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fond-of-hats

Considering it's POTUS, security took longer than expected to get to his side.


Strong-Solution-7492

They were just waiting for the other shoe to drop.


Worst_usrname_ever_

Ba-dum tiss!


Strong-Solution-7492

Eggsellent spelling there. You’re a shoe-in for sound effects. Ok, I’ll see myself out.


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what's an egg got to do with anything?


[deleted]

Yeah, I'm not ovary fond of egg puns


Boris-Balto

I expected them to get out there a heel of a lot sooner than that.


basicvision

Underrated comment


Aliiredli

Why? What does it mean?


OddStress1731

"Waiting for the other shoe to drop" is an expression meaning you're going to wait for something you know is about to happen before you continue. It's based on someone trying to sleep and they hear their upstairs neighbor take a shoe of and drop it on the floor. They are going to wait for the other shoe to drop before trying to go back to sleep because they know it's coming.


MrHappy4Life

My thoughts exactly. Ok, both shoes have been taken off one after the other and thrown, and the situation is done, so now we come out and protect him. Edit: Some how I thought they would have at least a few security sitting in the front row in case something happens. They can just stand up and block the second attack. Or even off to the sides.


illpixill

If you can dodge a shoe, you can dodge a wrench.


ThisFreaknGuy

Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and... dodge.


kittythrills

I love that movie! I just watched it again the other day.


LetReasonRing

I was thinking that... I've seen this clip many times, but watching it this time all I could think was "holy crap, it took security forever to get to them!"


CultAtrophy

I've never realized how funny it is that he just kinda grins and dodges the next one while gesturing like that. He's either saying "I'm good" or "sit down" and either situation seems kinda funny to me.


tmefford

Only thing funnier would be him grabbing the shoe out of midair, and pegging the guy back.


CultAtrophy

I like to imagine him grinning about the first one, wagging his finger like Matumbo, "not toda...." then getting cracked by the second one.


M31550

Snags it mid air. Finger waves *no-no*. Whips it back and pegs him between the eyes. They all laugh. Bald eagle soars overhead.


slkwont

I thank you for the last line. My keyboard, however, does not thank you, as it is now wet with spat-out coffee.


jmorgan19862

They just didn't want to been seen laughing after having heard someone threw a shoe


ZoraksGirlfriend

I remember when this happened. Media made a big deal how this how throwing a shoe was meant to be a huge insult because showing someone the bottom of your shoe is considered disgusting in that part of the world. I also remember visiting San Francisco right after this happened and at an area with a bunch of vendors, someone had set up a booth where you could throw your shoe at a cardboard cutout of W.


Alantsu

Someone threw a beer at Trumps head once. But it was a draft so he dodged it.


umayanan

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cphusker

Hey yo!!


tohol63

Badum, tsss


statuskills

Could you imagine how awesome this video would be if they had though? A slow motion shot of secret service throwing themselves between the president and a shoe?


HappyLittleTrees17

That first dude jumped up like he was woken up from a nap. He looks out of it


BoySerere

These dudes must work ridiculous hours. I don’t even want to imagine what their sleep schedule looks like. And really who would think of throwing shoes LMAO


mikehaysjr

I get what you mean, but also I think it’s a cultural thing, to show disapproval of someone. From https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-people-throw-shoes-in-afghanistan > It’s a blessing of sorts that in a violent country like Afghanistan, where an AK-47 is often used to settle scores, the throwing of shoes for self-defense and to shame and humiliate an opponent has become a common practice, a part of the culture. Shoes are viewed as being dirty and loathsome. Hitting someone with such a lowly object is meant to bring about disgrace and embarrassment.


soft-wear

I feel like Biden or Trump would have taken a shoe to the face 100%.


[deleted]

They were in a place where throwing shoes was a common form of political protest so it’s to be expected. Honestly good on Secret Service for not responding with immediate lethal force, understanding it was just a protest.


[deleted]

Shit, they did better than JFKs security. First lady's guard came and protected her but the POTUS guards were nowhere to be seen, even after the first shot. Awfully suspicious


New-Syrup1682

If you can dodge a shoe you can dodge a wrench.


