Bush gets the shoe!

Wish he had a third foot.

Originally Posted by vicvitola

Wish he had a third foot.

[WyGuy]

Pretty quick for an older guy.

[ucla695]

I saw it on the news. Bush has some good moves. I'm surprised that the guy was able to be able to throw another one without being swarmed by secret service or someone else.

Did I hear the guy yell like a little girl?
Seems like this type of person has to be crying or screaming.
Don't tase me bro!

[SeanGAR]

Originally Posted by ucla695

Bush has some good moves.

Seriously ... he looked like he was used to it. I wonder if Laura has a temper?

Who knows what was on the shoes .. could have been anthrax.

They should have shot the bastard in the head 0.3 second before he threw the first shoe.

[Ashcan Bill]

I was surprised that not only didn't they immediately swarm the thrower, but that nobody jumped in front of Bush. Maybe they aren't trained to take a shoe? Good thing the Pres is quick.

I suspect analysis will show those were special tactical shoes.

Look for congress to pass shoe control legislation soon.

[gettysburgfreak]

Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill

I was surprised that not only didn't they immediately swarm the thrower, but that nobody jumped in front of Bush. Maybe they aren't trained to take a shoe? Good thing the Pres is quick.

I suspect analysis will show those were special tactical shoes.

Look for congress to pass shoe control legislation soon.

Everyone that was in that room would have walked through a metal detector. When the President gives a speech, he usually has people in the background with him and intermixed in that group is the SS. In this case the SS would have been to his front or behind the reporters.

[taltos]

Guy who threw it should have had a third eye in the center of his forehead before he threw the second shoe.

to bad it wasnt a bigger shoe

[floydpink]

I read that in Arabic culture, showing the bottom of your shoe to another man is an insult. Throwing a shoe is a huge insult.

Now beating your wife for not being obedient enough is perfectly acceptable.

[replicant_argent]

Originally Posted by floydpink

I read that in Arabic culture, showing the bottom of your shoe to another man is an insult. Throwing a shoe is a huge insult.

Now beating your wife for not being obedient enough is perfectly acceptable.

Well, I suppose if you were walking around in a place where there might be dog piles, refuse, rotting offal piles, and who knows what, you might have something offensive on the bottom of your shoe and yeah, showing it to someone might have a reaction. Personally, I don't want to visit or live in places with garbage, dog crap, or other vile stuff so common you might step in it. I really can't think of anything else that might form some rational basis for the whole "bottom of the shoe insult" thing. I find it amusing though.

As far as throwing your shoe as a common insult, or to be so common as to have some relevance or tradition? That's just plain funny.


Scene: Two guys facing off......

Guy 1: shows the bottom of his shoe to guy two.

Guy 2: gets his panties in a bunch

Guy 1: sneers and shows the other shoe sole to Guy 2.

Guy 2: starts shaking uncontrollably, pops a vein in his forehead, bugs eyes. Takes off shoe and throws it at Guy 1.

Guy 1: dodges Shoe 1 from Guy 2.

Guy 2: Gets redder in the face. Removes Shoe 2, and missiles it at Guy 1.


Guy 1: smiles, because that is what he has been waiting for. Chases down Moron Boy 2 in bare feet and beats the ever loving stuffing out of him, catching him easily because he was dumb enough to throw both shoes at Guy 1, and can't run through garbage strewn street without puncturing his tender extremities on sharp detritus.

[GoatLocker]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

Seriously ... he looked like he was used to it. I wonder if Laura has a temper?

Now THAT is funny.

W did pretty good at ducking though. That was more of a boot than a shoe, and that guy had a pretty good arm!

[DBall]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

They should have shot the bastard in the head 0.3 second before he threw the first shoe.

I didn't find it funny at all. It's not that it was Bush either, if it would of been Obama it would of made me just as mad. I don't find an attack on a US president funny, even if it was just a shoe. My ma used to get mad once in a while and throw her shoe at me and I'm here to tell you, those SOB's hurt.
I would love to show this guy the business end of my wing tips.

Thanks for the video though, I haven't seen this on the tube.

i bet his wife throws **** at him all the time thats why he good at dodging lol

Not Funny. Someone attacked a US president.

Originally Posted by Tombstone

Not Funny. Someone attacked a US president.

Oh that's right he is the President! ....keep forgetting

Originally Posted by vicvitola

Oh that's right he is the President! ....keep forgetting

u no when he not the president how is he going to aford his weed lol

[GKitty]

Originally Posted by Tombstone

Not Funny. Someone attacked a US president.

It doesn't matter that I don't like Bush. There's a symbolism that comes with that office. Now, I'm not saying that the guy should have been shot (I'm too much of a pacifist to call for something like that), but it wouldn't have surprised me if he had. It does concern me that the guy got the second shoe off and that through the whole thing Bush remained standing at the podium unprotected.