Bush Doing What He Does Best

Bush Admin, Politics 17 December 2008 | 0 Comments

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. [...]

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Shoe Throwing Journalist Was “Beaten in Custody”

Bush Admin, Politics 16 December 2008 | 2 Comments

Muntadar al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush during the president’s appearance in Baghdad, is being beaten in custody according to his brother. Dargham Zaidi told the BBC that his younger brother has “suffered a broken hand, broken ribs and internal bleeding.” The journalist is to be prosecuted with the speculated charges [...]

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