Dec 15 2008George Bush has cat-like reflexes
President George Bush had shoes thrown at him during a press conference in Baghdad yesterday. An Iraqi journalist, who surprisingly didn't get his ass shot, whipped not one but BOTH of his shoes at the president after calling him a "dog." Personal feelings of Bush aside, you gotta admit the bastard is quick which will apparently come in handy considering the Secret Service are lame-ducking it themselves. To emphasize my point, check out the agent who hops up to the stage after the attack then acts like he's on top of things: "No, Mr. President, I wasn't just playing GameBoy. Hey, there's shoes back here..."
Thanks to Joel. You weren't fucking kidding me.

Reader Comments
1. Stephanie - December 15, 2008 8:08 AM
Too bad he missed :(
2. Jason - December 15, 2008 8:09 AM
We would be out of Iraq by now if Bush had a "sole."
3. Jason - December 15, 2008 8:09 AM
We would be out of Iraq by now if Bush had a "sole."
4. Eric - December 15, 2008 8:10 AM
Was that Anderson Cooper?
5. Tiny Tim - December 15, 2008 8:11 AM
God. I would have not been able to contain my laughter if someone had thrown shoes at me, and then i ducked them, and watched someone epic fail and get the shit tackled out of them afterwords.
Some people need to calm down a bit.
6. Spikey DaPikey - December 15, 2008 8:13 AM
Thats a hell of an insult in the world of Islam !!
Wonder if he's still breathing, the attacker, no Bush :p
7. Trust_Me - December 15, 2008 8:14 AM
Despise the President, but this lifts the spirits of some Americans...Idk why, don't ask. But seeing him duck and laugh it off and not care is kinda like "Oh, he's kinda like us" or some shit. All the shit that fucker has faced and he's still in high hopes, he just doesn't give a fuck what anyone thinks besides him. If he fucks the country up in the process, then so be it.
8. Kate - December 15, 2008 8:19 AM
BODYGUARD: Sir, I'll take a bullet for you, but I draw the line at shoes.
9. AstucesWeb - December 15, 2008 8:20 AM
By George! He was simply too agile for his age! In politics you definitely need such sharp minds!
10. Mat - December 15, 2008 8:29 AM
Man, what poor aim. He was only a few feet away and missed TWICE.
11. Bickus Dickus - December 15, 2008 8:29 AM
What they're not reporting is the droves of other Iraqi "reporters" who were profusely thanking President Bush for freeing Iraq from the terrorizing reign of Sadaam Hussein. Iraq had no "free press" before President Bush, and the reporter who threw the shoes at Bush should also be thanking him, for he now has the freedom to throw shoes. Where as before if he had thrown something at Hussein, he would have been dipped in acid and fed through a paper shredder by now. Whatever you say about Bush, we've been safe here in the US by bringing the war to the terrorists since 9/11.
12. necessaryROUGHness - December 15, 2008 8:32 AM
You know where the coldest place on earth is? Between Barbara Bush's legs!
I mean this woman cannot be proud of this guy every night!
13. Yawn....... - December 15, 2008 8:33 AM
I think I'm going to go back to bed..............
14. F-Obama - December 15, 2008 8:34 AM
I hope they string that sand nigger up like they do to us. Lets cut his head off on TV. You fags forget what they do to us? F them. That fucker needs to get killed "accidentally" That fuck would have been killed immediately if Sadam were there and that douche will get a trial now. Stupid Americans don't understand the rights we have and spread around the globe and obviously by some of the comments here, you don't either.
You may not like GW but maybe you need to visit another country for a while and see what the rest of the world lives with. And I don't mean go to Cancun or Toronto and watch the Opera.
15. Pete Wentz - December 15, 2008 8:35 AM
Say whatever you want about Bush, but at least he's not a pussy like the rest of the presidents.
I would not want him as my president but i'd sure buy him a beer and get high with him at a strip club. puff puff pass G
16. lindary - December 15, 2008 8:42 AM
She is my favorite. Just saw her on milllionaire personals site """" W e a l t h y D a t e r . c o m"""""" last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.Is she single again now?
17. rekk - December 15, 2008 8:48 AM
@14
I have lived in other countries (four and counting) and the funny thing is about the people living in them -- they're proud. What I mean to say is that they are proud of their nationality and their country, as proud as Americans are of theirs. And since when were the terrorists and the fanatics supposed to be taken for the country they were living in? If that were true, America would be measured by the people who attacked the WTC. In this case, this particular reporter had been captured and tortured by Shiites and was angry with the Bush admin. for instigating it and when the announcement came that they wouldn't be leaving for another three years, he was none too happy about it. Know something before you post something and Long Live Free Speech!
18. Rough Daddy - December 15, 2008 8:54 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/galleries/george_w_bush_the_lamest_duck_ever/george_w_bush_the_lamest_duck_ever.html#ph0
Lamest duck ever!
19. Christine - December 15, 2008 9:00 AM
Gosh, it seems like I couldn't wait for him to go, and now I don't want him to leave.
20. Becca - December 15, 2008 9:04 AM
I'm no fan of Bush, but that is really frightening that the secret service slowly ambles up on stage like 5 seconds after all the shit went down. Someone should have dove in front of the shoe and caught it in the head. That's their job and I hope someone gets fired for it.
