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Bush said: "That was a size 10 shoe he threw at me, you may want to know."
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Anonymous
I think it's hilarious. |
Anonymous
| Of course, if Saddam were still in power, and someone threw a shoe at his guest, the shoe thrower would immediately be executed. Would the shoe thrower have ever dared pull such a stunt in Saddam's Iraq? Guess not. Will he acknowledge or does he appreciate this new freedom to express his political views? Doubt it. |
Anonymous
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But express it he did.
Watched it a few more times to make sure. Yep, still hilarious. |
Anonymous
Just like the Little Rock Nine, I suppose, who should have been grateful that they were only blocked by the Arkansas National Guard from entering a white school in 1957 when, gee, white Arkansans could have enslaved them, sent them to the cotton fields, and kept them from learning to read at all. Where was their statement to the press "appreciating this new freedom to express their political views"? |
Anonymous
Hum... the reporter was taken away and no one heard from him as of sunday night (stopped watching those news after that). The TV station where he worked made pleas for "his life" and asked the journalists community to plea as well. Also, a track of blood was seen after the journalist was taken away. All that is a far cry from "freedom". |
Anonymous
| It's difficult to stop someone from attacking a head of state without a little blood -- I think Secret Service people are trained to tackle people to take them down. He could have pulled out a gun next. |
Anonymous
funny none of the Secret Service agents dove in front of Bush to take a shoe for him. |
Anonymous
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You "NON Bush supporter" that even has the guts to talk about shame!
Who cares for shame anymore? What about all those that have been killed like dogs,...and you are asking for respect for BUSH.... Give me a break.... |
Anonymous
| Does anybody remember all the Kurds that were gassed under Saddam? I guess not. |
Anonymous
Because Saddam gassed the Kurds, does that mean that every Iraqi should shut up when they see the Americans destroying their country? BTW, the US historically has encouraged the Kurds to rise up whenever it suited our geopolitical strategy but then we have never supported them when they really needed us. As Christopher Hitchens noted in Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2151129), we talked the Kurds into rising up against Saddam in the 70s and then sold them out when we got the deal we wanted with Iran. All you people who want us to remember how Saddam gassed the Kurds somehow don't remember how Kissinger betrayed the Kurds and left them to die in the service of US foreign policy.
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Anonymous
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PP again: For more information, go to google books and do a search for Kissinger and Pike in this book published by Yale University Press. The story will turn your stomach.
The Eagle and the Lion: The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations By James A. Bill Published by Yale University Press, 1989 ISBN 0300044127, 9780300044126 520 pages |
Anonymous
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Cat-like reflexes - kudos to "W". Most world leaders would have taken the shoe to the face because they wouldn't have the presence of mind to duck.
Yay USA! Gold medal to us for shoe ducking! |
Anonymous
too bad he wasn't this quick-thinking in office, poor old fool |
Anonymous
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More Shoes Tossed at White House Protest
http://www.newser.com/story/45618/more-shoes-tossed-at-white-house-protest.html |
Anonymous
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BTW, for all those of you who think the shoe-thrower should have expressed gratitude for the great political system we've given the Iraqis, he was tortured after he was taken into custody.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122200371.html I suppose he might have been tortured more under Saddam so why, of course, why shouldn't he be grateful to us? (being sarcastic here) |