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A journalist throws his shoes at George W Bush during a Press Conference. Bush shows good reflexes dodging BOTH shoes at close range! Fox might report this...
Dec 14, 2008 1:12 PM
Re: Shoes thrown at Bush
Ah! I just raced over here to upload this... :)
Re: Shoes thrown at Bush
Pretty incredible. This guy is a mass murderer, and the South considers him a great President.
http://www.entertonement.com/clips/49432/Shoes-Thrown-at-Bush-in-Iraq-during-News-Conference
By: billyrageguy
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Please tell me why I ought to follow your link to the audio clip when I just watched the video. Thank you very much in advance.
By: spam_vigilante
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If this speech was broadcasted live, it probably caused many people to get very confused while throwing their footwear (and other objects) at their TV screen during Bush speech (as people usually do)...and then this happens...
By: flopnik
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exceptional aim by the thrower. this would have been less entertaining if he had decided to wear flip-flops that day.
“I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you’re really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you’re saying: ‘Hope I don’t get chased today.’ ‘Be nice to people in sneakers.’” -demetri martin
i hope we can all at least agree that bush's best quality is quite possibly his ability to dodge shoes. he stares that pair down like a champ.
“I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you’re really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you’re saying: ‘Hope I don’t get chased today.’ ‘Be nice to people in sneakers.’” -demetri martin
i hope we can all at least agree that bush's best quality is quite possibly his ability to dodge shoes. he stares that pair down like a champ.
By: GregLarry
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Well the guy did announce his intentions before throwing.
If he'd have shouted his message after giving bush a bloody nose, it wouldn't have been as funny.
If he'd have shouted his message after giving bush a bloody nose, it wouldn't have been as funny.
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I dont know about that, i would be laughing pretty hard to see bush get a hush puppy to the dome.
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I'm amazed the man was able to throw two of his shoes before anyone even touched him, and before the Secret Service put a bullet through his skull.
Aside from that, I don't blame him. I'd also like to throw shoes, among other things, at Bush.
Aside from that, I don't blame him. I'd also like to throw shoes, among other things, at Bush.
By: decavolt
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seriously. that could have been a SMD,shoe of mass destruction. what were the secret service thinking?
"relax guys, let's see where this is going before we act all hasty and intervene. he can't possible be so mad to throw that second shoe... o snap!"
"relax guys, let's see where this is going before we act all hasty and intervene. he can't possible be so mad to throw that second shoe... o snap!"
By: GregLarry
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Majority owner of the Texas Rangers. Never amounted to anything there either. Traded away their most popular player and then sold the team. That's not management.
By: spam_vigilante
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What? Bush "managed a baseball team?" That's PR Myth.
Back when Bush's daddy got elected President of the United States, Dubya was given about $500,000 to buy stock in the Texas Rangers while a bunch of his daddy's friends purchased the team from Eddie Chiles, another Bush family friend.
Seems they heard the Rangers might get into a new stadium and then look to sell the team to the highest bidder. Dubya used his free money to aquire about 1.5% stake in the Rangers. (He was also *given* an additional 10% by his daddy's friends.) He was never a majority owner.
By including Dubya in this deal, it accomplished two things. First, the team got to use Dubya as a PR spokesperson. Kinda helpful when his daddy was President of the United States, eh? Second was Dubya got to put something on his resume that wasn't a failure. Until that time, he'd failed at every single job he'd ever tried. Every one. And he'd been groomed for Governor of Texas since 1989 so Dubya needed something (anything!) that looked good on his resume.
And thus did Dubya became a PR face for the Texas Rangers as they looked for the new stadium. A new stadium whose cost they stuck Texas taxpayers with an increase in the sales tax. As President, we know Bush cut taxes on the rich while spending like a drunken sailor thus bankrupting our nation. But back in the 90s, middle class Texas taxpayers gave almost $200 million to the Rangers.
And soon after this time, Dubya did indeed use his PR experience to become Governor of Texas. At which time he put all his assets into a blind trust - except for his stake in the Rangers.
