George Bush nearly pelted with shoes

[OumaFan]

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip

[Spicoli]

Just saw the vid on CNN.....The worst insult apparently. The man has some serious head movement ,nice speed........GIF NEEDED ASAP

[Andre]

Ducking comes naturally with the job.
I always thought he had to be good at something.

[Kirkland Laing]

My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

George W Bush
April 22nd, 2003

[Kel]

Hilarious stuff. The slow motion shot had me in stitches

[Kirkland Laing]

Maliki is saying "please, please, one shoe at a time!"

[OumaFan]

Just saw the vid on CNN.....The worst insult apparently. The man has some serious head movement ,nice speed........GIF NEEDED ASAP

http://i35.tinypic.com/2rcaiif.jpg

[CGM]

Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such.

[El Kabong]

Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such.

.....oh get off it. I thought it was funny how he reacted.

[CGM]

Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such.

.....oh get off it. I thought it was funny how he reacted.

yeah, it was good for a laugh. Any bozo could have come up with such a quip. Still it does pay for a world leader to be on top of such nuances.

Brings to mind a comment by Jean Chretien, our long time fearless leader, and a Liberal, in a meeting with middle east leaders...

"I couldn't tell you the difference between East, West, North, or South Jeruselem" duhhh wrong joke.

anyways, no big deal I guess.

[AdamGB]

Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such.

I'm sure that he's fully aware of it. He's making a joke of this guy's attempt to insult him.

Stupid really, I'm sure the guy throwing the shows finds shoe soles very offensive... the Dubya is indifferent and letting him know it

[Trainer Monkey]

Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such.

I'm sure that he's fully aware of it. He's making a joke of this guy's attempt to insult him.

Stupid really, I'm sure the guy throwing the shows finds shoe soles very offensive... the Dubya is indifferent and letting him know it

Cmon Adam,he isnt fully aware of how to stay on his bike,and he does that daily,there is absolutely no way he understood the nature of the insult. Im just impressed he showed the motor skills to duck the shoes

[punch]

Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such.

I think someone trying to bean you with a shoe or any blunt object in any culture has very clear meaning. If Bush didn't joke and started whining and flaring his nostrils like Bill Maurer does on every one of his shows, then you'd be crying about Bush doing that instead.

[CGM]

Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such.

I think someone trying to bean you with a shoe or any blunt object in any culture has very clear meaning. If Bush didn't joke and started whining and flaring his nostrils like Bill Maurer does on every one of his shows, then you'd be crying about Bush doing that instead.

Huh? Haven't we just been discussing that displaying soles of feet, and throwing shoes, has a very specific implication that is particular to Arabic culture? And my point is that these days it is in nobody's interest for the president to belittle any aspect of Arabic culture. He should be careful about that sort of stuff, wouldn't you say? So as not to offend any more people than he already has?

Although perhaps I was a little insensitive in my portrayal of Bush's cultural insenitivity.

[Spicoli]

Just saw the vid on CNN.....The worst insult apparently. The man has some serious head movement ,nice speed........GIF NEEDED ASAP

http://i35.tinypic.com/2rcaiif.jpg

....And he still maintains that goofy Alfred E. Neuman expression... Thanks