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Lame Ducker-in-Chief
"This is a gift from the Iraqis, this is the farewell kiss, you dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
-- Muntadhar al-Zeidi
A fitting final image of the Bush escapade in Iraq, and of his presidency.
Props to "STOP George" at Daily Kos, from whom I borrowed this image.
Strangely hypnotic. I can't seem to stop watching it. I think I keep hoping that one of the shoes will finally hit him. Is that bad of me? It seems like a minor thing compared to the deaths of over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women and children.
Free Muntader al-Zaidi!
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I find it to be hilarious - and extremely poignant. I think it will indeed become the lasting image that defines the Bush Legacy in Iraq... Just like the "Mission Accomplished" photo so clearly explains the hubris wrapped in stupidity that underscored nearly everything this Administration did.
Even George has to know just how horrible this looks for him. In this way, the Iraqi reporter finally connected with Bush in a way the millions of Iraqi victims of Bush could never do - even though both shoes sailed just past his head.
What a chump!
December 15, 2008 12:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is a scream. You made two shoes into a hundred and it is funny. In some other post I just noted that there are hundreds of Iraqis outside demonstrating and burning flags protesting the arrest of the guy who threw the shoe.
December 15, 2008 12:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I found this in the comments section of a Daily kos post, as noted above, not sure who the genius is who made the animation, but I just wanted to share it here.
December 15, 2008 1:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bad duck! Bad duck!
(Is it possible to say -with great love- that it has been awhile since I laughed so hard?)
Love your title...is that original? If so, you may go down in history, as well...
December 15, 2008 12:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
My title is a variation on a similar sentiment posted elsewhere, so I can't claim original authorship, but I did add hyphens! Glad you enjoyed the laugh.
December 15, 2008 1:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
You gotta admit though, GWB can move. Check it out! He has a whole Michael Jackson head and torso move going on. Maliki just looks like the dork at a 7th grade dance shifting his eyes and swaying to the mustic.
Stinking Hilarious.
December 15, 2008 1:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ok funny tie in. Watch the video again with the intro riff from the Zombie Dance in Thriller.
Da shoe do do do shoe (repeat) lol
December 15, 2008 1:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb4aukGlXYo
December 15, 2008 1:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah!!! That is it :)
December 15, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm very impressed with Bush's reflexes. He moves pretty damn fast. Could it be he's used to ducking shoes?
December 15, 2008 1:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I asked myself the same question. Is it Laura? Or did the secret service train him?
December 15, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
If only his mental agility had matched his physical dexterity!
December 15, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's quick alright, like a rat, or a roach when you go after it.
December 15, 2008 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Watch Maliki! He's dancing!
December 15, 2008 1:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maliki is also counting the shoes as he does that wiggle, in Arabic if my lip reading is correct.
December 15, 2008 2:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm ready to scream!!!!
I keep frantically working my mouse to make the shoe hit him but I keep missing. AARRRRGH!!!!
I gotta go getta joy-stick.
December 15, 2008 3:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know! It's like some kinda 'Whack-a-Mole' Flash banner ad -- "Smack the gerbil and win an Xbox!!!"
December 15, 2008 11:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know what, I just got lame duckers. CNN just had one of those 'experts' kind of like when Stewart has his expert Journalist in Charge of Watching Penn Ave. or something. Anyway, throwing shoes is different from a cultural standpoint in Iraq. The equivalent would be throwing your dirty underwear at the President. Notice I said your dirty underwear. I only wear clean underwear.
December 15, 2008 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
That guy's got an arm on him. Ya know the Texas Rangers are perpetually looking for pitching. If they signed him Bush could never set foot in the ballpark the people of Texas built for him and his partners. How sweet would that be?
December 15, 2008 9:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Muntader al-Zaidi - Zapato-tista.
December 15, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Duck! Duck! Boosh!"
December 15, 2008 11:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just realized: Maliki doesn't look over at Bush as the shoe heads for his head. I went and checked the original video - he doesn't look over! Normal people would actually take a quick peek to see if their foreign head-of-state guest is still in one piece.
December 16, 2008 9:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'd also been wondering recently is Georgie had fallen off the wagon and was spending his duckhood in inebriation. Those quick reflexes say otherwise. Now I believe those stories about his being a superior athlete in his youth.
December 16, 2008 9:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
I can't see this enough. Commander CooCoo is having the worst lame duck transition I've ever seen and it couldn't happen to a more deserving prick. First world leaders refuse to shake his hand. Now the people he "liberated" are throwing things at him.
God I love this! Thank you, and I'm sorry you were arrested, al-Zeidi!
December 16, 2008 11:13 AM | Reply | Permalink