Sunday, December 14, 2008

2008 Picture of the Year

Merry Christmas! A special get-well post for La Belle Soeur.

This should cheer you up:

Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq as Term Nears End

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Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush arrived in Iraq for his fourth visit to a nation transformed by the U.S.- led war he launched in 2003.

Bush is making the trip to celebrate new security agreements with Iraq, thank U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi leaders, the White House said as the president landed in Baghdad after a 10 1/2-hour flight.

  Bloomberg

The surprise was on him!

BAGHDAD – On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference.

"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" shouted the protester in Arabic, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

  Yahoo

Something we’ve all wanted to do.

White House press secretary Dana Perino suffered an eye injury in the news conference melee. Bush brushed off the incident, comparing it to political protests at home.

Like hell. If any of us here had done that, we’d be wearing orange on the island of Cuba. If we were lucky.


....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


Video!

Also at Think Progress.

What a hoot. Bush dodged both shoes with such quick reflex that you'd think he's had lots of practice having things hurled at him. Then went on to say...that's what happens when people are free!


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