President Bush Gets Shoe Thrown At Him In Iraq

[Limited]

Wow, this is hilarious. President Bush has a surprise visit to Iraq and some dude in the crowd hurls his shoes at Bush, luckily Bush has some ninja reflexes and goes matrix on that bastard.

I cant believe he had time to take off his other shoe and lob it at Bush, I thought his people would have been in there like a shot and bundled the guy.

I wonder if he ever got them back.

Video on website!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7782422.stm

I also love the fact the video has like 5 replays of it :D:D

[FRain]

LMFAO, great find!

[Con]

I wish they had hit him.

[killer9856]

LMFAO

That guy is my hero

[ultama121]

Nice dodge by Bush.

[jngrow]

"So what if a guy threw a shoe at me?" *random twitch*.

LOL.

[FluffyDucky™]

Is there a video? I can't find it?!?!

e: never mind, LOLOLOL

[klange]

Now that's what I call a lame duck [/shitty-ass-pun]

[Limited]

Is there a video? I can't find it?!?!
Click the BBC link in first post :)

[FluffyDucky™]

Lmao yeah, it just kept playing the advertisements, eventually it played.

[Zombie Bait]

Haha, just shows how much people hate presidency. Just think, four years from now, some people my throw shoes at obama. Or they may not. Oh well. It was still funny.

[paladin]

It was a shoe grenade. The man forgot to pull the pin (shoe string).

[KiLLa]

lmfao!!!
I loove when he says "So what if a guy throws a shoe at me" then looks all scared like someones gonna throw one again...
haha, nice tough guy act there bud...man that's classic!
that guys my idol! haha..

[flibitijibibo]

That was actually a pretty good dodge. The guy can't may not be able to count to 1, but he can sure avoid some serious footwear.

[=sw=warlord]

Should have trown steel toecapped boots.
atleast then if they hit it might have actualy done something, rubber tends to bounce.

[SnaFuBAR]

Haha, i heard about this earlier. Couple of nice throws, and a nice dodge.

[Hotrod]

Well, even though he might dislike Bush, what will throwing a shoe at him do? Will it make things better for anybody? No, unless you call the reporter being a little more happy inside a good thing.

I'm not a fan of Bush, no, but that doesn't meant that I think he deserves to get a shoe thrown at him.

[SnaFuBAR]

It's just an insult

[ODX]

Er...yeah...that's bad:

Correspondents said the attack was symbolic. Iraqis threw shoes and used them to beat Saddam Hussein's statue after his overthrow.

[Heathen]

its like flicking someone off, cept with your shoe.

[Corndogman]

This may have been the greatest thing Bush has done in his entire Presidency.

[kid908]

omfg i love that video!

[cheezdue]

Haha epic. Though we would love to see Bush egt hit by a shoe twice.

[Beckinsale]

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1219/1229284924714lm8.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Love it.

[mech]

It's awesome how he didn't cower from it behind the podium, he just get's back up smiling.

[cheezdue]

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1219/1229284924714lm8.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Love it.

Look at his reaction when he first threw the shoe; he was still smiling(maybe). @_@

[Beckinsale]

Look at his reaction when he first threw the shoe; he was still smiling(maybe). @_@


Yea, love how the guy next to him tries to deflect the second shoe.:-3

[adumass]

Saw this on digg, hes got some good reflexes there.:lol: I'm pretty sure both of those shoes would have hit me in the face. The people on digg posted some funny comments that made me laugh even more than that video. http://digg.com/world_news/Iraqi_Journalist_Throws_Shoes_at_Bush_Video

[SnaFuBAR]

http://cgi.4chan.org/gif/src/1229315709454.gif

[rossmum]

Wow, that was a fucking legendary dodge.

[Limited]

Saw this on digg, hes got some good reflexes there.:lol: I'm pretty sure both of those shoes would have hit me in the face. The people on digg posted some funny comments that made me laugh even more than that video. http://digg.com/world_news/Iraqi_Journalist_Throws_Shoes_at_Bush_Video
Omg those are priceless, hahaha.

