Kazakhstan Invites Borat to Come 'Home'
What to do about Borat? He's the faux Kazakh journalist played by Sasha Baron Cohen who has made a career of brutally satirizing Kazakhstan. They thought of suing him. Now they're offering a challenge: Come to Kazakhstan! If Borat visits, the deputy foreign minister says he'll find that "women drive cars, wine is made of grapes and Jews are free to go to synagogue."
LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
Good morning, I'm Linda Wertheimer.
What to do about Borat? He's the faux Kazakh journalist played by Sasha Baron Cohen. He has made a career of brutally satirizing Kazakhstan. They thought of suing him. Now they're offering a challenge. Come to Kazakhstan. If Borat visits, the deputy foreign minister says, he'll find that women drive cars, wine is made of grapes, and Jews are free to go to synagogues.
So Borat, what about it?
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