George W. Bush as a wax "wise man" at Madame Tussauds museum

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/12/08/773608-ap.html


Tussaud's Nativity scene sparks outrage

By ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU

LONDON (AP) - "Christian leaders on Wednesday denounced a Nativity scene at a London wax museum featuring soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl, as the parents of Jesus.

The waxwork tableau at Madame Tussauds museum included U.S. President George W. Bush as one of the three Wise Men, actors Hugh Grant and Samuel Jackson as shepherds and Australian disco diva Kylie Minogue as an angel. "There is a well-understood tradition that each generation interprets and reinterprets the Nativity . . . but, oh dear!" said Rev. Jonathan Jenkins, spokesman for the archbishop of Canterbury, who leads the world's 77 million Anglicans.

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Madame Tussauds said it had respected this tradition, using a plastic doll in the manger. The other characters, it said, had been chosen in a public vote that drew 300 ballots.

The scene also features British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prince Philip as Wise Men, and flamboyant talkshow host Graham Norton as a shepherd."

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1. LOL...

"W" a wise man...

hardly...

[KyndCulture]

2. W does NOT stand for wise! lol n/t

[goodboy]

3. wanna see a picture of me with W, at madame tussauds?

[goodboy]

4. hope this works

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6. It didn't work - for me - n/t

[mcscajun]

5. This is as close as he gets...ever...to being called "wise"

Unless it's "wiseacre" or "wiseguy" or "weisenheimer" :)