Iraqi Shoe Toss

added Dec 24, 2008 at 02:31PM UTC

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Iraqi journalist Al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at outgoing US President George W. Bush during a fare-well visit and news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad at the end of 2008. The Bush shoe throwing video was likely passed around the world faster and further than any other political video to date.

With the lowest ratings of any president in the history of the United States saying goodbye to the war-torn country that he bombed on false pretenses, for many, the event represented a fitting “fairwell kiss”. Considering the room was full of press in the midst of recording the event, videos and still frames made their way into the top stories of almost everyone’s networks. From the rice fields of Cambodia to the mountains in Chile, the word got around.

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james
Mar 23, 2009 at 05:19AM UTC , james wrote:

damn girl, lookin fiiiiiiiine

YesLoitering
Jun 01, 2009 at 03:43PM UTC , YesLoitering wrote:

Love the WoW gif but GWB is sooo not a lvl ?? elite boss

Ungulate
Jul 21, 2009 at 04:07AM UTC , Ungulate wrote:

Another example of the meme in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIv-gt-1XSw

Idene
Jul 21, 2009 at 09:35AM UTC , Idene wrote:

heh, i heard about the shoe toss on 4chan before i saw it on the news. XD first and last time i went on 4chan anyway. :\ think i may pay it a visit again, but NOT /b/. no way /b/.

Frketson
Sep 07, 2009 at 10:34PM UTC , Frketson wrote:

uploaded some gifs and found a macrochan link for it, http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Dodging%20Shoe&&offset=0

Tomberry
Jan 29, 2010 at 05:29PM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

Fallout 3 version:

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