youtube.com - 12/18/2008
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U.S. President George W Bush is attacked by an Iraqi reporter with a shoe.
realclearpolitics.com - 12/19/2008
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realclearpolitics.com —
"I am the very last President not to
really have to worry about YouTube" while campaigning for
the White House, President Bush told RealClearPolitics in an exclusive Oval Office interview last week, discussing the role the Internet and new media ...
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Interview with President George W. Bush - Part Two
heel2thechief.games.eplay.com - 12/23/2008
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heel2thechief.games.eplay.com —
The best George W. Bush shoe-throwing game out
there. Now you can be like Iraqi Journalist, Muntadar
al-Zaidi and toss your heels and the President.
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Heel 2 the Chief Shoe Throwing Game
ourfuture.org - 12/16/2008
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ourfuture.org —
My friends at Fightingliberals.com are recommending people send
their old shoes to the George W. Bush Presidential
Library. In my humble opinion: no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. Liberals should not make light of or license the physical ...
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Against Shoe Bombing
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Pardon Me?
A Blog For All —
The thug who decided to throw his shoes at President Bush during a press conference in Baghdad is now asking the Iraqi President for a pardon . I refuse to call this man a journalist because of his actions. In a letter delivered to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the journalist described his behavior as "an ugly act" and asked to be pardoned, spokesman Yassin Majid told The Associated Press. Majid confirmed to Fox News that Muntadhar al-Zeidi has asked the Iraqi president for a pardon, and expressed "regret and sorrow" for his behavior. "It is too late to now to regret the big and ugly act that I perpetrated," al-Zeidi wrote, according to Majid. ...
The Shoe Attack
The Washington Note —
I thought I'd share this cartoon, which my colleague Doga Cigdemoglu found on the Hurriyet Daily News website. Here is a link to a slide show of 34 cartoons about the now famous "shoe attack."
I am a bit surprised at the response here in the United States - which has been more amused than outraged. An Iraqi journalist disrespected our president in the worst way - and we think it is funny.
Can you imagine the Iraqi reaction had an American thrown his shoe at President Talabani during his visit to Washington?
--Ben Katcher
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