First Lady: Shoe 'Assault' Shows Freedom in Iraq

[DogPoundPup]

Source: fox (noise)

First lady Laura Bush said she was offended by the recent "assault" on her husband, who had two shoes thrown at him during a recent visit to Iraq. At the same time, however, she said the assault shows that Iraqis feel a lot freer than they did before.

"I know that if Saddam Hussein had been there the man wouldn't have been released, and probably would've been executed," she said of the Iraqi journalist, who was arrested following the Dec. 14 incident and has been in custody since.

Laura Bush noted that President Bush is a "natural athlete" as demonstrated by his ability to dodge the shoes.

Bush, who appeared in an interview taped for "FOX News Sunday," said she never thought she would personally have the power to spotlight her favorite issues until after Sept. 11, 2001, when she began discussing the plight of women in Afghanistan.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/28/lady-shoe-assault-shows-freedom-iraq/

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:rofl:

[Kahuna]

1. I'm sure then that Laura is opposed to the thrower's beatings and detention..

What?....She's NOT????...Nevermind then.

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. She is glad he was free to be tortured

It's a :wtf: moment for sure.

[DissedByBush]

60. I expect anybody who attacks any president

To get roughed-up during his apprehension. The Secret Service has to make absolutely sure any threat is *immediately* stopped. They showed restraint in not just shooting him.

[marshall]

71. Laura, show us the footage of shoes being thrown at Saddam Hussein

What happened to that guy?

[Aviation Pro]

2. Ok, Pickles....

....I guess the freeest peoples in the world (that would be us according to your Xanaxed, alcohol and ciggied logic) should be able to throw our shoes at Two Shoes.

Oh, by the by, Two Shoes never competed in any sport during his miserable academic experience. He is a gym rat who shows no athletic talent whatsoever. A real athlete would have caught the first shoe and disdainfully flung it aside.

[polmaven]

39. Yeah, but you've gotta admit...

That was not really a LAME duck maneuver he used to get out of the way, now was it?????

I know....I know! hiding now. :hide:

[louis-t]

56. I'm surprised he didn't grab al-Maliki and

hide behind him. Not enough time, I suppose.

[polmaven]

57. Nothing about

LAME duck? Not even a big old groan? Get it? GWB - lame duck? Even my Republican boss groaned at that one.

:crazy:

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

49. or caught it and then throw it back.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

3. Hey Stepford

The journalist was arrested and beaten, perhaps tortured. Is that your definition of " political freedom"?

Actually given your husband's record on these issues it probably is:scared:

[polly7]

8. As long as he wasn't shot right there in front of the cameras

it's all good. You're not supposed to consider what wasn't obvious in the news clips, heck .... she probably has no idea he was beaten.

[Dinger]

4. So, Under her reasoning,

if it was something a little more serious that a shoe, that would equal "freedom" too?

[Saturday]

5. Actually Pickles.....

it shows how much your husband is hated in the world.

[radfringe]

6. Freedom to throw shoes?

and what happened to the shoe-thrower - no freedom for him, he's been locked up in jail and reportedly beaten.

yes, that's real freedom to celebrate about...

the shoe seen 'round the world.

[wellstone dem]

9. The 5th Freedom--Freedom to Wear Shoes

[CurtEastPoint]

7. No, missy. It shows your husband is an asshole. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

10. The whole planet is 'offended' at the torture freak, AWOL preppy who lied America

into a war that has been, basically, a republicon Profits Crusade -- and little more.

So shut up, Laura, and sit down. We've had enough republicon lies and weasling and excuses to last the rest of this millennium.

[rhett o rick]

11. As Marie Antoinette might say, "Let them throw shoes". Such freedom. nm

[rhett o rick]

12. Excellent example of the bubble the ruling class live in. Laura has absolutely no idea what

happens in the real world. She is an American aristocrat.

[crim son]

13. Wrong again, Pickles.

More Bush inanity & insanity.

[Baby Snooks]

14. She is seeking liberation herself....

I often look at her and have this incredible sense of sadness. I think she is probably seeking liberation herself. Good luck. Tarred and feathered together for eternity.

As for someone throwing shoes at Saddam Hussein she apparently doesn't realize what an insult it is. Had anyone done so, that might have taken care of Saddam Hussein. He literally would have been ashamed to show his face in public. It's like a stoning. Except you don't die. The point is, which she misses, no one ever threw shoes at him.

No doubt in a couple of months the Dallas Morning News will be treating us to "Laura in the Kitchen" stories. You have to feel sorry for her. She really doesn't have an identity of her own. And never will.