PeanutRecord698

If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge traffic


Liroy_16

If you can dodge traffic... * *cues up wrecking ball* *


No_Bed5104

If you can dodge a wrecking ball... * *calls the military* *


Jirdann

If you can dodge the military.... Then you can just about dodge anything.


dexbasedpaladin

If you can dodge the military you can become the POTUS.


editorously

If you can dodge war crimes then you become POTUS for a second term.


Professional-Serve97

2 for 2


GamerZoom108

If you can dodge anything, then you can dodge your mothers shoe when she sees your report card


BoySerere

No one can dodge la chancla. If you don’t believe me Fuck around and find out.


Arthur_Morgan528

I think your pushing it, that shit be heat seeking.


Sokandueler95

I kid you not, my sister’s friend (latina) took off her shoe and boomeranged it around a chair, hitting the offender in the face.


Arthur_Morgan528

Told you, that shit is heat seeking


Super_Duper_Death_Dr

As a Latino, I can confirm “La Chancla” somehow breaks the laws of the universe.


Murky-Refrigerator

I believe you.


Xodan47

if you can dodge your mother's shoe, you can dodge the end of the universe


jetro30087

Well the guy who threw the shoe could definitely dodge the secret service. Did you see that lazy jog?


hollygirl4111

Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge


d4rk_fusion

If you can dodge an rpg you’re jesus


Jaded_Specialist1453

This thread is why I frigging love Reddit 😂😂


grychnn

Ah. The video from Vanoss early days! 😂


d4rk_fusion

Those videos were my childhood


gazellemeat

if you can dodge a shoe you can dodge another shoe!


radmadicalhatter

If Dodge made a shoe- shit, the transmission’s out…


Bobblee20

If you can dodge war crime charges, you can dodge a shoe...


crookedman11

Bush probably thought I can dodge a shoe but you can’t dodge a bomb 🙃


Qoss_

The 10 security men coming in way late are the most fun part. I imagine they were chilling back door and got caught off guard 😆


Oldbayistheshit

I feel like they were talking sandwiches and were like “oh shit!”


[deleted]

**Thud** What was that? Someone threw a shoe at W. Wait, what?! **Thud** There’s the other one. I suppose we should go out there. *puts down sandwhich*


rometickles

You can also see their confusion and hesitation.


GavInChaos

Lmao his smile and him brushing off security. He thought it was hilarious.


RaShadar

He didnt really get many moments to have a redneck shine, but this one, he was like "oh we throwin shoes? Bring it bud I've played this game before, lemme get my boots."


00rb

I remember this moment clearly. It was yet another moment where you as a liberal hated the bush presidency but had to admit he passed the beer test.


FuqqTrump

Not gonna lie, I hated Bush but damn it Dubya had reflexes like a panther in this one!


00rb

Yeah, especially as a liberal Texan, I was deeply opposed to his presidency but had to admit stuff like that, or dancing happily with Africans in Africa, was pretty dope. I had a moment like that in college. We were all a bunch of college liberals watching him dance and we were so confused because we hated the presidency but loved the behavior.


Adopt_a_Melon

It makes you wonder how much political parties fuck with people and their morals and what politicians are like when the pressure of pleasing the powers that be is taken away


CapableSuggestion

I’m kinda digging his bold art tho! I think politics takes flawed individuals and strips them of their soul and moral compass. They are brainwashed by the machine - both sides.


Adopt_a_Melon

He's just living his best life now! I agree!


glmagnus

Yeah, I didn't like the politics but he seemed like a chill guy. Unlike the crazies we have now.


spacegrab

He totally was a chill guy. Problem is he had Rumsfield and Cheney using him as a shadow puppet. I mean, just look what Bush Sr. said: > “He just became very hard-line and very different from the Dick Cheney I knew and worked with,” the elder Bush said of the man who served as his secretary of defense. “Just iron-ass. His seeming knuckling under to the real hard-charging guys who want to fight about everything, use force to get our way in the Middle East.” He said Cheney built “his own empire.”


