I don't support or condone the guy who threw his shoes at Chimpy

[Truth Teller]

It makes Shrub look like a victim. It also makes any Iraqi resistance to the invasion or occupation look like the violent fools the Reisdent wants them to look like.

Frankly, I wish it hadn't happened and I wish so many here wouldn't think of him as some kind of hero.

[DainBramaged]

1. DU where being contrary is an art form.

:eyes:

[rucky]

3. No it's not. n/t

[DainBramaged]

16. HAHAHAHAHAH

:fistbump:

[Kahuna]

21. Oh! NOW I get it. I was like, of all people to disagree. Duh me. nt

[DainBramaged]

31. And for my next trick, pie and what angle to throw it.

:headbang:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. HAHAHAHAHA! True! I love it. nt

[MNBrewer]

2. I support AND condone him

[Greyhound]

4. Your concern is noted. n/t

:popcorn:

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Yeah well...

Tough shit! I think the thrower is a national treasure.

[countingbluecars]

6. I applaud him. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Frankly my dear

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

[malaise]

26. Ditto

It was one beautiful metaphor and it destroyed any attempt to make this trip into some fugging victory lap. I haven't laughed this much for ages. Let me go watch Colbert Watcher's clip again.

[daninthemoon]

8. lighten up francis. thingis, he was immediately arrested, so odds

are, he is being tortured for affronting dubya. the shoe thrower may not be a hero, but i support his action.

[Shardik]

9. A Victim???

That someone expressed outrage at his decisions and actions?

No harm was done. Even if one or both of the shoes connected, I would be hard pressed to see Bush as a victim.

[Truth Teller]

25. I don't see him as a victim either

But the shoe toss will be seen as a violent act. People will sympathize with Chimpy IMO.

[Shardik]

38. I feel that very few will really feel for him.

Even over in Freeperland, they are spewing crap about his reflexes and how Bush should have "waded into the crowd and kicked his ass," but they aren't trying to portray him as a victim.

I think most folks are wishing the shoes had connected.

[Demobrat]

10. I'm just grateful for the comic relief

after 8 years of hell.

[Kahuna]

11. Oh please. Your logic is very flawed, IMO. The thrower foiled bush's

attempted "victory-lap." That's all that matters to me.

[hlthe2b]

Ding, Ding, Ding...

Exactly

[panader0]

12. I support and condone him and hope he's not being punished

too harshly.

[daninthemoon]

54. he was arested by iraqi security. he is being tortured as we speak

[DutchLiberal]

56. I say: flowers for this man!

[Lavender Brown]

13. I believe he was trying to draw attention to the victims of the war..

The media wants to make Bush out to be the victim, but that's not our fault. I feel nothing but sympathy for the guy and hope he isn't punished too severely. :(

[Ishoutandscream2]

14. I thought it was a fitting ending for the worst president ever

It just shows what the entire world thinks of him. It will be another of those crazy, fuck up moments remembered by many. The fucked up legacy of Dubya Bush, worst president ever.

[elizm]

47. Yes. How many Presidents have had a shoe thrown at them?

If the shoe fits....

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

15. I disagree

especially since the gentleman was a journalist and probably a member of the middle class, not your stereotypical insurgent or religious fanatic. It just highlights the frustration that the Iraqi people have with the current administration and its set of policies. He could have either written an article on the subject or taken a powerful symbolic action. I'm sure he calculated beforehand which would bring more attention to his cause.

[Name removed]

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[hlthe2b]

40. Let's not go there, ok?

This horribly abused Iraqi journalist had had enough and submitted this culturally relevant insult to Bush... He did not attempt to severely harm him and I would never ever justify someone doing that.... Even if you hate him enough to wish it so, why would anyone ever want to make a martyr of Bush*?


Contrary to minority opinion a thump with a well placed shoe pitch would hardly cause irreparable harm.... Nothing as bad as Bush*s pretzel run in! But, it certainly sent a message during Bush*s attempted "reinvent his legacy" (and historical facts) tour.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

43. Uh, that was a metaphor

You took it literally. Would I honestly wish physical harm to anyone?

Of course not.

My regrets.

[hlthe2b]

45. I would not think so...

Unfortunately our lurking "Agent Mike" might not be so willing to give benefit of the doubt...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

46. Excuse me a minute.........

There's someone at the door.

BRB.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->


(:toast:)

[hlthe2b]

48. "Run, Forrest, Run!"

;)

[Pastiche423]

18. I support and condone Muntadar al-Zeidi!

Although I believe * deserves much harsher treatment.

[RedCappedBandit]

19. I don't support or condone the fact that Chimpy resides in the white house

nor do I support or condone anything he has done since taking residence there

Therefore I don't support or condone any lack of support for a person who throws shoes at him.

[4 t 4]

28. We have gone SOO beyond logic

I appreciate what you are saying but with this new world order, It just makes him look like the hated idiot he is. IMHO

[hlthe2b]

22. He did what was culturally appropriate protest in Iraq

I applaud him. I'd give him a medal if I could. I would darely love to talk with him and to get his story (having been personally kidnapped, tortured and lost other family members to BUsh*s illegal war) full coverage--something Bush* apologists will never allow to happen.

