY VISITS WHITE HOUSE Nazarbayev and other Kazakh officials have sought to raise the profile of the oil-rich former Soviet republic and assure the West that, contrary to Borat's claims, theirs is not a nation of drunken anti-Semites who treat their women worse than their donkeys. Cohen's "Borat" comedy routine has drawn legal threats from the Kazakh government, which keeps a tight lid on criticism in its news media. Kazakh press secretary Roman Vasilenko said he was worried that some may take the Borat routine seriously. "He is not a Kazakh. What he represents is a country of Boratastan, a country of one," Vasilenko told Reuters
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