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Home Front: Politix
A shoe farewell for Bush
2009-01-20
Another scoop for PressTV Iran...
President Bush's last day in office faced with anti-war protesters, hurling shoes outside the gates of the White House to express their anger.

The event was sponsored by the Washington Peace Center, the local chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War and other groups.
About 500 people marched to the White House on Monday and threw about 40 pairs of shoes at the gate. Supporters said that they were acting in solidarity with Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in December.

The event was sponsored by the Washington Peace Center, the local chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War and other groups, AP reported.
Peace through violence ...
Organizer Jamilla El-Shafei said the event allowed protesters to express their anger over Bush, who she said is 'leaving with no accountability for eviscerating our constitution'.

In the latest poll conducted by New York Times/CBS News poll last week, 73% of Americans disapproved of President George W. Bush's conduct. Only 22% of the surveyed individuals approved of his 8-year performance in the White House.

The most unpopular president in US history, whose term ends on January 20, will leave behind a legacy of two costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a financial crisis for his successor Barack Obama.
We'll check the polls again in four years ...
Posted by:Fred

#5  Find a job?

Oh.. ok... forget I said that!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-01-20 14:24  

#4  Geez. Bush is gone. What are these people gonna do with themselves now?
Posted by: tu3031   2009-01-20 13:51  

#3  I sincerely hope cameras were rolling to record as many faces as possible.
Posted by: Rednek Jim   2009-01-20 13:45  

#2  A Bush person should go out front and ask the protestors to show both shoes so that there are at least matching pairs that can be donated.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2009-01-20 11:44  

#1  there was a lot he did I didn't agree with - weak on illegal immigration, prescription drug plan, the bank bailout, however, the wars were not some of these things. I think he got the wars pretty much right. I supported them before and I still support a victory in both places. Hussein was long over due to be ventilated & W definitely got the surge right - though very few people give him credit for that. We haven't been messed w/on our own soil since 9/11 and I think he deserves a lot of credit for that as well.

IMHO, one of his negatives was that he wasn't a very good communicator, or he didn't do it enough. Not a very good public speaker. I admired his steadfastness & he often didn't cave to the political winds like his predecessor. At times I thought W was too good/nice of a guy for the job - & probably didn't micromanage some people enough. Unfortunately, he was also a big victim of a celeb media culture that places too much value on style over substance - i.e. see our new pres. I hope history treats W better than the present has - he was a decent guy who did what he thought was right during a rough period of history.
Posted by: Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6   2009-01-20 10:10  

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