Shoe Throw Don't Bother Me

Watch this and tell me there isn't at least a small part of you that doesn't enjoy watching George Bush duck as an Iraqi journalist throws not just one but two shoes at him, in tandem. "All I can report," Bush joked of the incident, "is a size 10."

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 14, 2008 at 5:05 PM

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Renfield Author Profile Page says ...

I laughed my friggin' ass off!

That reporter should be given a medal.

Posted by Renfield Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 5:34 PM

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EricGilde Author Profile Page says ...

Absolutely amazing.

Pretty solid reflexes, too.

Posted by EricGilde Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 5:42 PM

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nemo Author Profile Page says ...

Since he's such an unmistakable screw-up, obvious even to the Kool-Aid drinkers, Bush is unlikely to be able to command the speaking fees typical of a former president. But he should enjoy a lucrative future with this organization:

http://dunktheclown.com/

Posted by nemo Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 5:43 PM

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nemo Author Profile Page says ...

Maliki barely flinched. He must have a lot of faith in the accurate throwing arms of Iraqi journalists.

Posted by nemo Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 5:50 PM

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MilkMan Author Profile Page says ...

That doesn't make a small part of me happy. It makes a very large part of me happy.

Bush will be lucky if a shoe is the worst and only thing that is thrown at him. Once his secret service detail ends in 2019, he would be smart to hire a paramilitary unit to protect him.

Posted by MilkMan Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 6:03 PM

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The Hoyk Author Profile Page says ...

"That really hurt! I'm gonna have a lump there, you idiot! Who throws a shoe? Honestly!"

Posted by The Hoyk Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 6:24 PM

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irvingberlinalexanderputz Author Profile Page says ...

Seriously! Who throws a shoe?
(end obligatory Austin Powers bit)

Posted by irvingberlinalexanderputz Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 6:25 PM

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irvingberlinalexanderputz Author Profile Page says ...

Nice one, The Hoyk.
....missed it by THAT much......

Posted by irvingberlinalexanderputz Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 6:28 PM

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loganX2 Author Profile Page says ...

I laughed pretty hard, but where the hell was the secret service? I mean yeah it was only a shoe or two, but they didnt know that or what else there might have been and they are no where to be seen. Apparently they hate him as much as everyone else.

Posted by loganX2 Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 6:55 PM

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MilkMan Author Profile Page says ...

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Posted by MilkMan Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 6:55 PM

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D.Z. Author Profile Page says ...

logan: I was wondering where the secret service was when some guy placed a grenade near him. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/11/bush.georgia/index.html

Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 7:34 PM

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Bubyubb Author Profile Page says ...

So what, you're all cheering on some Baathist apparatchik as your comrade in arms? What does that make you? Sheesh, think a little about this stuff before you start guffawing like Ken Curtis in The Searchers. Haw haw haw.

Posted by Bubyubb Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 7:51 PM

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D.Z. Author Profile Page says ...

Belloc: "So what, you're all cheering on some Baathist apparatchik as your comrade in arms? What does that make you?"

Reagan in the 80s?

Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 8:12 PM

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thatmovieguy Author Profile Page says ...

"Where'd that guy learn to throw shoes anyway? The Russian army?"

Posted by thatmovieguy Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 8:25 PM

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Ray Author Profile Page says ...

Love it! Yet another moment to add to the Years Of Bush documentaries.

I can't believe Bush has been surrounded by people who hate him for eight years, and all he's had lobbed at him are a couple of loafers. Lennon gets shot, Bush survives ... there must be something wrong with universal justice these days.

Posted by Ray Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 9:16 PM

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MovieBob Author Profile Page says ...

Yes yes, funny... since it was just a shoe and, evidently, his reflexes are sharper than his everything else.

But think about the CONTEXT of whats going on. Whatever else Bush may be, he's the President of The United States; and he's speaking in a public place in a foriegn country durign a war. Someone in the crowd jumps up, shouts angrily, brandishes a weapon... and NOTHING happens! He has time to "fire," reload and "fire" again! WTF!? Why wasn't he tackled the minute he lifted what we'd later find out was a shoe? Why wasn't he (the thrower) full of BULLETS the moment he drew his arm back? What do we have a Secret Service for?

Forget how much you despise Bush for a nanosecond and consider THIS: The same apparatus doing what looks like a dogshit job projecting numbnuts here NOW will be in charge of watching President Obama's back in a month. Think about that. Think about all the people unhappy with Obama, and what types of people some of them may likely be. Think about the figures Obama is most often compared to: MLK. Kennedy. Lincoln. Think about what those three have in common.

Still laughing?

Posted by MovieBob Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 9:57 PM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

"Once his secret service detail ends in 2019, he would be smart to hire a paramilitary unit to protect him."

I think Blackwater starts guarding him on January 21, 2009.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 10:03 PM

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D.Z. Author Profile Page says ...

Bob: I'm hoping the Secret Service likes Obama.

Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 11:05 PM

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Luke Y. Thompson Author Profile Page says ...

I love that the commentator feels the need to explain that in an Arab culture, throwing a shoe at someone is an insult.

Posted by Luke Y. Thompson Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 11:17 PM

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nemo Author Profile Page says ...

Throwing a shoe at Bush makes the guy a Baathist apparatchik? While you're at it, maybe it makes him a Communist as well.

Muntadar al-Zaidi is an Iraqi journalist working for a Cairo-based television network. He has first-hand experience being kidnapped by a Shiite militia. How does that make him a Baathist apparatchik?

Posted by nemo Author Profile Page at December 14, 2008 11:19 PM

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SpinDozer Author Profile Page says ...

CNN reported that a several of the man's colleagues had been killed and that during his kidnapping he had been tortured, not sure that's the kind of reporter you admit into the pool...then again, maybe that's the typical experience for an Iraqi journalist.

Posted by SpinDozer Author Profile Page at December 15, 2008 10:38 AM

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Markj74 Author Profile Page says ...

A fitting and natural end to the eight years of Bush's rape of America.

Posted by Markj74 Author Profile Page at December 15, 2008 4:49 PM

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dd Author Profile Page says ...

Muntadar al-Zaidi is an Iraqi journalist working for a Cairo-based television network. He has first-hand experience being kidnapped by a Shiite militia. How does that make him a Baathist apparatchik?

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