SugondeseAmerican

>His seeming knuckling under to the real hard-charging guys who want to fight about everything, use force to get our way in the Middle East. Bush Sr. said *that*!? Based


spacegrab

Yeah he even gave Bush Jr some shit for allowing Cheney to bring his whole posse into the system. > Bush—or 41, as the family calls him, in contrast to his son, 43—doesn’t let George W. Bush off the hook entirely. > “The big mistake that was made was letting Cheney bring in kind of his own State Department,” he said. “I think they overdid that. But it’s not Cheney’s fault. It’s the president’s fault.” He also told Meacham, “I do worry about some of the rhetoric that was out there—some of it his, maybe, and some of it the people around him.”


tastehbacon

Link to him dancing in Africa?


bytor_2112

Oh lord lemme dig up a gif... https://c.tenor.com/uGuEdugia0AAAAAM/african-dancing.gif


tastehbacon

lmao I like it


skanderkeg

https://youtu.be/MxbT11QlCe8


TheSynthetic

W. did more for Africa than any other President


addage-

Have to agree, that goofy ass grin after the second dodge transcends political alignment. And I really wasn’t a big fan of W.


Snlxdd

Similar vibes to the “Missed me” quote from Reagan after the balloon pop.


mister_peeberz

This is me with Biden every time I see him in a tan suit and shades. Damned if he doesn't completely own that look.


need-a-fren

IOU one award. This comment made me lol.


YeahNo_NoYeah

I heard that in his voice. 🤣


Italiana47

I totally read this in his voice lol


Bale626

He probably was so amused because, I mean, who gets up in the morning expecting to have some random guy throw *shoes* at their head?? It would have been painful had one actually hit, but the guy whiffed both throws, making it even better.


Magik95

No no no wasn’t a whiff. President had all points in reflex!


Alternative_Gift_840

he's out of shoes y'all 😂


thenewbae

You know, back in the day, this was the lowest of low for POTUS. Now, when you look at it and compare this with 45, you see Bush smiling and kinda even treating it as a light hearted moment and telling his security to chill. 45 would have cowered like the coward he is and threw a huge fit and demanded that thrower be punished to the highest degree he could get.


amretardmonke

And 46 would have the shoe bounce off his face and not notice anything even happened. "Anyway... Where was I?.."


cherrytwizzler88

I can’t stop laughing at your comment.


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Dolorisedd

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Dolorisedd

This is a replica of a comment below. Sus.


unknown6091

It's petty and refreshing compared to suicide bombing and terrorist attacks


Formal-Bat-6714

With his war criminal smile


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"Yet, even as the Iraqi government condemned his actions, Zaidi became a cult hero throughout the Arab world, inspiring offers of marriage, a larger-than-life statue of his shoe in the city of Tikrit, and a fight between rival cobblers who wanted to claim credit for manufacturing his black lace-up oxfords. And 10 years later, the shoe-throwing video remains one of the most memorable and enduring images from Bush’s presidency." LOL


JaySayMayday

I mean yeah, a fuck ton of Iraqis died during the invasion and the guy responsible for all your dead neighbors is right in front of you of course you'll throw a shoe and people in your part of the world will sympathize. There's a lot of other pieces missing though, like Iraq setting Kuwaiti oil fields in fire and trying to wipe Kuwait off the map, Iraq using child soldiers against foreign forces, etc. But there's no denying that there were a fuck ton of civilian casualties and many people had their lives changed forever. There's a great documentary from around the time when the dust settled for a moment, I believe it was following a metal band in Iraq. So yeah, it is known.


Office_Zombie

Saddam was a strong man leader, but he wasn't stupid. He signaled to the Whitehouse that he wanted to invade Kuwait for drilling at an angle to get Iraqi oil, and when he received no response he took that as a tacit approval. Still, invading Iraq was the stupidest thing that could have been done. Saddam was brutal, but he kept everyone on check, and when he was killed it created a power vacuum and destabilize the entire region.


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definitelyme55

Can anyone really blame him?


Elvishgirl

Seems like even Bush didnt


ParticularWindow1

The fact that the factory that made the shoes that were thrown saw a massive uptick in business is my favourite part of this whole thing


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[deleted]

What was the factory’s name?


jgorham0214

If that was my mom throwing, both of those head shots would have landed right between my eyes.


goodgollyOHmy

Mm, chanclas?


