Reporter Hurls 2 Shoes at Bush's Head

tikitorch

Subject: Reporter Hurls 2 Shoes at Bush's Head

this guy is awesome! you must watch

cccc

That clip is going to be a classic!

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That clip is going to be a classic!

bigguy

bigguy

loveboy

I love it! He was throwing them so hard, too

loveboy

I love it! He was throwing them so hard, too

hamilton

The yankees just signed him .

hamilton

The yankees just signed him .

bullyboy

Now there's a duck that's not lame.

And a wicked hard throw. Is it true the Yankees have already signed him?

EDITED TO ADD: (OMG, I wrote that as Hamilton said the same thing.)

bullyboy

Now there's a duck that's not lame.

And a wicked hard throw. Is it true the Yankees have already signed him?

EDITED TO ADD: (OMG, I wrote that as Hamilton said the same thing.)

bk164

I feel like Bush was about to say "ha ha, you missed me"

bk164

I feel like Bush was about to say "ha ha, you missed me"

bullyboy

He did look like he was grinning when he popped his weasel head up after the first shoe.

bullyboy

He did look like he was grinning when he popped his weasel head up after the first shoe.

hamilton

The CIA is looking into the single shoe thrower theory.

hamilton

The CIA is looking into the single shoe thrower theory.

hamilton

this could wind up as a, Shoe The Geek, attraction on the coney island boardwalk

hamilton

this could wind up as a, Shoe The Geek, attraction on the coney island boardwalk

homeowner

Is it just me or should Bush be trying to kick his security details ass? One shoe, okay, but giving the guy the chance to launch the second shoe?

And did you see his reaction? Looks like he's used to dodging flying footwear.

homeowner

Is it just me or should Bush be trying to kick his security details ass? One shoe, okay, but giving the guy the chance to launch the second shoe?

And did you see his reaction? Looks like he's used to dodging flying footwear.

mougar

We can laugh now, but before you know it this will turn into a TSA directive banning shoes outright.

mougar

We can laugh now, but before you know it this will turn into a TSA directive banning shoes outright.

em26

That son of a bastard!







Stupid ass had two chances to get that fuck and missed. What a waste.

em26

That son of a bastard!







Stupid ass had two chances to get that fuck and missed. What a waste.

boygabriel

I'm speechless.

This is how the guy's going out of office. The country he "liberated" is throwing shoes at him.

boygabriel

I'm speechless.

This is how the guy's going out of office. The country he "liberated" is throwing shoes at him.

pitu

Is there a flash game of this yet?

pitu

Is there a flash game of this yet?

boygabriel

So the shoe-thrower isn't just some crazy weirdo doing something crazy, as a lot of reports would have you believe.

He was a young journalist making a statement. For example, I didn't know this:

Hitting someone with a shoe is considered the supreme insult in Iraq. It means that the target is even lower than the shoe, which is always on the ground and dirty. Crowds hurled their shoes at the giant statue of Mr. Hussein that stood in Baghdad's Firdos Square before helping American marines pull it down on April 9, 2003, the day the capital fell.

So this wasn't random anger, it was symbolic.

The Iraqi journalist, Muntader al-Zaidi, 28, a correspondent for Al Baghdadia, an independent Iraqi television station, stood up about 12 feet from Mr. Bush and shouted in Arabic: "This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!"..."This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!"

NYTs link

boygabriel

So the shoe-thrower isn't just some crazy weirdo doing something crazy, as a lot of reports would have you believe.

He was a young journalist making a statement. For example, I didn't know this:

Hitting someone with a shoe is considered the supreme insult in Iraq. It means that the target is even lower than the shoe, which is always on the ground and dirty. Crowds hurled their shoes at the giant statue of Mr. Hussein that stood in Baghdad's Firdos Square before helping American marines pull it down on April 9, 2003, the day the capital fell.

So this wasn't random anger, it was symbolic.

The Iraqi journalist, Muntader al-Zaidi, 28, a correspondent for Al Baghdadia, an independent Iraqi television station, stood up about 12 feet from Mr. Bush and shouted in Arabic: "This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!"..."This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!"

NYTs link