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Iraqi reporter hurls shoes at Bush
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An Iraqi reporter set off pandemonium Sunday by hurling two shoes at President Bush during a news conference.
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Miserable ingrate
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — Miserable ingrate The perfect farewell. Throw two shoes at the man who gave you the freedom, paid for in American blood, to attend a press conference in a country that just five years ago was a bloody dictatorship. Fucking ungrateful asshole. Posted by George Moneo at December 14, 2008 07:08 PM Comments Post a comment

The Christmas Boot
Fraters Libertas — I've been subjected to an inordinate amount of time listening to the Christmas Music Super Station in the Twin Cities this season. As such, today's story of President Bush getting shoes thrown at him during a press conference made me think of only one thing. The Christmas Shoes (in Iraq) It was almost Christmas time There I stood in a press line Trying to get that last Bush quote or two Not really in the Christmas mood Standing right in front of me an Iraqi reporter waiting anxiously Pacing around like reporters do And in his hands he held A pair of shoes And his mood was dark ...

Video: Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at President Bush, Dana Perino and Secret Service Receive Black Eyes
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... What a farewell to President Bush - getting shoes thown at you. But isn’t that what the radical Jihadists want to show - disdain for President Bush since they could not defeat him or the United States in Iraq? ...

OF SHOES AND LEFTIST IDIOCY
Right Wing Nut House — You’ve probably heard by now that at a press conference with Prime Minister Maliki in Iraq yesterday, an Iraqi journalist reporting for an Iraqi TV station based in Egypt threw two shoes at George Bush, narrowly missing the president: “This is a gift from the Iraqis. This is the farewell kiss, you dog,” the journalist shouted (in Arabic), Steven Lee Myers of The New York Times reported in a pool report to the White House press corps. Myers reported that the man threw the second shoe and added: “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.” The ...

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