- I think the shoe attack on the President was despicable and shows a lack of respect not just for President Bush but for the United States as a whole.
- I was shocked that it seems to take the Secret Service so long to get to the President's aid. I don't think that guy should have ever gotten off a second throw.
Those things said, the first thing that struck my mind when I saw the video was...
...I want the President on my dodge ball team!
His reflexes are uncanny! You can tell that this is a guy that working out is important for. And I'm not mocking him. This is one of the most physically fit Presidents we've had in a long time. That shoe attacker came from out of nowhere. The President wasn't looking in that direction immediately, but he ducked VERY quickly. It was all instinct. I think he would have done as good a job with the second throw, too, if the Iraqi Prime Minister hadn't put his hand up in the President's face, obscuring his view of what was going on. And he didn't need to do that. I'm sure the President had it all under control based on how he reacted. I think if others hadn't intervened, in fact, that the President might have popped down below the podium and come up firing with his own shoes!
Okay, I was being a little sarcastic there. In all seriousness, this is a shocking video. You know there's no way the Secret Service is ever MORE prepared than when the President is in Iraq. This is a country where more than 3,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed in the last five years. We know there are enemies. That a guy like this could even get into the room and then get off two shots bothers me.
Then again, with those reflexes, the President may not have to worry about it.
Let's see Barack do THAT!
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