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    Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
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    Image of zibby zibby
    12/15/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    Haha, the dude threw a shoe. Way to really cement that backwater image...what, did they run out of chickens to throw? Probably did, come to think of it.


    Oh and he missed. Twice.

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    Image of FourInchHeels FourInchHeels
    12/15/08

    @zibby: Throwing your shoes is a huge insult in the culture. It was intentional to throw a shoe rather than another object.


    He wouldn't have missed if homeboy hadn't ducked - both throws were squarely aimed to hit him in the kisser; it's why Bush ducked.

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    Image of Krashstar Krashstar
    12/15/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    The interwebs are saying that because we all feel so bad about fucking up Iraq like we did, and know we need to win back some hears and minds, January 19,2009 is now Official Throw A Shoe Over The White House Fence Day.


    There's safety in numbers in people. Also, bigger laughs, and better shots for CNN.

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    Image of ifstone ifstone
    12/15/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    But if we freeze at frame 54, we distinctly see a shadow on the grassy knoll, wearing only socks. You'll also notice that the second, "magic" shoe ricocheted several times around the podium, in defiance of the laws of physics. Several empty shoeboxes were found near a window in the adjacent book depository.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    Bush is proudly bringing both shoes back to the White House to show them off to his cowboy chums, just the way he does with Saddam's unloaded gun.
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    Image of shag_carpet_bomb shag_carpet_bomb
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    He looked pretty nimble when he dodged, I'll bet Laura throws shoes at him all the time.
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    Image of minou minou
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    A belated vote for this:

    [gawker.com]

    as the funniest comment I have read in a while.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    holy shit, though, i mean... secret service? Are they with him? Could this guy have lobbed a grenade?
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    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    Don't GRAZE me, bro!
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    Pffft...what a waste. He didn't even hit him. Now hes going to get locked up in some hell of a rock, tortured, all for nothing...
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    he instinctively ducked. didn't try to catch it. didn't try to chase the guy down. yellow coward from his hair to his shoes.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    So that's what they mean by "we'll be greeted as liberators"?
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    Image of DoctorEcks DoctorEcks
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    Gee. I suppose this is ONE time the reporter can't claim he has no bias.
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    Get that Iraqui guy a lawyer, stat. His body was clearly taken over by the ghost of this man!


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    Image of DoctorEcks DoctorEcks
    12/14/08

    @PandoraSpocks:
    Yes!!! Krushchev would've thrown his shoe right back!
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    I'm still stunned that someone could throw a shoe at him, bend back down and take off a second shoe and throw it before you see any Secret Service react at all. I'm amazed that he would be in Iraq in front of a huge crowd of people (even if they are known reporters) and not have any real protection at all like a bullet proof screen.


    If that had been a hand grenade (or two) can you imagine what President Cheney would do?


    And I feel for that poor sob who did it. I can understand the desire to do it and the anger, but he's a goner I'm sure.

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    Image of Clarence Rosario Clarence Rosario
    12/14/08

    In reply to Bush Comes Under Shoe Attack in Baghdad
    "Hey Malkovich, think fast!"
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