Laura Bush on why the President was able to duck Iraqi’s shoe: He’s ‘such a natural athlete.’
By on Dec 18th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Laura Bush on why the President was able to duck Iraqi’s shoe: He’s ‘such a natural athlete.’
President Bush has dismissed his infamous shoe-throwing debacle as nothing more than “bizarre” and “amusing.” However, in a new interview with USA Today, First Lady Laura Bush said she took Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi’s actions much more seriously. “As a wife, I saw it as an assault, and that’s what it was,” she said. “So I didn’t laugh it off.” Laura Bush also confirmed that she had seen video of the incident wasn’t at all surprised that the shoe didn’t hit her husband because he’s “very quick.” “That’s one of things I saw — he’s such a natural athlete,” she added.
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No wonder. He’s been ducking responsibility for decades.
December 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pmIt was the booze and drugs that kicked in. Bush was so high he thought he was Neo in the Matrix. Did anyone notice how the people of Iraq used the heel of their shoe on the Statue of Saddam when it was brought down. Now the White House is pushing the fake story that the Shoe Story will go away in 30 years. Well sorry idiots the Picture of History will show the heel of the Shoe used against Saddam and George W. Bush. Yes the beginning and the end.
December 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pmNatural athelete my ass.
Its that old training kicking in from when he was the town drunk and the times spent dodging all those empty beer and whiskey bottles down at the local Texas dive.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:00 pmIf he’s such a natural athlete, then why can’t he wipe his own ass?
December 18th, 2008 at 6:00 pmDucking EVERYTHING is second nature to the Chimp.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:01 pmHe is also fast in deflecting questions..
December 18th, 2008 at 6:01 pmIs this in response to the belief that he got all of his practice from dodging everything Laura’s thrown at him over the years?
December 18th, 2008 at 6:01 pmToo bad D.Perino is not as ‘natural athlete’ as Bush.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:06 pmchimpy is a natural athlete all right.
he did the monster mash all over the constitution.
he did the cabbage patch all over Iraq.
he did the tango with Israel.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:08 pmAnd an athlete’s foot of a president.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:09 pmtarazan Says:
Too bad D.Perino is not as ‘natural athlete’ as Bush.
I believe someone punched that lying bytche for good measure.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:10 pmShe’s right about one thing. It is not at all funny. The anger and pain of the Iraqi people is heartbreaking.
Pity the shoe did not land in W’s mouth and knock out a tooth or two.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:13 pmBush is good at ducking because without a brain, the spinal cord works faster.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:17 pmI suspect he poo-pooed it to the public, so he would look all macho and in control but he was probably really pissed someone dissed him that way.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:20 pmPoor dime bag Laura, bless her heart. I guess when you are forced to sleep with W, an active imagination is vital to keeping up the illusion or virility. What a sorry person she must be. The entire planet hates her husband – now thats gotta hurt.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:21 pmor virility s/b of virility.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:22 pmpssstt laura, you ignorant cow-
December 18th, 2008 at 6:25 pmit’s from all those years he spent dodging being sent to vietnam like the rest of the repukeliscums on your christmas card list. here’s another xanax, if you just shut the hell up for the next three weeks, i’ll let you have it!
First of all, I think that shoe-throwing is going to go into the history books, so it won’t be “forgotten.” Rather, it’s the frosting on the shit cake the Bush administration created in that region.
Secondly, I’ve noticed that Bush moves his lower jaw in an odd manner (from side to side) when he’s in an American speaking forum (except in front of the military). It’s especially noticable in press conferences. It was also very apparent when he responded to the shoe throwing incident. I figure it’s a stress reaction when he feels challenged or threatened, no matter what his other behavior or words accompany it. Watch for it.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pmHe’s ‘such a natural athlete.’
Who fell off a Segway.
Natural athletes usually don’t become cheerleaders.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pmI think Bush tried to exit through a locked door at one time, didn’t he? He might have some athletic skill, but he is also dumb as a rock (no offense to rocks). Maybe he could take Viagra for the brain. Would that work?
December 18th, 2008 at 6:31 pm“…he’s such a natural athlete.” – The Stepford Wife
Yeah, that’s why he was a cheerleader at Yale!
Yeah, that’s why he choked on a pretzel!
Yeah, that’s why he took a header off the Segway, the bike and so on and so on.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:36 pmSorry #20. Repetition.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:37 pmThe only reason his shoe-toss didn’t work was because the guy telegraphed it, by yelling.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:40 pmBut the footage of Bush ducking is a more powerful image. It’s in line with his cowardly character, and perfectly encapulates the Bush legacy.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:45 pmMethinks Georgie ought to take a nice long vacation in Iraq or even unescorted on the streets of the U.S.. He can walk around to his heart’s content and amaze the whole world with his ‘natural athlete’ ability whilst dodging thrown objects.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:45 pmIt’s from all the practice he’s had ducking responsibility.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:46 pmSo ducking a pair shoes takes remarkable skill?
Fine. The emperor is an athlete, a diplomatic genius, a general among generals, a humanitarian, and a fukking rock star.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:47 pmLaura Bush also confirmed that she had seen video of the incident wasn’t at all surprised that the shoe didn’t hit her husband because he’s “very quick.”