This incident is going to give endless hours of hilarity. Cant wait for some one to photoshop the hell out of it, some one maybe animate one actually hitting, perhaps knocking some sense into him :P

[Stormwing]

now the only thing better would have been if bush caught the shoe and threw it back at the guy :awesome:
and honestly that was a damn good dodge.

found this little gem
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Solarix/Random/i76j39.gif

[nooBBooze]

Reptilian reflexes at their best lololol

But seriously, this guy must be on a ton of antidepressants, amphetamines or whatever just to get thorugh the day. I mean look at him, everywhere he goes, at the very least he's facing suspicion and wariness most of the time it's just plain hate. Bush bashing became socially accepted and generally applied, hell even his own staff hates him.
I'm not trying to excuse any of the bullshit he allowed to happen, but I find the amount of emotional dullness and apathy required for this job as a sockpuppet quite peculiar.

[ICEE]

Hah, those awesome dodging skills just solidify my theory that HE is the real deciderman.

[dark57]

LOL my history teacher showed me this. its funnier when you know what it means :P

[mech]

No it isn't.

[DarkHalo003]

I honestly found this to be a bit funny. I feel a bit sorry for Bush though, but I guess having a lineage of fighting Arab citizens will get shoes thrown at you. :P

[Kornman00]

the SS should put them shoes up on ebay

[DarkHalo003]

the SS should put them shoes up on ebay
I wonder how much money someone would pay for it. If I ever got a sum higher than 1,000, than I would bust a gut.

[Phopojijo]

now the only thing better would have been if bush caught the shoe and threw it back at the guy :awesome:
and honestly that was a damn good dodge.

found this little gem
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Solarix/Random/i76j39.gifGo figure... Bush is trying to be a God of War...

[klange]

I just thought: This calls for a Flash game. Either throw shoes at Bush, or use your mouse to move him as the shoes come flying.

[Limited]

I just thought: This calls for a Flash game. Either throw shoes at Bush, or use your mouse to move him as the shoes come flying.
Yea I was thinking this, wouldnt work if you controlled bush, who wants to help save him? Maybe being the thrower though :)

[DarkHalo003]

Yea I was thinking this, wouldnt work if you controlled bush, who wants to help save him? Maybe being the thrower though :)
What if it hit his head? NUKE EXPLOSION! IMO.

[Limited]

What if it hit his head? NUKE EXPLOSION! IMO.
I dunno perhaps, there needs to be a way to get Barack Obama to come out and sucker punch bush, perhaps from the SS room at the back :P

[Gamerkd16]

I just thought: This calls for a Flash game. Either throw shoes at Bush, or use your mouse to move him as the shoes come flying.
Been done.
http://bushbash.flashgressive.de/

Remakes....
http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/332521/afb72b85/bush_schoen_gif_galore.html

http://georgebushshoe.ytmnd.com/

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/foto/afb72b85_bushdodge.gif
lawl

[OmegaDragon]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4BG55Y20081217

HAHA oh wow...

[Syuusuke]

http://bushbash.flashgressive.de/

(check high scores)

Look, I WAS BORED OK?

[dark57]

lol wut? how?

[Con]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4BG55Y20081217

HAHA oh wow...
LOL

[StankBacon]

rofl.

[Dwood]

http://fc13.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/349/c/6/Pokeball_GO_by_guruji.gif

What they don't want you to know... Bush is a level 46 :P

[Bodzilla]

he should of pressed down + a + b

[Hunter]

Lol, Fuck you bush :) Eat my shoe

[OmegaDragon]

BUMP!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.shoe.monument/index.html

Wow...

[Rook]

Cherish it...

[Sel]

BUMP!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.shoe.monument/index.html

Wow...

lollin

[Mr Buckshot]

See this is why you don't try to impose your "superiority" over Arab people.

