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In principle, it is disturbing to think that someone would throw a shoe at our president. However, if (1) the shoe-thrower is an otherwise innocent Iraqi, and (2) the shoe-throwee is Bush, it is just too poetic to get upset about!

Iraq is proof that you cannot give people freedom and expect them to understand its importance. Freedom must be earned, and the price is oftimes war, death and sacrifice. "Freedom isn't free" is a common enough phrase in America, but apparently the administration didn't include the concept in their plans for Iraq.

James Brady is the first name that comes to mind when you posit the question 'who knew being White House press secretary was such a dangerous job?'

This is to.......... "Turn Texas Blue" : You will have to wait about 8 more years, because once the mexicans down here find out they can stand on their own 2 feet, this state will be a "Battleground State" ....right now, the republicans have them scared, especially when they threaten to fire them, if they find out that their employees voted Dem....
But, honestly, the republicans have evrything down here so locked up, it's pitiful.......When it comes election time, they've got the TV ads / All the Billboards / Newspaper Ads / All the Radio Stations ALL LOCKED UP !!! (they will spend millions)........They shut out Nick Lampson, and he was the best thing they had in Sugar Land, (the one who took Delay's place)......But, unfortunately, the Repubs had enough money to buy out all the Ads..
Larry
Houston
Texas

cut the shoe throwers feet off, he doesn't have a need for shoes.

I'm sorry Perino got hit by a microphone while the Secret Service scrambled to protect Bush ... but i gotta say i find the shoe bit pretty great. It's a brilliant way to show utter contempt without really being violent. I read that journalists could hear the thrower's cries while he was being beaten up after the incident – that's a lot creeper than Perino's black eye IMO.

McClellan, was the best they had, for the last 8 yrs.

Larry
Houston

You people who say that this guy is a hero are pathetic and hypocritical. If he had so much courage he would have stood up and done something this brash when Saddam Hussein was president. You know, the guy who truly oppressed and destroyed the people of his country?

A shame her reflexes aren't as sharp as the President's, poor soul.

Imagine that! the Bush administration with a black eye related to Iraq...

Do Americans really approve of people throwing shoes,or anything else at the President of the United States of America-It's vary obvious that many people do not have any respect for our government,even in our own country.I am proud and thankful to be American.I enlisted and served my country in the United States Army .The thought of people not respecting the office of the President of the United States makes me sick at my stomach,and I wonder why ,is it because these people have not done anything for anyone but them selves,so they have no respect for anything?

Freedom? .... to go to jail if you throw a shoe in protest. LOL.....

Sorry Perry, the black eye was uncaled for.

I didn't vote for President Bush; but it just boils my water to think that he could he subject to such physical and violent disrespect!

It's just downright unacceptable that President Bush had to protect himself by dodging.

This is barbarism!

Ouch...

to all you people saying it's OK if somebody gets hurt, you are no better than the Republicans you criticize for being rude. Violence in any way is not acceptable.

I am as much a critic of Bush and his policies as 70 % of this country, but the shoe throwing was not cool at all. Whether you like Bush or Dana doesn't matter, but the incident and the black eye is not acceptable.

How was it possible for this shoe-thrower to get off his shoes and aim them at the POTUS?

I'm thankful that the POTUS was able to dodge these projectiles; but what were the Secret Service agents doing while this guy was preparing to throw the second shoe? Once the first one flew toward the President, why didn't they shield him?

I think it is appalling that the Secret Service did not totally protect the President! They are suppose to be watching out for him....aren't they!

This may seem amusing to some folks; but it looks like negligence to me. Subduing an aggressor after the second shoe flew is inexcusable!

Do you realy think the boy who threw the shoe would have done it under saddam? He ought to get on his knees and praise his GOD that he is alive and NOT dead. The War is not perfect, but in time they will be better off.
Atleast, he will be alive and have a good book deal.

You libs are still so hateful, even after your guy won the White House. It must really suck to be you.

Just think of the SHOE collection Bush would have if everybody in the USA would take a cue from that shoe throwing journalist!!

SPC>>>Trying 2 B funny??? You LOSE!

I keep looking at the video over & over and can't seem to see Perino

Hey "Libs be dopes"....

The guy who threw the shoe was a Muslim, and he was indoors. Who's the dope?

the boob has a black eye by even serving in this filthy administration....

Under Saadam Hussein's regime the punishment would be to cut off his feet for throwing the shoes, cut out his tongue for calling him names, and breaking his hands and arms for making obscene gestures. If he wants the old Saadam eutopia days again, I think we should give it to him.

I can certainly understand why the man threw his shoes! From my American vewpoint the war in Iraq is the biggest mistake this country has ever made. It made us hugely despised throughout the world, created thousands upon thousands of new terrorists, created the biggest deficit in history, and involved us in the middle east where there has been wars for thousands of years and always will be. It made us very much less safe. If congress was doing it's job Bush and all his cabinet would have been impeached and tried for treason long ago. Bush will surely go down in history as the single most destructive thing that ever happened to this country. This year I voted straight republican but I never voted for Bush so I share no blame.

Bush should be ashemed...really is a shame... anywhere he goes ppl are throughing their shoes at them..... this is a new low for Bush and for all of us Americans...I am ashamed.

My oh my – what an improvement

A metaphor for the entire debacle of the Bush years–needless deaths, wasted money. History should not be kind to those idiots.

I disagree with the poster who says that any insult to Bush is an insult to the rest of our country. NO!

Bush lied us into a war and now he is trying to lie himself into a decent legacy. This Iraqi journalist - like MANY people in this country - think Bush should be seen for what he really is, a war criminal. I'd rather see Bush impeached, but if the Dems can't bring themselves to do that (thanks for trying, Rep. Kucinich), at the very least Bush can dodge some shoes and be internationally dissed.

It seems the emperor has no clothes, but he does now have some extra shoes.

Many of these comments are so immature. The reporter who threw his shoes...childish! Too bad this guy didn't have enough guts to throw his shoes at the ruthless dictator Sadaam.

well i guess this man who threw the shoes was tryin to tell mr bush something,,, but bush didnt get it,,,,, go figure,,,,

She can handle it. She's a woman. Chevy tough.

We through bullets at innocent Iraqis – and this based on a bunch of lies. The minimum they should be allowed to through at Bush are their shoes – Bush deserved what he got.

What does someone have to do to get his comment posted on this page? It can't be propriety or relevance. There are some stupid comments here. I cannot figure out why mine are being moderated since they are not inflammatory or hateful.

Maybe this one will get through since it's negative.

Moderator: why are my posts not being accepted???!!!

This man was my hero.... I have greatest respect for his courage and great heart...............

can she talk of microphone not the shoe then!

She got a black eye? The Iraqi people got over 80,000 innocent deaths half of them women and children. Who cares about her black eyes... no one invited her and Bush to Iraq anyhow....

Hey Rick, ever heard of Joe the Plumber???

To "Rick"...get a life, please. Thank you!!

Perino ought to take lessons from her boss. Duck, when a flying object comes toward you.

B4 I comment on anything, If the shoe throwing is what is shown on the clips, then I don't see Perino..............

Shoe throwing incident send Republicans down the sewage!

I just watched the video feed from CNN again – Dana is nowhere near NUMBNUTS. In fact, when the Secret Service guys approaches him, you can clearly hear NUMBNUTS say "I'm alright".

Her balck eye reminds me of the stories I heard about the First Lady during DUBYA's drinking days.

Wow, the ultra-right-wing, neo-conservatives are weighing in pretty hard. They turn to others and accuse them of spreading hate. Where were you when Sarah Palin was running her mouth? I don't agree with all the comments from the Democrats, however with all the rougue cowboy, you're-with-us-or-against-us, Bill of Rights ignoring (see Article IV), Constitution disrespecting antics, Democrats and many moderates are celebrating being released from the shackles of Bush-bondage. Now that the rhetoric is on the other foot, the Bushies are loosing their minds. If you can't take the punches, don't throw them!

Personally, I would rather use all our efforts to try to repair our country. It will take all of us to turn this country around to save it from ourselves. You don't have to love the people in government , but if you truly love your country as all the Republicans say they do, let's get busy. We are only as strong as our weakest link!

SPC-

If someone threw shoes at Saddam, they would be killed. If someone didn't vote for Saddam, they would be killed. You are an idiot.

Wow, half of you bloggers are just plain idiots. Praising someone for being rude and down right hateful to the President of the United States. It doesn't matter if you like Bush or not, he is still your President and he represents America. I see this as a slap in the face to each and every American by an ungrateful individual. This protester did it for attention, which is exactly what he has now. If Saddam was still alive and in power, and he would have done that, he'd have been shot and killed seconds later. His family would probably have been executed as well. He should be happy to be living in a now FREE country where you are allowed to say and do what you want. Shame on you Democrats who think this guy is a hero. What if it was Obama that was there and this guy threw a shoe at him. Would you still be so hateful?

She sits with him, she tries to make him look good to the world, bummer she picked the wrong person to support. It happens. Is she going to invest in sub-prime mortgages now and claim she had no way to know she could lose money?

It looks like Mr. shoe tosser might be doing some long jail time. He deservers it for what he did. You people that think he is a hero or think it was funny are sick in the head.

Karma will get you every time. Just ask Obama as his administration blows up before he even gets in the W.H. Priceless!!! LOL!!!

Kendall from Jefferson City – you are right on. What is wrong with you people in this country who condone disrespect to our president. I see many posts on here that say to the Repubs, hey get over it Obama won, and I see posts that say they will support Obama even though they did not vote for him. do you really want this country to end up like it is in other countries. well it is getting there because of the lack of disrespect not only for the pres but for each other. It is pretty disgusting what is happening.

Maybe if she had dinner ready on time this wouldn't of happened.

As they well known phrase says .. women, children and press officers .. last!!

Sorry to see Dana get a blackeye, but I wonder if it just goes along with the bigger headache she's endured having to work for GWB. He's been an even bigger headache and blackeye to our great nation!

Two impressions: (1) The President ducked like he has had stuff thrown at him before and (2) The Iraqi reporter has a darn good arm. Fast and dead on!

Wow – what a bunch of mean, nasty people we have here. Great examples for our children to cheer a woman getting a black eye and the leader of the free world being humiliated.

Grow up, brats. Despite my opposing much of what Bush stood for, I take no pleasure in seeing our president have to duck to avoid a shoe. Even if you don't respect the man, you should show some respect for the office.

And to all those who say the Iraqi people are worse off, that's crap. Under Saddam Hussein, no one would have dared throw a shoe for fear of being "disappeared." Bush was right about one thing – this is the truest example of freedom in Iraq you could possible get.

Brings to mind an old saying from the American Revolution, and (in more recent times, the movie "The American President") I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. We have given that to the Iraqi people. I am not at all happy with how this shoe-thrower chose to express himself, but I am proud to have given him the freedom to do so.

And again, for those who delight in the shoe toss and resulting humiliation and black eye, grow up, brats. All of us Americans were humiliated by this, not just Bush.

Just like 9/11 there is no evidence that Perino is behind or any close to President and minister of Iraq.........

MMMMMh go to utube and try see if you see Perino anywhere in that vedio!

... And as far as the shiner goes…she wears it well.

I thought the shoe throwing was great and if they hit her instead of him– good. Her job has been to defend this loser President and she, along with the rest of the administration deserve everything they get. What goes around comes around...good riddans to all of them.

I can't believe how many people hate Bush yet he's walking around free. You know he broke laws misleading us into war. Appoint a special prosecutor and try him for high crimes and misdemeanors! NOW!!

sorry for that but on the video I see no evidence that she was actually there!!

Anyone?

Hi

In response to Bush's stupid comment about attacking Iraq. This just goes to prove that Bush is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. It is sorry that so many Americans voted for him. I thought the American voter was smarter. Oh well

Let's throw Mad dog in a hard time prison. That is where he should go with about a 50 billion fine. Let's get tough with these wall street thugs.

Small price to pay for being a part of this administration. I'm not suprised that shoes didn't fly before now. Bush rarely appeared before any audience that wasn't friendly toward his policies. His appearances were as staged as his intellect. The one time they couldn't review their audience beforehand turned out to have a person who spoke for the world with a pair of shoes. It was an awful thing to do though. Any country that has disdain for dogs should not be trusted for one second.

you know i gotta say- i been neither a bush supporter or fan but i don't appreciate anyone throwing shoes at our president- no matter what that nut belongs to us. as americans we are the only ones with rights to throw shoes at him, and like it or not, we can't and don't.

Well as a proud liberal, I'm not rejoicing over what happened. It seemed that the secret service was caught flat footed and that's not good. This man had time to throw two shoes at the President of the United States. Imagine if it weren't shoes? No matter what I think of Bush, I don't want to see him harmed.

Enough, already. Bush-bashers, he's down to a few weeks in office and then you get to see if your candidate can do better...get over it.

Glad her eye will be okay but this is still funny!

THE SHOE WAS MEANT TO GIVE BUSH A BLACK EYE BUT SHE GOT ONE INSTEAD!

She took one for the team.

SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS GETTING WHAT THEY DESERVE. THYE CAN LIE AND JOKE LIKE ITS NO PROBLEM BUT THE ENTIRE BUSH KLAN IS LOOKING REAL STUPID RIGHT NOW.

