“Who throws a shoe?” --Austin Powers.
Can’t believe I got to say that first.
Hillary did pretty good dodging that sniper fire. But Bush avoided not one, but TWO size 11EE high tops! Those high tops are DEADLY man! Good foot work there Georgie boy!
Seriously, this event reinforces my belief that all political leaders in every country are buffoons and deserve all the scorn they reap. They’re just like other celebrities but without the crappy movies or music or sports moves the others make.
What if it’s Jude Law, making a gun out of his lunch and his own teeth?
I won’t add to the pun-fest but my random thoughts are:
- You have to give props to the prez for the quick reflexes and the artful dodge. He veered out of the way for both shoes and afterward seemed to maintain his composure.
or if you’d rather:
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Man did that shoe thrower have awful aim. I don’t care if you’re screaming your “Death to Infidels” line, the guy was, what, ten feet away and missed both. Since you saw Bush going to his left at the first throw, why not correct and aim there on the second one? Result? He didn’t practice his technique at home?
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And now the big “What if…” If Bush had caught the shoe in mid flight, and hurled it back at the thrower à la the security guard from the scene from Super Bad, he would have erased eight years of utter ineptitude, and would forever have been regarded as THE MAN. Alas.
You fucking idiot! I emailed you to take a SHOT at Bush.
No, look right here. Your email says a SHOE.
FUCK! I meant to hit the “T”.
Oh, you people with your bad puns. But this is serious! Ever since 2001, I couldn’t get through an airport security check without taking off my shoes. But at least up until now they’ve always given them back.
Fucking terrorists.
I’m sure that Robot Arm and HazelnutCoffee share my outrage.
Band name!
Sorry, part of the confusion is there’s about 2-3 threads on this.
Darn. Beaten.
I knew it was too good to be true. I did a ctrl-f for ‘honestly’ and then assumed nobody had said it.
You!
ETA: You were supposed to add ‘Honestly’.
In the President’s defense, if I was speaking to a crowd of people and suddenly I saw a pair of shoes coming at me, I’d probably look confused as well.
I won’t say Bush had it coming, but if the shoe fits …
Where was the Secret Service? Was no one ready to step in and take a shoe for the President?
I was wondering that. I was amazed GWB was still there afterwards. I fully expected him to be under a pile of black suits and then whisked off somewhere.
Why? Is throwing your black suit at someone also an insult in the Middle East?
The agency he worked for, not only has not apologized but has demanded his release.
I think in the future he’ll have a bigger beat to cover.
From the footage, it looks like they were all out the back in a room together.
Well, I’m sure if the Pres hadn’t been ragging the reporter about what a rag arm he had and how he’d NEVER dunk him with those shoes, we’d never have experienced this disruptive incident.
Shoe bombers.
Remember?