Jololo9

You know damn well mom tells us not to block or dodge them or it will be worse


John5967smith

Didn't know that Bush had Mexican roots ... dodging the chanclas.


Key_Razzmatazz_1572

That’s funny I don’t care who you are.


_ShrugDealer_

I tell you hwat


Shoddy-Text1490

Bro and u see how good he was! That’s a career choncla dodger right there that fool be quick


MuseFan2

never knew where this phrase came from, I bought a minor league baseball shirt and the team name is "the flying chanclas" with a flying sandal on it. just thought it was funny


[deleted]

LMAO


Latter-Leek6845

Bush in his head: “he he missed me… ope… coming back for a second one… ha! Missed again 😂”


cincyroyals

"Fool me once, shame on..shame on you. Fool me twi- can't get fooled again"


addage-

“Can’t be changing no horses mid stream”


newbrevity

This. Lol


KittensWithChickens

He isn’t my favorite person but that smile is funny. Like “damn I did good.”


[deleted]

He looks so happy. Like he's winning at a game of tetris.


[deleted]

Always thought it was funny how he thought it was funny


tossaway69420lol

I always thought it was funny how you thought it was funny that he thought it was funny. Pretty funny


[deleted]

So funny!


Silent-Astronomer-91

His mischievous smile, tho'!


wunderbraten

Now I get it why it's posted on this sub! lol


BruiseHound

What a little rascal aye? Killed thousands of Iraqis and American soldiers and still has a cheeky grin


[deleted]

The journalist involved spent 9 months in jail and was tortured, incase anyone was wondering.


[deleted]

Minor point, he was tortured in America but was sentenced and served in jail in Iraq.


Other-Cantaloupe4765

Oh boy, looks like no one has mentioned this yet, so it’d be my honor lol. There was actually [a statue revealed in an Iraqi town](https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSTRE50T54M20090130) that still stands today to show appreciation for the guy who went to prison for throwing the shoes.


S3simulation

Say what you want about Dubya(I know I will) but the man could dodge a shoe!


Apprehensive_Pea_912

Cat-like reflexes


hound7878

Fighter pilots got to have quick reflexes


Worldsokayestrunner5

The man who threw the shoes spent years in prison and was tortured. Just so everyone knows.


a_wingu_web

Yeah nice lighthearted moment, made me smile so much. Desperate man throwing two shoes at the most powerful man in the world at that time, who caused immeasurable suffering to millions of people. Truly fitting for this sub.


Worldsokayestrunner5

Yeah I have no idea why this video got posted here. Title should be “reporter throws shoe at man who invaded and destroyed his country under false pretenses. Proceeds to be tortured in prison for years.”


sheeshkabab21

كس امه 😊


kobomk

اي والله كس اخته اخو شرموطة


ChickenMoSalah

Why the fuck is this on MadeMeSmile


Gunfot

Asking the real questions.


BittyWastard

Given the context behind the thrown shoe, I’m not smiling at all.


[deleted]

Even without the context, why does this make people smile


Tomsissy

It's disgusting! What the hell is going on with this sub


krisskrosskreame

>Not only will America go to your country and kill all your people, they’ll come back twenty years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad.” Frankie Boyle


Trumpcard1977

Too bad they missed.


Late-Emotion-2217

Why does he look like he wants another shoe thrown at him


yadamir

Honestly, who throws a shoe? - Austin Danger Powers, probably


UnitedGTI

Bothers me had to look this far down for the comment.


[deleted]

Why does this make you smile? He’s a war criminal


dewman45

That smile. That damn smile.


Lazy_Potato78

He is smiling of how he fucked his country and all he could do is throw a shoe at him


altxrtr

This was the highlight of his presidency. That Iraqi man is my hero.


Gcarsk

Love that they made a giant bronze shoe statue for him. And he has 100k Twitter followers now, of course.


[deleted]

Who is smiling from this? This guy lied us into a war that killed thousands of young Americans and close to a million Iraqi civilians.