She is a victim of domestic violence.Period!!!

Dana Perino has been the best White House press secretary in a long time.

She has a tough job running interference for the Bush administration.

Good.

I can't wait to get the hell out of that hole! There will be new dictators to torture and kill the Iraqis and nobody on earth will care. Any shoe torpedo will be followed by a public flogging and beheading. Just like the good old days!

Bush did it.

Every time people of all different back grounds have to put a label on everything. Through out this post it's the liberals and the conservatives the dems or repubs. What happened was not because we liberated a people and a nation, how many civilian Iraqis have been killed.? The number could be well into the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS, no one really knows for sure. So how would you feel about the so called liberators of democracy if it came at such a heavy price? You would throw your shoes at him too!!

The shoe throwing incident could mean President Bush has achieved his objectives in Iraq, which is to free the people and give them democracy. If it were Saddam that the journalist threw his shoes . . . he would have been slaughtered like an animal already.

too bad she got black eye.also if you run with fools what do you expect.too bad iraqui news man missed.would have loved to see someone anyone.smack this fool bush in the chops

All of the people with Bush ,and including Bush,are vary brave Americans,they are actually putting their lives on the line for our country all of the time.There are terrorist from all over the world, and people with the same mantallity in our own country,you can read some of there post here,that would like to cause harm to our president and our own American government staff,really scary stuff.I'm afraid of these people!!

Good thing she didn't have to dodge the brick that the majority of Americans would like to throw at Bush.

Why didnt they throw the book at him?

Throwing shoes at the most powerful man in the world? Not too bright. Let's try to grow up a little bit. Shall we?

She stole my joke. I knew I should have copyrighted it.

If this happened to OBAMA, whould that be a good thing? You Demacrats are full of you self!! OBAMA wants to be my President. Why can't you realize that Bush is our President weather we like him or not. Did you think that the people that flew planes in to the TRADE CENTERS, PENTAGON, AND A FIELD IN PA. were hero's? I Bet the some 3500 people that died that day would differ with you. Consider your selves non american!!!!!!!

I'm sure that Obama will have his share of shoes going at him.

But, you bleeding heart libs will say it is a hate crime or some other crap.

Obama will be impeached within the first 2 years. He is nothing more that a snake oil salesman.

Oh my . . . . when the nation & foreign countries do not support your manager that indicates . . . the BIG PICTURES NEEDS TO BE FINE TUNED!

She lies alot.

JS..........i agree. It is not acceptable. No persons, particularly the prez of USA should be treated that way. I would be offended if our press spit on the Pope, threw a tomato at Putin, etc..

Is there any more to say about this beyond, "I wonder where shoe-thrower-boy would be at this moment if he had thrown his shoes at Saddam Hussein?"

I'm not sorry she got hit by the shoe. She stood up and broadcast the lies of the Bush Administration for years. She even added insults against the Dems (and liberals in general) to her "news reports". Shameful. Shes getting her just rewards.

Bush got the Black Eye last time.. he blamed the PRETZEL Must be a lot of pretzel loose around W. Bush.

I voted for Obama. I dislike Bush intensly. I do NOT think, however, that throwing a shoe at a world leader is acceptable under ANY circumstances. And now the Arab press is demanding the journalist's release, to show that democracy works. What a bunch of fools. Democracy does not mean freedom to do anything to anyone. Obviously they don't get it. The shoe thrower should cool his heels in a nice, comfortable Iraqi prison for a year or two. If some American soldier had thrown his shoe at the Iraqi (or Egyptian president...the journalist was from Egypt) there would be an international incident right now. People burning American flags in the streets, shouting "Death to America!" Spare me. Whatever Bush is, or has done, throwing shoes at him is not acceptable.

PERINO IS AN IDIOT ANYWAY!

karma sucks.

Jared and the other little jerks who thought this was funny are typical of the type who gets their news from Comedy Central and SNL. Wait till life throws a shoe at you. Your pathetic type cannot handle anything more stressful than a broken TV. I read comments from vermin like you and shake my head realizing that your type votes. Hopefully you and your type will not breed so the next generation has a chance.

i no longer care what is happening in iraq... i have had enough of the liar and his bully friends.. "pseudo freedom" is not freedom.

Chi Town: You are a truly pathetic loser of a person. In fact, you are welcome to leave and go live in Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, North Korea or any of the other great places you apparently adore... While I would take my shoes off, at least I have the decency (which you do not) to NOT throw them at you!

I am a proud southern liberal, but am appalled by the staggering ignorance of some people... it's NEVER right to attack the president, even if you hate him (his policies) and didn't vote for him.

The shoe throwing incident was funny in a way, it was weird to see a guy who is supposedly a professional journalist lose it so much.

The black eye: well maybe she can get a medal for being wounded in the line of duty :p.

Less funny about the shoe story is the fact that the guy was not down before he got the chance to throw the shoe in the first place. Security was too slow. If he had thrown a brick or other hard object not caught by the scanners the president could have been seriously hurt or worse.

I have no love for the twit currently serving as president but he should be protected all the same. Secret Service dropped the ball on this one, let it be a lesson for the future. Not only bullets can kill!

That poor secretary! I hope she's ok! I don't care if she's Bush's secretary, she had to be there as a part of her job. I hope she isn't too shaken up. The bruise looks like it isn't so bad, but that could be the makeup.

As absurd as the last eight years have proven to be, I am not surprised that in these final days, the absurdity ratchets up.
Wow.

The fact that this guy felt free enough to throw a shoe at the president simply underscores the fact that freedom of expression and speech has found a far greater foothold in the Middle East than his critics ever give Bush credit for. In a democracy, people protest and express their opinions. The reporter's footwear-flinging and the scattered protests in Iraq in support of the reporter are proof positive that something profound has changed in Iraq because of Bush's actions, flawed though they were at times.

In response to Kendall,

A future where our kids will have no health insurance and paying the huge debt the last 8-years have created? Give me a break, freedom at the cost of our principles is not freedom. It's a joke.

Big deal. She will still sport that smug grin, and continue being a condescending bit**. She will devote a whole chapter to it when she writes her book. I'll bet sean hannity cried himself to sleep.

Kpawlak December 16th, 2008 2:32 pm ET

To you bush hating bloggers who think it's great that the shoe was thrown, I hope you are not raising offspring. Your lack of any kind of respect and your ignorance I hope, does not move any further than this self absorbed uninformed generation. Makes me wonder had that been Obama? I'm sure it would have become a racial issue and you all would be whipped up into a froth!

You must be in that 20% that are still drinkin gthe BUSH kool-aid, or are just one of the many thieves that have benefitted from his treacherous eight years.!!!If you haven't noticed, millions of people are suffering and losing their jobs because of this jerk. This has nothing to do with race unless you're talking about Bush being in a race all by himself "IGNORANCE'.

It is unfortunately what happened to Bush and perino
It is also unfortunate to the thousands of iraqis dying every day and those loosing their homes and jobs. no one hears their pain.

How many black eyes could you have seen when Bush began bombing the hell out of Iraq ? Kids, women, elderly and all innocent.

Since nobody in our government has the guts or will to impeach Bush/Cheney, the shoe incident is the only consolation we can take pleasure in. Sure it's disrespectful, but Bush's lack of respect for our constitution, democracy, and international law have earned him this kind of treatment.

Proof that democracy is alive and well in Iraq. Had this person thrown a shoe at Saddam, he would be dead already. Sometimes seeing things like this is the only thanks one gets for the hard work of liberating a country and creating a new democracy. All of you stupid Bush haters completely miss the real point of this story.

I can't condone the violence. It is wrong, no two ways about it. On the other hand, here is the story of the perpetrator. Knowing this may help understand what caused him to snap.

(from BBC News)
. . .
Muzhir al-Khafaji, programming director for the channel, described him as a "proud Arab and an open-minded man".

"He has no ties with the former regime. His family was arrested under Saddam's regime," he said.

Mr Zaidi has previously been abducted by insurgents and held twice for questioning by US forces in Iraq.

In November 2007 he was kidnapped by a gang on his way to work in central Baghdad and released three days later without a ransom.

He said at the time that the kidnappers had beaten him until he lost consciousness, and used his necktie to blindfold him.

Mr Zaidi never learned the identity of his kidnappers, who questioned him about his work before letting him go.

My 9 year old son started to say some smart comment about Bush and the shoe throwing video, but I had to stop him and explain that even though we do not agree with Bush and his administration, we do not rejoice in the attempted violence directed toward anyone. But I will admit, a tiny part of me got a little chuckle, I mean a shoe of all things.

He could have express him self by using words instead of resorting to violence, i am not crazy about President Bush! but the fact remains he is our President and deserve respect no matter how wrong he was about the war .

Whether you like the President or not, he is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Have some respect, and some self respect for that matter. If this were President-elect Obama, it would be equally wrong regardless of the reason for the attack. Now I hear this guy's brother whining about his injuries. If one plans on attacking a nation's leader (in any nation), accept that one result will be some pretty rough treatment directed at you (rightfully so). To anyone happy this woman was hurt... you're pathetic. Besides, what kind of backward culture looks at shoe throwing as a normal form of expression? To quote Austin Powers, International Man Of Mystery, "Who throws a SHOE?" "Honestly?"

Can I throw my pair of steel toe boots at Bush or someone in his admistration for a $50 dollar donation to the treasury? This option should be made available for every American, bet it will rake in a lot of money.

To: Lib be dopes ...even God promised Ishmael that He would bless him with a great nation. Only a loving God would also give His Son Jesus to the world so we might be free.

Needless to say, many selfish and deceptive people from all walks of life will continue to do the things in which God hates:

There are six things which the LORD hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Proverbs 6:16-19

"I accidently got hit in the eye by a microphone while the secret service responded to an Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at the president of the US."

Oh, yeah, sure. I bet every ER doctor has heard this excuse at least a hundred times. Dana needs to get away from her batterer.

He could have express him self by using words instead of resorting to violence, i am not crazy about President Bush! but the fact remains he is our President and deservr respect no matter how wrong he was about the war .

Send a shoe to Bush to show your displeasure with his administration as he does his delusion lap around the world:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20500

i still say it is to bad the guy missed. he might have knocked some sense into bush and made him understand how bad he has screwd this country in the last eight yrs.

How come everytime Bush is involved innocent people get hurt? Geeez

The shoe throwing is just an example of how wrong Bush was/is in understanding Iraq and its people. He has not learned anything greater then he did when he thought invading the country was a great idea. I don't condone the act of throwing shoes at leaders, or anyone for that matter, but it does express how utterly despised Bush and his foreign policies are in the region and to the extent he has turned potential allies into enemies.

I feel humiliated as a an American when I have to say Bush is my President. So seeing him be humiliated makes me think to myself and let all of you know that Karma can be a...

To Bad that Perino go caught in the cross-fire.
Press Secretary for the WH is a thank-less job.
Have to lie and cover up each time that they stand in front of the press.
No wonder after a year or so, they resign.
Just ask McClelland......

C'mon, people. You got your wish. Try, just for once, being gracious in victory. You sure were never able to do it in defeat.

Maybe I'm being sexist or whatever but I still believe in chivalry and I think the secret service should be able to protect the President without trampling women or children. I mean come on...this guy got off one shoe then bent down to pick up the second and threw it as well and the press secretary ends up with a black eye? Tactical training increase for the secret service maybe?

Some of you sick people are happy she is physically hurt? What sort of human beings are you?

Intellectually, I'm sure she knows that the Secret Service won't protect her when Bush is in danger, but I wonder how it feels to see that in action. If there had been a real mortal threat, she would have been on her own.

Steve for Change
Are you and the others calling that reporter a hero so stupid to not realize that you and every other American was insulted when that shoe was thrown? Even if you hate him, Bush is President and the office deserves respect. Did you also celebrate in the streets like the Muslim world did on 9/11? Anyone who calls this guy a hero should stop calling himself or herself an American.

How fortunate for the person who threw the shoes at Bush that he hadn't tried to throw them at Saddam Hussein six years ago, which would have resulted in his certain torture or death. It's ironic that the freedom he now enjoys is so offensive to him; yet, he seems to have no qualms about exercising his freedom of expression now in ways that would have been unthinkable a few years ago.

Where in the heck was the secret service? That reporter should have never gotten the opportunity to even think about throwing the second shoe before having his arm ripped from his shoulder.

Well, Bush is not my favorite President, but he is MY President (no matter how rotten I think he is). That guy had absolutely no right to do what he did. He really should be sent to prison. He gets NO CHEERS from me.

And another thing, those Secret Service agents should be FIRED! I will accept the fact that the Iraqi nut-burger got a chance to throw the first shoe; but, the agents should have had their knees in his back BEFORE he put that arm down and began to raise the other arm to make the second shoe airborne. The response was absolutely too slow.

This is the "thanks" given and the Iraqi's get most of the 10 billion dollars being sent to Iraq each month?

although the current president is unpopular, believe me I as an american citizen ashamed of what he did to our country. I still don't agree with what the journalist did, throwing his shoes at someone who represents us the people, is a statement meant to not only insult our president, but to also insult us the American people.

Lets hope things definitely change when the new president-elect takes office.

Who knew shoe throwing would make you famous!