Because another family friend and donor purchased the Rangers leading to Bush's investment (a total of $606,000) returning to him almost $15 Million.
Yep. Bush "invested" $500K of money that was given to him and another $106K of his own. And he got almost $15 Million - all through his daddy's friends.
Bush simply put a celebrity face on the Rangers at a time when they wanted to stick the taxpayers with an expensive stadium. And he financially benefited from nepotism.
He didn't manage a thing.
Back when Bush's daddy got elected President of the United States, Dubya was given about $500,000 to buy stock in the Texas Rangers while a bunch of his daddy's friends purchased the team from Eddie Chiles, another Bush family friend.
Seems they heard the Rangers might get into a new stadium and then look to sell the team to the highest bidder. Dubya used his free money to aquire about 1.5% stake in the Rangers. (He was also *given* an additional 10% by his daddy's friends.) He was never a majority owner.
By including Dubya in this deal, it accomplished two things. First, the team got to use Dubya as a PR spokesperson. Kinda helpful when his daddy was President of the United States, eh? Second was Dubya got to put something on his resume that wasn't a failure. Until that time, he'd failed at every single job he'd ever tried. Every one. And he'd been groomed for Governor of Texas since 1989 so Dubya needed something (anything!) that looked good on his resume.
And thus did Dubya became a PR face for the Texas Rangers as they looked for the new stadium. A new stadium whose cost they stuck Texas taxpayers with an increase in the sales tax. As President, we know Bush cut taxes on the rich while spending like a drunken sailor thus bankrupting our nation. But back in the 90s, middle class Texas taxpayers gave almost $200 million to the Rangers.
And soon after this time, Dubya did indeed use his PR experience to become Governor of Texas. At which time he put all his assets into a blind trust - except for his stake in the Rangers.
Because another family friend and donor purchased the Rangers leading to Bush's investment (a total of $606,000) returning to him almost $15 Million.
Yep. Bush "invested" $500K of money that was given to him and another $106K of his own. And he got almost $15 Million - all through his daddy's friends.
Bush simply put a celebrity face on the Rangers at a time when they wanted to stick the taxpayers with an expensive stadium. And he financially benefited from nepotism.
He didn't manage a thing.
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Thanks for the details. I actually knew that he was a minority owner (duh, another flub in the factuality department on my part). I just had no idea how he got there.
I know he had already split from Harken Energy and somehow avoided getting nabbed for insider trading to raise the dough to pay off the loan he used to buy his share in the baseball team.
I know he had already split from Harken Energy and somehow avoided getting nabbed for insider trading to raise the dough to pay off the loan he used to buy his share in the baseball team.
By: spam_vigilante
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What a heel!
Bah-Dum-Dum...
Good-night everybody! Don't forget to tip your waitress! Try the veal!
Bah-Dum-Dum...
Good-night everybody! Don't forget to tip your waitress! Try the veal!
By: tommyc
Sorry I'm late
The thrower should run for office himself, he'd be a shoo-in, I mean he's already got a foot in the door, as the sole protector of Iraqi dignity. It is very unlikely he'd experience the agony of defeat. If those guys hadn't tackled him after that second shoe, he probably would've tried to sock Bush, twice. Or lace his tea. I hear he took his inspiration from the Zapatistas... but his grasp of Spanish... she's not so good. whew.
By: athomascrawley
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Why am i not surprised that M&C would have a feild day making predictable jokes and trying to interpert the connotations of this. I wouldn't be surprised if that reporter was a Sadrist.
By: cheezsteak
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What else are we supposed to do cheezsteak? We can either A) joke about it or B) try to interpret it's connotations.
Though, I suppose the other alternative would be to draw it out frame by frame on Post It Notes, set it to some smarmy modern folk song soundtrack, capture it to video, load it to Vimeo and call it art.
I'd rather just make jokes. Less effort.
Though, I suppose the other alternative would be to draw it out frame by frame on Post It Notes, set it to some smarmy modern folk song soundtrack, capture it to video, load it to Vimeo and call it art.
