>>>>>>>>What amazes me is the guy got close enough to Bush to throw his shoes at him. Reportedly he was within 15 feet and threw two fastballs at Bush's head.
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>>>>>>>>An article in the NY Times yesterday said the guy is now something of a national hero in Iraq.
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>>>>>>>He is a national hero of NY Times now.
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>>>>>>I'm sure you're right -- the Iraqi people bear no resentment against George Bush, it's just biased coverage by the NY Times. The Times was even clever enough to include a picture of a crowd of Iraqis holding up a poster sized picture of the shoe thrower, doing their woo-woo-woo thing.
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>>>>>There is some distance between 'national hero' and 'resentment' though it could be easily bridged by 'clever coverage' as you correctly said.
>>>>>Btw, would you like to say that NYT does not bear resentment against Bush? One may clearly recognize a sympathy to the thrower too. When sympathy is in place, it is just a small effort for a clever journalist to make it a 'national hero' issue.
>>>>>Btw, what is your actual feeling in regard to this episode?
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>>>>No, I don't think the NYT bears resentment against Bush. Here is a guy who truly has hung himself with his own rope. Even if they did resent him, all they would have to do is report what he's done and said to make him look bad.
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>>>>The shoe thrower is no hero of mine. I think that's a childish and disrespectful thing to do to any head of state.
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>>>You use slogans so much... As I see it, Bush is finishing second presidential term and now he goes to honorary retirement, very comfortable way. What kind of rope you see here...
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>>He has been arguably the worst President in U.S. history. I'm glad it's almost over.
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>Zealotry. You are over-concentrated on your perception. This world is a bit bigger, fortunately.

IMO it's not zealotry to call Bush incompetent based on his record. Oh well, I know you're not going to change your tune.