Pair of shoes thrown at Bush at news conference!!

That incident was laced with irony, because the Iraqis used shoes to beat Hussein's statue following the liberation.

While he's no shoo in for a Nobel prize, Bush spoke the truth when he said that that was the kind of thing that happened in a free society.

I'd imagine the sole reason for his visit is to try and claim back some much needed positive PR. At least he's on his uppers about it, rather than being a heel, as usual.

Stilleto in the waters of Iraqi discontent will do him no harm at all, as he's been rather a loafer in terms of foreign policy during his eight years.

nice find creepingdeath

muletide wrote: »

whatever about the shoes - i thought he put together the most sensible and effective reply i have ever heard him come out with

ahhh we will miss him when he is gone

It's a fairly standard reply to hecklers in the States, particularily if they're anti-war.

Manic Moran wrote: »

Doesn't make it inaccurate though. Would anyone care to guess that guy's chances if he was lobbing shoes at the Iraqi President/PM/Dictator for Life back six years ago?

0 would be my guess. Which doesn't make Bush any smarter, or less worthy of (at the very fu/cken least) a shoe in the gob either.

brianthebard wrote: »

And all it took for 200,000+ of his countrymen to die so he would have the freedom to throw that shoe...Makes me well with pride and think of the stars and stripes, and I'm not even an American! :rolleyes:

And just think...63 out of 80 odd of his countrys oil fields are now controlled by foriegn interests, with the majority of wealth heading out of the country...

You can almost smell the mom and apple pie...old yeller, the Gipper..Bonzo!!!!

I feel a tear coming on....

pm. wrote: »

he should of been a boxer with reflexes like that

He learnt how to duck out of harms way in the National Guard.