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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Politics Excellent Questions about "The Shoes"

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM

Via 236.com, by Jon Friedman.

Questions That I Have for the Secret Service

1. Shouldn't you have jumped in front of that shoe?
2. Shouldn't you have jumped in front of that second shoe?
3. Second shoe = the one thrown after being removed from foot after first shoe was thrown.
4. Let's say people had three feet. Would you have allowed a third shoe to fly unimpeded?
5. While the shoe was in the air, were you like, "Oh, its just a shoe."
6. Same question about the second shoe.
7. Do you think this is funny, "Throw a shoe at me once, shame on—you. Throw a shoe—you throw a shoe, you can't throw a shoe again."
8. Is there not "protection training" for lunatics launching objects?
9. Let's say there isn't training for that—but do they tell you that if someone does throw (or shoot) something to be on the alert in case they want to repeat this behavior?
10. Where were you?

BONUS QUESTION: Do you think the Iraqis want us there? (Hint: their journalists are throwing their shoes at Bush)

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Forgotten question:

11. Are all your guys assigned to protecting the real President, Cheney, and the rest to the President-elect?

Posted by Will in Seattle on December 16, 2008 at 3:09 PM

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archive…

Posted by Already Posted on December 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM

Something missed in all of this which is serious; Why the FUCK did it take so long for the Secret Service (SS) to actually show up?

Posted by Just Me on December 16, 2008 at 3:14 PM

12. Didn't you hear that thing about the guy on the plane with a bomb in his shoe a few years ago? Shoes are very dangerous. That's why we have to take them off at the airport.

Posted by travis on December 16, 2008 at 3:17 PM

The people who eventually jumped the reporter were not American Secret SErvice; they were Iraqi;

Posted by Womyn2me on December 16, 2008 at 3:21 PM

This is just great. Now shoes are going to become a security risk. Bush will issue an executive order banning the sale, use, and possession of shoes. We're all going to be walking around barefoot soon enough.

Posted by Jon Brock on December 16, 2008 at 3:22 PM

13. Does this lax attitude about the foreign press betray President Bush's complacency after seven years of an unchallenging American press?

Posted by Andy Niable on December 16, 2008 at 3:30 PM

yes, #7 is funny.

Posted by rara avis on December 16, 2008 at 3:35 PM

@4 - not really.

Posted by Will in Seattle on December 16, 2008 at 3:41 PM

fark had already covered this yesterday

Posted by Stranger is the new fark on December 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM

Well, at least they got him down before he started throwing his socks. That's gotta be worth something, right?

Posted by Reverse Polarity on December 16, 2008 at 4:00 PM

these questions are not funny at all.

Posted by yoo hoo on December 16, 2008 at 4:06 PM

I suppose once they got everyone through the metal detector, they figured "mission accomplished."

Posted by St. Beretta on December 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM

I admit I thought it was funny at first but since I've been thinking about it, what if George W. actually got really hurt or even killed (people have been killed in dumber ways). What would the world be like today if that happened (under new-President Cheney)?

Posted by elswinger on December 16, 2008 at 4:17 PM

What makes you think he isn't the real President already, elswinger?

35 days and counting ...

Posted by Will in Seattle on December 16, 2008 at 4:25 PM

Both shoes dropped and Bush still does nothing.

Posted by CommonKnowledge on December 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM

bush had the training - he ducked.

Posted by Max Solomon on December 16, 2008 at 4:33 PM

SIMPLE LUCK THE GUY DID NOT HAVE A GUN - THE POSTIVE IS THE RINGING IMAGE OF THE END OF THE BUSH YEARS

LET'S HOPE NEW TRAINING GOES INTO EFFECT TO PROTECT OBAMA

Posted by B L M on December 16, 2008 at 5:02 PM

Okay, so if this were a grenade, and the guy it was aimed at was our new president, would it still be funny? No.

Posted by Sarah on December 16, 2008 at 6:58 PM

@ 19. Context is everything.

Posted by david on December 16, 2008 at 7:09 PM

If it was a pie -- with a PRETZEL in it -- and the President had choked and passed out, would it be funny?

No. But I would laugh my ass off.

Posted by this guy I know on December 17, 2008 at 12:24 AM

They wanted Bush to get hit by SOMETHING! ANYTHING! Line up folks. Launch something at the moron. You get two shots! Oh Hump Me! You are such a devil!

Posted by Vince on December 17, 2008 at 6:27 AM

Considering what the act of throwing your shoes at someone means to people in Iraq, perhaps we should all mail our shoes to Bush.

Just sayin'

Posted by Eddy968 on December 17, 2008 at 6:48 AM