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Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush during press conference
videocafe.crooksandliars.com 12/14/2008 — An Iraqi man throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a new conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. A man threw two shoes at Bush, one after another, during the news conference. Bush ducked both throws, and neither man was hit. (AP ...
Shoe Toss
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/15/2008 — Iraqi journalist tosses shoes at George W. Bush:
Some people got very upset when I said I thought throwing pie at Tom Friedman was funny, but I’m having trouble coming up with appropriately humorless language with which to express ...
This Never Happened To Saddam
julescrittenden.com 12/15/2008 — Iraqi journalist throws his shoes at Bush. "Here's a farewell kiss, you dog!" Big Arab insult.
Not exactly what we consider to be within the bounds of free speech in this county, Bill Ayers' take on that notwithstanding. Unclear how it's going over ...
Whether the Shoe Fits -- Or Not
corner.nationalreview.com 12/15/2008 — I don't think the shoe-hurl is entirely meaningless, but this is ridiculous.
BEIRUT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious ...
If the Shoe Fits
corner.nationalreview.com 12/15/2008 — Michael Totten just got back from Iraq. So I asked him about the shoe this morning: "The Bush shoe incident made me laugh slightly. Only because of the U.S. was an Iraqi journalist allowed to throw that shoe. On some level, he knows that. Tellingly, ...
Muthathar al Zaidi: Today’s Shoe Hero [VIDEO]
firedoglake.com 12/15/2008 — Muthathar al Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, threw both of his shoes at George W Bush as he completed his prepared remarks congratulating himself on the "Surge"™
"This is a goodbye kiss, you dog!"
Dogs, as well as shoes, ...
Shoes for Bush - a sign of real hope
pajamasmedia.com 12/15/2008 — As the world knows now, a particularly juvenile Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at George Bush in Baghdad Sunday. Bush characteristically made light of the situation. If there’s one thing many can agree on about the president, it’s that ...
Surprise!... Leftist Hero & Shoe-Chucker Loves Muqtada Al-Sadr
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/16/2008 — Surprise!... The shoe-chucker loves Al-Sadr. And, the Sadrists protested for his release yesterday in Sadr City... An American flag is burned during a protest for the release of Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi who threw his shoes at President ...
Nuanced Views on Muntader the Shoe Thrower
weeklystandard.com 12/15/2008 — The New York Times 's Baghdad Bureau Blog does a good job of rounding up opinions of Iraqis on yesterday's shoe-throwing incident by an Iraqi "journalist" that targeted President Bush during a press briefing in Baghdad with Prime Minister Nouri al ...
Bush Shoe Throwing: Responses From Around The Web (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com 12/16/2008 — Whether you thought it was funny or frightening when an Iraqi journalist tossed a pair of shoes at the President, the incident has definitely inspired some online creativity. Below, check out a series of mock-ups of President Bush's close encounter ...
Iraqi man threw a shoe at Bush during press conference in Baghdad.
thinkprogress.org 12/14/2008 — President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the security deal recently reached between the U.S. and Iraq. CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware reports this afternoon that during a press conference with Bush and ...
New Sign Of Progress In Iraq
riehlworldview.com 12/15/2008 — And no I'm not kidding, though it obviously won't be greeted that way. Yes, the shoe or foot is a sign of great disrespect in Islamic culture. So much so that Saddam had a stone doormat installed as a state insult to Bush, Sr. The US Army chiseled it ...
Leftwing Blogosphere Cheers Iraqi Shoe Thrower
newsbusters.org 12/15/2008 — The shoes had hardly left the hand of the Iraqi who tossed them at President Bush during the Baghdad press conference yesterday when the leftwing blogosphere began cheering him as some sort of hero. The incredible success of the Surge in Iraq has ...
Bush on Shoe Toss: "I Saw His Sole"
thepage.time.com 12/15/2008 —
The president has a laugh about being targeted by an Iraqi journalist's shoes in Baghdad Sunday.
