(Community Matters) I read about the shoe hurling off an email alert while changing planes last night. Of course, I don’t appreciate the lapse in security for our president. And, I immediately thought of how popular the journalist who tossed the shoe would be in Iraq, in the Middle East, around the world, even including among many Americans. If the shoe had hit the president, it would have been a much more serious issue. As it turned out, Muntadhar al-Zeidi expressed the displeasure and disgust toward GW Bush felt by most people around the world. For those GW supporters who don’t get this – I don’t mean this disrespectfully – you are out of sync with reality.
“This is a farewell kiss, you dog,” al-Zeidi yelled in Arabic as he threw his shoes. “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.”
Since simply pointing the bottom of one’s shoe toward someone is a sign of disgust and lack of respect and given the popularity of Muntadhar’s action, I imagine we’ll be seeing the bottom of a lot more shoes at Bush events going forward.
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