JS I see what you are saying but I didn't vote for Bush either time and I also worked long and hard to get my fellow college students at the time to vote as well. Throwing shoes in my eyes is better than throwing bombs. That is not just intended at our failed occupation but all the leaders that are allowing innocent lives to be taken. I feel the shoes was minor to what Bush really deserves.

She is nowhere in sight!!! But lying is fitting of this WH.

The US press is civilized and mature, no one would do anything like that to another human being. It is rude, and primitive, even if only in your thought.

SPC– I think you've just won the "Comment of the Day" Award! Most of the morons (I would use the word "retards", but that would be insulting to people who actually are mentally retarded) on this post/site revel in the thought of bad things happening to anyone that doesn't agree with their pathetic opinions. If Obama had been the one hit by a projectile, these robots here would be starting riots in the streets!

Does the reporter realize that if he had done this to Saddam he probably would have shot on the spot? Sounds like someone should be a little more grateful!

Karma...it has a funny way of presenting itself huh? You stand up and lie to American public everyday and then you get hurt by a shoe... THis is the stuff comedies are made off.

Bush may go down as one of the worst president's in history but you have to give kudos to the man for his bobbing and weaving skills. The man can duck! Hope all is well with both of them!

PS- Hey Anna, so you think that if we can't free everyone that is oppressed then we shouldn't free anyone? With such a sharp mind it's a wonder why you're not in charge.

I feel sorry for her .

I can't believe people are making comments like "violence is not the answer" and "who was that person to throw a shoe at him?" Well who was Bush to bomb their country and cause the deaths of thousands upon thousands of Iraqis? People got hit with a whole lot worse than shoes because of this idiots mistakes and hidden agenda. Maybe had the shoe hit him, it would have knocked some sense into him. Respect? He didn't show any respect for their people. Heck he shows none for ours, and we are Americans! However, the black eye should have been Bush's and not Perino's. Can't shoot the messenger.

TO kendall from jefferson city mo

They didn't ask for our help.

As if being Bush's press secretary wasn't black eye enough.....

Shoes, not flowers; that is what we were greeted with for all our blood and treasure.

It is long past time to get our kids home and let these idiots sort out their own troubles.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE THERE ANYMORE..............

You liberals are just pathetic.

bush has given the american people a black eye around the world.

last week i went to spain and there were some people saying that americans S***.

i was embarrased, thanks to president bush....!!!!!

how about another black eye from the american people!!!'

who is with me!!!!!!

Steve for Change......what a joke you are!

He couldn't do that to Saddam, now could he? Saddam would have said, "You don't want your shoes, then I guess you don't want your feet".

Would you cheer this Journalist with no feet?

I did not vote for George W. Bush in either of his elections. I voted for Obama in this election. I really hate what George Bush and his crew have done to our country, and the world for that matter. HOWEVER, it is NEVER acceptable to throw objects at another person, that includes our President. Anyone who takes joy in this incident is foolish. This will not end well. That journalist will probably serve time in prison. He has a family that will lose his income and be missing their husband/father. Was it worth it?

While I agree that no one should throw anything at our president, you really can't blame the guy. We invaded his country on false pretense. Because of this illegal invasion over 100,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. (now don't freak out, I am not saying we killed them, but the violence we caused did) Over 4000 American soldiers have died. Iraqis infrastructure is in shambles. Iran now has great influence over the region. Most Iraqi neighborhoods have been ethnically cleansed. Families have been torn apart. All because Bush was so determined to invade Iraq that he willingly overlooked the truth. So if all he gets is a show thrown at him, he is getting off easy.

Proof that being a drooling neocon is unhealthy.

If our president was a nice guy he would let the man go. Why make more people in the world hate him even more. Mr President pardon him...

@ Kendell in MO

Really? You think we've done them all favors? Their homes and infrastructure are DESTROYED. Their families are DESTROYED. They are in constant danger from rogue extremists. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE DEAD BECAUSE WE SHOWED UP WAVING A FLAG WITH NO RIGHT TO BE THERE. Sure, Sadam Hussein is dead and no longer in power...but if you call what we've given to them and their country a gift, you're as insane as they come. They won't be free of the damage we did for generations.

This journalist that thrown shoes on president Bush, where was he under Saddam Husseins oppressive regime? Where was he when the muslim extremist "terrorist" committed hedious killings of innocent citizens in New York in 2001? I guess he probably thought that those heartless killers are mythiers and they are doing the right thing by killing what they probably presumed to be "Infidels". I really wish that Americans should stop rescuing these ungreatful people at all cost and let them loath under whatever oppression they going through and when that is done, all americans border should be highly secured against these kind of people like "shoe thrower" so he will not have any chance in hell to perceive a civilised society.However, the genesis of these whole disrepect emaneted from americans who has succeded in blaming Bush for all that has gone wrong in their lifes and countless of times been insulted by every dick and harry. How can americans easily forgot the security his leadership has brought to amercan soil by fighting the extremist in their own terran instead of allowing them to cause the same distruction in american soil like in 2001. This goes to tell the world that it is only in american you can insult your president and go scout free, something which cannot happen in places like Iran,China,Russia, north Korea and just to mention but a few. What a freedom of speech without obligation. All Americans should be ashamed of themselves. Let me ask any of you morons that are so obessed in blaming Bush for all your failures " If there is great fear of individual security in everyday american civil society would you people still be talking more about the economic hardship?" I leave that for you to respond to.

It seems the Iraqis have learned well what freedom means.
Freedom of expressions is the same as freedom of speech.
All the people in Middel East are jumping for joy as they learn what freedom means. When dusts settles, they will be in awe at what they have achieved.

I bet she is going to be happy on Jan. 20th.

To all the people claiming that we liberated the Iraqi people...tell that to the thousands and thousands of dead innocent Iraqis!

Sweeet! Like 95% of the US it would have been nice if the shoe had connected with the intended target. None the less, a crony is still a good score. lol

if only the US military hadn't taken the reporters gun....

Too bad about her eye, but when you become the front stage liar for that gang, what do you expect to eventually happen. Thank God in a few short weeks, it will all be over and we can begin to build respect in the world again.

This election has clearly shaken the ground underneath the rupubs' feet. They'll cry foul at a tumbleweed if it insults them enough. I hope Obama shows them what a successful eight years looks like; then again, they didn't seem to learn too well from the Clinton era.

Those who find pleasure in this should remember that a United State president represents all Americans and this sign of disrespect was directed at you too.

What of the Secret Service? They completely let every U.S. citizen down. When the first shoe flew the Secret Service should have been piling on top of the President to protect him. Nothing. Then the guy had time to take off a second shoe and hurl it at the President. How is it possible that the Secret Service completely let down the security guard of the President of the United States. Those guys put their lives on the line to protect the President and when he/we needed them most, they reacted so slowly. They didn't even react until it was all over. If I were Bush I would not feel so extremely secure and/or confident in the protection provided by the Secret Service. It is clear that further training and better recognition of potential threats to the life of the President is required.
As an average American, I want to thank the Secret Service for protecting our President. Whether we like him or not, he is the President of the United States and must be protected accordingly.

as much as the shoe thing is funny, this shows that there was a security issue to me....where was the secret service?.....thank God that was a shoe.....and no one got hurt....just a few black eyes.

The last time Bush ducked anything that skillfully, it was the Vietnam War.

That Iraq guy should've thrown more than a shoe it that idiot and murderer (Bush), Bush is responsible for thousands of lives and still counting, billions of dollars spend and still counting, millions of people in this country loosen jobs b/c they allowed deregulation in the market. This administration has run this country into the ground and their just going to walk away with no punishment, I say, to bad it wasn't a gun, b/c that's what he deserves ((((( DEATH )))). I've never wish death on anyone before but I truly wish it on him.

CNN, the "Politithetic" chat room. Those that blog here are like dogs licking their balls.

word,

Ron

I'd almost feel bad for her, except that she's been lying for Bush ever since she took the job. The last guy had an attack of conscience, as did many other Bush cronies. But Perino is happy to keep spreading the official Bush/Cheney manure and let others suffer. Hope the black eye sticks around for a long time!

Um, reporter, did you forget about Jim Brady? Apparently being a White House press secretary can be pretty dangerous. Maybe because, I don't know, you're always near a high-profile target???

We rejoice when someone throws a shoe at our President and we glorify the media that vilifies and ridicules our candidates to the presidency or whoever they don't like. There is a general collective histeria, almost as if we had entered "The zone". Where do we go from here? Let's think about it for a moment. This is not something to be proud of.

This journalist that thrown shoes on president Bush, where was he under Saddam Husseins oppressive regime? Where was he when the muslim extremist "terrorist" committed hedious killings of innocent citizens in New York in 2001? I guess he probably thought that those heartless killers are mythiers and they are doing the right thing by killing what they probably presumed to be "Infidels". I really wish that Americans should stop rescuing these ungreatful people at all cost and let them loath under whatever oppression they going through and when that is done, all americans border should be highly secured against these kind of people like "shoe thrower" so he will not have any chance in hell to perceive a civilised society.However, the genesis of these whole disrepect emaneted from americans how has succeded in blaming Bush for all that has gone wrong in their lifes and countless of times been insulted by every dick and harry. How can americans easily forgot the security his leadership has brought to amercan soil by fighting the extremist in their own terran instead of allowing them to cause the same distruction in american soil like in 2001. This goes to tell the world that it is only in american you can insult your president and go scout free, something which cannot happen in places like Iran,China,Russia, north Korea and just to mention but a few. What a freedom of speech without obligation. All Americans should be ashamed of themselves. Let me ask any of you morons that are so obessed in blaming Bush for all your failures " If there is great fear of individual security in everyday american civil society would you people still be talking more about the economic hardship?" I leave that for you to respond to.

The Black Eye is a result of collateral damage. Thousands of Innocent Civilians died as a result of the Bush-Whacked reckless Iraqi war policy.

We can have our differences but throwing shoes at anybody is barbaric. I am glad that she doing fine and God bless her.

And so.... the true feelings of the Iraqi people is expressed through one of their journalists?

Here is Bush going out of office still meddling in their government and country. How many people have to die, Americans and Iraqis, before Bush admits he was wrong!

Wait a minute... that is a stupid question! Nothing Bush or Cheney have done do they consider a mistake!

In the words of Dick Cheney, "So?"

They have NO shame... No remorse! They did what they did because they wanted to, and NO ONE questioned them! And now every step Obama takes is under the scrutiny of the media..... double standard? You betcha!

To Kendall from Jefferson: These people are not better off now (today) than they were under Saddam. In fact many of them feel that their lives have been destroyed. Now imagine that your country was bombed, most of your friends and family are dead or injured, or maimed. You can't go down the street for fear of being blown up. Now under Saddam, there were problems, but not the chaos that these people live with hourly in that shell of a country. Don't be so quick to pat yourself on the back and say "job well done." Many Iraqis hate us more than ever. They will not ever adopt our ideals and principles. They don't envy our way of life. (See, only the arrogant would believe so). Haven't you ever wondered why they will strap on a bomb and blow up our troops and leaders at the cost of their own lives, but wouldn't do the same to get rid of that "cruel" leader that "oppressed" them for so long? Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. I would also venture out and say I bet if given the choice of living under Saddam, and what they live with now, they'd pick Saddam. Sometimes it takes a fanatical nut to lead a fanatical people. They don't believe in what we do. They don't think as we do. They are willing to die for their beliefs. Now how many Americans do you know would be willing to do the same?

Haven't many of us already expressed our displeasure with Mr. Bush and his policies by "booting" the Republicans out of office through the election of Senator Obama? We acted symbolically (as we should have); the irate Iraqi acted literally, but then he didn't get a vote in the process.

Chi Town makes a very good point. I don't like the job lil' Bush has done, but you are right, this Iraqi reporter was able to express himself because Saddam is not around. Iraqis were being jailed, tortured and killed for far less than shoe throwing under his rule.

So, Iraqi-shoe-throwing-journalist, the brave men and women of the U.S. Military says, "You Are Welcome. Enjoy that freedom of speech you have now".

That journalist and his family would not have seen the sun rise in the morning had he done that to Saddam Hussein.

And I apologize for typing too fast and not editing well...you get my point!

Also JS ...... santee...

I had nothing to do w/ Bush in the Whitehouse, I voted for Gore in 2000 and repug scumbags stole it from me and my fellow SMART Americans. so people who say I should support this shmuck can pack their bags and leave if they have a problem with what I feel.

shameful.

I am about as far left of President Bush as one can get. However, he is the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES and I believe we owe him dignity and respect if only for that reason.

I am outraged that he can go to another country and suffer such an indignity. I don't see anything funny about it and I think it is a shame that people are saying that this is what he will be remembered for most.

If things were reversed and an American reporter threw something at a visiting foreign leader, I m sure that he would be under the jail!

We should be ashamed of ourselves for poking fun. The networks should stop running this clip.

Frank you make comments about Bush not being in vietnam. what the heck has your beloved Obama done to serve HIS country??

To Anna December 16th, 2008 2:21 pm ET 'Can any one of you imagine a so called freedom which cost you whole family.'

