even though it is VERY uncomfortable to watch borat

he's making a point. it's more than just humor. and one has to remember borat is NOT real THIS dude IS:

Borat Must Be Making Happy: Kazakh Leader's Visit to U.S. on Front Page of 'Wash Post'

By E&P Staff Published: August 29, 2006 4:00 PM ET updated 5:00 PM ET
NEW YORK It was on the front page of The Washington Post, and bylined by a well-known and respected name, Peter Baker, but one still had to wonder: Did Borat have anything to do with this?The Baker story today profiles an upcoming visit to this country by the president of Kazakhstan, an accused thief and "autocrat" who, nevertheless, will soon be receiving a warm welcome both at the White House and the Bush compound at Kennebunkport. With this fresh publicity, he may now be the second most famous Kazakh in America, though still trailing far behind Borat Sagdiyev, the comic creation of Sacha Baron Cohen of "Ali G" fame.The long-awaited "Borat" movie -- with the title character in the role of foreign journalist traveling the U.S. -- is coming out this fall, so normally one might suspect that the Kazakh leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has timed his visit to help boost the movie debut of a favorite son. However, the Kazakh government has blasted Cohen in the past, and threatened legal action, for allowing Borat to, among other things, make fun of his homeland, demean women, slander gypsies and (in a famous song) urge listeners to "Throw the Jew Down the Well." Borat at first claimed to “fully support my government’s decision to sue this Jew.” But on his Web site, he declared in a headline: "I Innocent of Accusings of the Kazakhstan Government!" Last April, President Nazarbayev's own daughter stood up for Borat, saying that his jibes hurt the country much less than official attempts to muzzle him. And given her father's background, he is in no position to throw stones at poor Borat. Baker in the Post today notes that he "runs a nation that is anything but free and who has been accused by U.S. prosecutors of pocketing the bulk of $78 million in bribes from an American businessman. ... Nazarbayev has banned opposition parties, intimidated the press and profited from his post, according to the U.S. government. But he also sits atop massive oil reserves that have helped open doors in Washington." Nazarbayev, 66, has led Kazakhstan since 1990........

sounds like the dude is a despot BUT he be havin' him some oil so he be our bud