Wed Jun 5, 2013, 12:03 PM
WilliamPitt (54,500 posts)
Raise your hand if you enjoyed/cheered when that guy threw a shoe at George W. Bush.
I did. You did. And you. And you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you, and also you.
So hush already about how bad hecklers are.
The idea that our leaders are not living gods who cannot be ruffled by the peons in the peanut gallery, and the idea that breaking through our scripted spoon-fed media reality with a well-timed shout can have positive side-effects, are healthy aspects of a free society. There are no hecklers in North Korea, and that's a bad thing.
Besides, you totally loved the shoe guy. There's probably lots of proof of that right here in the DU archives.
So.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022950156The thread is ostensibly about the First Wookie's heckling incident, but becomes a wistful look back down Memory Lane.
BTW, someone should ask that guy why he never threw a shoe at Saddam Hussein.
HughBeaumont (20,505 posts)
4. I cheered.
Capt. Obvious (1,867 posts)
8. Loved it
Go Vols (1,162 posts)
9. I found it quite humorous
Raster (12,618 posts)
97. Too bad both shoes did not smack ol' WAR CRIMINAL Gee-Dumbya square in the face.
SELECTED NOT ELECTED.
CTyankee (35,131 posts)
122. Always a pleasure and a big laugh to see that video again!
awoke_in_2003 (18,618 posts)
24. I laughed my ass off...
but fervently wished the guy had practiced first. Of course it might not have mattered, Shrub had a lifetime of experience dodging things.
stevenleser (13,436 posts)
26. The only thing I didn't love about the shoe heckler is that he missed. nt
Cleita (64,606 posts)
27. Raises hand.
No argument from me here.
MuseRider (23,200 posts)
29. Yes I totally loved the shoe guy!
Totally loved it and watched the video over and over again every time hoping Bush** would not duck.
I have no problem with hecklers, protests or any of that no matter who it is they are going after. You get in the game you must play it and they asked for the spot in a very messy game. I would have no problem with people coming after me if my husband was an official. It is part of the whole.
Spirochete (4,224 posts)
32. I thought it was kinda funny
Except he missed.
and it wasn't a hand grenade.
faithnomore (8 posts)
48. No I cried because he missed the son of a bitch..........
I would have cheered if he had knocked him on his sorry ass.
RiffRandell (2,979 posts)
54. I would have enjoyed it more if it had hit him. n/t
Hubert Flottz (36,766 posts)
59. I just wish the guy would have aimed better and
used blivets instead of shoes.
Aerows (14,066 posts)
64. I did
I'll admit it.
xxqqqzme (13,454 posts)
67. Cheered? Hell I
wished I was that guy!
I'd never get that close though.
LeftInTX (2,387 posts)
89. I loved it!!!!
Weren't they supposed to love us in Iraq?
kairos12 (723 posts)
100. I am still laughing
Coyotl (5,230 posts)
126. REC #100 = REC this thread if you wish you had throw a shoe at Bush!!
You know that if this happened to Obama, not only would they be calling for the death penalty for the thrower, but also a Secret Service investigation for everyone online who applauded it.