Your comment just proves how uneducated you are about history. Wake up. How do you think this country came to be? Men and women have been dying for hundreds of years to protect the freedom and liberties that we blessed to have today. ‘Nobody in Iraq is happy with their freedom’. Really? Please don't generalize to try and make your point because I do know of people who are happy that they finally have a form of freedom they have never experienced in their lifetime. It's not easy over there now, but it wasn't easy when this country was first formed nor was it easy after the civil war.

You know, I am not one to hate on people. But with all the lies she has told to the American Public I feel Karma gave her that black eye and I feel she deserved it.

On the surface I look at the clip and have to chuckle at the whole "who throws a shoe" thing and laugh at how deftly Pres Bush moves to avert it. and I agree with several of you on a few different things. We did vote this man into office...twice (me included). If you don't like the way he has run the country that's your right to think that way. But all of you who let your blind hatred of him interfere with the rational thought of this Iraqi man disrepecting our president, the one who gave him the freedom to throw those shoes, a guy intent on publicly humiliating our elected leader, which inadvertantly disrespects our fellow citizens who have given their lives for his freedom, and our country in general, shame on you! The world is not only laughing at Bush, they are laughing at you and me, making a mockery of us...the very people who have sacrified our fellow citizens and billions of our taxpaying dollars to save one ungrateful nation afte another and give this ungrateful nation of Iraqi thugs their freedom to hate us for it. And your support of that mockery of our president by mocking him also, show them that it's OK to make fools of American citiizens because we're dumb enough to go along with it!
If one lesson is learned from the Iraq debacle, I hope it is that we never again take up for any Middle Eastern country. If this is how they show their gratitude, let them be suppressed, starved. maimed and killed by their never-ending parade of dictators! You ungrateful Iraqis are the dogs; you deserve the pitiful lives Saddam Hussein subjected you to! We should have left you to live in your stench-filled country to die miserable death without every getting the chance to throw as shoe in the face of freedom!

Ok plain and simple... the show was a sign of disrespect to the man who is responsible for the US invasion of Iraq. Of course he deserved to be disrespected. If Sadaam lead an army to come to the US and take over our government we would all be outraged.

Well put yourself in their position for once, you retarded hicks.

Bush did not give the Iraqi's their "Freedom" he only went into their country and disrupted their govt. (regardless of how corrupt it was)

Bush did not invade iraq because of the 9-11 events, he merely used that as an excuse to "protect us"

Bush is an imbicile just like the majority of people who are standing up for him. You call libs sheep, yet you time and time again support this moronic president.

And Dana Perino got what was coming to her, regardless of how nice she looks

No, American should be happy that a shoe was thrown at our president. That act disrespects all of us and our country. If Mr. Showthrower can't see how far his country has come since Saddam was removed, he should note that his head is still connected to his body.

That is so sad. She got Bush's black eyes.

If Bush was so concerned with spreading democracy and freedom in the Middle East why didn't he attack Saudi Arabia? Too busy skipping around his ranch with the royal family I guess. It was all about revenge for Saddam turning on Rummy and Dick when they thought he was their dictator.

Yeah, microphone... just like when doubya choked on pretzel... Yeah, pretzel...

She must have stepped in front of Bush when the Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at our President! what a joke!

Still-President Bush and any reputable reporting agency including the U.S. State Department has admitted that Iraq insofar as the electrical grid, water and other services is, after 6 years of reconstruction, in worse shape AFTER THE DEATH OF SADDAM AND OUR OCCUPATION THAN BEFORE. I'd throw more than shoes at a man who, not content with destroying a foreign country proceeded to destroy the USA .

Think anti-christ and you wouldn't be to far off the mark. Or in Bush's own words SO WHAT!

She's a tough egg!! Go girl!!

Well, it didn't detract from her good looks!

While I do not condone violence of any kind, I think this recent incident of the reporter throwing his shoes at the President should make us all reflect. Why was this man throwing his shoes? In Iraqi culture, this is the ultimate sign of disrespect and contempt. President Bush's conduct had dismantled a country, left it in flames and turmoil – many attribute him for the deaths of thousands - and for what US national security? oil and resource supremacy? personal vendetta? preservation of global hegemony? Experts will debate the motivations of the neocons for years to follow. What is clear, however, is how this war has soiled America's moral standing in the world, increased animosity of the world, and symbolized extreme arrogance never before seen in the past 50 years. Naturally, people are upset and hold president Bush in contempt and disdain for instrumenting this war that has left thousands of Iraqi and Americans dead. While I do not wish violence or harm onto another, and do not rejoice in this action as some have on this blog, President Bush should not be surprised that many Iraqis regard revile him, and do not see him as their "liberator" as Bush likely regards his role.

What concerns me, however, is to think that this action may have set a presedent - if anyone, journalist, common citizen, whomever - if they have an issue with an elected official – are they now going to start throwing non-lethal objects to air their grevances?

Even with the bruised eye, she still looks HOT!!!!!

My mother always said. "Never lie, it will comeback to get you!"

To DBOSTON:

Simple...............my parents were married and I believe that disqualifies me from running for office.

You might want to brush up on your grammer and sentence structure.

Consider.....

Why are you such a fool? Why didn't you run for office? You are a stupid little person.

Public school?

probably the dumbest people would be the 56 million or so who voted for him in 04.

The irony of this whole incident is that Bush can't figure out why the guy did what he did other than to gain some notoriety.

Bush said.... The journalist was "looking for notoriety," Bush said, adding that authorities shouldn't "overact" in their treatment of him.

"First of all, it's got to be one of the most weird moments of my presidency," he said. "Here I am, getting ready to answer questions from a free press in a democratic Iraq, and a guy stands up and throws his shoe. And it was bizarre, and it was an interesting way for a person to express himself."

This pretty much shows just how insensitive and ignorant Bush is. Thousands of innocent Iraqi's have been killed because of his decision to invade Iraq, probably members of his own family. Yet Bush fails to see that the whole world is disgusted with him reflected by his approval ratings in the USA and the world. Thousands of Iraq's demonstrate in support of this man and Bush can't see it.

JANUARY 20TH CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH SO WE CAN BE RID OF THIS TOTALLY USELESS PRESIDENT FOREVER.

"You give a country and it's people a life that's free from a man that would kill you just to prove he is the ruler and that he is in control and
a future that your kids will prosper in and just because you may not agree with the way it was done you become the most ungrateful nation in the world you say this man is a hero well why don't he come to america and throw his shoes at us because he wouldn't be a hero here see we watched them celebrate when 9-11 happened and yesterday when this happened see we may not like president bush and I am one of these people who don't but he is my president and he is over their representing the United States and that is we the people so when they disrespect him they also disrespect the people of the United States."

They didn't ask for democracy nor understand it.

wow she has a pretty tough job...deserves some respect..I guess.
President Bush is so unpopular at this time. But hopefully he will end up doing the right thing ...Finally.

This is what happens when the US engages in "Nation Building". Since we are held in low esteem by other nations it seems totally appropriate to have a lack of respect shown to W. He has been a total disgrace to the office and thankfully in a little over a month, he can ride off to the ranch.

@
Libs be dopes December 16th, 2008 2:58 pm ET

YOUR IGNORANCE IS LINKING OUT STUPID@SS.

Perino joked reporters are no longer able to wear shoes to press conferences.

Maybe this guy didn't like who was talking.

A transition team loaded with lobbyists...a cabinet loaded with entrenched Washington politicians...yep, change you can believe in.

WHATEVER. HER MAKEUP IS PERFECT EXCEPT FOR AROUND HER EYE. DANA WANTS A LITTLE SYMPATHY. THAT'S ALL.

BESIDES, THE MICROPHONE GOT TIRED OF BEING LIED INTO WITH BUSH'S LIES AND SOCKED IT TO HER.

Bush has kept your butts safe for the last 7 years. At least he has kept the fighting over there and not here. We will see within the next 4 years if we still have that same security. You people applauding this man has lost all your pride, if you have ever had any.

G.W.Bush in an interview admitted that al Queda only came to Iraq after the invasion. AND that there were approximately 850 of them. So he justifies killing one hundred thousand Iraqi military, women and children and over four thousand of your own people, to kill these terrorists and to unseat the unfair Saddam. What a poor joke. Saddam Hussein would not allow terrorists in Iraq and when he caught them, he executed them.

That proves that Bush/Cheney had their own agenda for this whole debacle they call a war. They are the terrorists. They sent your military to take over a country for their oil rights and put your good men and women of the military in danger for greed. Now they have to suffer the consequences of their stupidity. The U. S. Military is the best in the world and now they are hated. Bush and Cheney should be arrested and tried as war criminals in the Hague for the violations of international law that they are admitting to this week. They are no better than Hitler was when he took over Poland and then the rest of Europe. They will have their comeuppance.

I hope they rot in hell.

She's a Republican woman... she ought to be used to black eyes by now. Never knew a Republican guy who didn't smack his wife or girlfriend around a little... it's part of their inadequacy thing. Y'know, like the SUV's, guns, and the other "covering up the fact that I'm a gutless wimp" stuff they do.

Poetic justice.. She has been Bush's number one liar.. So she finally got a black eye, like the black eye they have given the country..

Libs be dopes is funny.

Wish I had something funny or witty to say, some of these posts are hilarious. I will just say I have often wanted to throw things at the t.v. when Pres. Bush appears. I am glad no one got hurt, but the show thrower was awesome. He summed up all the worlds frustration in 2 shots, even if he missed he made his point.

I almost feel sorry for Bush, his future will be very hard with all the hatred he inspires. I said almost.

This will never happen when Obama is in office. Obama will bring us all closer and we will have that warm fuzzy feeling, knowing that once again the world loves us as it once did. Remember when the Muslims celebrated our diversity and everything was tolerated. Jews walking hand in hand with Muslims. Christians able to voice there opinions in the streets of Tehran. It was a happier world then and I have a dream that soon we will be seeing that kind of love again. Yes we can people Yes we can!

I'm really a Democrat at heart, but Dana Perino is a hottie!!!

to "libs be dopes"

Muslims?

You must mean to say that Barack Obama is a Muslim.
And, on that, you are incorrect. However, you must also
mean that in a derogatory way somehow.

How can you be a Muslim and pray five times a day and
not be a good person? Many, many good people in this world are
Muslim and may God bless them all.

You, however, are a dim-witted moron for implying hate
when saying something you obviously know nothing about.

It is time all people (yes, Muslim, too) work together, hand
in hand, to fix the ignorance in this world. An ignorance you
so proudly display.

As much as I despise the president, I do take exception to someone trying to hurt him. I think he is the devil, but he is our(USA) devil. Further, I am happy he is ok.

I trust the press sect will be ok, but I doubt she will get an apology from the reporter who caused the problem. It is my understanding that men in that part of the world don't have a lot of respect for females.

The article said she was inadvertently hit by a microphone as the President's secret service men responded. Evidently, they weren't that close to him when the shoe was thrown. Too bad it missed. That Bush sure has quick reflexes. Got to give him some credit.

To those of you who say he has kept us safe and we haven't been attacked since 9/11 – what do you call what we are going through now? This country is bankrupt and it's getting worse. This man has been the worse steward of our country in its history. This useless war has used up all our money, military and respect. You think Bin Laden has lost? Think again. He has succeeded in bringing us into two wars and our economy stinks. That was Bin laden's goal and he actually has succeeded, sad to say.

I feel sorry for her,but thats what you get when your boss is an idiot. I see the Journalist as a hero, ( a voice was heard )

Apparently the journalist lost family members/relatives during the war and he himself was kidnapped and tortured last year.

I don't think he was trying to hurt Bush. He was making a statement and in his culture, what he did is a huge insult.

He has obviously seen and been through quite a lot and from his perspective I suppose this action was to show his pain. And he represents the thousands affected horribly by the war.

I agree that Saddam was despot- however I don't think this war was the best way to address is atrocities and "free" a people. Obviously there were other reasons as well for why the war happened and sadly too many innocent people were caught in the crossfire.

If she had only ducked like Bush, she would not of had a black eye today. Hope she learned her lesson...either duck or get out the way. Nuff said.

I'm not a fan of the Bush Admin, but Dana if you read this, you're still as cute as a button.

its karma its karma. while your dem pelosi has meetings to talk about meetings to talk about meetings. your gov from ILL is there looking like a complete and utter fool. Did bush try and sell a senate seat. did he. has there been an attack on american soil since 911. has there been/????????????????????????/ karma karma karma. god

Like most middle easterners and asians, muslims generally do not wear shoes in their homes. It is also true that if you use your foot to point to something, it is an insult. So are the acts of showing the soles of your shoes to someone, and throwing a shoe at them. Sort of like slapping a person to challenge him to a duel.

What got me most was that the president hid behind Maliki. If he was the baseball player he thinks he is, he should have caught the shoes.

Given the animosity of the average Iraqi toward this country, and especially toward the president, it really doesn't seem too far out of line. Everyone should be thankful it wasn't a couple of grenades.

Funny how that guy wouldn't be able to even throw a shoe in Saddam's era without being killed, his family imprisoned, etc. Just goes to show how people never focus on positives and go to the negatives, just like the majority of the media's coverage.