21. Bickus Dickus is retarted - December 15, 2008 9:08 AM
#11, they didnt show that because it didn't happen.
And do you really think you are safe in the US because of Bush? Bush had a BIG part in the 9-11 attacks you genius.
Do you really think with all of the intelligence and technology we have that Bush couldn't find Bin Laden? It's not that that CAN'T find him...it's that they don't WANT to.
22. Mart - December 15, 2008 9:10 AM
hahaha! a moment where i like bush? Woah.
He better have a cameo in DodgeBall 2.
23. Bigheadmike - December 15, 2008 9:11 AM
10 years ago he would have been taken out and shot for that.
Just the fact that he had the freedom to try something like that is a victory for the people of Iraq.
He was probably on the Statue of Saddam smashing his shoe.
24. Aquila - December 15, 2008 9:15 AM
Damn, the Daily Show is not on until January. That would be great material.
25. Chucky - December 15, 2008 9:16 AM
I get the un-easy feeling that this will look like child's play compared to whats thrown at the next one, president that is....
26. Jason - December 15, 2008 9:20 AM
If shoes are outlawed, only outlaws will have shoes.
27. RichPort's Ghost - December 15, 2008 9:24 AM
Don't shoo-t!
(crickets)
28. havoc - December 15, 2008 9:31 AM
Welcome to Gitmo Abdul.....
You'll love it. We have waterboarding every afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
.
29. Shep - December 15, 2008 9:36 AM
You think the secret service is bad at protecting Bush....... Wait until Obama gets into power.
"Sorry Mr President, He told me the gun was a lighter for his cigarettes"
30. George Austin Bush Powers - December 15, 2008 9:45 AM
That really hurt! I'm gonna have a lump there, you idiot! Who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!
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32. It's Me Fuckers!! - December 15, 2008 9:47 AM
that has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life! Lol, Bush so deserves it! ROFL!!
33. Bickus Dickus - December 15, 2008 9:50 AM
"21. Bickus Dickus is retarted - December 15, 2008 9:08 AM
#11, they didnt show that because it didn't happen.
And do you really think you are safe in the US because of Bush? Bush had a BIG part in the 9-11 attacks you genius.
Do you really think with all of the intelligence and technology we have that Bush couldn't find Bin Laden? It's not that that CAN'T find him...it's that they don't WANT to."
LOL, you fucking Liberal pussies are so goddamn predictable. Bush had a BIG part in the 9-11 attacks??? yes, he planned the whole thing I'm sure. You portray the guy as the world's biggest dumbass but he's then capable of orchestrating an attack on his own country and no body knows about it but you apparently. What a fucking retard you are.
And FYI, Foxnews is gonna air the praise given to Pres Bush on tonights programming.
I wholey expected your pre-programmed liberal America hating response. Even when confronted with the absolute fact that we haven't been attacked since 9-11, you still can't accept it, when in fact it was the lax anti-terrorist effort by the Clinton's that was responsible for the attacks....fucking dumbass.
34. AB - December 15, 2008 9:50 AM
Yeah, he's gonna get executed, gonna get sent to Gitmo, blah blah blah.
Wake up, Americans. Anybody with their eyes open the past 5 years knew immediately this guy would be a hero:
"The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President Bush during his farewell visit to Baghdad was hailed a hero in the Arab world today as thousands marched to demand his release."
Just watch. The Iraqi government will find some way to give the tiniest slap on the wrist possible, and you know they don't even want to do that.
Unilateral invasions based on LIES tend to be unpopular. Apparently some Americans are too dumb to grasp that simple fact even now.
35. John Mal - December 15, 2008 9:51 AM
Reports from Iraq say that the person who threw the shoe was arrested and had hot cold placed into his hands. Doctors say that he will never recover full movement as his hands were cooked for several minutes. Reports also say that his first son and daughter are now missing--they will never be found.
36. Eric - December 15, 2008 9:52 AM
Worst American president in modern history.
Hands down.
Case closed.
37. John Mal - December 15, 2008 9:52 AM
Reports from Iraq say that the person who threw the shoe was arrested and had hot cold placed into his hands. Doctors say that he will never recover full movement as his hands were cooked for several minutes. Reports also say that his first son and daughter are now missing--they will never be found.
38. Sam - December 15, 2008 9:54 AM
The time of blustery chickenhawks like "Bickus Dickus" is over. Thank fucking god. We can finally get back to acting like rational people in the world as it actually exists, not like in "Father Knows Best" fantasies.
39. scott - December 15, 2008 9:56 AM
cat-like reflexes...that was more like Neo from 'The Matrix'!!!
40. RichPort's Ghost - December 15, 2008 10:02 AM
#33 - In 2045, you'll be known as the crazy man in the nursing home trying to convince everyone that Bush died for our sins...
41. dumb americans - December 15, 2008 10:07 AM
do you think they wanted us there in the first place
you dumb fucks they lived their own way for centuries, it's apart of the culture now we go in there to free them! free them of what, their identity?
in stead of focusing on the middle east, we should focus on the home grown terrorist on wall street. those fuck heads screwed the american people worst than the 9-11 attackes.
9-11 didn't put our economy in the shitter those fuckers on wall street did.
AMERICANS, dumb fucks
42. combustion8 - December 15, 2008 10:10 AM
lucky for that crazy sandniger Sadam's gone... or he'd be dead by now.
