So what do you say?  Was Hall wrong, or do I need to hail the next starship back to the Milky Way?

Hitch hikers guide comes out and gives an answer "Dont Panic"

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

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because I thought he was grace under fire. I may not always agree w/ W, but I still love him. He has what I require in a President, a good heart. I would have preferred some real conservatism, but  he gave it his best, I really think.

If Bush was unnerved in the seconds after the incident, he certainly could be forgiven.  He knows he's got a huge target on his back, between his eyes, and everywhere else.  Moreover, he probably has the most extensive security arrangements on the planet, and yet this moron is able to fling two shoes at him, one at a time.  And yet Bush recovered any composure he might have lost in no time flat.  I hope his security people got an earful when he was alone with them. 

Obama would probably say something lame and then have to clarify it later. 

Welcome to the era of unity, you racist!

I've seen the clip many times now. I think the President smiled at the dude between the first and second shoe. I can't really see his expression after the second throw, but he was certainly smiling in an ABC interview about the incident later on. Whatever happened to real journalists? Will they say anything to get on the air?

I could not help but reflect back on President Bush's earlier statement - "taunt" perhaps was the correct term - of, "Bring it on."

He was quick and nimble. He did grin. He waived off the SS agent with a smile, of "it's OK." The guy did really put some zing into the throw, but to President Bush, it was almost like, "that's all you got?"

I think I'll leave it with; he's a real character - and I'm going to miss him a good bit. It's a crime that our media did not let the American people experience the man for who is;  especially the saving of perhaps millions of lives around the globe thing.

Judging by the was he handled the situation it looked to me like it happens to him all the time. Could almost hear him say "But Laura...honey....OUCH! Sweetie....c'mon me an' Condie are just friends....OUCH!!!

Mark asks, "Was Hall wrong, or do I need to hail the next starship back to the Milky Way?"

Mr. Finklestein, all I can say in response (with a nod to David Bowie) is:

"This is ground control to Major Hall;
You've really made the grade
And Keith Olby wants to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to spread the bias if you dare...."  :)

Today I have arrived at the point where I don't even know what to say about this stuff any more.

  Incidents like this make me anxious that GWB gets to retirement safely.  The man deserves some peace after all that he has endured for an ungrateful country.  He will be the last real President for some time.  What we have coming up is a figure head Presidency presiding over an American politburo.

If the shoes were thrown at Oby and he ducked and hid behind the podium, cried for the secret service to rescue him and left a puddle there, the MSM jerks would claim he displayed remarkable courage in the face of terror. "

"Can you imagine the terror Obama probably felt at the time, thinking the same fate was about to happen to him as his Camelot predecessor. Obama certainly was a 'profile in courage' today."

Gag

IF I was the President, and IF some lib media jerk threw an object at me, I would be wondering to myself "Where are my secret service agents right about now?"

What if that was a knife or a poison dart? Where is the outrage that ANYONE can get away with hurling an object at The President of These United States of America??!

What is happening to our country? Saddam would have boiled that guy's body and mailed it to his family. Anyone who failed to protect Saddam would have been beheaded in public.

Amazing.

I loved your quick reaction, you did not hestiate, you did not flinch, you did not ponder or take three days to make a move. Your swift action prevented an international debacle of staggering proportions.

I thank you for keeping our troops in your thoughts and hearts. Your trip to the frontlines to visit our warriors, all without the media circus in tow reflects volume of your humility and dignity. You do not need the MSM to validate your self worth.

GWB was extremely cool through the entire incident. He ducks the first shoe, smiles, avoids the second shoe, tell his security guard not to worry (note how casually he leaves his side). I did not hear the clip from Hall, but I wonder if the one who felt embarrassed was Maliki. I saw some brief shots of him after the incident and his eyes looked sullen, as if the insult was directed at him. IMO, Bush handled this with grace and great reflexes.

O Lord, Thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort. - Leonardo Da Vinci