You people are nasty. Do your research and find out this guys was a Baathist who supported Saddam. What he did throwing those shoes was terrible. Under Saddam he'd be dead already. I can imagine all you who try to justify these actions would be beside yourselves is this had been Obama. No one should be allowed to disrespect the U.S. President internationally no matter if you agree with our president or not! If I didn't like one of you people, would it be ok for me to take off my shoes and wack you with them? If so, Bush haters, get in line, I'd be glad to take out my frustrations and hurl some shoes at you then rejoice at your black eyes.

DON'T let your 'leaders' KEEP YOU LIVING IN FEAR.
IT WAS JUST A SHOE......IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE

REMEMBER..........ALL YOU HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF.

YOU CAN THANK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOR KEEPING YOU PEOPLE LIVING IN FEAR.

The journalist in question must not be much of a writer because any reporter will tell you that the pen is mightier than the sword or the shoe. Perhaps he resorted to throwing shoes because he's a sorry writer. It's too bad that it wasn't Reagan dodging the shoes and then ad libbing, "I guess he got tired of sticking them in his mouth. I suppose you want them back. Come on up here so that I can give them back to you." Seriously I'm surprised that a reporter that has been kidnapped by insurgents is throwing shoes at our President. What do you think would happen if he threw shoes at the King of Jordan, a Saudi royal, the President of Iran or the late Saddam Hussein? He would be lucky if he had two feet left.

everyone putting down this woman and the pres really seriously miss the point. your tax dollars payed for the equipment and men to go over and fight in iraq. whether it was a good idea or not. its all our tax dollars. the only thanks these low life people can show us is to fire shoes at our press and injure this woman. are you people all mindless followers. you all sound like idiots. our money paid to make this country the way it is, to bring iraq back from the brink and they should the representive of our nation this"? you ll all basically been told to go jump in a lake and you don't see that. you don't comprehend that . its rather disgusting, i wish america was smarter than this petty ha ha ha, its karma, its karma. what is wrong with you

Chi Town has it correct. You should take it a little farther though. Liberals should thank President Bush for preserving their rights to sound like total idiots.

History will show Saddam killing everyone that opposed him and then showing President Bush in Iraq having a shoe thrown at him. That shoe is living proof, we liberated that country. Oh yeah, he kept us safe after 9/11.

I support our President elect regardless of our differences, did you ever support your President the last eight years?

December 16th, 2008 2:03 pm ET

Sorry about the black eye… but what a great day that was.
Freedom has arrived in Iraq… Under Saddam he wouldn't have dared do this… and would have been killed, his family stripped of all wealth and jailed or killed as well. As it is… the man was able to publicly protest without loss of life…

To the man who threw the shoe "Sir, you are very welcome"!

I think this journalist fights like a women, I mean who throws a shoe, honestly?

I have never spoken about Bush on these blogs. However, day after day, I read this argument re: Bush's fault/Clinton's fault. I am going to tell you how I feel. While I am against the war Bush waged, I am no fan of the Clinton's (believe that) and I do give Bush full credit for appointing two black members to his top cabinet positions. Something Clinton never did. Anyway, this is how I see it.

1. The war: The war is both Bush's fault and Clinton's fault. (They tie there). If Clinton had taken action it's true we would not be in the predicament we are in now. However, if Bush had listened and gathered full intelligence our men and women would not be dead or hurt. On this one Bush 70%, Clinton 30% at fault.
2. The economy: Bush borrowed too much money from China and others knowing full well we could not pay it back. Although people say Clinton left no debt-this is not entirely true (he did leave some debt). Bush just kept piling on it. On this one Bush 75%, Clinton 25%.
3. The housing crisis: This is neither Bush's fault or Clinton's fault. Yes, I know about deregulation. However, if someone thought they could take their $40,000 a year job and purchase a $1mil dollar home-that is THEIR fault. On this one neither of them is at fault. Bush 0%, Clinton 0%.
4. The economy: I do blame the democratic congress on this one. Remember under Clinton we lost control of the house. This makes Clinton at fault 75%, Bush 25%.

There you have it. Agree with me or disagree with me but this is the way I see it. All of the republicans who say we show no respect to Bush well, this is not true. I do respect he is our president and I think the shoe throwing was inappropriate as I don't support any type of violence. While I do think Obama will do a better job with this country- I hope those of you who oppose him will admit IF he does-that you were wrong.

Thank you.

I am a dem and I don't believe that Bush did a good job. But dag on it, can a president get some love? There is no excuse for this dude to throw anything at any foreign leader. He's very disrespectful and I think he should pay for it, whatever that penalty may be. Not sentenced to anything too crazy, but he has to pay for that. You don't want people to think they are free to just belittle or disrespect the president. Nothing like that has ever happened over here.

She's still hot! – even with a minor bruise under her eye.

What I find apalling was Bush's reaction to the man who threw his shoes at him. He made a joke out of it. Not even thinking or considering what this man was protesting about. Why was the shoe thrown at him? Certainly, it wasn't a mere publicity stunt of someone who wants some air time – as he puts it.

That man knew he probably will go to jail as a result for how long no one knows. He risked it all simply because of the atrocities the Bush administration had done to his people. Just imagine the death toll daily that the Iraqis faced.

They might not have much during the Sadam years but they certainly had more then than now. And what about terrorism? There were no terrorist then because Sadam kept them as bay. Look where they are now – a haven for terrorism.

No matter how Mr. Bush sells this war, it was and will always be based on a lie. A deception. There were no WMD, there were no terrorist in Iraq. They had a dictator sure – someone who could have easily been dealt with without the necessity of a costly war.

I say free that man who threw his shoes. Many wanted to do the same. He deserves it. Instead of working hard in his last days to help the economy, he is busy trying to fool the world into believing he was a good president. That everything he did was justified.

Sorry, we don't have amnesia.

Oh, god. A few idiots are happy that Bush got a shoe thrown at him, so now "all democrats are supporters of the shoe-thrower". Just like how a few idiots believe for some preposterous reason that Barack Obama is a muslim, so now obviously, "all republicans are Obama muslim conspiracy theorists". Right?

Come on, guys. I would hope that smearing half the country in one sentence would lose some of its appeal after this election.

America is the only civilized place, where people reason with a heart and understanding and kindness before human weakeness and imperfection, and not animal instinct, thanks to our founding-fathers' legacy of traditional Biblical values. Only time can tell if Obama, or Biden or Blagojevich, or any of us for God's sake, is the last angel standing, in hundreds or thousands of years.

Too bad the guy was a lously shot. Maybe major league baseball will offer him a position.

I thank God for our President! He's kept our country save, and brought some kind of stability to Iraq, along with our amazing troops. God Bless them and keep them save always!

It enhances her looks. Actually Bush hit her as he ducked the shoe. Too bad they missed him. Might have knocked some sense into that vapid man.

Karma

this guy threw a shoe at our president, now whether you like him or not, that wasn't right. i voted 4 Barack Obama, the secret service should have taken a much more aggressive reaction with that fool.

Joe December 16th, 2008 2:06 pm ET

Sorry Perino got a black eye, but THREE CHEERS for the guy that threw the shoes – Imagine if every American who wanted to express their feelings about Bush and his Iraq debacle (just to name one of many) were to do the same – the White House would be buried.
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Would this be appropriate for people that disagree with Obama? With all the comments in favor of this guy I guess its ok.

it never ceases to amaze me at the venom of the left and liberals! when this happens to obama they will call for that country to be bombed off the face of the earth – but with the bush administration the more vile the act the better the despicable dem liberals like it – such hatred must be eating a hole in their souls!

This incident, along with the ability for all Iraqi citizens to freely vote and travel (not to mention the MANY new freedoms for women), is a direct result of the actions of Bush, which could only have been done with the authorization and approval of Congress (Democrats and Republicans).

Anna @ "Can any one of you imagine a so called freedom which cost you whole family."
They're called the Sullivan family – all five brothers died so that you could blog your dislike for our President without fear of reprisal.

Still a lot of bitterness and hate on the left , seeing that the same posters on other threads demand that those on the right "Get over it already and support our new President. You lost!" It's been 8 years and counting for many of you.

That's what she get's for suggesting an auto bailout without the GOP senators approval.

Those guys play tough!

She should take a lesson from her boss, and learn to duck......

Yeah right ...that black eye is courtesy of her white trash wife-beating moose-wrestling, beer-guzzling, frat-boy, Jesus-freak boyfriend. NOW GET IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME A TURKEY POT PIE!

Was this the FIRST black eye she ever got working with Dubya??? Thought they would all be used to it by now!

GIVE THAT GUY A MEDAL AND A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN IRAQ.

*sigh* It's really sad to see this whole situation...

One – to those who are spouting that it was such a huge disrespect to our President: THAT'S THE POINT!!!! Hitting someone with the sole of a shoe is *huge* sign of hatred and disrespect. It signifies that the target is worth less than dung ( something to that effect)

Two – he wasn't attacking *his* president, he was attacking the foriegn president of a country that "invaded" his country. According to some sources – that invasion has inflicted the better part of 2 MILLION civilian casulties. Grant you – I don't know the exact numbers myself – but if it is even a quarter of that, then the USA has inflicted grievous harm to people that – for the most part – didn't WANT our "help" to begin with. Yes – Saddam Hussien was a dictator, who killed his own people. However, there is a distinct chance that the US has now managed to kill more Iraqis than he did. Gee – now *that's* a lovely thought, isn't it?

Three – technically – the person who "hit" her was a Secret Service agent doing his job. I can't say bame him – accidents happen...

This whole affair is a sad statement on how far the shining symbol of the US has fallen in the eyes of the world. The fact that this journalist is being hailed as a hero by so many...

This war – started under false pretenses – has cost the US dear; in lives, our economy, and the reputation of our nation. My only hope is that when this is all over – history will judge this entire affair apprpriately – and future leaders will learn the correct lessons from it.

During the presidential race I really didn't subscribe totally to the charges that the MSM were biased in their reporting. I am sure some of that was true as was the reporting from the other side. I'm now begining to believe there is some truth to those allegations. While the Chicago political stage and players, both former and present, are imploding there is little or no coverage at this "news" site but the stories abound of flying shoes and collateral damage black eyes abound. No doubt it feeds the blood thirst of Democrat extremists but would it be asking too much to get serious news from a serious, world wide news organization?

The guy that threw the shoe should be grateful to Bush for letting him live in a free country where he won't be put to death for demonstrating his thoughts through his actions.

to libs be dopes

There will be no shoes in the White House, I don't think Muslims wear shoes indoors……

don't you get it nothing worked! All the name calling, the finger pointing, none of it STUCK!!! Get on board buddy....he's soon to be your PRESIDENT too!

I agree with Barleyman.....watching our President, no matter who he or she is being humiliated or put in danger is not what I want to see.
The ignorant haters here ought to find someone else to fight about....like poverty, drugs, etc. If you have time to write stupid, hate mongering things on this blog, then you have time to volunteer where it would help.

Karma...it will get you every time....I am still very surprised at the act of throwing his shoes....LOL>

What did the president say to the Perino with two black eyes?

Nothing. He done told her twice! =D

The black eye, like the incident itself, is quite symbolic of the entire Bush administration.
And Ms. Perino may have a black eye, but when it's gone, she'll still be able to walk. Next story, please?

This is to Libs be dopes: Why are you so such a fool. why didn't you run for office you stupid little person you are.

I don't think that anyone should be allowed to throw shoes at our president.
Even Bush. Look collectively speaking WE put that man into office and we deserve everything that happens to us because of that decision. Especially the second time around. Voting is no joke....Blind loyalty serves no one but the dictator. I hope the American People have learned their lesson when it comes to blindly following party lines and not the true measure of the man running for what is supposed to be a dignified office that means so much to this country and the rest of the world.

@Muz...........

'she looks like a victim of domestic violence'
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I totally agree with you. The description of what happened sounds totally bogus.

Libs be dopes

is an idiot

You give a country and it's people a life that's free from a man that would kill you just to prove he is the ruler and that he is in control and
a future that your kids will prosper in and just because you may not agree with the way it was done you become the most ungrateful nation in the world you say this man is a hero well why don't he come to america and throw his shoes at us because he wouldn't be a hero here see we watched them celebrate when 9-11 happened and yesterday when this happened see we may not like president bush and I am one of these people who don't but he is my president and he is over their representing the United States and that is we the people so when they disrespect him they also disrespect the people of the United States.

Somehow that seems appropriate. The Bush administration has given America a black eye around the world.

Wow. That's a slap in the face to the Bush administration. Literally.
I'm glad she is OK.

I knew this guy would become a hero to the democrats. It just goes to show how far the democrat party has sunk. Every low-life person in the world becomes their hero. Sad.

Libs be dopes, you my friend are an ignorant person. President elect Obama is a Chrstian and anyone with half, no a quarter of a brain knows this. Why do you keep spreading lies that do nothing but try and divide our country? Can't you see what eight years of divisive politcs has brought us?

I guess she took one for the team, but then again, if she was beside the Pres, how did we not see her? And hit by a microphone? Whose mic and where was the mic. Makes absolutely no sense!!!

This all sounds very bogus to me.

Jared, you are a functional moron. Anna, how do you know that no one in Iraq is happy? You are sitting on your butt while decent men and women are serving their country. Go back and cry to your mommy that you need more text message time on your cell phone.