43. rekk - December 15, 2008 10:13 AM
#33
Fox News proudly broadcasts pro-government propaganda. They were recently sued in Florida for distorting facts and disseminating lies (unfortunately, they weren't convicted). It is a miracle this guy was even in the room considering the exhaustive screening this admin. does to make sure no one who disagrees with them within ear shot.
I just heard this story on the radio and the journalist said something like, "the first one is for the war in my country" and the second is for "all the widows and orphans and bodies" or something (anyone who feels like finding the quote... would be...less lazy than me).
Why do you find it so offensive that anyone might criticize this admin.? Or maybe you are like this Pres., like a child dangerously in denial with the facts.
44. Plenty of Future Material - December 15, 2008 10:21 AM
Its going to be hilarious watching you radicals defend the corruption headed our way for the next four years. Just look around its already started. The criminally contempt leading the blind..... Ha Ha
45. Jeb - December 15, 2008 10:25 AM
Notice how Bush cowardly ducks the second shoes and let's it hit OUR AMERICAN FLAG!!!!
46. Gar - December 15, 2008 10:26 AM
Hilarious..
Hell we got a hero now.
47. Bigo - December 15, 2008 10:28 AM
When Cheney shoots, he knows he must duck... so, yeah, he gets his reflexes from that!
BTW, the other Iraqi reporters who were there gave an apology to Bush. I don't think this guy should go to jail but I think that he should be fired from his job because it's an insult to journalism. Throwing shoes to Presidents or stones to raped women is freedom of expression??? Come on!
48. anna - December 15, 2008 10:34 AM
Americans should be soo pissed of on Baghdad ..its not an offense to Bush,its an offense to America....no journalist from Baghdad should throw things in anything representing America..its one one the most powerful countrys in the world and it should be respected.....
49. Pixie - December 15, 2008 10:36 AM
My only regret is that he didn't bean Bush in the head. :) Still, it's a fitting close to this disasterous administration.
50. anna - December 15, 2008 10:36 AM
Americans should be soo pissed of on Baghdad ..its not an offense to Bush,its an offense to America....no journalist from Baghdad should throw things in anything representing America..its one one the most powerful countrys in the world and it should be respected.....
51. Future Mistakes - December 15, 2008 10:39 AM
@44
Hey, whenever there's corruption, lying, propagandizing, there are people who will criticize them for their wrong-doing. Anything less would be un-American. Why should criticizing this administration be considered 'radical' while criticizing a Democrat be 'patriotic.' Think about it.
And yeah #47, I agree with you, throwing shoes seems like a kind of lame way to criticize somebody.
52. Buncha Old Men Leaving Office With the Country in Shambles - December 15, 2008 10:41 AM
I agree that the media portrayal has been biased. But I think it's for technical reasons, not because of political ideologies. On Feb. 18, we'll finally see that ANALOG transmission degrades the signal so much that Iraqis look like they're attacking us with literally everything they can get their hands on, while the DIGITAL signal clearly shows them embracing us as liberators.
53. Pixie79 - December 15, 2008 10:42 AM
I'm an American Anna, and I don't see it that way. Just because you're super powerful doesn't automatically mean you deserve respect. If you abuse that power, you deserve to get whacked with something. It was justified and completely hilarious. I don't blame the journalist one bit! :)
54. This country is going down the drain because of Bush - December 15, 2008 10:46 AM
#33, just stop typing. You seem more and more brain washed and ignorant with each word.
55. Andrei - December 15, 2008 10:48 AM
Arabs are cheering this.
Exactly the way they'll be cheering the next big terror attack in America.
This time around, there won't be any sympathy, although some countries will fake it because they want American $$$. But everybody - and I mean, EVERYBODY - around the world will be saying, this time, "they got what they deserved." It was also true last time.
56. Ahmed - December 15, 2008 10:50 AM
This was funny, but not as hilarious as all the shoes at Ground Zero.
57. Big Joe - December 15, 2008 11:00 AM
I'd rather have a lame duck then a jive turkey!!!! I don't remember Bush ever being associated w/ a racist, a terrorist, a slum landlord and finally, a Gov who sells senate seats...
And all of you should read Shadow War. It's a great book that is unbiased. It basically lays out why we haven't been attacked since 9/11 and what led up to 9/11.
Oh, all you liberal hippies who have "lived in other countries", go live in Sudan or Chad or Pakistan...I'm sure they're proud people..proud to put you on fucking stick and spit-fire your ass!!!
58. booya - December 15, 2008 11:01 AM
For an old dude, he's still got the coordination set! What reflexes!
59. Hunter - December 15, 2008 11:15 AM
To anyone who dogged Bush in a comment on this page: Why? Why would you WANT the shoes to hit him? First of all, they're fucking shoes. Secondly, he dodged them (quite well I might add). But why would you want them to hit him? Whether you think he was a bad president or not, he's just as American as anyone else living in the USA and you have issues if you don't understand or support that.
If this isn't proof as to why we need to stay over, I don't know what is.
