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>>>>>>After your joke about the shoes, I was thinking that if most of the citizens in this country had starting throwing shoes at President Bush, while they would have been arrested, perhaps the Senate and Congress would have done their job and impeached him.
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>>>>>Yeah, preferably some 7 years go.
>>>>>
>>>>>BTW Did you see how he ducked ? Darn that was fast / versatile !
>>>>>Like as if he was dodge-ball game champion rather then president {g}
>>>>>I just cannot imagine any normal president who would manage to react that fast. ( Except maybe Blair {g} )
>>>>>
>>>>>Imagine for instance Presidents like Gorbatchov or Reagan or that old French president Giscard d'Estain ...
>>>>>But then again, those were presidents of a different breed/substance; Kind that nobody would ever even contemplate throwing their shoes at.
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>>>>There was a free-for-all on the late night talk shows. This video is hilarious. The ending is the best (the talk show hosts have shoes thrown at them):
>>>>
>>>>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/16/late-nights-shoe-throwing_n_151416.html
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>>>>The video is a montage and is about 2/3rds down the page...
>>>
>>>PMFJI
>>>
>>>Musta missed what you're talking about. Did someone throw a shoe at Bush?
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>>Wow, I can't believe you missed it. It has been all over the news, including the words the journalist used at the time, the actions of the Secret Service, the actions of the Iraqi Security, and especially the dancing in the streets in the Arab World. Not to mention the 10 million dollars and new home given to the journalist's family and Saddam's lawyer representing him if any charges are filed against him.
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>No TV last evening as we had our works Xmas meal (at the local greyhound stadium as it happens), and had to get home and straight out again. Had BBC radio news on in car this am but no mention.
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>BTW - he got the new house and all from the USA's largesse - or as a reward for chucking at Bush?

http://www.huliq.com/1/74586/10-million-dollars-iraqi-journalists-shoes

There's a couple of interesting articles here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wiraq16/BNStory/International/?cid=al_gam_mostdiscuss
http://www.andhranews.net/Intl/2008/December/16/Arab-world-lauds-79152.asp