White House spokeswoman Dana Perino shows off 'shoe-venir'

[spotbird]

Source: Times online



It looks like she's been in the wars. In fact, she just joined President Bush on his weekend trip to Baghdad and came back with what she calls a "shoe-venir".

Dana Perino, the White House Press Secretary, was sporting a clearly visible black eye as she returned to work in Washington today, briefing reporters on subjects including car industry bailouts and Middle East peace.

Ms Perino was in the room when an Iraqi reporter, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, pulled off his shoes and flung them at Mr Bush on Sunday in a gesture of contempt that has seen him hailed as a hero in the Arab world.


Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/articl...

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A drop of makeup would have covered it.

[jaksavage]

1. It probably is a drop of makeup. nt

[spotbird]

2. They are so showy about everything

She wears her tiny bruise as if it is a sign of courage, oblivious to real suffering she has helped to perpetrate.

[Sabriel]

25. At least she still has her face

Many Iraqi citizens can't say the same.

[Kittycat]

17. Reminds me of the backwards 'B' girl.

Whatever happened to her?
ETA: Did we ever find out if her shiner was real, or was it makeup?

[spotbird]

26. The B girl?

It looked fake, so does Dana's for that matter.

[Gregorian]

29. I thought the same thing.

Good luck finding this on the net. I think they must have purged it.

[pacalo]

3. She didn't want to "conceal" it. She's in the same bubble the boy king is in.

They don't have sense enough to see that the shoe represented what they've done to the Iraqi people. I'm sure they'd rather have a small bruise over a lost limb any day.

[onehandle]

4. Just to be clear, she was hit by a microphone in the confusion, not the shoe.

Not that this White House would ever mislead us.

[Cronopio]

18. I wonder what that microphone would go for on eBay.

edit: deleted another cheap shot at Dana.

[The Backlash Cometh]

30. An Arab prince offered ten mil for just one of the shoes.

[robinlynne]

35. Then he should use that money and find a way to get the journalist out of jail!!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

38. I'm sure the shoe was commandeered as evidence.

[Mugweed]

31. There are no cheap shots against that

propagandist asshole.

[lapfog_1]

5. Someone should have chucked a shoe at her as well

but not Condi, we all know she would have just thought she was shopping again.

[guitar man]

15. !

[gratuitous]

6. I smell Medal of Freedom!

What a ceremony it should be!

[Gman]

7. The magic shoe

it went past Bush, made two 90 degree turns, headed back toward the press corp and hit Perino.

There had to be a second shoeman.

[Canuckistanian]

36. Arlen Specter will come up with a "Magic Shoe" theory

Just like the good old days.

[Bozita]

41. ... found in pristeen condition

nary a scuff mark

[trusty elf]

43. ......

[spotbird]

45. Maliki looks so nonplussed

it's incredible.

[stlsaxman]

8. Pretty Evil.

[truthisfreedom]

9. Looks like she caught a ricoshoe. From the shoeter.

Sigh, yeah, I know it's bad.

[debunkthelies]

10. Shoeter

ROTFLMAO
Great Post

[WriteDown]

11. She's a hottie.....

No denying that. Looks like the classic blow to the nose. Two shiners.

[Mad_Dem_X]

12. Not as bad as I was expecting

I agree, it should have been easy to cover with make-up. Methinks she wanted to show it off.

[benld74]

13. Hell from THAT photo she's got one on BOTH sides

MAybe she got hit with a horsehoe!

[chatnoir]

14. Ha, that's nothing. What a drama queen.

[Dr.Phool]

16. Did they make the Press Corps remove their shoes?

If the airlines can do it, so can the chimp.

[rhett o rick]

34. Only Helen Thomas. nm

[mfeher1971]

19. Looks like they hired Palin's makeup artist

and got what they paid for.

[northofdenali]

28. Beat me to it!!

Ah well, Alaska is usually 4 hours slower than the east coast.........

[Solly Mack]

20. Fuck her too

[Ian David]

21. It's Perino's own fault for not throwing her own shoes, too. n/t

[auburngrad82]

22. So where's the backwards B? nt

[Joe Chi Minh]

23. Deleted, as kind of cheap. It's difficult not to think it's OK to take cheap shots at

Neocons and Neocon enablers, unfortunately. But just now and again I manage to forbear.

[llmart]

24. That's the least she should get.....

for hanging out with war criminals.

[Gregorian]

27. It's just a petit fascist black eye.

Nothing representative of the pain and suffering she's helping to hide.

Reminds me of this. Which was impossible to find, btw. I think they must have purged the net of this.

[Dennis Donovan]

32. All she's missing is a backwards B on her face...

JUST KIDDING! I'm glad Ms Perino wasn't hurt too badly by the mike.

On edit: Oops! auburngrad82 beat me to it...

[seasat]

33. She should refrain from kissing Bush's feet.

Especially after Rove has polished his shoes.

[Bozita]

37. Anybody got one of those nifty bandages with a Purple Heart on 'em?

I'm sure the White House has plenty of 'em.

[Name removed]

39. Deleted message

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[spotbird]

44. Hardly,

a good trial would be more like it. She's pumping this bump for every drop of pathetic sympathy that can be squeezed from the 25 per-centers, advocating real violence against her only gives them ammunition.

[glitch]

40. Geesh, now they are just parodying themselves.

There a word for a con that has gone on too long - when everyone is on to their game but the players don't realize it and they keep on playing their game.

That world is FARCE.

[lutefisk]

42. She's just lobbying for a Purple Heart . . .

And the sick part is, I think she might be eligible.