[PaDUer]

36. Laura's moving to Dallas...

I read she has a new home built for her, however, from what the story said, he won't be moving w/ her...it's part of an agreement made between them due to the fact that a public divorce would be embarrassing to him..plus, it said she'd receive a nice monetary settlement/month..does anyone know if this is true? Part of the agreement is that she must appear in public when needed w/ him...I'm not surprised if this story is true..Is he going to be living at the ranch by himself??

[rainbow4321]

41. They have purchased 2 houses, one right next to each other

Publically, they are saying the second house is for the SS to stay at...but who knows, chimp and pickles may be planning on just being "neighbors".

[PaDUer]

45. Is the house in Crawford

for sale?? I bet those citizens will be happy to have their town again..What was the purpose of building that home in the first place?

[Baby Snooks]

46. Who knows, who cares...

They had bought a lot in Highland Park on Euclid and were planning to build a new home. Then decided not to. They really don't fit into Highland Park. Never did. I hate to say it but they're too "common" for Highland Park. Highland Park is one of those really exclusive neighborhoods where they don't like the "riff-raff" so you can draw your own conclusions. Apparently the Bushes drew theirs and returned to their old neighborhood. Amongst their own. Most of them crooks.

[rainbow4321]

38. DMN had her on their Top Ten list for Texan of the Year

Bleh. She wasn't picked, though.

I thought for sure they would pick her and tie it in to her returning, given the right wing rag that they are...she was on there along with Phil Gramm and Pickens.

[Baby Snooks]

47. HE wasn't on there?

They didn't have him on there? Laura comes into her own finally. I still say they will start running "Laura in the Kitchen" stories in a couple of months.

Phil Gramm is certainly Texan of the Year. Crooked and Corrupt Texan of the Year. The man belongs in prison. Hope springs eternal. Hopefully he will get caught up in the UBS/Bernie Madoff scandal. UBS apparently used Bernie Madoff to launder money for the US tax evaders. Or so some of the gossip in New York goes. In any case, UBS is under scrutiny in Switzerland over the tax evasion question. Switzerland loves to hide your money and make you rich off your hidden money. But you better have paid taxes on what you deposit. Quite a few didn't.

[rainbow4321]

53. Nope, chimpass wasn't on there

He was their pick a few years ago and I believe the paper admitted that they wanted to pick him the following year but didn't think they could get away with it 2 years in a row.
I surprised they somehow didn't make Mclame "honorary Texan of the Year" the way they endorsd his ass back in November.

[global1]

15. They Just Don't Get It - Do They?.........nt

[grytpype]

16. Does she know he was tortured in custody?

Shorter Laura Bush:


Duhhhhhh

[LisaL]

17. Then let the shoe thrower go free.

If he was just practicing his freedom of expression and all.

[rasputin1952]

18. Have another Xanax Pickles...

helps w/the "reality" thing...;)

Your husband sucks, he has always sucked, and it is in the cards he will go down in history as the most inept president this nation has ever seen.

He better be a "natural athlete", he's going to have to run like hell to get away from the legacy of complete and utter failure!

[tabasco]

19. What an indictment of our entire society

that these people were allowed to occupy the White House for eight fucking years.

[Ishoutandscream2]

20. Oh, God! Teh stupid really, really hurts

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[kpete]

21. Laura: Shoe-throwing 'was an assault'

Source: Politico

Laura: Shoe-throwing 'was an assault'
By LISA LERER | 12/28/08 10:20 AM EST

George W. and Laura Bush on December 23.
First lady Laura Bush said she disagrees with critics who have deemed her husband’s presidency as a failure.

First Lady Laura Bush wasn’t amused when an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at the president during a news conference in Baghdad earlier this month.

“It was an assault,” she said. “And the president laughed it off, he wasn’t hurt, he’s very quick as you know he’s a natural athlete and ducked it but on the other hand it was an assault.”

But despite her unhappiness, the first lady saw an upside to the Dec. 14 event.

“As bad as the incident is, in my view, it is a sign that Iraqis feel a lot more free to express themselves,” she said.

"I know that if Saddam Hussein had been there the man wouldn't have been released, and probably would've been executed," she said of the Iraqi journalist, who was arrested following the Dec. 14 incident and has been in custody since.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16887.html

[hlthe2b]

23. I have come to detest this clueless woman...

I try to ignore her, but when she speaks out from within a pinhole of her cloistered bubble, it is all I can do not to launch my own shoes....

Can she really be so clueless as to not know this man has been tortured and REMAINS imprisoned?

