Bush 'Not Insulted' by Thrown Shoes

[sabra]

Source: ABC News

Bush 'Not Insulted' by Thrown Shoes


President George W. Bush spoke with ABC News' Martha Raddatz today following an incident in which an Iraqi reporter threw two shoes at the president. Bush told Raddatz he wasn't insulted by the shoe-throwing, and that stranger things have happened to him.


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Martha Raddatz: Let's start with what just happened. And that is someone threw a shoe at you, whether it's an Iraqi reporter?

President Bush: Yeah, I think it's a reporter. At least that's what they told me on the way out, that it's a person who works in the Iraqi press, stands up and throws his shoe. And it was amusing. I mean, I've seen a lot of weird things during my presidency and this may rank up there as one of the weirdest. On the other hand, I do remember when the president of China came to the South Lawn, and a member of the press corps started yelling. I think it was Falun Gong slogans at the Chinese president. So this happens and it's a sign of a free society.

Raddatz: It's also considered a huge insult in this world, the sole of a shoe, throwing a shoe.

Bush: I guess. Look they were humiliated. The press corps, the rest of the Iraqi press corps was humiliated. These guys were just besides themselves about, they felt like he had disgraced their entire press corps and I frankly, I didn't view it as, I thought it was interesting, I thought it was unusual to have a guy throw his show at you. But I'm not insulted. I don't hold it against the government. I don't think the Iraqi press corps as a whole is terrible. And so, the guy wanted to get on TV and he did. I don't know what his beef is. But whatever it is I'm sure somebody will hear it.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/BushLegacy/story?id=6460...

[Botany]

1. God is bush stupid

"And so, the guy wanted to get on TV and he did."

He is a freaking reporter he goes on TV all the time.

[machI]

23. Bush was probably drunk and did not realize what was going on. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

30. Actually,

this is the first time I have seen him and not thought "yep, he's been drinking". He moved pretty good.

[Gman]

2. You don't know what his beef is?

The guy is truly clueless and an idiot.

[surrealAmerican]

42. That line really does stand out.

If he actually "doesn't know", he's even stupider than he looks.

[indio55555]

3. Yea becuase he ordered one of these.

[CitizenPatriot]

6. brilliant! welcome to DU! :

[Olney Blue]

4. Wow. He really doesn't understand anything about the M.E.

[redirish28]

5. That makes me nervous. We have heard things behind the scenes

that Bush says one thing publicly and goes bonkers behind the scenes.

Now if a "normal" person had that happened to them what would they do?


This is Bush talking... This has me nervous.

[lligrd]

7. Bush Is The Insult

To all mankind.

[Muttocracy]

8. Not like Bush was trying to be on TV or anything. Remember this is the man who

called our foreign policy a "crusade", right?

[MilesColtrane]

9. His "beef" is the murder of over a hundred thousand innocent countrymen.

Stupid to the end.

[sasquuatch55]

28. His Beef

I believe he also had family members that were killed.

[Vattel]

35. Reminds me of the person who

lost two family members in 911. Bush meets her and says something like "Ow, double whammy."

[Festivito]

10. Could be the torture he endured. But, I tend to guess a lot.

But, I'd guess that's it.

[Raine1967]

11. Interesting considering who he DID have arrested...

Specifically,

Cindy Sheehan at the STOTU Address for not wearing the proper clothing.

And how many others were arrested for "protesting" right here in our "homeland"???

F*CKER.

[NYC Liberal]

12. "they felt like he had disgraced their entire press corps"

This from the man who has disgraced an entire nation. Unbelievable.

[burrowowl]

13. Hope the Reporter will be OK

But over 500,000 Iraqis killed so that 1 can hrow his shoes? Bu$h is a WAR CRIMINAL and more than shoes should be thrown at him!

[bleever]

14. Not recommended.

Why acknowledge a blind and deaf man who doesn't see an elephant?

[Baby Snooks]

15. Does he realize the insult?

Does he realize the insult of throwing your shoes at someone in the Arab world? Apparently not. But it was an insult and a fitting farewell to a man whom history will compare to Hitler. We long for a Nuremberg that will never come. May Nancy Pelosi burn in Hell alongside him.

[bdamomma]

36. realize the insult???

this is man who said it was fun being President. stupid a$$ man.

[Speciesamused]

40. Perfect. I totally agree.

[happygoluckytoyou]

16. bush "well it is a free society... 8 years ago he wouldnt have had any shoes to throw"

bush's alcohol cleansed brain may never understand the way most of the world sees him....
in america, can you picture the odds of electing a BLACK MAN as president....
THANK YOU W... the worst president a country could ever have...... SO BAD that the democrats could offer up a black man and a woman AND STILL KILL YOUR PARTY AT THE POLLS............ power to the people !!!! (and more shoes to the reporters!!!!)

[pipi_k]

29. Yeah, a free society...

In them, people are allowed to hurl shoes at whomever they like...


Typical Bush idiocy

[cambie]

17. In the interview the lying dog says:

Bush: Excuse me for a minute. And finally we gave Hussein a peaceful way out. It was his choice. And when he refused to allow for inspections, when he refused to disclose or disarm, then a large coalition of troops took him out. And ...

Untrue. The UN inspectors were there doing a good job of finding that there were no weapons. The only crisis was that they would soon announce their findings. They were pulled out just before the bombing started.

[LynnTheDem]

20. "And when he refused to allow for inspections"

Inspectors were IN IRAQ until YOU ORDERED THEM OUT, bUSH!!!

What a fucking lying POS!!! Even the MFingly stupid freepers know the FACT that Hussein DID ALLOW INSPECTIONS.