Too bad it did not hit her mouth thereby not allowing her to talk again until after 1/20/09. Cnn have the guts to post this.

okay, i am not a fan of all bush policies, and was glad that palin-mccain combo lost the elections. i am not a US citizen. but it is shameful for anyone to think that it was ok or funny to hurl a shoe at an elected head of a state. bush represents the world's most powerful democracy, and anyone thinking that it's ok to express disagreement in this manner really does not understand what an elected official means. those being gleeful over the incident should be more ashamed than the shoe thrower himself.

Wow! She has a real shiner! It's horrible she got hit with the microphone because the shoe thrower flug his shoe like he was playing frisbee. I might add that this is what happens when you work for a lieing WMD war starter. (Karma). The poor shoe thrower really should be let go and all charges drop. This is their custom and they should be allowed to voice their opinion however they see fit. I would like to throw my shoes at a couple of people here in the US.

did Bush discipline her for catching those shoes?

Wow! She has a real shiner! It's horrible she got hit with the microphone because the shoe thrower flug his shoe like he was playing frisbee. I might add that this is what happens when you work for a lieing WMD war starter. (Karma). The poor shoe thrower really should be let go and all charges drop. This is their custom and they should be allowed to voice their opinion however they see fit. I would mind throwing my shoes at a couple of people here in the US.

Libs Be Dopes> I don't wear shoes in my house, either...and I'm not a Muslim. Let it go. Seriously. Y'all are starting to sound a bit mental.

A good little humor for once

He that has never sinned can throw the first stone, or a shoe. Only time can tell if any future leaders are angels, any better as human beings.

@SPC

do u know the other side of the story? tens of thousands of iraqi civilians has been killed. along with many US soldiers. country was in total disarray for the last few years. this guy lost part of his family, saddam was evil, no doubt, however one evil shudnt be replaced by irresponsible and violent warmongering based on false intelligence that not only did any good to both sides, but destabilize the whole region and threaten the world security as a whole.

just as saddam deserved a hanging, bush deserves more than two shoes.

This is news?

I do feel what happen with the invasion into Iraq was totally wrong and I am a retired soldier but that was beyond disrespectful and I do not understand some of the comments giving congrats to the "shoe guy". No matter how some of us feel about the President he is the United States President and deserves to be treated with respect. My mother taught me to respect a person's position even if I do not respect the person. It is just good home training.

This seems like a fitting ending:

The world wishes to take their wrath out on Bush, and it is his spokespeople who take the brunt of his failings, be it Perino or America as a whole. Bush may have ducked, but America still received the black eye reserved for him.

SPC-

No one will ever say Saddam was a good guy. And his sons made him look good. But the issues are not as black and white as the right wingers make them out to be.
Living in a dictatorship is pretty bad. Living with bombs going off every day may just be worse.

Maybe 10, 20, or 50 years from now, Iraqis will live in peace and thank the US for what happened. But I just don't know. If nothing else, this was all handled pretty badly by guys who thought they had all the answers and were wrong on pretty much everything.

This is not news....unless Bush pushed Perrino into the direct flight path of the errant footwear, and it whacked her in the peeper, then this is not news.

She gets a Purple Heart, of course!

Libs be dopes is the dope.

Obama is Christian. The myth that he's Muslim has been debunked for months now.

I bet you still believe Iraq had something to do with 9/11 too, which is also untrue.

Jared,

I have an investment in commodities for you (hint-it isn't gold).

Muslims remove shoes before praying. Now shoes will have to be removed during press conferences. What next?

Anna,

Despite your obvious problem with subject-agreement, you have even greater problems because you are so ill informed. Don't you know the Parliament of Iraq overwhelmingly supports the President as do peace loving Shiites and Sunnis. Only the most radical purveyors of violence are chanting that this man is a hero. And I suppose you would be in tht number. Christmas gift to yourself: buy a good standard English text and read something other than the N.Y. Times, a handmaiden of the Democratic Left, some of whom had the dignity to condemn this attack on our President on foreign soil.

Steve,

In case you didn't get the memo, the US press is largely in the tank with the dems. In fact, it isn't the unspoken open secret that it used to be–some journalists (Chris Matthews for example), openly advocate this (I would include Olbermann if I thought he was a journalist).

I would love to see Obama heal this divide, but his soft cabinet picks are liberal hacks that will tax, spend, and silence unpopular speech (in case no one noticed, it isn't the right that is silencing people under the guise of political correctness). Further, his policies are already driving off capital and economic development, which is evidenced by the fact that the taxpayer is stepping in to fund capitalism since capitalists have been declared Public Enemy No. 1 (and when they are targetted like this, history shows that they tend to leave and not come back). Change is a coming, and this country is closer to civil war than it has been in our lifetimes. Got ammo???

She is a woman, in Iraq she would be stoned for provoking it.

People need to stop confusing this with free speech (and CNN needs to stop encouraging that confusion). Physical violence is NEVER free speech no matter what the intent. Moreover, the law cannot distinguish between one accused and another based on whether the victim was popular or unpopular. The guy should be prosecuted like anyone else would be. That doesn't mean we can't still wish one of the shoes connected with Bush's empty head.

The size 10 missile = “defiance of an American president who many Iraqis believe has destroyed their country”. So says the man's kin.

libs be dopes-

Thank you for your effort in bringing us all together.
Now, how about gaining some understanding of people who are not like you.
Either that or crawl back under the rock you emerged from.

The W presidency is a black eye for our country and the whole world.

I love press secretaries. It must be an interesting job trying to convince people that up is down, right is wrong, wet is dry. All of Bush's press secretaries remind me of Baghdad Bob, the inadvertenly comical spokeman for Saddam Hussein.

I have wondered if any of these people realize they spend most of their time lying, obfuscating, dissembling, prevaricating, etc. etc.?

I get the feeling not everyone in Iraq views the united states as liberators so much as they view us as occupiers.

To all that rejoice in this act Grow up guy's.

To all who are appalled grow up guy's

Couldn't have happened to a better person

Had Saddam invaded the U.S. , killed thousands of its citizens in a proven unprovoked war.....I would think the citizens of our country would do more than throw our shoes at Saddam on his last victory lap through Washington.......Put the "shoe" on the other foot for a change......and yes PUN INTENDED!

James Brady. He was a White House press secretary under President Reagan when he was seriously wounded in 1981 and he's been in a wheelchair ever since. So, yeah, it can be a dangerous job. I'm sure there are folks at CNN who were at least in elementary school in 1981 who remember this, right?

What I find so interesting is how offended people are at the idea of our President being so disrespected. I wonder how the Iraqi people feel in terms of their own respect-their country has been overrun, their police were disbanded, they had no water or electricity, and very little food in many areas for long periods of time. And violence? After the invasion, Iraqis were 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED THAN WHEN SADDAM WAS IN POWER.

No one is arguing that Saddam is a good guy-but things are all relative when you're dying. Yes, Saddam was an evil, terrible, dictator. But there are many of these around. If our foreign policy is to "liberate" countries of their evil dictator, why are we ignoring Africa? Oh, yeah-they don't have oil.
And if under our control things are worse, what does that make us?
Bush will go down in history as one of the most arrogant and inept Presidents, who has caused hundreds of thousand of deaths. Having a few shoes thrown his way is not what I define as violence. This reporter probably having to endure the destruction of his country and the many deaths of friends or family is. THAT IS THE ULTIMATE DISRESPECT THAT BUSH HAS SHOWN THE WORLD.
Peace

I miss Tony like crazy (WAY more funny than Dana) but I don't think Tony ever got hit in the face...

Collateral damage.

Come on, couldn't she have covered that with make-up? That's just calling attention to yourself and the incident.

To those who say being amused at the shoe throwing incident is disrespectful, I say that one must earn respect. Respect does not automatically come with a title. Pres. Bush has never, not once, not even as Governor of Texas, earned an ounce of respect from me. He does not respect you, or me, or the Iraqis. He doesn't respect much in this world and he is undeserving of our respect.

P.E. Obama, on the other hand, has already earned a measure of respect from me and millions of other Americans. He has already taken steps to earn respect from the world wide community.

I thought the usual excuse was "I walked into a door."

THE GUY MISSED TWO TIMES WITH HIS LOAFERS.

HE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE OFF A BOOT AND THROW IT THE SECOND TIME
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WHERE WAS EVERYBODY?

SPC
So, what LAME reason do you have for not being in Iraq fighting Bush's War?? You waiting for some LIBERAL to fight for your Freedom? Just wondering?

Should have landed in her lying mouth.

It's nice to know, by the way, that al-Zaidi is currently being tortured because of this incident. I wonder what valuable information we'll be getting from him in the war on terror!

Free al-Zaidi.

How soon before she gets a high-level combat award for action in Iraq?

I'm glad she didn't get hurt any more that she did, but being near Bush is a risk in itself.

Whether you like Bush or not, this is not how you treat a head of state. When idiots like Chavez come to New York they are treated with the respect that the office command, not the person.

I grew up in the shadow of the World Trade Centers. I hope all of you remember the support you gave for this poor excuse of a human being, when next time he hits your town with a plane or a bomb strapped to someone instead of a shoe. All these extremist in the middle east have fought and insulted each other for milleniums. They don't deserve peace, they don't deserve our help. Hope when they meet Allah, they find out its a woman and she is sending them all to hell.

For the idiot who mentioned that no shoe was ever thrown at Saddam Hussein, that's because if he had done so, he would have been sentenced to death on the spot.

Where the heck was the Secret Service? I think that's the issue that should be investigated.

I'm not a Bush fan, and personally I'd throw a shoe at him, but what if that guy had a real weapon?

(and don't start with the metal detectors – the 9/11 guys managed to get past those with box cutters.)

Funny, Tom.

Us Northeasterners think that you Texans are idiots. After all, you gave us Bush AND DeLay – two of the biggest morons ever born.

All of you need to wise up down there.

The GOP only helps rich jerks, nature-raping oil and gas firms and unethical businessmen.

If all who despise Bush were to throw their Buster Brown's at him, 3/4 of the world population would be walking barefoot.

I'm surprised there's no backward "B" scratched in her cheek.

You people thinking this is funny are pathetic and disgusting.

I have a case of tomatoes ready for Pelosi and Reid.

Next time I see Bill Clinton, I'm throwing a fried chicken at him.

Obama is getting a pompous snotball, cuz that's what he is.

CNN POST THIS!

So there was a man who was arrested in an airport for having a bomb in his shoe.....

Now an angry Iraqi throws a shoe at the President and people on here applaud???

Your ignorance in this situation is exactly why people around the world in other countries despise Americans.

Whether you agree with our current President or not, this action is wrong and this man deserves some jail time.

I love how Bush blamed the shoe tossing on "free society" he said it as if being free was a bad thing.

she'll be fine...I've gotten a worse shiner from a 2 year old...NO KIDDING!

I would love to throw my shoes at Bush. I'd ,ake sure they were some heavy klonkers too. A real shame the reporter didn't hit him square in the beak. Don't let the door hit ya on the way out W. On the second thought!

Has it been determined as a fact that the bruise came from getting knocked down and not by Bush showing his anger at her not throwing herself in front of the shoes?

Wait. What am I talking about? Bush doesn't know how to fight. He proved that during Vietnam. Now, ask him if he knows how to drink, and that's a different story.

it's funny the american voters have been beaten black and blue all over and the republicans have tried their best to ignor them, but now this shoe incident gets their full attention.

Shes Hot!

Hey Carol – Loosen up, you're showing your age!

You don't have to tell me it is dangerous to stand next to someone nobody likes...

Instant karma! She's been giving the press corps a black eye for years...

I do have to say that I'm happy to see that Iraq has arrived at a place where they CAN throw their shoes at our President. Where they can express their feelings and emotions without fear of being disappeared into the night.

However... he is responsible for his actions, and no matter how much others in the region agree with them, they were wrong. If the situations were reversed and we had done this to their leader, they would be clamoring for our reporter to be locked up. You can't have it both ways, and the rule of law should prevail. I'm glad he expressed his freedom and wasn't afraid to. That says a lot. But now he needs to face the consequences of those actions. And no, they probably shouldn't be very harsh, but there do need to be consequences or you end up with anarchy.

AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

A little makeup would have covered that right up, but she's getting far more mileage out of it this way. She and Sarah Palin should compare notes. I'll bet she's been walking around saying things like "Look at my eye. I got it while defending the president."

This is karma for all the lies she's told the American people. She finally gets to take a hit for Bush FOR REAL.

His response to the "attack" wasn't really all that surprising. He's been hiding behind his lackeys for his entire career.

She and Bush are lucky. The same can't be said for the widows and orphans they have helped to create in Iraq. And, there are more than 4000 American soldiers who probably feel like Bush and Perino got off lightly.

So, Jim Brady took a bullet for Reagan and spends each day in a wheel chair and Perino got knocked down. Hmmmm. Yeah Dana, you're a real hero.

lawsuit against iraqui governemnt for $50 BN.
they didn't handle security.

just like airports shoes not allowed.

There will be no shoes in the White House, I don't think Muslims wear shoes indoors......

Ducking Shoes, Sitting Duck, Way to go Bush

Oh yeah, SPC, why dont you and beloved Bush do the samething to those poor Mayanmar people, Darfur, Somalia, Tibet peole who are also suffering more than what you are telling stories about Saddam and his regime, why dont just accept Bush did this for oil. if Bush intensions were so nice why he is not doing that to other people in the world why only Iraq. I am not supporting Saddam here, if you are not enough smart to understand, I am opposing Bush foreign policies which left America with more enemies than friends.