[opihimoimoi]

25. La AirHeade don't noes what the fuck she yakking about...stupid as a pet goat

[OwnedByFerrets]

29. And killing one million Iraqi's gave them their freedom....

you fucking bitch.

[rainbow4321]

44. "wouldn't have been released"???

I'm sorry, did we all miss the news of the man RELEASED and back at home, UNinjured?? Pickles, go ahead and pull up that article/news report for us, will you..you ARE a librarian, shouldn't be that hard to find/research and present it.

[truthisfreedom]

59. And most importantly, it was a symbol of total contempt for an illegal murderous invader.

That's the point you're missing, dear. Your husband is a vindictive, hateful fratboy who will never grow up. Just like rove.

[MidwestTransplant]

22. Yes and so did the torture that followed

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. Laura. Laura. Laura.

Poor Laura just doesn't get it.

[47of74]

65. She wouldn't get it if you drew her a GD diagram - that's how clueless she is

[poppysgal]

27. A barefoot people

Thank goodness this bushiness "bidness" is almost over, if it weren't we would soon become a nation of "barefoot people," By the orders of Homeland Security.:think:

[ixion]

28. and the torture that ensued... is that freedom, too, Pickles?

:eyes: :dunce: :puke:

[47of74]

30. I cannot wait for Michelle Obama to become First Lady

She'll at least have an F---ing clue, which is an F of a lot more than I could say for Pickles.

[Kahuna]

32. Here here!

:applause:

[Festivito]

31. Execution lessens to beatings and torture -- WONDERFUL!

What ASSumed progress, 5,000 soldiers dead, 15,000 wounded, 1 or 2T$ spent has brought: ASSuMEd executions by Saddam now change into our our created country that merely beats and tortures for days before bothering with a judge.

Can I hide my enthusiasm. </Sad Sarcasm>

[2Design]

33. yes - freedom to be tortured n/t

[moggie]

34. So, why aren't the Iraqis throwing flowers?

Maybe that journalist just didn't have any flowers to hand?

[Solly Mack]

35. I'd be OK with her sitting in prison with her husband

[47of74]

64. Me too, right between....

Bush and Condeleeza Rice.

[LynnTheDem]

37. Thank God our national embarrassment is almost at an end.

Enough with these stupid MFers already.

[No Elephants]

40. The guy who threw the shoe got tortured right afterward. How does that show freedom?

[lonestarnot]

42. Ackety puke

:puke: :puke: Anything that lorrie has to say barfs me. :puke: :puke:

[polmaven]

43. Released?

I know that if Saddam Hussein had been there the man wouldn't have been released,....

What did I miss? Has the jounalist been released?

[xxqqqzme]

48. natural athlete my ass

he stumbled off a sego; left skin on the pavement falling off his bike; bangs his head on the helicopter door.....Ford was more coordinated than *.

[davefromqueens]

50. Bush is Quite The Skilled Athlete

It takes great skill to

1. Throw beer bottles at women.
2. Shove lit cigarettes up the rears of frat pledges
3. Wave pom poms high
4. Use hand motions to tell Dick Cheney to F off.
5. Grab and deposit those checks daddy and granddaddy give you.

[IndianaGreen]

51. And prosecution of shoe thrower shows nothing has changed since Saddam

She is as deluded as her hubby.

[The abyss]

55. What has changed....

What has changed is that now they have American GIs using the cattle prods. At least under Saddam the country had an infrastructure that functioned – until our tax dollars blew it to shit.

Makes me proud.

[liberal N proud]

52. Who's freedom?

The man was beaten for doing so. I wouldn't call that freedom.

[Career Prole]

54. Yeah! They give jail-time and torture for assault there.

Here, OTOH, committing war-crimes gets you a lie-berry built in your name and face-time on the nooz for your old lady to crow about what a hee-ro her boy is.

[Mari333]

58. lipstick on a pig, laura

its still a pig, lady.

[RCinBrooklyn]

61. The Bush's treat the Constitution as a doormat. Laura's comment reinforces that view.

[sakabatou]

62. What a twisted world view.

[MMsteezycheeze]

63. shes an idiot.

and i want a pair of those shoes :D

[pilsner]

66. Laura's

a sick puppy.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

67. Now Laura you can leave him

you are free after Jan 20. You are free to go.

[grantdevine]

69. She'll never leave him. n/t.

[grantdevine]

68. What a complete twit. It's sad to see a seemingly intelligent woman being told what to say. n/t

[RCinBrooklyn]

70. The key word in your sentence is "seemingly".