At ducking any sort of responsibility.
History will regard her as inconsequential, even more of a useless appendage than Pat Nixon.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pmscrew bush. the journalist had quite an arm. maybe the detroit lions could use him.
December 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pmYes, he should remain on the playground — since he is so athletically inclined. Let him duck dodgeballs to his heart’s content.
December 18th, 2008 at 7:15 pmOn second thought, he should be sentenced to ducking dodgeballs 24/7 until he collapses and dies. If he’s so athletic, it may take a little longer.
December 18th, 2008 at 7:34 pmAs much as i hate basically everything bush does, the man does throw a pretty mean first pitch. as far as presidents go, he’s fairly athletic… but barack blows him away on that front too
December 18th, 2008 at 7:53 pmIf that Iraqi had thrown the shoe first and THEN yelled, I’d have a great picture of that size 10 ricocheting off of chimpy’s face today. Sigh… But the picture of him screwing up his face and diving behind the podium ain’t bad either.
December 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pmHA he is such a natural PUTZ. The man is 100% pure weasel
December 18th, 2008 at 8:04 pmThere seems to be no end to the inane comments by these people. All she sees is a great athlete that can duck a shoe. All he say’s is “he doesn’t know what the mans beef was.”
This idiot married someone that see’s the way he does. In other words they see nothing. This is how they keep their lives going. By seeing as little as possible.
Well Laura, if they ever have an Olympic event for throwing shoes, perhaps it won’t be too late for George to enter. Maybe they can name the whole thing after him.
Please no more quotes from these pathetic people. Enough already!!
December 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pmDoes one have to also be a natural athlete to run over one’s former boyfriend?
December 18th, 2008 at 8:21 pmSome good pictures up there, but where’s the one of him cartwheeling off of his Segway?
December 18th, 2008 at 8:21 pmNatural athletes don’t pickup a megaphone and try to get the crowds at Yale games to cheer with them.
Then again, I don’t think Dumbya ever takes him neocon bloomers off for more than a few minutes to rinse and wash them.
But I have heard several NFL football teams are interested in al-Zaidi because of how hard he chucked those shoes and the arm angle he threw them at. He’s the real athlete here!
December 18th, 2008 at 8:40 pm“Laura Bush on why the President was able to duck Iraqi’s shoe: He’s ‘such a natural athlete.’”
Memo to the Clown President: Fix Laura’s chip in her brain. It’s malfunction again. Bush the athlete? lol What a joke. It’s the bottle and blow that keep George’s blood flowing.
December 18th, 2008 at 9:08 pmShrubby “the Natural” has taken so much vacation time and spent next to NO time actually governing, that he should have been able to make the Olympic team.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:24 pmI suspect that Laura, also an alcoholic, has given him plenty of practice dodging missiles thrown in rage over the years. In fact, the shiner he sported after the putative pretzel choking incident looked suspicious to me, as did the lack of a comprehensive medical workup that would have been given to any middle aged man who suffered such an episode.
Bush is a fake, period. He tries to act like a jock, which his father was, but was unathletic as a youth. He walks and talks like a Texan, but isn’t it strange that the no one else in the family does? He professes to be a devout Christian, but his church attendance and tax deductions don’t match that claim.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:58 pmwhere are those pictures of
him doing the pose down portion
of the 1988 mr. universe competition?
*
look at those awesome pecs!
^
December 18th, 2008 at 11:34 pmLaura Bush on why the President was able to duck his responsibility for the Iraq war: He’s ‘such a natural liar.’»
December 18th, 2008 at 11:52 pm…and such a natural moron.
R_B
December 19th, 2008 at 1:23 amI’m stilling waiting for the first port-faced buffoon to comment that “This wouldn’t have happened in Saddam’s day.”
December 19th, 2008 at 5:05 am“Natural Athlete” but somehow he just never could make the team, and always ended up the cheerleader. Hmmm interesting.
December 19th, 2008 at 8:10 amI swear, she kicked her knickers off for the first a**hole to come down the pike. In this case, it happened to the idiot son of an a**hole.
December 19th, 2008 at 8:31 amI knew there was another reason besides Lance “the fraud” Armstrong for avoiding Trek bicycles…
December 19th, 2008 at 9:43 amI’m fairly sure in today’s world that hitting a war criminal with your flying shoe carries the death penalty.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:45 amSorry Condi. George has been dodging things for decades:
Drafts, Responsibility, Laws, and now shoes.
December 19th, 2008 at 10:37 amFirst, how accurately can you throw a shoe from a throng of reporters ?
Secondly, aren’t they gonna realize that the insult was the hurling of the shoe in the general direction. Whether it hit Bush or not, the shoe itself was the strong insult and intention. Hitting him was irrelevant.
However, in the culture of the mid-East, I wonder if the act of dodging would be seen as an act of cowardice rather than facing the insults “like a man”
December 19th, 2008 at 10:44 amChimps are among the most athletic species in the animal kingdom.
December 19th, 2008 at 10:50 am