LinkSome Iraqi journalists stood up to apologise.
The White House said Bush ducked to avoid the first shoe, while the second narrowly missed the president.
Bush said: "Thanks for apologising on behalf of the Iraqi people. It doesn't bother me. If you want the facts, it was a size 10 shoe that he threw".
Playing down the incident, the president later added: "I don't know what the guy's cause is... I didn't feel the least bit threatened by it."
(BTW, we're still waiting for the massive protests from Muslims against the mass-murdering terrorism and slaughter of innocent civilians in Bombay (Mumbai), India. Will this Muslim journalist throw a shoe at that?)
I was impressed by how Bush handled this incident from this Muslim who I speculate must be upset that Saddam Hussein was hanged from a noose, or something like that.
Bush dodged the shoes like Muhammad Ali, with absolutely no need for the Secret Service to help him, and then was both charming and witty:
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It's nice to see that, thanks to Bush and the American military, Iraq is now so free that journalists feel they can do this sort of thing. They certainly couldn't before Bush intervened. Let's see an expose on what the Muslim journalist is all about. Somehow I doubt he's ever been on the side of anything good.
(BTW, we're still waiting for the massive protests from Muslims against the mass-murdering terrorism and slaughter of innocent civilians in Bombay (Mumbai), India. Will this Muslim journalist throw a shoe at that?)
No,why should he? He's IRAQI and was angry at Dubya/the USA for invading his country under a false pretence , f***ing up his country and then having the gall to do a farewell visit before pissing off to a rather nice retirement plan.
I was impressed by how Bush handled this incident from this Muslim who I speculate must be upset that Saddam Hussein was hanged from a noose, or something like that.
Bush dodged the shoes like Muhammad Ali, with absolutely no need for the Secret Service to help him, and then was both charming and witty:
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It's nice to see that, thanks to Bush and the American military, Iraq is now so free that journalists feel they can do this sort of thing. They certainly couldn't before Bush intervened. Let's see an expose on what the Muslim journalist is all about. Somehow I doubt he's ever been on the side of anything good.
(BTW, we're still waiting for the massive protests from Muslims against the mass-murdering terrorism and slaughter of innocent civilians in Bombay (Mumbai), India. Will this Muslim journalist throw a shoe at that?)
Wouldn't it be more constructive for you to go post on a right wing website where you could meet likeminded people?
ohbutwait that would defeat the point, you are after all a professional troll.
I hope he doesn't send a bill. I would feel ripped off.
Your dogmatic approach to pretty much everything, never ceases to amaze me.
Are all right-wingers this deluded, or is it just you?
Why do you even bother visiting this site? You hate Morrissey, you hate his fans and you pretty much disagree with everything he stands for.
Wouldn't it be more constructive for you to go post on a right wing website where you could meet likeminded people?
ohbutwait that would defeat the point, you are after all a professional troll.
I just want to clear up a misconception, because I'm starting to see it jump into the comments in other posts. I'm not upset by or trying to control people who call me right-leaning/right-winger/conservative. There's nothing for me to do, nothing for me to deny or accept. I'm just saying what I have to say at any given moment, which is sometimes to note what other people say about me and sometimes to express amusement at all the liberal things I can say and still be considered a right-winger. And let me say now that one thing I love about being a right-winger in the sense that I'm said to be a right-winger is this amazingly wide range of freedom of opinion it provides. There is no such liberation for the lefty.
Wouldn't it be more constructive for you to go post on a right wing website where you could meet likeminded people?
There's that left-wing tolerance again!
And I bet you don't even see how funny you are talking about dogma with such hypocrisy.
So...I'm sorry, was I supposed to instantly cheer on the Muslim journalist who threw shoes at Bush, and not notice that Bush handled the incident with grace and wit?
The only person who has trolled anyone in this thread so far is you (trolling me).
I, for one, am not the least bit surprised that many in the Middle East hate Bush. Many in the Middle East also loved Saddam Hussein and want to see Israel wiped off the map.
Do tell me whether that journalist threw a shoe at Saddam for invading Kuwait, committing genocide on the Kurds, and funding homicide/suicide bombers blowing up Jewish civilians.
The left wing is definitely not for me.
I took note of law professor/blogger Ann Althouse when she responded to being pigeonholed as a right winger by simpletons recently:
Indeed.
Write a book about it and stop bitching.
Who knows, you might actually get a job out of being an Agent Provocateur.
I hear FOX are hiring, apparently O'Reilly might be having an identity crisis since Obama's win.
Let me get this straight. I simply post my opinion in a thread and you come storming in to bitch at me with all your intolerance and nuttiness and personal attacks, and now it is you who's telling me to stop bitching?
You are pathetic.
You can say what ever you like on here, I couldn't care less, it's not my site; but I struggle to find a single positive post coming from you.
Anyway, I would stay and argue the toss but I have a 3000 word essay to finish off and it's not gonna write itself.
PS: your Islamophobia is pathological, seek help.
"A shoe rests on top of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's head..."
(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, 2003/04/15)
"A shoe rests on top of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's head taken from a statue with a Star of David drawn on his forehead in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday April 15, 2003."
I think its disgraceful what happened, how disrespectful!! Why do people behave like animals?
Not quite as "disgraceful" as invading a country,bombing it to bits then f***ing off home to a nice comfy rich retirement.
Do you remember 9/11? cos I do!
and yes two wrongs don't make a right, thats why I stated that I do not agree with everything Bush say's or does. I do believe he thought he was doing the best for his country, as President he made a decision to defend his people, by hunting down madmen that take pleasure in flying planes into buildings.