President Bush: Shoe Dodger!

[Holes]

Check this out: Bush dodges not one, but two shoes in Iraq today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHuVtd1VTWI

[MacVittie]

won't see that journalist no more

[SatCam]

That man is fucking agile. God bless the USA.

[Kevin]

That guy has such awful aim that he should be the starting QB for the Lions

[razorboy]

That's hilarious.

[disneyspy]

bush looked like he was in a dunk tank

[johnniewalker]

Shoe Dodging Photo Set (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479)

In yahoo's picture slide show they help explain it. "In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt."

[TooLowBrow]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081214/capt.be44cb454cca423faf78e74cfafd98dd.aptopix_iraq _bush_lon108.jpg?x=400&y=300&q=85&sig=DaMYQKuE7yJ0TiIRHNZpHw--

[HBox]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081214/capt.be44cb454cca423faf78e74cfafd98dd.aptopix_iraq _bush_lon108.jpg?x=400&y=300&q=85&sig=DaMYQKuE7yJ0TiIRHNZpHw--

No wonder Iraq can't get off the ground. Our useless President has already dodged the shoe and their PM hasn't even noticed anything has happened yet.

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

No wonder Iraq can't get off the ground. Our useless President has already dodged the shoe and their PM hasn't even noticed anything has happened yet.

Or their PM isn't afraid of flying shoes because he's an unflappable badass while our prez dives like an old lady who just got a crowbar to the hip. PUSA has never seemed more appropriate.

[johnniehardrock]

It is one of the funiest things I have seen in a while. He is rather agile. Where the hell was the secret service. The guy was taken down by another reporter.

[scottinnj]

Now I know the meaning behind Nike's slogan:


JUST DO IT!






I'll bet he's thinking of a timetable to withdraw now!

[SatCam]

I love how the door on the right is full of secret service agents

[disneyspy]

you could just see prez bush countin in his head,2 shoes,2 feet...wait,do they wear shoes on their hands?no i dont think sooo...

[Foster]

at the end of the clip did I hear the Iraqi version of "don't taze me bro!"?

[scottinnj]

Maybe Ant has a point about the Secret Service doing all kinds of things to bone up for the Obama Administration.

I know he will be planning trips similar to this, and I worry about his safety. I hope all Americans are about our president's safety, all joking aside.

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

In a perfect world, Bush just schedules the end of every speaking appearance to be him trying to escape the platform while the crowd hurls things at him.

[Caseyelan]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2uyod3k.gif

[jauble]

Now with more funny. (http://james.nerdiphythesoul.com/bennyhillifier/?id=tHuVtd1VTWI)

[drjoek]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2uyod3k.gif

He actually looks a little amused by the whole thing

[SatCam]

I hope he is remembered not for almost 8 years of war, not for the economic crisis, not for the soaring unemployment, but for this incident.

[Foster]

He actually looks a little amused by the whole thing

with all the shit that has been thrown at Bush for eight years, with none of it seeming to phase him, do think a couple of shoes are going to bother him

[underdog]

He actually looks a little amused by the whole thing

Yeah, he's smiling after the first shoe.

And if you watch him talk after the incident happened, he was like, "Someone tossed a shoe at me. No big deal."

[drjoek]

with all the shit that has been thrown at Bush for eight years, with none of it seeming to phase him, do think a couple of shoes are going to bother him



Not to defend Bush but isn't that what you'd want in the guy? He's running the US not gonna get fazed by anything.

[Foster]

Not to defend Bush but isn't that what you'd want in the guy? He's running the US not gonna get fazed by anything.

that was my point; I'm not knocking him or defending him

[donnie_darko]

imagine if this was obama


OH NO YOU DI'INT!!!

I think nixon would've went after him.

[Foster]

imagine if this was obama


thats just silly, why would anyone throw something at Obama?

[sr71blackbird]

I gotta admit he was pretty cool how he handled it as it was happening and what he said after. He had good reaction time. I guess the secret service should be called to task for their slow response. Good thing they were shoes and not grenades!

[west milly Tom]

you hear that guy screaming. He was moaning and whaling, guess that's the price you pay for fucking with a republican president.

[sr71blackbird]

Yeah, thats the sound someone makes when someone has their knee in the small of your back. Nice!

[cougarjake13]

only thing that woulda made it more funny was if he caught the shoe and nailed the guy back

[pennington]

This guy's an idiot. If this had happened to Sadam, it would have been like Marsellus Wallace working over Zed in Pulp Fiction.