I do think that Bush will go down as one of the most ineffective Presidents ever. I also, however, do not wish for him or anyone else to get hurt. Violence is not a good answer to any problems that we face.

If the guy was trying to hurt the President, he should be charged.

If he was making a statement, let him go.

As far as the collateral damage (e.g. Black Eye), well, in this country they would be prosecuted. Not sure what Iraqi law is on this.

BTW... No one (even a Pinko-Lib like me) takes glee in seeing our President humiliated. Nor have his safety threatened. Doesn't matter who it is.

Whether he deserved it or not is left to pother blogs.

matthew - stop doing mushrooms, you'll think more clearly.

That journalist is one lucky man. Yes indeed, lucky it wasn't Saddam Hussein standing there instead of Bush.

As of now, he would be dead.

How many widows and orphans did Saddam create during all his years as a dictator ?

Awesome – something good came of this. Perino got hurt!

That's Karma, you evil woman you!

Free Al-Zaidi! Funniest video of 2008 and, imo, he did nothing wrong. Even Bush said they should not "overact" with him and that it "was an interesting way to express himself".

What would have happened if that were Obama? That wouldn't have been Obama. Obama would not have led us into this disastrous war and thank God he was elected so he can get us out.

Her injury matches the black eye the Bush administration has given our country. Rather than shoes, the book should be thrown at Bush and company.

Have we forgotten 9/11? Americans are such ingrates! At first, everything was great, then as soldiers started to die, Americans began protesting. Excuse me, war is not pretty, people will die; it takes sacrafice to earn freedom and democracy. Those soldiers knew what they were getting into; they signed for the armed forces voluntarily. As for the shoe thrower, isn't he glad the U.S. has given him his life, because if Sadamm would have been alive, he would be dead for such an action. So, to all Americans, be mindful of whom you have elected for president and don't regret your actions 8 years from now.

It appears Bush's trip to Iraq wasn't much of a "Secret Trip";
The Iraqi Press was waiting in the Wings!
The question being; Can Iraqis defend themselves when they can't hit a target 10 feet away with WMDs?

The fact that this guy only threw his shoes at Bush is showing some serious restraint on his part. This president is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. HIM, PERSONALLY.

Heck – when two towers collapsed and 3,000 died... the US went to war. And you folks have the nerve to criticize throwing shoes as "violence"???

Kel down in Awbarn should stick to animal husbandry rather than trying to analyze videotape. It's pretty funny about the shoe but if BOB had been the one getting tossed at you all would be screaming conspiracy that he was left unguarded and trying to award him the Medal of Honor or something.

I am ashame of my US countrymen who approved the disrespectful incident in Iraq. Your hatred toward President Bush showed your true rotten low characters. We did not treat the madness Iranian president that way when he was in The USA several times. We don't do that period. It doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with President Bush on his handling with the war.
From Florida Girl:
"I don't agree with almost anything Bush did or does, nor did I vote for him in 2000 or 2004, but seeing that incident made me angry. Who is that person to throw a shoe at him? Some of them over there argue over their rights and continue to oppress women and children so I guess he was throwing the shoes for men's rights"

@Kpawlak

The only people I worry about throwing anything at Obama is racist bigots in our society.

You have no idea what that man must have been feeling to make him go over the edge. He may have lost his family. George is lucky that only boots were thrown at him. Who gave Bust the right to turn a country upside down just to kill their leader who was a piece of crap but he went in under false pretense and have caused many lives lost.....

I believe Dana had a black eye to begin with and it wasn't from a microphone. The shape around her eye look like she was dotted in the eye, not hit by some microphone!! She has a bruise circle around her eye!! What kind of shape was the microphone. Sorry can't buy that one!!

So, by reading these posts, it appears to be OK to show one's "feelings" through violence. I expect nothing more from CNN now though, nor the people who post here (this is my first BTW). I do have one question for some of you........if Obama does something that I don't agree with, can I then throw my shoe at him? Judging by these posts, I see nothing wrong with that behavior.

there will be some who think this is justifiable, I for one dont think so. there is an awlfull lot of hate in this country, just think of your sins before your throw your shoes, or stones at someone eles, we think we are better then everyone eles, just remember this, it is appointed once to die then the judgement! how will you stand before this Judgement sit, remember the Media has done a lot of demage to this president! and God will do there Judging, how will they stand,?

Physical violence is not free speech. Popularity does not determine the manner in which the law should be applied.

Sorry, I had to post this somewhere.

Ticker: Americans divided on Obama puppy, poll says

To Michael Lesser December 16th, 2008 7:20 am ET
Not discounting the President-elects concern about his children's allergies he, and his family, should go to Lackland Air Force Base and adopt one of the many rehabilitated wounded in action service dogs returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. This would be the right thing to do for the commander-in-chief and be a powerful symbol of support for all those who sacrifice in these conflicts regardless of one's political stance on them.
______________________________________________________

Why don't you do the right thing and get several for yourself! The right thing for the Obamas to do is to get what they want from where they want. So many of you have your own opinion about what they should do. I don't recall the Obamas asking anyone's opinion about what kind of puppy they should get, nor the best place to get it. Don't waste your time answering stupid surveys. Just leave them alone to handle their own personal business.

Lots of love and God bless you all!

On her, it looks good! Couldn't happen to a nicer Bush mouthpiece.

she took it for the team better than Scottie or Ari...way to go.

Dang ma, I got a shiner caus o George, heeeheeeheee

Shoe throwing is how girls fight, which is why the liberals like this story so much.

Throwing a shoe and destroying a country are two uncomparably different actions. As usual, a really grand crime gets less or no punishment.
Now, finally, where we American citizens can email thanks to the Shoe-Thrower?

That's called KARMA. That's what you get for being a NO GOOD LIAR like your Half witted no good Boss.

If she was at the side of the President, why is it that she is visible nowhere in the video? That chair at the table is empty. It's as plain as day to see
another crock from the bushie.....A VILLAGE IDIOT IS MISSING FROM TEXAS

The pain the pain is always the same...
Dr.Smith / Lost in Space

I am by no means a Bush fan but I do find it rather disgusting that this man would attack bush for all the widows and orphans made without any revernace to the fact that before our involvement their country was run by saddams torture chambers and his murdering rapist sons

35 more days until we don't have to listen to her cold hearted lies.

Just another pathetic display of this administrations ability to handle anything. I wish we all could wake up tomorrow and the entire republican party would just be gone, never to return. Wouldn't that be a nice Christmas?

Hmm..... I'm sure that reporter was "free" enough to throw a shoe at Sadaam when he was in power.

I'm sure he was "free" to show his anger and disgust that Sadaam murder thousands of innocent people.

I'm sure the entire Iraq population is upset that they now enjoy freedoms that they have never experienced.

One life lost is too many, but to try and hide the good that has happened in Iraq is poor journalism and disrespectful to those that have lost their life fighting for a just cause.

Oh well well. Lets see when obama visits iraq, how they will treat him. You democrats have nothing good to say about president bush, who kept us safe for 7 years. You are ungrateful bunch.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

I want to know why the Secret Service didn't take a shoe for the Prez??? Hell if they can't stop a shoe how can they expect to stop a bullet.

Just one more black eye for the Geo. W. and company.

How did the guy have time to throw the second shoe at the President of the United States? Somebody should have been on him...

Second, to all who hate Bush: Watch how those of us who don't agree with Obama handle things over the coming years...it won't be as silly and petty as what you have done for 8 years. Grow up.

Bush will have to call for leniency for the shoe-thrower after talking about how the 'freedom' he brought to Iraq allowed him to express himself.

It's hard to understand how anyone can be upset about 'disrespect' being shown to a man with no heart who is responsible for some horrible, horrible things not limited to this fruitless and unnecessary war.

I wish the think had clocked him in his forehead and left a heel-shaped mark on the heel.

you all agree with this idiot that threw the shoe, but, as many have said, if this had happened when Sadam was in charge ect.

we freed these folks from the tirant and this is what we get. get off your high horses before Obama gets in there and it gets worse!

somehow i don't think scott mclellan could have pulled the look off as well.

Thank you for throwing the shoe, but a grenade would have worked better.

To all of you who find humor in the shoe throwing incident.

There is nothing funny about any US president being disrepected over seas. The fact the you find humor in the situation shows you have no love or respect for your country.

Yeah i'm with Kel...sounds fishy, she is not even visible in the video footage. Maybe she too choked on a peanut?

@ Karee:

"Perino chick" ? I doubt anyone read the rest of your comment beyond that.

New game – Dodge-shoe.

Obama just issued an executive order...all reporters at White House press meeting will remove their shoes at the WH entrance. The Obama family dog will then chew them up.

Anna is right. Things were much better under Saddam. I don't think a single person EVER threw a shoe at him. Also, he got like 99.9% of the vote in every single election! That's way better than Obama.

Bush really messed up Iraq, and provided the Iraqi people with nothing but misery. He is responsible for the death of the most popular despot ever, and his two lovely sons who were taken before their prime. I hear underage Iraqi girls in particular threw themselves at Uday. How dare Bush take that man away from his people.

I say hit Bush with shoes! And everyone in America should cheer for thar reporter. Why if Obama is just HALF the man Saddam was, the US is headed for great times indeed!

So when will the cnn.com poll ask how many would like to throw their shoes at the president? Come on, you know you should.

Oh yea, concerning her eye, A little make up and steak should take care of that.

Chi Town,
You really think that the shoe-throwing guy won't experience some "enhanced interrogation techniques" that the Bush administration is famous for? If the war-criminal, Bush, is true to form, I'm sure that this guy is going to find himself "extraordinary renditioned" to an Abu Ghraib-like secret prison, and he'll probably wish he was dead if they don't kill him. Sad but true.

Maybe she can remember what the Cuban missile crises was now

What Black Eye?

I get worse bruises playing tackle football WI|TH MY GIRLFRIEND.

It is very dangerous standing next to someone NOBODY likes!!! but, hey, thats her job!

That incident is not funny and should be considered an insult to every American....bush supporter or NOT! Our leader was insulted and that is a reflection on us all. Mr Bush is not popular with me at all, but there is a way to do everything. That was not it! The president is to be admired for how he took it. I hope that he is taught a lesson for his inappropriate actions toward a world leader.

Ya'll happy about the shoe throwing are idiots, nuff said

To you bush hating bloggers who think it's great that the shoe was thrown, I hope you are not raising offspring. Your lack of any kind of respect and your ignorance I hope, does not move any further than this self absorbed uninformed generation. Makes me wonder had that been Obama? I'm sure it would have become a racial issue and you all would be whipped up into a froth!

Will she be Tom Cruise's stand-in in his upcoming movie?

Perino's wounds were self inflicted so she can get attention!

florida girl wrote:
"We protest all the time in our Country over things and don't resort to disrespecting the Pres in such a way."

What you say is true for 'our country' and our president. but for the guy it was our country and their president....if I try to visualize the same situation for my country, its hard to blame him isnt it?

Like Jesse Jackson who smeared MLKjr's blood on his own shirt to look like he was in the middle of it all, Perino purposefully bashed her head on a chair to look like she took a shoe for the president! How pathetic!

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU ARE PART OF A WASTWFUL GANG OF BANDITS. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE COST OF THE UNWANTED TRIP TO IRAQ? WHY DID GEORGE BUSH GO TO IRAQ? HE IS A LAME DUCK JUST WASTING TIME AND MONEY. WHEN WILL THIS DUCK STEP DOWN?

At least Jim Brady wasn't injured by the Secret Service.

By the same token, we all know Bush has earned that kind of reprisal. I think the quote went something like: "This is your goodbye kiss from all the widows and orphans you made in Iraq."

If we take exception to the loafer launcher for disrespect to the presidency, we take the responsibility for all those widows and orphans from Bush's shoulders onto our own. I say let Bush have that. He earned it.

Don't kill the messenger. Man!

Since when is violence ever okay? It doesn't matter what your feelings are about the President – it's not okay. It could have been anyone up there. How can you rejoice in such an act?

florida girl> Who is he to do that? Um. W's policies have directly influenced this man's country. 1000's of his countrymen (and women and children) have been killed. All for lies and greed. He has every right to show his "disrespect".

why is this guy being hailed as a hereo, I for one think what he did was very rude, and I think he is a jerk and should rot in jail.

@ Chi Town

By that reasoning, Bush has only himself to blame for making it possible for the guy to throw his shoes at a press conference. Not sure I'd want to follow that line of reasoning and be giving credit to Bush for "freeing" Iraq. They won't be free until we've left and their country isn't half destroyed...and they'll certainly be shackled with the memory of all the loved ones they lost as a result of us throwing their country into anarchy.

Better shoes than bombs.

First, I agree with the domestic violence thing.. I didn't see her anywhere near Bush during the incident. That's as bad as the women with black eyes saying the fell or hit their head on a doorknob.

Second... the man throwing the shoe is what we strived for in Iraq. A democracy will never work as long as the population of the country is afraid of the government and afraid to let their voices be heard. That's why democracy won't work there now.. because it doesn't matter if a person there is elected, or they're appointed... as long as the people fear their government, the country will be ran like a dictatorship.

