When George Bush was running for President, he was considered in terms of campaign contributions to be one of the most well-heeled candidates. Today’s big media sensation was a story about an Iraqi journalist who also tried to make Bush a well-soled President, by throwing shoes at him.
What was behind the incident? It now appears the journalist was living in a part of Iraq that impacted him and he just snapped. And the irony? In the end, GWB came out smelling…not like an old shoe at all..but like a rose due to the way he handled it and his quip afterward.
Here’s a news report that puts it into perspective and shows the incident:
Many people all over the world have wanted to lace into George Bush. This was the first time someone tried to shoe-lace into him.
THIS JUST IN: Here’s a detailed analysis of the shoe shot.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.