[sr71blackbird]

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[Fez4PrezN2008]

...He had good reaction time. ...
He had pleny of practice ducking questions

[MacVittie]

He had good reaction time.

Captain of the Yale dodgeball team.

http://www.yopyop.com/citizens/images/uploads/bushsuckerpunch.gif

[Antioch]

Shoe Dodging Photo Set (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479)

In yahoo's picture slide show they help explain it. "In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt."

In ANY culture it is...

[ralphbxny]

My mom would have hit him! Look at the weak ass swing the PM took. Bring that weak breaking ball here. Never make it in high school ball!!!

[epo]

It is funny to look at...but as a citizen of our nation it's shameful that an acting President of our nation is regarded in this manner.

Dammit Iraq, it's OUR job to throw shoes at President Bush!

[JerseySean]

My mom would have hit him! Look at the weak ass swing the PM took. Bring that weak breaking ball here. Never make it in high school ball!!!

Yea my mom would have gotten him in between the eyes from 55 ft.

[JerseySean]

It is funny to look at...but as a citizen of our nation it's shameful that an acting President of our nation is regarded in this manner.

Dammit Iraq, it's OUR job to throw shoes at President Bush!

Doesnt bother me, Im suprised Bush didnt come down and go after him

[brettmojo]

It is funny to look at...but as a citizen of our nation it's shameful that an acting President of our nation is regarded in this manner

Consider what he's done as an acting President of our nation, I'm really not surprised.

Thats what happens when we deal with savage cultures. Lets be honest.
Yeah. Especially after we make up reasons to invade their country.

[west milly Tom]

Consider what he's done as an acting President of our nation, I'm really not surprised.


Yeah. Especially after we make up reasons to invade their country.



Here we go again. I get it you hate Bush.

[underdog]

Here we go again. I get it you hate Bush.

By "you", you mean most of the American population, right?

[west milly Tom]

By "you", you mean most of the American population, right?


Yes.

[SP1!]

It is funny to look at...but as a citizen of our nation it's shameful that an acting President of our nation is regarded in this manner.

Dammit Iraq, it's OUR job to throw shoes at President Bush!
For once I agree with epo on something, does this mean I can throw a shoe at hussein if he raises my taxes too much?

By "you", you mean most of the American population, right?
If he would have been allowed to run a 3rd term he probably would have gotten more votes than mccain.

[A.J.]

It would have been great if Bush had screamed "NOW CLEAN IT UP!" a la Carlo Rizzi.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/04/09/nyregion/09lounge.large2.jpg

[Coach]

christmas shoes! Roe!

[brettmojo]

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[El Mudo]

Talking to a small group of reporters after the incident, Bush said, "I didn't know what the guy said, but I saw his sole."



:clap::clap::clap::lol::lol::lol:

[Judge Smails]

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2209/bushpiesrl9.gif

[Freakshow]

Captain of the Yale dodgeball team.

http://www.yopyop.com/citizens/images/uploads/bushsuckerpunch.gif

that's a high tackle, too. Free kick to the opposition...

[Dougie Brootal]

For once I agree with epo on something, does this mean I can throw a shoe at hussein if he raises my taxes too much?


saddam hussein was captured and hung a couple years ago. and even if he were still alive, how could he raise your taxes?!?! crazy talk!

[Freakshow]

maybe he means Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan?

[Dougie Brootal]

maybe he means Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan?

oh shit. i owe you 10 bucks.

[GvacMobile]

You gotta give it to Bush - he's quick for an old guy!



Or is he old for a quick guy?

[AKA]

Doesnt bother me, Im suprised Bush didnt come down and go after him

What would he have done? "Serve" him?

He's not a cowboy - he's a fucking cheerleader.

http://morningcupofcoffee.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/george-w-bush-cheerleader.jpg

[Judge Smails]

I knew it. He IS "The One".

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s2/pizdetss/1229322357453.gif

[SP1!]

saddam hussein was captured and hung a couple years ago. and even if he were still alive, how could he raise your taxes?!?! crazy talk!

Its the reincarnation of saddam, hes back! Hes Bad! Hes black!

It was sarcasm I was attempting rebel yell humor.

[scottinnj]

It was sarcasm I was attempting rebel yell humor.

http://roadsofstone.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/billy-idol.jpg


WITH A REBEL YELL, WE CRIED

NO, NO, MORE!!!