[Ian David]

23. I wouldn't have encouraged him to do it, but I do support him after the fact.

What have YOU done?

If he gets a legal defense fund, I'm contributing.

[gratuitous]

24. Since it has been reported

Since it has been reported that this reporter has been held captive during the course of the United States invasion and occupation, and since he yelled that his actions were on behalf of the widows and orphans created by the Bush Doctrine, I'd have to say that his was a very measured and restrained response. As far as any appearance of being a "victim," I'd have to say that one isolated incident hardly compares with all the pain and misery that Bush has inflicted on the world at large. Only someone of very limited intellect could make a comparison.

[liberalmuse]

27. Oh for the love of fuck.

The only one who looks like a violent fool is W. He was the one who flung cluster bombs on a civilian population. Anyone who is going to berate the Iraqi reporter for flinging a couple shoes at him is a fucking asshole. The guy is a hero. He made a statement few have dared to make, even here in America. Good for him!

[uppityperson]

29. Muntazer al-Zaidi was kidnapped & tortured while covering the Iraq debacle.

Yet he continued to do so after he was released. Poor man. I admire his restraint.

[NYC Liberal]

30. Please. It shows how hated he is.

This doesn't happen to a president who is just "somewhat unpopular" ... if Bush was that, even his critics wouldn't be doing that.

No, it happens to people who are rightfully *despised* as Bush is.

[Ikonoklast]

32. The souls of half a million dead are indifferent to your concern.

If that is the worst thing to happen to the Usurper in all of his sorry existence as a mortal, the Fates will indeed be kind to one so loathed by humanity.

[kayakjohnny]

33. Your truth teller ju-ju just ran out. It makes Bush look like the dick that he is. Fuck victimhood.

It's so overrated. Sorry.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

34. I fully support and condone the actions of the shoe thrower n/t

[Edweird]

35. He rained on *'s bullshit 'victory lap' and repudiated any myth that things are 'swell'.

Good on him. * destroyed their country (and, incidentally THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION) for nothing more than cronyism and greed. I would be resentful as well.

[Skittles]

36. OMG I HOPE YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS

THAT SHOE THOWER IS NOT JUST A HERO - HE IS AN INTERNATIONAL HERO

[Gold Metal Flake]

37. One shoe erases a million dead Iraqis.

Wow. That's some kind of brain you have.

[fascisthunter]

39. ok....

[sufrommich]

41. It makes shrub look like an asshole. It makes Iraqis

look pissed at the destruction of their country.It shows the emperor naked.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

44. Imagine this scenario:

Our country has been taken over by another country to which we'd done nothing. Our country is devastated by these invading armies, and our populace is murdered - women, children, all innocent victims.

This goes on for five years, and your family suffers, things are horrible.

You are invited to an audience with the man who is responsible for all of this carnage and suffering.

What do you do?

Believe me, if someone did this to the United States, I'd be proud to be known as "an insurgent."

Patriots come in all shapes.

[Swamp Rat]

42. Cultural misunderstanding.

What the Iraqi reported did was well within the norm of Arabic society. It is a common insult to throw a shoe at an asshole.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7782422.stm

[BrklynLiberal]

49. In this case, considering the size of that asshole, it should have been a MUCH bigger shoe..

[LiberalFighter]

50. As they say... When in Rome do as the Romans.

And he wasn't in the United States.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

51. Your head is fucked up.

Sorry, just Telling the Truth, as I see it.

[specimenfred1984]

60. Agreed

Couldn't have said it better.

[Stevepol]

52. I also regret the incident, because mainly I wish the guy

had been slightly more accurate. He gave it a good shot, but in this case an inch is as big as a mile. Maybe if he'd let a friend handle the diatribe part so he could concentrate more on the timing and accuracy of the throw.

Don't get me wrong. I don't want to take anything from the effort he made. It was A-One. It's just that the whole affair leaves something to be desired.

[Generator]

53. Well the Iraqi's certainly have more guts and chutzpah

than the cowards called the Democrats these days.

[DutchLiberal]

55. Yeah, I'm sure the whole world will suddenly feel sympathy for the douchbag...

:eyes:

[Imagevision]

57. Doesn't make Bush look like a victim, it's a small way of displaying the hatred

[Runcible Spoon]

58. You're absolutely correct. He should have thrown pretzels.

:rofl:

[Yavin4]

59. When You Start An Unprovoked War In Another Man's Nation

then you deserve to get a shoe, or two, thrown at your head. Bush is a souless bastard. Good riddance.

[TankLV]

61. Oh fuck, not this shit again...

Your "concern" is "noted"...

bite me...

my only regret is that he missed - TWICE!!!

at least that bitch perino got a black eye out of it...

[Creationismsucks]

62. Jesus

How many of these are there going to be?

Anybody whose context of George Bush and Iraq was limited to today's shoe footage, is going to misunderstand ANY video clip they see. You'd have to have been in a coma for the last 8 years not to know that no shoes were ever so justly lobbed.