Obama's plan to pull out of Iraq still isn't here...

[Limited]

Wow...really? One complete imbecile who has no common decency and respect for the most powerful man in the world, is now labeled heroic and a statue of a shoe is erected in the honor? Wow.

Yes the video was hilarious to watch, I didnt like bush, but this is just taking it too far, their making a mockery of the US and the western world.

[n00b1n8R]

awesomeface.jpg

[English Mobster]

I think Bush is probably one of our worst presidents, behind Carter (worst president) and Nixon (2nd worst president). I've never really been one of those conspiracy freaks, but I know Bush pulled some ties with his friends to get elected, and technically should never have been elected in the first place.
The day I found out Gore should have won when they retallied the votes was the day I started to hate Bush. Then we went into a war which is very similar to Vietnam: No one can win it, and everyone wants it to end, save the major corporations and the oil industry, who (was) using the war as an excuse to drive up gas prices to $4 a gallon, at a huge profit.
As Winston Churchill (I think) once said:
"Capitalism is the worst system, except for every other system." (Or something to that effect, the quote was in my head but I lost it when I wrote it down.)
But I digress.
He turned our economic SURPLUS into the largest deficit in 30 years, sending us into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression in the 1930's.
I cheered when I heard about the shoe-throwing on CNN, as, thanks to my advanced world cultures class, I knew what throwing a shoe meant in the Middle East, and I just let out a silent cheer to myself after I saw that shoe statue.

I say Iraq lets that reporter go. The fact that he was imprisoned violates one of the liberties that Mr. Bush was supposed to protect: Free speech. Not that Bush gives a shit about our liberties, especially since his Vice President thinks he can get away with anything he wants to (including murder), since he is only mentioned in the Constitution and there is no definition of his powers or restraints.

I heard around my school that the U.N. is charging the Bush Administration for war crimes. I sure hope that's true.[/rant]
I now expect to be put on the FBI watchlist. I already get stopped at the airport every time, and my luggage always has a notice in it that it was checked by Homeland Security every time, so maybe I'm already on it.

[Mr Buckshot]

Bush sucks, but I disagree that he had responsibility for the economic downturn. Yes, he squandered a LOT of money on his "war" in Iraq, but as for the current conditions...we can only blame ourselves.

I agree with Limited in a way, throwing a shoe wasn't the right way to express his contempt. He should've come in with a megaphone and recited all the incriminating stuff at max volume (in English of course).

[English Mobster]

However, the megaphone would not have gotten him nearly as much respect from the Islamic people.

In order to get WHY he did the shoe and not anything else, you have to understand Middle Eastern culture. I studied it for a couple weeks or so, but I can boil it down to there are certain customs to follow to express contempt for someone. Your statement won't be taken as seriously there unless you express dislike for someone in a way that follows their culture.
For instance, if he had given the ex-president the bird, it would not have received NEARLY as much attention as the shoe-throwing thing, in the Middle East because shoe-throwing at authority is seen as a sign of courage (and him being arrested because of it is a form of martyrdom), and in the Americas because throwing your shoes is seen as bizarre here.

tl;dr: In the Middle East, throwing shoes at people is as common as flipping them off is in America, with much the same effect.

[Mr Buckshot]

well said Dark Side.

If the president invaded Canada and then had a speech like this in Canada, I'd fill a water balloon with diarrhea and throw that at him. Even if it doesn't hit, splash damage ftw

[SnaFuBAR]

It's an Islamic insult, because the feet are dirty. We do not point our feet in the direction of the qu'ran or step on any literature. It has nothing to do with ARAB culture, it's ISLAMIC culture as a whole. Nice attempt at an explanation, but you got it totally wrong.

[English Mobster]

Ah, I had assumed maybe Islamic culture had different variants in different regions, I guess not. We jumped straight from the Middle East to British culture, and then to French, where we are at now.