And that's how you make it funny.

[west milly Tom]

The fox news website is reporting that the lucky shoe thrower has a broken arm and broken ribs and this was before being handed over to Iraqi police. Lol

[A.J.]

This guy has become a folk hero in the Arab press.

[sr71blackbird]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081216/capt.63cb8ac9085c4a6e9e12bf3137d77c2c.mideast_isra el_palestinians_bush_shoe_jrl114.jpg?x=400&y=296&q=85&sig=gtYxVXWeeR7XSWPXLnZ2fA--

A Palestinian boy holds a shoe with the word 'Bush' on it during a demonstration calling for the release of the Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday, while yelling in Arabic: 'This is a farewell kiss, you dog, this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.'

[KnoxHarrington]

He should have been greeted with a hail of shoes when he dared show up in Afghanistan today. He fucked that country.

I think it's obvious that 9/11 kind of made it mandatory for him to go into Afghanistan, but the war that adminstration wanted from day 1 was in Iraq, so they half assed the war in Afghanistan.

Plus, Bush's shitty foreign policy forced us to act like Pakistan is our "friend", preventing us from going into northern Pakistan to clear that shit out. And the Taliban is still around because we had to prop up that dictator Musharraf's ass.

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

This guy has become a folk hero in the Arab press.

Good.

Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday, while yelling in Arabic: 'This is a farewell kiss, you dog, this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.'

So awesome.

FREE MUNTADAR!

[midwestjeff]

A lot of the unrest and violence gets blamed on the Shi'ites
but I have said all along that it is the Shoennis
that we really need to worry about.

-or-

The thrower's name has been mis-reported.

It is actually Allah Bundy.


:flush:

[ToiletCrusher]

one, shoe, three - you can't hit me!!!

I crack me up

[CofyCrakCocaine]

He should have been greeted with a hail of shoes when he dared show up in Afghanistan today. He fucked that country.

I think it's obvious that 9/11 kind of made it mandatory for him to go into Afghanistan, but the war that adminstration wanted from day 1 was in Iraq, so they half assed the war in Afghanistan.

Plus, Bush's shitty foreign policy forced us to act like Pakistan is our "friend", preventing us from going into northern Pakistan to clear that shit out. And the Taliban is still around because we had to prop up that dictator Musharraf's ass.

That and Pakistan has nukes, which makes direct invasion of an unstable nuke-holding country not the best tactic in the world. I'd like to see Obama do better. Oh wait, he won't.

[DarkHippie]

I'm not sure if Bush realizes that this is the american equivalent of getting hit with a steaming pile of shit

[Zorro]

He should have been greeted with a hail of shoes when he dared show up in Afghanistan today. He fucked that country.

I think it's obvious that 9/11 kind of made it mandatory for him to go into Afghanistan, but the war that adminstration wanted from day 1 was in Iraq, so they half assed the war in Afghanistan.

Plus, Bush's shitty foreign policy forced us to act like Pakistan is our "friend", preventing us from going into northern Pakistan to clear that shit out. And the Taliban is still around because we had to prop up that dictator Musharraf's ass.

Oh...stop being a Heel and have some fun

[meanmrbill]

Bush's nimble avoidance of the shoes definitely couldn't be called a "lame duck". Ughh.

[DarkHippie]

Bush's nimble avoidance of the shoes definitely couldn't be called a "lame duck". Ughh.

That was the headline of yesterday's New York Post

[meanmrbill]

Bush's nimble avoidance of the shoes definitely couldn't be called a "lame duck". Ughh.

That was the headline of yesterday's New York Post

My most humble apologies. I did think of it as obvious but I had to try. I don't, however, read the NY papers because here in western PA we don't read. Again, I'm so very sorry for taking up precious space on this beloved board.

[SatCam]

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oh yea?


http://isaacschrodinger.typepad.com/isaacschrodinger/images/muhammed.jpg

[DarkHippie]

My most humble apologies. I did think of it as obvious but I had to try. I don't, however, read the NY papers because here in western PA we don't read. Again, I'm so very sorry for taking up precious space on this beloved board.

Thats ok, the Post isnt a real newspaper

[furie]

http://i37.tinypic.com/in7dw6.jpg

[paracetamol flanders]

I am pleased to see that there are still those out there who really take sabotage literally.

[furie]

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