The guy who threw the show just threw the proverbial first seed of a true democracy.. but Iraq has a long way to go before they can truly be a democratic state.. it will take many years.

Too bad it wasn't the shoe bomber!

Liberals are pacifists but they encourage, support and many engage in attacking and killing anyone who hasn't sipped the Obama kool-aid and doesn't live a life based on emotional hatrid, dishonesty and anger.

Lib men will make sexist remarks about how women like her deserve a black eye and so called womens groups like NOW will fully support those comments and those who make them. Same goes for NAACP and black republicans, GLAD and gay republicans and so on. If you are proud to support democrats than it is clear what type of person you are, just please don't reproduce for the good of our planet, thank you.

I think all the media who is trying to show that guy as a bad guy and Bush gave freedom and all those nonsense, should start respecting peoples emotions. Nobody in Iraq is happy with that so called freedom Bush gave. If I were in that guys position I would have not thrown shoe but definitly expressed my upset with Bush. Can any one of you imagine a so called freedom which cost you whole family.

Please open your eyes and stay on the ground and think. Whole world is upset on our country role in the world. no one is happy, and Bush policies created more enemies than friends. True World leader work for world's best but not self interest.

If Bush were really so concerned about the peoples freedom, why dont he free mayanmar, why dont he free tibet, why didn't he freed Pakistan from Mushraff military govt. and Bin laden safe heaven. Why dont he free somalia, darfur....whom he is fooling. You can fool one time, two time but not every time.

I think it was hilarious. Imagine Iraq getting the boot. Now so did the U.S. from Iraq.

wow she once again has to take one for the team..............

WOW...this is the kind of news that would eventually put FOX News and the GOP out of their misery!!! Rove-oveR and good riddance

I always worried that Dana's pretty exterior belied a cold hearted robot on the inside that she really is. This is an attempt to rectify that situation.

This is what I have to say about the shoe thrower.

As MLK once said, "I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law."

The shoe thrower was standing up for his people and his nation against an imperialist occupation. Bush is a war criminal and if the law won't judge him, then the people should.

Perino has been a strong advocate and protector of Bush and he ducked and let the shoe hit her. He's been ducking for 8 years so what's new.

I cannot believe those in America who are cheering for the guy who threw the shoe. My god Joe, I don't like Bush either but Bush is still our freaking president of the United States. Would you have liked him to be killed? Give some respect to the position and to our country. Our president was attacked on foreign soil. Or would you rather join Syria and Saudi Arabia in their jubilation? I only like constructive criticism, not violent criticism which most Iraqi insurgents and rebels are more apt to do these days. Why don't you go join them in their seemingly endless violent rebellion and anarchy Joe?

There are NO Cheers for the guy that threw the shoes: I'm a Democrat and Obama supporter, but I support America before party or politician! President Bush, although I never supported him, He is my President, and I dont applaud anyone trying to harm the President of the United States!

Shameful!

Talk about taking one for the team! I didn't find the shoe incident funny. That level of disrespect is profound. We protest all the time in our Country over things and don't resort to disrespecting the Pres in such a way. I don't agree with almost anything Bush did or does, nor did I vote for him in 2000 or 2004, but seeing that incident made me angry. Who is that person to throw a shoe at him? Some of them over there argue over their rights and continue to oppress women and children so I guess he was throwing the shoes for men's rights. All I know is that better not happen to Obama or this woman right here will have to take her earrings off!

I tip a cup to the guy. This Perino chick certainly doesn't deserve to be caught in the crossfire, but any Bush affiliate has to know that they are bound to be caught up in his drama at all times.

She deserved it.

Yet another black eye for the bush administration. Tho this one won't need to be pardoned.

the guy that threw the shoe will get the chair for giving a perino a black eye. watch, bush will use american colonial power to wield "justice" from afar. props to the man with the shoe. i wish i could have done that but in the u.s. we would go to jail for that - litigious society.

I would not wish for Perino to be hurt in any way, but karna thought otherwise. She gets up there and knowingly lies her face off to all. She knows she is lying and just keeps on doing it.

Oh, yes karma. It so does come back to bite you. For all of them involved in what they have helped do to our country and other countries, I do believe your time is going to be coming up. Somewhere down the line you will have to pay the price for what you have helped them do.

All of these Americans who are lauding the Iraqi for behaving like an impudent child should be ashamed. It doesnt matter if you were one of the millions who voted for him, twice, he is our president. People are going to be upset with decisions Obama makes, should we excuse those who decide to throw shoes at him? Absolutely not.

My bad this happened to Ms. Perino. I was hoping R. Cheney was standing behind GW Bush, then the guy would had nailed Cheney, that would had be nice to see.

After what they've done to Iraq....

She deserved it. She is always spouting lies for her boss, let her take a hit for the team.

Joe I wish you lived in Iraq. I would not wish disrespect on Bush I or II, on Clinton, on Reagan, on Carter or Ford or even Nixon. He's the president, for crying out loud, and we don't need the disrespect of that so-called "journalist."

I really wish you could wake up in Iraq and live there for three years. I don't think you would make it.

So grow up and realize that, even if you don't like the person, you respect the office. Some jerk threw a shoe at my president, whether I like him or not, and something needs to be done about it.

When you cheer it, you are just as big a jerk.

The US press is weak. Their glee over this incident is shameful.

Shiner on harvest moon!

Sorry Perino got a black eye, but THREE CHEERS for the guy that threw the shoes – Imagine if every American who wanted to express their feelings about Bush and his Iraq debacle (just to name one of many) were to do the same – the White House would be buried.

The only other person I know of that was hit with a microphone was Prince, during the 19875 Grammys. But nobody threw a shoe at him, though!

I would have to say that this is finally fair and balanced news coverage. This new international hero who has gained respect for using any means necessary to get his point, or shoe across. More than humor I feel most people would like to remember this as a sacred moment for the deceptive tools used in reverse humor, guilt, and complex of those who may have been offended.

"Who knew being White House press secretary was such a dangerous job?" James Brady knew.

she looks like a victim of domestic violence

Sorry about the black eye... but what a great day that was.
Freedom has arrived in Iraq... Under Saddam he wouldn't have dared do this... and would have been killed, his family stripped of all wealth and jailed or killed as well. As it is... the man was able to publicly protest without loss of life...

To the man who threw the shoe "Sir, you are very welcome"!

If she was at the side of the President, why is it that she is visible nowhere in the video? That chair at the table is empty. It's as plain as day to see

Sorry about the black eye... but what a great day that was.
Freedom has arrived in Iraq... Under Saddam he wouldn't have dared do this... and would have been killed, his family stripped of all wealth and jailed or killed as well. As it is... the man was able to publicly protest without loss of life...

To the man who threw the shoe "Sir, you are very welcome"!

The shoe hit the wrong person-
gwb has disgraced us in so many ways at so many times- the soles of the feet thing was appropriate.
He, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove all need to be in PRISON!
The things they have done in the name of National Security are abhorent.
Can't wait until 1/20/09!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Being connected to Bush's administration in any capacity is dangerous these days. Sorry that she got injured in the free-for-all, but the image of the shoe going for Bush is just too funny and too sad for words. Too sad because these are the people we supposedly went over to help, but we've done such a bad job of it, they consider the worst insult possible as appropriate commentary to our President, the author of the whole disaster. Too funny because if Bush had just shown that much speed and agility in dealing with a lot of issues such as Katrina, Ike, Rita, the economy, etc. perhaps his approval rating would be above the low two-figure range. Wait, that's sad too. Maybe it is just a twarted desire to go up and slap him upside the head that made me laugh...

I'm glad they're being good sports about it!

As human beings, we are so rude, and uncivilized. It is imperfect and sinful human nature. Only time can tell if Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, John Edwards and Jimmy Carter, are any angels, so pure, so honest and so holy (?) At least, we have seen any terrorism on our shore, since 9/11, 2001, immediately after Clinton left office, and Bush does not sell or lose his own soul for the glory or approval of this world, or people. He will go down the history as a saint.

Maybe they should get a shoe-sniffing dog!

Collateral damage my dear. Sorta like all those Iraqi babies killed by errant US bombs. Consider yourself very lucky.

Where's the backwards "B"?

That really sucks. I thought the Green Zone was secure. An Iraqi journalist thows both his shoes at Bush, and a secret service agent hits his press secretary with a mike.

What's next – someone shoots Dick Cheney with buckshot???

NEXT TIME SHE SHOULD LEARN TO DUCK

That is to bad. She is an attractive young woman. All because some idiot doesn't like freedom.

Next time when some one decides to throw a stinky sock, secret service should take advantage of the confusion and kiss miss Perino on her lips to make it up to her.

It's the least they can do for this lovely lady.

What CNN has made of this story is disgusting! You send one of you reporters put on to the street and only show men, woman, and children who say they wish the shoe hit OUR President or that they were the ones to trhow it! You're all sick, you say nothing but bad things about President Bush. He has kept all of you safe for more than seven years now something Bill Clinton couldn't do because he was to busy under his desk! He has also liberated millions of people who were once under a dictator! How would you feel if two shoes were thrown at your dad, or one even cause your sister to have a black eye! I think an apology is needed by this network! Also where is the Change your canidate and now President elect Barrack Hussien Obama promised. Looks like we are back to the Clinto years to me. This means there wil be a terrorist attack the President does nothing about and will cause a finanical crisis that won't be seen until it can be blamed on a republican

The best song of the is SHOES OVER BAGDAD. This is what she gets for being in bad company. Ha Ha Ha..............

Oh please, she could EASILY have concealed that tiny bruise with just a smidgen of makeup. I guess she must feel that sporting a bruise she received in an attack on Bush is somehow heroic, when it just goes to show how much COWARDICE Bush shows – he lets his women get hurt before him!

Why is this a story? Oh wait, it's not.

She took one for her boss. Where the heck was the SS?

That was so hilarious... at least she is being a great sport about it..

This lady is an idiot who does not understand half of the stuff she lies about on a daily basis. I do not feel sorry for her. If I ever went to Iraq, I would make sure to stay as far from the man who is currently destroying that country, so as not to catch any stray bullets, bombs or shoes.

I hope you feel better...

Making light of this sends a message to the rest of the middle east that this administration still doesn't get it. They are just provoking more of the same behavior. These goofs need to realize that in this man's eyes this was a weapon. I wonder if he had thrown a knife or similar weapon, if they would be joking about it then.

One of the dumbest jornalist majors in the worl – that is after Sara Palin; hope the punch knocked some sense into her.

I thought her mascara was running... she has to figure out what to do now that her position of secretary of avoidance is over

Mr. Bush and his Press Secretary should have attended the "Florsheim School of Self Defense" before traveling oversees.

I am sorry for Ms. Perino's injury, but the fact that Bush and Perino both have made light of the incident, and both find it necessary to make jokes about it tells me that this administration is as arrogant as ever.

Musta been Bush's fault again!

Lame. At least she can joke about it. Glad she's ok.

that's for all the lie she's telling us everyday about war in iraq

Poor thing.. it's a shame he missed Bush.

The exact way to treat these loons is to laugh at them. They have no sense of humor. Well done, Pres and Perino.

THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED! ALTHOUGH I AM NOT A FAN OF OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT, HE IS STILL OUR PRESIDENT!

hahahahaha...that's messed up.

A well deserved black eye for a press secretary who job is to defend the lies and dangerous policies of one of the worst Presidents in U.S history.

Democrats are loving this – violent demonstrations are right up their alley – just ask Bill Ayers!

She deserves worse. Ayone that can tout the policies of G.W. Bush should have a little sense knocked into them.

That day had to suck for her, man. First some guy throws his shoes at the leader of the free world, and then she got a black eye. Lots of stuff to cover in her briefing that day.

Dang look at that shiner....

As usual, Bush gets away unscaved while everyone around him suffers.

Well, it's too bad that happened to her, but in the last 8 years, there has not been anyone worhy of the press secretary's job, except for the one that just released a book, not to mention he supported Obama.

Larry C.
houston, Texas

Now I know this was all a set up....I bet Sarah Palin's makeup artist could cover that black eye if they wanted to not make political hay out of it!

Pure political.

But just wonder why Bush could still make a joke out of it – not humiliating enough?!

And here I was thinking Garry Trudeau's depiction of W in 'Doonesbury' was just silly sarcasm; by the time Bush leaves office, he may /actually/ look beat up. But I'm sure he'll sleep well...there's no room for self-doubt in his world-view.

When you are on the side of the evil doers, bad things happen.

No words need be said – it's all there in black and blue.

It wasn't inadvertent,she got hit with the microphone just before she was about to spout the usual nonsense in defense of Shrubs policies.

If Bush "DUCKED" she should ducked too.

Thankfully she wasn't hit anywhere near her brains.

She can just pretend as if it's from me too!

I am sorry that she was injuried. Is it me or was the Secret Service a little slow in their reaction?

Hope no major damage is done. Bush will cause and has cause hurt to all of us. Think about the troops and their family.

Better duck next time Dana...

Just one black eye? Why isn't the other eye black? Weren't TWO shoes thrown?

Abusive husband or abusive Whitehouse? anyone?