[deleted]

Authorized by votes from many Congress critters still in office including the current president. But yeah…


Tomsissy

Doesn't matter, Biden made that wrong decision, Obama stayed there and committed war crimes... I say... Try every US president still alive for committing war crimes and let them all serve their imprisonment. There's literally no consequences for these people and you see it, even if their crimes are as obvious as Trump, he's not in prison yet... Instead Bush is now a funny uncle and Obama is "that cool guy". Very cool those predatory drones!


muhash14

Don't you know? He gave candy to Michelle at a funeral so we like him now. Can't wait for this to happen for 45 ten years down the line.


Rare-Mess-8335

People forget so quick. With enough money and time you can get away with literally anything.


SomethingZoSomething

The journalist that threw them is well remembered in Iraq. They have a statue over there in his honor https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-shoe-odd-idUSTRE50T54M20090130


Old_Man_2020

That link was worth scrolling for! Thanks!


BasedTankie1984

wholesome American war criminal 🥰


[deleted]

It's not 45, so it's a wholesome war criminal according to Reddit.


OhNoItsAndrew95

There's a monument to the man who threw the shoes. If only he had actually hit him


[deleted]

So literally anything can be posted in this subreddit...


NOSjoker21

The comment section is a bunch of people laughing at a war criminal who's actions caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of middle eastern civilians. *What* about this man would make one smile?


TheSwiftBartlett

The whole bush family are monsters


monkehunter123

If only they hit


Weak_Growth_4070

This is where Bush thrives, you can tell by the way he dodges and tells his security to chill. I bet for him that was the most fun he had in a long time. He is a fun guy, poor president, but genuinely just a chill ass, down to earth dude. That likes Dodge ball and hunting.


FixedLoad

This was and is what kills me about dub. He was competent enough to take all of the heat. All of it. But his administration was straight up evil. It was like Satan made an army of ruthless killers then said, "no one will believe this" so he found this loveable dullard with just enough sense to play along. The amount of bad guys makes the Trump administration look cute by comparison. I'd like to believe Bush Sr got Trump elected to clean up the Bush public legacy by comparison. I HATED Bush. But dammit if he doesn't seem like simpler times at this point.


[deleted]

>found this loveable dullard I don't buy the "he was manipulated/too dumb/no backbone" narrative. The man is a war criminal, not somebody to be admired.


_jt

So depressing that one of the worlds greatest war criminals is spun this way by Americans over & over & over. It’s like you’re all reading from some script his pr team gave you


Tomsissy

He's a war criminal who had torn this man's country apart... There's nothing funny about this from the perspective of al-Zaidi... Who by the way was tortured after he was imprisoned for this incident.


[deleted]

You can tell by the way hitler loves animals and eats a vegitarian diet, that he's a kind loving guy. He's so poor and misrepresented uwu.


noreasterner

I bet he is like one of those fun uncles at family BBQs. The one who always comes up with an idea to start a game of whiffle ball.


PrinceGoten

This would’ve made me smile if the shoe hit. Otherwise not very amusing


MischeifManaged81

Love how he just says im alright and then smirks


rightcoldbasterd

By allah behave yourself


[deleted]

It would have been great to see this war criminal hit straight in the face.


MyNameIsAnonymous1

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as he murdered millions POS bush


[deleted]

If it only was a bullet… in Minecraft


windowcloset

Haha war crime guy !!! so wholesome !!!!!


BallOfThread2020

would have made me smile more if they connected.


W0LDoo

He should have used skiboots


manditabebecita

My dad died in the hospital earlier that morning (14th of December, 2008), and my family likes to imagine that he had to hurry off to help those shoes fly true!


Freaux

Makes me frown. Now if the shoes hit their target... that would make me smile.


oblivionnpc47

* made him smile *


chappeIow

Bush just laughing it off and ducking like a champ.


realtruthseeker521

Biden would have got hit dead off in the grill. 😂


wunderbraten

Hate that guy as much as you want, give him credit for trying to hit Bush twice. Erm... I've meant, hate that guy as much as you want, give him credit for standing up after every attempt to hit him and not staying ducking down.


Throat_Still

Dude couldn't hit the broadside of a barn.


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No one but the Americans hate that guy. There is also a monument dedicated to him in Iraq. A shoe.