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Bush Shoe-Dodging Video Already Watched More Than 5 Million Times On YouTube.
techcrunch.com - 12/16/2008
Bush Shoe-Dodging Video Already Watched More Than 5 Million Times On YouTube.
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The video above of a man throwing his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Saturday is sure to live on in infamy for many reasons: the sheer brazenness of the act, the incredible lack of adequate security surrounding the President of the United States ...
Laura Bush speaks out on shoe-throwing incident
usatoday.com - 12/18/2008
Laura Bush speaks out on shoe-throwing incident
— usatoday.com — "As a wife, I saw it as an assault, and that's what it was," she told USA... TODAY during an interview at the White House on Thursday. "So I didn't laugh it off." A month before returning to private life, Bush said she will continue her public advocacy ... (more) Laura Bush speaks out on shoe-throwing incident

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Bush Shoe Incident in Iraq (video)
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youtube.com - 12/15/2008
Bush Shoe Incident in Iraq (video)
— youtube.com — CNN's Take on Bush Shoe Incident, with additional video of Bush talking about it.An Iraqi journalist threw... two shoes at President George W. Bush at a News Co... (more) Bush Shoe Incident in Iraq (video)

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Bush Shoe-Dodging Video Watched Over 5 Million Times On YouTube
The Moderate Voice — ... At 9:00 PM Sunday night, just 7 hours after the first videos popped up, there were more than 120 placements, 24,000 views, and 600 comments. 12 hours later, at 7:00 AM Monday morning, the video [link] had spread far and wide, skyrocketing to more than 450 placements, 3.2 million views, and 35,000 comments. ...

Daily Digest: The "Obama Internet" Moment?
techPresident — ... in Iraq popping around the Internet have been watched more than 5.5 million times, TechCrunch's Erick Schonfeld asks "[i]s that how Bush will be remembered?" (Thanks ...

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