Says on Air Force One headed to Afghanistan: "I didn't know what the guy said, but I saw his sole."
Pressed by reporters, says: "I don't think ...
The Shoe Thrower Uprising
taylormarsh.com 12/15/2008 — BY TAYLOR MARSH
There is no doubt that anyone throwing a shoe at the President of the United
States would be jailed. The
reaction from that arrest is what’s most interesting.
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand ...
Losers of the week: Mainstream media and the far left
sistertoldjah.com 12/15/2008 — … but I repeat myself.
Yeah, I know - they could qualify as “losers of the week” every week but this week … only a day into it … they’ve already outdone themselves over the shoe-throwing incident from over the ...
ABC and CBS Tout Shoe-Thrower as 'Celebrity' and 'Folk Hero'
newsbusters.org 12/16/2008 — Usually rude protesters who disrupt events by throwing objects at state leaders don't earn media celebrations, but instead of being embarrassed by their Iraqi media colleague who, as he spewed venomous hatreds, dangerously threw his shoes at ...
Wow: What Shoe Throwing Taught Me About America
firedoglake.com 12/16/2008 —
by Mike Licht
Sometimes it's your friends who give you an epiphany. In this case, Rick Perlstein, who I admire greatly, with his statement that shoe-chucker Al-Zeidi should go to jail for a rather long time:
Liberals should not make light ...
Berkeley senior shoe-throwing solidarity —
Classical Values
Even though I am in the middle of a renovation project and don't have time, when I heard about a demonstration in support of the Iraqi shoe-throwing journalist in front of Berkeley's Marine Corps Recruiting Station, I decided to go...
Will This Get The Same Publicity? —
Snapped Shot
I wonder if the Media will give this bombing the same positive coverage they gave the shoe-throwing journalist ? After all, these are the same type people the shoe-tosser supports...
BAGHDAD — Iraqi police say the toll from a double-bombing in eastern Baghdad that targeted traffic police has ...
Throw a Shoe at Bush: the video game(s)! —
The Latest on Air America
Wow, that was fast! On Sunday, Bush ducked a barrage of shoes (and insults) at a press conference in Iraq, and by Monday, two enterprising video game outfits had already created these new video games based it. Click here to play "Bush's Boot Camp" and here to play "That Guy ...
Giving the shoe protest some legs —
Newshoggers.com
By Libby
While it's not being universally applauded, many people have been inspired by the shoe throwing journalist and are anxious to seize the moment and the motif to generate their own sole-ful events. As NTodd points out , shoes can make a powerful statement and Code Pink already has a ...
BDS defined, in a shoe-throwing —
The Anchoress
Lots of talk, of course, about the shoe-throwing incident in Iraq . The point has been made, enough, I think, that this Iraqi reporter would never have been free enough to throw his shoes under Saddam.
In reading some of the forums, this commenter at Ann Althouse made a spot-on analysis that ...
The Size Ten Heard Round The World —
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
An Iraqi journalist didn't like the shoe throwing. The rest of his office, however?: Most of the guys were happy and they were talking about the bravery of the journalist who threw his shoes at the American president. When I tried to explain my opinion, I was trying to tell the guys that I ...
Bush Shoe-wn a Good Time in Baghdad —
Hit & Run
I'm not sure this incident is any worse than simply having to talk to Helen Thomas, but here's the 411 on the Baghdad shoe-throwing incident: Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes and an insult at George W. Bush, without hitting him, as the US president was shaking hands with the Iraqi premier at ...
Flying Shoe Thread —
Political Animal
Flying Shoe Thread As you have probably heard, an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at president Bush. Here's the video (via TPM): McClatchy: "As Bush finished remarks that hailed the security progress that led to a U.S.-Iraq agreement that sets...
First thoughts: If the shoe fits —
First Read
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** If the shoe fits…: If Bush ever hopes to have the history of his presidency revived, a la Truman, it's going to start with success in Iraq. That's why it must have been that much ...
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