God DAMN I'm so fucking tired of this particular bUsh bullshit!!!

[Ecumenist]

18. the idiot doesn't have the sense that God gave a goat...

Po' thang has skin 5 miles thick but as my mother always said, "common sense ain't all that common."

[awoke_in_2003]

31. It is his head...

that is 5 miles thick, not his skin

[LynnTheDem]

19. bUsh Too Stupid.

[Joe Bacon]

21. How much money did Bush give the guy to do this?

That's the only reason I can think of as to why the Secret Service was so slow in responding. It was planned.

[pipi_k]

32. I wouldn't doubt it!

In slow motion, it looks like Bush can see the shoe coming almost before it gets halfway

If that were me, I'd probably end up getting beaned because I wouldn't expect it.



Oh, and something I thought was pretty friggen hilarious...

after the first throw, Bush pops up like one of those damned whack-a-mole gopher things...

I'm surprised he didn't thumb his nose at the guy and yell out, "Nyah, nyah, you didn't get me...!!!"

[Wizard777]

22. Oh good, then they can start every press conference that way.

Personally I think Helen Thomas could not only wing him. But knock some sense into him too.

[pipi_k]

33. Attention, women of the press...

If you're going to hurl shoes at George W Bush, make sure you're wearing the highest spikiest heels you can find

[Mari333]

24. update on WHY the man attacked Bush

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

This interview with Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, the 1st Armored Division commander, who has been in Samarra, is refreshing for its candor even as the general rightly stresses the improvements in the security situation.

"There are still 400 attacks a month in Iraq; unemployment ranges from 40% to 80%; the infrastructure of the country is completely dilapidated, with the Beiji refinery an ecological disaster; and the Shiite government shows no interest in the welfare and progress of the Sunni Arab north-- "It would be like having a central government in Bonn that didn’t care anything about what was going on in Wiesbaden or Frankfurt . . ."

[ixion]

25. no, assclown Bush... if it were about a 'free society'

the person who threw the shoes would not be sitting in prison at the moment.

[MaineDem]

26. Well he SHOULD be!

What an ignorant idiot!

[tclambert]

27. "an Iraqi reporter threw two shoes at the president"

I'm sure he would have thrown more shoes if he had more feet.

[bdamomma]

34. Bush what a effing arrogant/ignorant man!!!

could he leave now please? we can't wait until Jan. 20th.

[Lucky 13]

37. Fucking ignorant, egomaniacal, psychotic, little asshole.

What WOULD you have to do for him to consider something an insult?

[DemoTex]

38. Too stupid to be insulted. It must be nice.

Going through life too stupid to be insulted, but quick and willing to hurl the gratuitous insult anywhere, anytime. Fuck Bu$h.

[pleah]

39. Bushit wouldn't know an insult if it (the shoe) had hit him in the face.

Just proves how big a dumb-ass he really is.

[jmondine]

41. "Didn't Uncle Dick say something about them throwing feet at our flowers?"

[DogPoundPup]

43. Bush on the invasion of Iraq leading to al-Qaeda presence: 'So what?'

Source: Raw Story

In an interview with a reporter following a shoe being thrown at his head, President George W. Bush had a snippy answer for the fact that al Qaeda didn't take a stand in Iraq until he invaded: "So what?"

Bush spoke with ABC's Martha Raddatz following the shoe incident in Baghdad, which reportedly left White House spokesperson Dana Perino injured during the melee that ensued as the Iraqi journalist who threw the shoe was being subdued.

During the interview, Bush says his legacy will "take time," but includes No Child Left Behind and "52 months of uninterrupted job growth," then speaks about his role in "protecting" America after 9/11. He mentions that al Qaeda has turned out to be a problem in Iraq.

Raddatz points out that al Qaeda didn't choose to make Iraq a base to fight from until after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Bush's response? "Yeah, that's right. So what?"

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Bush_Im_not_insulted_by_t...

[sofa king]

44. 52 out of 96 miserable months, all of them marred by scandal, crime, and prevarication.

Do we even have as many jobs as we did when he first stole it? Worst. President. Ever.

[SammyWinstonJack]

45. GAWD! What an a$$hole he is.

[sam sarrha]

46. problem is that his Blackwater security will never allow anyone with a subpoena near him for war

crimes or murder.

[Mike Daniels]

47. Be real. Obama will never let him get tried or subpoenaed

The only people that will face any punishments will be the underlings and even then we won't let them be tried overseas.

[sam sarrha]

48. Obama has nothing to do with it, there's plenty of civil suits, he isnt a Palosi

[RC]

49. Why is it the further to the right one gets the more reality challenged one is?

"No Child Left Behind and "52 months of uninterrupted job growth," then speaks about his role in "protecting" America after 9/11."

No Child Left Behind only succeeded in dumbing down our next generation.
52 months of uninterrupted job growth changed from "Full time, high paying jobs with benefits" to "Minimum wage, part time, lucky to have one" jobs.
Protecting America: 9/11, The Pennsylvania sniper, Anthrax, Karina, the many bubbles that have collapsed, and on and on and on... We haven't had the blow back from Iraq yet, but we will.

Why isn't bu$h and his merry band of criminals and enablers in chains yet?

[CheCheCheCheYerBooty]

50. Unbelievable

There is no "al Qaeda" in Iraq, never was. More lies.

[rocktivity]

51. In the immortal words of Lennon and McCartney

You're thinking of me
in the same old way
You were above me
but not today.
The only difference is, you're down there.
I'm looking through you
and you're nowhere.


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