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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, December 14, 2008

(The sole of the shoe is a huge insult in the Arab world.)

Too bad he wasn't a better aim.....

By Lew Scannon, at 6:15 PM
On the other hand, Bush dodged pretty gracefully.

Let's see Dick Nixon do that.

By mikevotes, at 9:40 PM
I wonder if this means that reporters will need to surrender their footwear at the door before news briefing? I wonder if they're already run through a metal detector...?

By r8r, at 9:49 PM
I'm assuming anyone in Iraq in Bush's presence has been through the metal detector.

They probably do that for Maliki.

By mikevotes, at 10:28 PM
I think this should put to bed any rest any conspiracies that he's still a drunk. Those are some decent reflexes for an old guy.

By Anonymous, at 10:34 PM
His face is so blotchy sometimes and he has a little face bloat when he's been hitting the sauce hard. He looks good in the video. His face is thinner.

By Anonymous, at 9:42 AM
Jeff, I have no idea, but he did dodge casually. Seemed particularly unconcerned that it might have been something more dangerous.

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agnostic, Well, he hasn't been governing too hard, so he's probably been working out.

By mikevotes, at 10:50 AM
The larger story here is not Bush's reflexes, but pent up resentment, contempt and hatred many in Iraq feel for Bush (and the US?). This shoe throw is an every-man hero, it seems, in the streets of Baghdad. To incarcerate him is to create a martyr.

There is not peace in Iraq. There is merely a lid clamped on a pressure cooker.

By -epm, at 12:42 PM