60. Bickus Dickus - December 15, 2008 11:20 AM
Yes, Iraq was much better off before we liberated them. They loved being tortured and raped by Uday and Kusay's lynchmen. They loved being dipped in acid and fed through woodchippers for speaking out against Sadaam. They loved watching their children raped and tortured. They loved eating dirt, having no hospitals, no schools, no free speech, no free press, no access to satelitte TV, no human rights whatsoever. Yes, it was a grand ol' time living in Iraq under Sadaam. Yes, they were a proud people, a happy people, who danced through the streets made of gold, a Utopia in the desert, where streams ran with chocolate and children played in lollypop orchards with gumdrop smiles.....
You fucking liberals make me wanna puke. I hope you all die gruesome deaths at the hands of terrorists when you travel overseas to protest America's war against terror....fucking lunatic retards. America doesn't need you. You're part of the problem.
61. PrehistoricGlamazonHuntress - December 15, 2008 11:21 AM
I can't stand Bush, but that shit was funny!
He looks like Laura chucks a lot of shit at him on a daily basis.....
62. Uncle Eccoli - December 15, 2008 11:38 AM
@60
Aren't you going to defend Reagan for funding, supplying, and generally propping up Saddam's regime in the 1980's? And how about all the other US presidents who just loved him? Saddam had been America's boy since the 1950's. You think nobody knew he was gassing Kurds and so forth? You really are very simple, aren't you?
63. Socialist - December 15, 2008 11:38 AM
#60 You drank too much of the Koolaid! Dipped in acid, or having a bunch paranoid Marines blow up your village. Tough choice. Oh and they don't have electricity and water now. Not bad moves for a drunk old frat boy!
64. MassGrrl - December 15, 2008 11:40 AM
At least he's not a big pussy.
When asked about the incident, he basically said, "Yea, he threw a shoe at me? So what? It was a size 10."
LOL
Admittedly, it would have been better if he'd thrown them back.
65. The Observer - December 15, 2008 12:03 PM
As bad as Bush was, i'd take another 16 years of him over a Liberal like Obama.
The comments by Liberals on this article are one of the big reasons why.
We deserved 9/11? Burn in hell.
Move to Canada or something, just get the hell out of America. I'm begging you.
66. ΘρΔ⠟ŧ※ਠ - December 15, 2008 12:04 PM
Bush is a war criminal. Those shoes should have been grenades.
67. That distinct smell - December 15, 2008 12:12 PM
@ 64
Yes, we have now been saturated with liberal socialist candy asses that will roll over and play dead to lightest hint of something that will require a spine.
You are watching it vaporize daily like a fart in the night as the truth of their snake oil salesman comes to fruition... Have a great day : )
68. ew - December 15, 2008 12:25 PM
i think everyone say "im not a fan of bush" because they are afraid people might think they like him. I like bush! mistakes have been made but he is not the worst pres. ever and I am ready for a CHANGE as well though! he has had an extremely hard presidency and so will obama so even though they make us mad we still should respect. Where is the class america? and number 66 I would love to know why bush is a war criminal really? As long as you don't repeat something you heard verbatim on CNN.
69. Joe - December 15, 2008 12:26 PM
Well, he was pretty aware and agile, you got to give him that...not once, but twice. Especially responding to an odd situation.
Where the eff was the Secret Service? They took waaaaay too long to respond. NO ONE EVEN STOOD IN FRONT OF HIM AFTERWARDS.
This tells future "journalists"/terrorists/assassins that our response times are shit and it's easy to get an easy 3-5 second shot at the President. THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE SCARY.
70. RichPort's Ghost - December 15, 2008 12:26 PM
You people know about as much about politics as I know about the macroeconomic theories of the Mayan's highly profitable brothel franchises. Half of my family is flag fucking rednecks that jerk off with gun lubricant and own nicer ATVs than homes. And even they're glad to see the Shoe Dodger go. And to you quacks advocating the harming of even a foolhardy assholish (what? it's a word...) American president please go apply for Canadian citizenship... if they'll take the French, they'll take anyone...
71. rekk - December 15, 2008 12:31 PM
@67
Nice! Finally, a neo-con with a sense of humor! I'm not being facetious at all when I say I have been waiting for something humorous from your side of the fence. The debate would be a whole lot more fun if more people wrote like you rather than just blankly calling people by names out of the Nixon handbook circa 1962 and telling people to leave the country -- No fun at all! Keep it coming, fart in the night LOL!
72. Sad Sad Day - December 15, 2008 12:33 PM
Not much to look forward to these days.
A bad administration leaving and a worse one coming in.
It appears our best option as American sheeple would be to hibernate for the next half a decade, it will most definitely save money and misery.
NO politician will ever look out for us but they will sell you the line if you are in the buying mood....
73. Dar - December 15, 2008 12:37 PM
It would really have been impressive if that oh-so-brave and patriotic journalist had thrown his shoes at Saddam Hussein back when he was still in power. After that journalist had been tortured for a few weeks, he'd probably have been strapped in a chair gnashing his teeth (if he had any left) and digging his fingernails (if he had any left) into the arms of the chair as he watched Saddam's goons torture and execute every member of his family (not to mention the raping of the female family members). Then they'd have taken his beaten and broken body and tossed him while still alive into one of their favorite toys: the industrial plastic shredder!
Apparently that was the Iraqi paradise that this journalist approved of and he hates GWB for ending it. Who can blame him?
74. Dar - December 15, 2008 12:41 PM
BTW, Bush dodged those shoes quite easily. I wonder if he's been using the Wii Fit?
