youtube.com - 12/15/2008
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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...
thinkprogress.org - 12/14/2008
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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 ...
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Iraqi man threw a shoe at Bush during press conference ...
thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo
of the worst insults in Islam ” against him,...
an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ...
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Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...
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At some point, we were all that shoe
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Not to belittle the danger posed to our democracy by airborne knock-off Italian footwear, it's difficult to watch this video on YouTube and not empathize with the Iraqi journalist who threw not one, but two shoes at Bush today during a press conference. Video is below, and below it are the screen captures, blow by blow, as it were. And by the way, throwing shoes is something you do at a dog in mediterranean cultures, at least where my people are from. And as calling someone a dog is probably one of the nastiest things you can do in the Middle East, Im wondering if that's part of what's underlying the shoe ...
So, Mr. Bush, how does it feel to be the most hated man in the world?
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Think about it...this is a world that has Robert Mugabe in it. "Baby Doc" Duvalier is still alive, even though he's in exile from Haiti. There are some pretty nasty operators in the world, and yet George W. Bush has managed to elevate himself to the level of one of the most hated people in the world. ...
The Bush presidency comes to a figurative end with flying Iraqi footwear
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Pam Spaulding
OMG. This is outlandish, a real cap to the Bush presidency. An Iraqi journalist gives a kiss off to Bush by throwing his shoes at him during a farewell press conference. Bush’s comments afterward are asinine.
CNN’s Michael Ware said the shoe assault is the height of insults for Iraqis, reserved for the likes of Saddam Hussein. A translation of what the journalist said to Bush when he threw the shoes:
First Shoe:
”This is the gift from the Iraqis— this is the farewell kiss you dog.”
Second Shoe:
”This ...
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Shoe Toss
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Secret Service Shows Unsual Restraint in 'Bizarre' Shoe Incident
blogs.abcnews.com 12/15/2008 — ABC News' Ann Compton Reports: U.S. Secret Service officials in Washington are making no comment, at least not yet, on the incident which President Bush called "bizarre" but which could have turned very ugly indeed. Within seconds after an Iraqi...
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, ...
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 ...
GMA, Today Declare Shoe Incident 'Embarrassing' For Pres. Bush
newsbusters.org 12/15/2008 — Short of having gone full Ninja hero and catching the shoes in mid-air, it's hard to see how Pres. Bush could have been any cooler in his handling of the Hush Puppy Hurler. I have to figure the president's feeling pretty good about things this morning. But that didn't stop ABC and NBC from ...
Iraqi Man Throws Shoe At Bush
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/17/2008 — You can be sure this never happened at a Saddam palace before-- While President Bush was speaking in one Saddam's palaces today an Iraqi man threw a shoe at him. The man was dragged from the room screaming. Buch joked about the incident and the press ...
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 ...
An Assortment of Links
reason.com 12/17/2008 — * Foreign Policy picks the worst predictions of the year. * Bill Kauffman visits a secessionist conference. * Various animators remix the Bush Shoe Incident. This one's my favorite. * Is maritime piracy increasing or decreasing ? * The apes ...
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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 ...
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