Bush said: "That was a size 10 shoe he threw at me, you may want to know."

[Anonymous]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/index.html?iref=newssearch

[jsteele]

I have to give Bush credit for being good and ducking. He must have experience dodging shoes.

[Anonymous]

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6460048

the video

The dumb look on his face AFTER it happened is the best part.

[Anonymous]

I liked what the reporter said: "For goodbye, your dog" (or some like that)

lol

[Anonymous]

Well, you know, Bush can't help how he looks, that's just him. Our country elected him 2 times as our leader. I thought he showed a good sense of humor and quick thinking.

[Anonymous]

If he wants more fun, my father in law is a size 12. Would he be interested??
I'm glad Bush took it with that sense of humor.

[Anonymous]

I am not a Bush supporter and have not been over the last six years or so....but the shoe incident is exceptionally disrespectful. You don't have to like the man, but respecting the position is an entirely different topic. On top of that, to hear a co-worker who was raised in India tell it, anything that has to do with a "foot" is the highest ")(#(((@&& you" that can be communicated in that culture. I am blown away with the disrespect. Shameful

[Anonymous]

I understand where you're coming from, pp, (at least I think I do) but you have to remember that there are Iraqis who think Bush has destroyed their country. Many people have died and the future stability of the country is at risk because of the rise of a divisive sectarianism -- all because Bush wanted to believe that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction when Saddam had already been effectively contained by Bush's father and Clinton.

Yes, Saddam was evil but at least there were the elements that would support a democracy down the road -- an educated middle class, an industrial sector, nominally secular (Sunnis were favored but at least the govnt paid lipservice to secularism). Now much of that is gone.

I don't blame the reporter for doing that. I would have done the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not a Bush supporter and have not been over the last six years or so....but the shoe incident is exceptionally disrespectful. You don't have to like the man, but respecting the position is an entirely different topic. On top of that, to hear a co-worker who was raised in India tell it, anything that has to do with a "foot" is the highest ")(#(((@&& you" that can be communicated in that culture. I am blown away with the disrespect. Shameful

Of course it is disrespectful, that was what the reporter was trying to convey. This just demonstrates the level of digust that some of the people in Iraq has for the man and the position.

[Anonymous]

12:54 again: BTW, that reporter had a great arm! Wish I could throw a baseball like that, let alone a shoe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not a Bush supporter and have not been over the last six years or so....but the shoe incident is exceptionally disrespectful. You don't have to like the man, but respecting the position is an entirely different topic. On top of that, to hear a co-worker who was raised in India tell it, anything that has to do with a "foot" is the highest ")(#(((@&& you" that can be communicated in that culture. I am blown away with the disrespect. Shameful

I agree totally. As to the following post on the "Bush wanting to believe about WMD" we conveniently forget that the Congress authorized the action, and they had access to the same intelligence Bush did. Once started, you could not un-ring the bell.

I thought Bush handled this in an appropriate and poised manner. The man has his faults, for sure, but yesterday he did well.

[Anonymous]

HUZZAH PP for reminding everyone that Bush rarely, if ever, acted alone. (I happen to think he is truly a puppet because not necessarily smart enough TO act alone, but I digress). Congress has participated, both Dems and Reps in all of this mess.....and we elected them also. It does not immediately change when Bush leaves office. I appreciate the "reason" behind the man throwing the shoe and that it is an emotional action and the world doesn't believe the states to be Hosannah, but i am still baffled that "shoe throwing" is viewed as effective. just sad...and shameful.

[Anonymous]

12:54 again: I would be perfectly happy to have that reporter throw his shoes at all the idiots in Congress who supported Bush.

At the time they voted to support the war, it was perfectly clear that Saddam had NO connection to 9/11 (although Bush and company preferred to let everyone believe that was the case) and, again, that Saddam had been contained by Bush's father and Clinton.

They were a bunch of fools who were either too stupid to see the facts or too scared to take a stand. And their stupidity/cowardice cost us billions of dollars and thousands of American lives.

And you're condemning the man whose country has suffered billions of dollars in damage and lost thousands of lives because a lot of US politicians were too chickensh*t to take a stand against an invasion that many ordinary US citizens knew would be disastrous.

I say, line 'em all up and let the shoes start flying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not a Bush supporter and have not been over the last six years or so....but the shoe incident is exceptionally disrespectful. You don't have to like the man, but respecting the position is an entirely different topic. On top of that, to hear a co-worker who was raised in India tell it, anything that has to do with a "foot" is the highest ")(#(((@&& you" that can be communicated in that culture. I am blown away with the disrespect. Shameful

I don't think I can blame the Iraqi man for throwing his shoe. How would you feel if a foreign military/government invaded your country and bluew it to one chaotic hell.

[Anonymous]

I'm not a Bush supporter. But I thought he handled himself with a lot of finesse - quick reaction time and showed grace and dignity under the circumstance.