I'd rather just make jokes. Less effort.
By: flampo
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Why am i not surprised that cheezsteak would have a feild day making predictable antagonistic comments and trying to use proper grammar and spelling but failing miserably.
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What are you, cheez? The narrator?
Rather than whine about what other people are saying, go ahead and provide an interesting comment of your own for once...
Thx.
Rather than whine about what other people are saying, go ahead and provide an interesting comment of your own for once...
Thx.
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Would you please tell me who that doll is in your avatar? The big doll, I mean.
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Say, I'm serious, soldier. Tell me who that doll is.
*howls*
*howls*
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Well, if that's the case...then it's still me but not "post-surgery." I'm tuckin', I'm tuckin'...
(actually, I'm not really sure who that lovely lass is... I did a search myself because she's such a delight.)
(actually, I'm not really sure who that lovely lass is... I did a search myself because she's such a delight.)
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Then we must combine our two superior brains to solve this matter once and for all. Once we know (and we will) who this doll is, we will then build a time machine. Finally, I'll kill you. You see, I'm not a socialist.
Re: Bush Is Quick To Duck Shoes in Iraqi
I must say, Bush Is Quick To Duck! Tt's said that there is only 3.5 metres between Bush and the big guy.
By: triwalk
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Oh, you know. He's fond of saying, "I'm a wartime president." Now he's got an opportunity to do his part for his own war.
In about a month, when he's no longer a head of state, he can go down to his local Army recruitment office and sign up for the infantry. I hear they've been falling short on their recruitment goals, so they've lowered their standards considerably.
In about a month, when he's no longer a head of state, he can go down to his local Army recruitment office and sign up for the infantry. I hear they've been falling short on their recruitment goals, so they've lowered their standards considerably.
Re: Bush Is Quick To Duck Shoes in Iraqi
At least his reaction time is better then when he was told we were attacked, the eight years were not all wasted.
By: bloorgg
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Bush was reading (or attempting to read) a story about a goat when the WTC was attacked. Funny that he should invade the heart of goatland not long after that. Must be something unconscious. I wonder what would have happened if he had been reading E. R. Burroughs.
New York Times Headline: America declares war against the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an Ape of Mass Destruction threatens the endangered tiger population with extinction and also damages the banana trade upon which the American economy depends for its survival. Condoleezza Rice feels deep sympathy for her kindred in the stricken land of the Congo, and says it's a matter of time before the Ape of Mass Destruction turns against the mountain gorillas. Dick Cheney, also, in a press conference, vented his shock to the nation: big tears rolled down his cheeks as he announced he can't sleep anymore if he goes to bed without a banana. Rumsfeld had already spoken with the CIA and told he was definitely 100% sure the AMD was rampaging around through the jungle, most often around Kinshasa. Behind closed doors, he spoke with Royal Dutch Shell on the issue of precious pipelines. The AMD is said to have illegally drilled a hole in the pipe, and fuel his treetop scooter with the stolen black gold, which rightfully belongs to the Dutch, according to RDS.
New York Times Headline: America declares war against the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an Ape of Mass Destruction threatens the endangered tiger population with extinction and also damages the banana trade upon which the American economy depends for its survival. Condoleezza Rice feels deep sympathy for her kindred in the stricken land of the Congo, and says it's a matter of time before the Ape of Mass Destruction turns against the mountain gorillas. Dick Cheney, also, in a press conference, vented his shock to the nation: big tears rolled down his cheeks as he announced he can't sleep anymore if he goes to bed without a banana. Rumsfeld had already spoken with the CIA and told he was definitely 100% sure the AMD was rampaging around through the jungle, most often around Kinshasa. Behind closed doors, he spoke with Royal Dutch Shell on the issue of precious pipelines. The AMD is said to have illegally drilled a hole in the pipe, and fuel his treetop scooter with the stolen black gold, which rightfully belongs to the Dutch, according to RDS.
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Was that another reporter behind him that tried to pull him down?