75. That distinct smell - December 15, 2008 12:56 PM
@ 71
To be a neo-con would mean I was once left and then went right.
I am no neo-con for I sit in the middle of the fence.
This time the right has been screwed by the left and in turn the left fucked itself royally by handcuffing itself to the past - both teams lose on this one.
I am just waiting for the moment when "the people" get tired of being jerked around by a bunch of liars on both sides of the isle.
Common since tells us all this bail out shit is smoke and mirrors.
If they wanted to turn this bus around they would return the money to the people and watch this economy grow ten fold.
To think the answer is in giving it to the banks and mortgage companies that have been screwing us from the word "go" is just plain retarded.
Our elected officials are clueless when it comes to spending our (their) free money......
76. duh - December 15, 2008 1:05 PM
"A bad administration leaving and a worse one coming in."
Yeah, that's what everybody thinks based on Obama's appointments so far.
Wait...no...they're all experienced and skilled people, picked due to their talent and - in several cases - DESPITE their clashes with Obama politically. Yeah, that's sounds awful. No wonder people literally can't wait until Bush leaves and are already interacting with Obama's team as if it were in power now.
77. Matt - December 15, 2008 1:07 PM
We all wish that guy had better aim. And a gun.
78. Juanita Lemmon - December 15, 2008 1:07 PM
sneakers, weapons of mass destruction!
79. Juanita Lemmon - December 15, 2008 1:07 PM
sneakers, weapons of mass destruction!
80. Nugaloopagus - December 15, 2008 1:14 PM
With Secret Service like that, if I were Osama Hussain, I'd be a little nervous at this point.
Dayum!
81. Faux News Watcher - December 15, 2008 1:14 PM
'merica, fuck yeah!!!
And don't mess with Texas.
82. Nugaloopagus - December 15, 2008 1:15 PM
Warning:
Threats like #77 are taken pretty seriously, unless your a Democrat of course...so party on!
83. hahaha - December 15, 2008 1:17 PM
OMG....that is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
84. Gore - December 15, 2008 1:17 PM
Notice how Bush was great at ducking. This is because he has been ducking out of his responsibilites for the last 8 years!
85. Bickus Dickus - December 15, 2008 1:32 PM
@#76
LOL....I can't believe they let morons like you vote.
In case you haven't noticed, Obama is surrounding himself with alot of the Chicago politicians that are all gonna be under indictment soon, possibly Obomba himself. Clinton get's to be SOS for giving her support to Obamma, so we have Clinton II in some respects and an administration that is fundamentally corrupt. If you think shit is bad now, wait until the people that caused this problem in the first place are put in charge and claiming they're gonna fix it....fools, you deserve to be unemployed. Thankfully the business I run makes money even in shitty economies since I'm smarter than all you liberal pc asswipe commie America haters and all you blind sheep commie Union fucks who completely deserve to lose your jobs, healthcare, and pensions. You are the problem. LOL....have fun cocksmokers!!! not even the liberal pc pinko media is gonna be able to hide the complete failure of your poster boy!!!
86. rednecks are trash - December 15, 2008 1:33 PM
What they don't show you are all the Iraqis sitting there with no electricity, hardly any food, and a room full of ruble reading newspaper full of American bullet holes thinking thank god for that young man and his shoes.
87. Pat - December 15, 2008 1:39 PM
All the same-old, same-old internet political ranting aside, the simple truth is that we now have the video clip that will be used over and over again as the single-shot representation of the entire 8 year Bush presidency. It's weird how things work these days - something like this is compelling and will become a "signature" moment, even though for 5 years the same people have been protesting Bush in every conceivable way. But, no, throwing a shoe at a press conference will become iconic. And don't kid yourself - this is without question the youtube capper to Bush's reign. He has been relieved of any chance to leave the White House with dignity.
88. Phil - December 15, 2008 1:41 PM
"Thankfully the business I run makes money even in shitty economies"
Yes, I'd imagine that self-delusion is impervious to economic conditions.
89. Wendy - December 15, 2008 1:47 PM
I find it comforting in a way that the Bickus Dickuses of the world are ranting bitterly about how gratified they'll be when Americans suffer more severely than any time in history during the Obama presidency. It's a challenge when you suspect that the opposition might have more valid ideas about some of the important problems, even though you don't like their solutions at all. You have to wonder if you've become so locked into political fighting that you're no longer considering all valid ideas. But then...the folks you thought were crazy angry psychos who'd love to use the American flag to strangle free-speaking Americans turn out to be: exactly that. The election's over, times are horrible, and the decent folk on both sides are trying to make things work. The other folks stick out like sore (loser) thumbs.
90. Hail Theethar! - December 15, 2008 1:50 PM
Oh no #85!
I really don't want to know what kind of business you run and I feel really sorry for the people who work for you. I mean, really, 'liberal pinkos'?! Are you, what, 75? 'Fraid Russia's gonna drop the bomb? Next you\re gonna say 'apparachnik' or some other Nixon-era dinosaur-ism. Besides, I have no clue where you're getting your info from. Last I heard, he had people chosen from various different administrations - definitely not what you would say Chicago politicians. Be one thing if you were a Mitt Romney conservative - at least he makes sense. But no, you just blather, no sense of humor and, more importantly, no sense!
