Shoes Thrown at President Bush

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Whee! Shoe flinging action. I can not believe he was able to toss the second one! He wouldn't have if I was near.

Funny and not funny at the same time. I bet that dude is hurtin' right now, in the vid you can hear his little yelps of pain! The shoe thing is a huge insult for them.

I love how you can hear Bush say "No I'm all right" to that guy that runs up.
 
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In 2003 when Saddam Hussein was overthrown, US Marines knocked down a statue of Saddam. After it fell to the ground, bystanders started pelting it with their shoes and stomping it on the head- a huge sign of disrespect in Arab culture.

The fact that it was happening to Bush is... well... I'll leave it up to you on "why" it happened.:devil:
 
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jzmtl

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Guy is a dumbass, if you are going to throw your shoe at someone don't yell and draw their attention first.
 

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Regardless of what our political beliefs are, he is still the President of our country. For this act to happen is certainly unacceptable.
 
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Regardless of what are political beliefs are, he is still the President of our country. For this act to happen is certainly unacceptable.

It was in Bagdad, I don't think they care if he's your president or not.
 

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Imagine the media frenzy if the shoe actually had hit it's mark! It would be the talk in comedy shows for the rest of his term.
 

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I'm actually most surprised at how fast Bush's reflexes are - he is quick!
 

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He did move quick! I think he made a wise choice in not letting his bodyguard take him away, would have been seen as coward to the iraquis IMO.
 

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Eh, Bush had it coming.:naughty: I'm surprised he didn't call it "terrorism".:laughing:

I started another thread about throwing things, so now I really know what Muntadar al-Zaidi should've thrown at Bush...

...a delicious XX-Large Pepperoni, Olive, Pineapple Stuffed-Crust Deep-dish Pizza!

Act now and he'll get an extra order of Chicken Wings!:crackup:
 
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Art Vandelay

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Re: George Bush VS A GOLD SHOE!!

It does not translate very well at all, but this is a big insult for an Iraqi. It's like "the finger" but much worse.
 

jasonvk77

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Re: George Bush VS A GOLD SHOE!!

Imagine that, your driving your car on the highway and some guy cuts right in front of you :rant:and instead of giving him the finger you throw your bapes at him.LMAO!!!!!!!!111!!
 
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Art Vandelay

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Re: George Bush VS A GOLD SHOE!!

Remember when the big Saddam statue was torn down? The Iraqi citizens hit it with their shoes. It was on the news.
 

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He should have caught it, and threw it back...

Sadly it's been awhile since we've had a President that would do something like that.

I'm surprised Bush didn't immediately arrange for a conference call with his Cabinet in order to come up with an "appropriate response" to the shoe flinging. :rolleyes:
 
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