From The Editors, the best explanation of Bush’s shoe-dodging I’ve yet seen:
Judged as a display of alertness and ninja prowess, the President’s dodge is, indeed, impressive.  But George W. Bush has spent most of his life fucking things up horribly, and then escaping any consequences for his incompetence and indifference.  This is who he is.  What you have seen is not a moment of quick thinking, it was  the man’s essence.  He always escapes unharmed.

Interesting press conference Bush had in Baghdad. The conqueror of Iraq was met not with flowers but with flying shoes…

I have to hand it to W — my reflexes probably wouldn’t be this good.
More info via McClatchey:
As Bush finished remarks that hailed the security progress that led to a U.S.-Iraq agreement that sets a three-year timetable for an American withdrawal, an Iraqi television journalist leapt from his seat, pulled off his shoes and threw them at the president. Striking someone with a shoe is a grave insult in Islam.
“This is …