91. Truth doctor - December 15, 2008 1:53 PM
In 50 years, Bush will be considered one of the top 5 presidents of all time - and there's nothing the left can do about it.
and that's the truth.
92. Beth - December 15, 2008 1:59 PM
#91 - you must be a truth plastic surgeon.
93. George Bush - December 15, 2008 2:04 PM
Well, I suppose my response will be what it always is. I'll look a little confused, then squint and order attacks that kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians. I hope someday these people learn to control their irrational anger.
94. Bickus Dickus - December 15, 2008 2:05 PM
you pinko commies have all been brainwased by your 60's holdover hippie America Hating liberal college professors who haven't left the college campus in 40 years. It's sad that you forked over good government loan money to be brainwashed into hating your own country.
I'll be that 90% of you traitor's posting here about how much you hate the USA , don't have jobs, but are probably undergrad or grad students, living off student loans and being programmed by liberal propagandists at state universities. If your rhetoric wasn't so potentially dangerous to the sovereignty of the USA, I'd just laugh at you.
It's already begun, the gov't is moving closer and closer to pure communism, these bailouts are nothing more than the gov't taking over corporations, and under Obamma, believe me, they won't want to stop there. They've already laid the ground work to steal our homes with this so-called "bailout" loan, but if you believe that's all it is, you're even fucking dumber than your programmed responses to facts......
95. Izzy - December 15, 2008 2:07 PM
@ 65:
I live in Canada. Please don't send your fucking liberals up here, we have enough of them to deal with as it is.
Just ship them off to sea or something. Anything but send them here.
96. Bickus Dickus - December 15, 2008 2:19 PM
The Fish pays me to say this cookie cutter right wing nut job stuff. Thanks for playing along.
97. Alex - December 15, 2008 2:28 PM
hahahh awesome, too bad it didn't hit him.... that would've made my day! Net time try with a brick! That'll do the job!
98. Uncle Eccoli - December 15, 2008 2:33 PM
@94
So, you're not going to defend Reagan, et al, then?
@95
You've got nothing to worry about as your dirty, snivelling Tory government has closed the borders to everyone except party-approved lock-steppers.
99. Burungi - December 15, 2008 2:38 PM
#94, you're either trying to be a caricature, are completely insane or are just trolling for attention. You sound RIDICULOUS. Seriously, you do know that the only people you're going to sound rational to are your buddies from the trailer park or your friendly neighborhood KKK meeting, right?
And by the by, if you were a "true American" you'd WANT our next President to succeed. God knows we need and deserve something better than we've got now.
100. America is full of morons - December 15, 2008 2:42 PM
Wow. Someone needs to throw some shoes at all the idiots posting comments. "Derrr Bush kept America safe derr" Are you kidding me? "derrr Iraqis should be grateful" Grateful for what? An invading force massacring civilians, stealing oil, and wasting billions of dollars and American lives? Get a clue people really.
101. burungi - December 15, 2008 2:42 PM
And for all those folks who are going on about how much better things are in Iraq because we saved everyone from Saddam. Using that rational, we should be jumping in in Sudan, Myanmar, Zimbabwe etc etc. Oh but wait, we don't REALLY care about human rights, just "human rights" in countries where we want something....
102. King Jonga - December 15, 2008 3:17 PM
Fuck Afghanistan and Iraq who the fuck needs them? Nobody.... NUKE THEM... The entire middle east NUKE the fuck out of them. I LOVE AMERICA. I dont care that I dont like Bush as a president and he's made some horrible calls but you know what he's still the president and no one should be allowed to disrespect like that. Lets end this shit today NUKE THEM!!!!!!
103. Speedy Ed - December 15, 2008 3:36 PM
Regarding the Secret Service agent: First, you don't get in that room without having gone through metal detectors and perhaps being wanded and sniffed by doges for bombs. So, they knew the guy was not shooting or hurling throwing stars. Second -- not in this clip but in others without the anchor talking over the audio -- if you listen closely you hear President Bush saying to the agent who is jumping up "No, it's okay," or something like that, waving him off from doing the full-on "In the Line of Fire" thing.
Regarding "worst president in history," the parallels between Harry Truman and George W Bush are striking. If you go back and look at what was happening and what they were saying in 1952, it is almost identical to now. "What are we doing in Korea? It has nothing to do with our national security." "If we put our troops in Europe as part of NATO it will only make the Russians mad at us and provoke them to attack us." And Truman could not even get renominated by his own party, and everyone wanted to be rid of him. Now, we see he was a straight-shooter who did what he thought was right to protect the country, and he is highly regarded as a president.
104. Bickus Dickus - December 15, 2008 3:38 PM
I agree with #102. As a hateful, zealot, philistine that happens to be completely irrational and intolerant, I think #102 has produced the only usable response to someone throwing shoes at W. Fuck him, his family, his neighborhood, his community, his region, his country, the entire middle east, Africa, Europe, Asia, India. Somebody threw their shoes at W, and now everyone has got to go. The Radical Fundamentalist Muslims that represent less than 1% of their population and this reporter have really done it this time.
105. el ces - December 15, 2008 3:41 PM
Staged.
106. RichPort's Ghost - December 15, 2008 3:55 PM
I like #104... usually Darwinism takes cares of quacks like that, yet, he endures... weird.
