"This is a goodbye kiss, you dog,"

[ebonlock]

Bush had just finished his prepared remarks in which he said the security agreement was made possible by the U.S. surge of troops earlier this year, when the journalist, Muthathar al Zaidi pulled his shoes off and hurled them at the president. "This is a goodbye kiss, you dog," Zaidi shouted.

Bush dodged the shoes and was not struck. Bodyguards quickly wrestled Zaidi to the floor and hauled him, kicking and screaming, from the room. Two other Iraqi journalists were briefly detained after one of them called Zaidi's actions "courageous."


My only question is when do we in the American public get to do the same thing? Although I'm not sure I'd choose shoes given this opportunity. Oh for the days of public stocks and rotten fruit easily at hand...

Comments

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

A clip of that was shown to me this evening.

The only thing that could have been cooler was if the rest of the journalists in the room had joined in the footwear flinging.

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I could stop at rotten fruit. Flaming sacks of dog poo, perhaps ...

[psyfic.livejournal.com]

We could probably get rid of the national debt if Bu$h travelled around the country and let people pay to pitch shoes at him...

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

[scoreboard.livejournal.com]

What you did not see was that Vanderbilt immediately offered the Iraqi a scholarship and an open competition at QB for next season...

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I must say, much as it pains me, that having seen the clip I'd recommend they grab Bush too. I mean his reflexes are pretty damn good for an alcoholic cokehead. Or perhaps he's just had a lot of experience dodging things thrown at him by irate individuals. It really wouldn't surprise me.

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

I beleive that it's actually a fairly serious insult in the culture - the Middle Eastern cultures have a thing about not showing other people the soles of their shoes; it's like saying 'You are less than the dirt I walk on'.