107. blah - December 15, 2008 4:01 PM
#85 IS SOOOO RIGHT!
the funny thing is the Clintons have alot of murders surrounding them and "so-called" suicides (about 30+) now that Hilliary is in the lineup of pres I would not be shocked if there are some more murders that go down... same thing with Obama Chicago politics are so corrupt and we are going to start seeing more of that in Washington, but of course the media keeps that quite
108. ha - December 15, 2008 4:03 PM
#85 IS SOOOO RIGHT!
the funny thing is the Clintons have alot of murders surrounding them and "so-called" suicides (about 30+) now that Hilliary is in the lineup of pres I would not be shocked if there are some more murders that go down... same thing with Obama Chicago politics are so corrupt and we are going to start seeing more of that in Washington, but of course the media keeps that quite and the young people that voted obama into office have no idea as well
109. total synergy - December 15, 2008 4:46 PM
To all the dumb asses pathetically trying STILL to defend their partner-in-mental retardation,
I'll tell you what- I'll bring the shoes, you just bring your asshole.
Bush brought nothing but more misery & instability to Iraq and to the ethnicities of the region (turn off your damn FOX & grab a real paper for a change)... while he wasted YOUR tax dollars, restricted YOUR citizenship rights and sent YOUR friends & family members to a war zone with poor equipment & inadequate training. There's a reason why polls from all around the world indicate US as the most hated country of the world during the times of his administration.
Now go resent your own stupidity and empty patriotism, not people's well founded hate for your poor choices.
110. Chef - December 15, 2008 5:14 PM
He is probably used to having shoes throw at him by Laura. No wonder he is soooooo quick. My man.
111. jennyjenjen - December 15, 2008 5:15 PM
@60 Iraq was a thriving nation before we attacked it. Illiteracy was nearly gone, the universities were amazing and the health care put America to shame. Infant mortality was one of the lowest in the whole world. Now, after we "liberated" Iraq, infant mortality is one of the highest in the world, and doctors can't even get anti-biotics because of the embargoes placed on the nation by the U.S. the number of innocent people killed an displaced (not soldiers) is by some estimates nearing a million. Bush has created genocide. And you have supported it. You don't know what you are talking about because you only watch the government propaganda channel Fox News who begs to suck Bush and his administarations dicks all day long. MORON.
112. billabong021 - December 15, 2008 6:24 PM
Jeesh what is wrong with you people, you're keyboard has a space bar for a reason you know :l
SeEeee?!
A space! prevents people from passing by your over-political rants!
113. MassGrril - December 15, 2008 6:36 PM
@112
You moron.
I'm pretty sure you mean: enter key or hard return or line break. Space bar simply adds one character space, which every single ranter on this thread has managed to do splendidly without your useless assistance.
Try not to act like a moron when you're trying to school someone.
114. loved` - December 15, 2008 6:58 PM
hehehheehehhehehhehehehehehhee wow tha bitch is a pussy!!! guddd for bush!!! shave ur bush, bush!!! go abama!!!
115. loved` - December 15, 2008 6:58 PM
hehehheehehhehehhehehehehehhee wow tha bitch is a pussy!!! guddd for bush!!! shave ur bush, bush!!! go abama!!!
116. Mr. Perspicacity - December 15, 2008 7:00 PM
Too bad George didnt catch one and throw it right back at him hitting him square, now THAT would have been funny.
Many people lose sight of the fact that this man inherited a depleted military, a very strong and prospering legion of terrorists, we were attacked, we have been fighting and winning a war. And yet this country has prospered and has not been attacked since. Credit is due.
Other Countries do not like us because we are successful and we act in the face of danger instead of acting like pussies and cowering in the corner, they are ashamed of themselves and blame us. I am proud of my country and of most of you, not so much.
117. Mama Pinkus - December 15, 2008 7:04 PM
Mr. Perspicacity, here in Texas we have had to put up with that incompetent bastard bush a lot longer than most - that shoe tosser is an international hero to every thinking person on this earth
118. Mr. Perspicacity - December 15, 2008 7:16 PM
117, Why because you think you think?? I work with a lot of Texans in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio, and most are proud of George. Disrespect to your president (or any president for that matter) is a slap in the face of the country he represents, I am sad to see that your hatred has blinded you so.
119. Lulu - December 15, 2008 7:24 PM
LOL this cracked me up! I've watched it all over the news around 6 times and yet I still laugh seeing it. If the guy really wanted to hit him, he should have stood up and quickly throw the shoes THEN talk....but he just alerted Bush that something was gonna happen....therefore he missed.
Honestly, what was Bush expecting!? You don't go into the country where the majority of the ppl hate you and not expect something like that! I'm just glad that it wasn't anything more than a shoe...and not because I like Bush, but because I would feel bad for the person who would get punished for it.
Generally speaking though, trying to push aside my extreme dislike of Bush, it WAS extremely disrespectful of him. I mean he is supposed to be a reported, and his job does not involve making judgments...so as ecstatic as I was with the actual move, I feel disappointed with the whole incident. But I supposed one of his relatives or his friends might have been killed somewhere along the way in this war...making him feel the way he felt. Poor guy.
120. aRTie - December 15, 2008 7:40 PM
8 more years! Seriously, I'd like to see Obama avoid an ishoe like that!
121. Dude - December 15, 2008 7:54 PM
How many of you liberals have been to Iraq?
How many have spoken to an Iraqi, in Iraq?
Unless you answered yes two both the following, please shut the fuck up about these supposed 'attrocities' being commited by the U.S. in Iraq right now.
Thing is, I have been to Iraq, I have talked to the people, and you lefties are so fucking far off base its frightening.
122. God - December 15, 2008 8:30 PM
God Bless President Bush
123. Smart Dude - December 15, 2008 9:04 PM
"Thing is, I have been to Iraq, I have talked to the people, and you lefties are so fucking far off base its frightening."
Yes, the people who aren't engaged in the civil war in Iraq are very very very happy with America. That's upwards of 25% of the population, so it beat Bush's approval rating in his home country.
124. I hate Beth (#92) - December 15, 2008 9:27 PM
Beth, you are an idiot. What the hell does a 'truth plastic surgeon' mean??? I really hope that you are 15 years old, or else you are a really stupid, ignorant adult. Beth, let's hope you never need a plastic surgeon to reconstruct a cancer defect or a burn. Think before you type.
If you think that it is funny that someone made an attack on one of our Presidents, then you honestly should not live in America any more. I don't care if you are completely opposed to a President, you should be offended and angered if a U.S. President is attacked. I don't care if you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent.
The only thing that makes me feel better after reading these comments is that I assume that most of you are children/adolescents. Otherwise, I don't have any other explanation for such disturbing opinions.
125. Satan - December 15, 2008 9:57 PM
yes my pretties, my virtuous pets who call themselves Republicans. I await you in Hell!
Fuck the Prepublican party and all I mean ALL of them. Lowest level of intelligence of any group of people on the planet.
As the North Pole melts before their very eyes they deny Global Warming and yet when all the evidence smacks them in the face like a well aimed shoe they then childishly call it "Climate Change".
They honestly cannot see that 911 was a complete setup (due to their lack of reading skills and general curiosity - they rely on the simper methods of being educated like radio and tv).
The world faces an energy crisis which is going to end up with billions of people starving to death including millions of Americans (say it isn't so Momma) and these truly bottom of the class idiots are incapable of reading a high school text that will inform you that the middle east has been fucked over by Europe and America for the last 100 years because of their O I L.
Do any of you dumb right wing losers remember last month's crisis in Georgia? So very close to the Caspian Sea! Hint hint.
I could go on and on but why waste my time?
Now that the Republicans are gone they will do anything they can to hinder progress proving that they are not evolving as a people. They should be culled from this world. Enslaved and neutered. Eunochs all of them.
126. Kate - December 15, 2008 10:03 PM
Is throwing a shoe anything but an insult in any culture?
127. Sol - December 16, 2008 12:10 AM
Were the secret service agents asleep in this press conference? First they let this hot-head into the press conference (was anyone there even vetted?) and then they failed to jump on him before he could throw both his shoes. You would think the president of the USA would have better security than that.
128. gerard Vandenberg - December 16, 2008 12:25 AM
HE NEEDED SOME NEW ONES FOR CHRISTMAS, folks?
129. fax - December 16, 2008 5:14 AM
LOL, LOVE THIS! That Reporter is a Hero.
95% of the world wants to do the same at Bush for the last 8 years.
Shame it missed, but its good ending to that dog!
Greetings from Europe to Irak and America
130. STINK - December 16, 2008 5:31 AM
Would have been better in slo-mo with bionic sounds.
131. jmsk - December 16, 2008 5:59 AM
Well, The Prez is an ex fighter pilot after all. Those guys have to have fast reflexes. No surprises here.
132. lrm - December 16, 2008 8:45 AM
"I'll I can report is that it was a size 10"
haha
133. Right - December 16, 2008 9:51 AM
The amount of Anti-American liberals in here is somewhat disturbing, but hardly suprizing. Who else but a liberal would have time to post Anti-American Anti-Bush spew all day but someone who still lives at home and sits in front of the computer all day because of 1 of 2 reasons:
1) you're a naive little kid who has concept of the real world and have never made it past 1st base.
2) you're unemployed becuase after 12 years of liberal arts courses you realized you can't get a fucking job unless you have some sort of marketable skill other than regurgitating all the anti-American spew programmed into your feeble head by your anti-American liberal college professors.
134. Girl - December 16, 2008 3:14 PM
good for that guy!!
He should have thrown bullets
135. Ardgelina - December 17, 2008 12:13 AM
I love Bush, i voted 4 him the second time and I would do it all over again! This video makes me love him even more!!!! lol he is so cool!!!
136. mashi - December 18, 2008 1:16 AM
I hope you realize when you morons are busy bashing at our President, well the rest of the world is really laughing at us. You ever think of that? You half assed internet imbecile... as for you #134. That's really smart of you to wish someone shoot our President. We should hang retards like you.
Nice dodge Mr. President!!
137. Narcissist - December 18, 2008 6:42 AM
W. is Spider-Man.
I think there's a collector plate commemorating his administration. Probably some room for this incident on there.
138. mixedmartialartvideos.com - December 18, 2008 5:46 PM
Sock and Awe - Hit President George W. Bush as many times as you can in 30 seconds!
http://mixedmartialartvideos.com/2008/12/14/sock-and-awe-hit-president-george-w-bush/
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