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Video: Reporter Throws Shoes At President Bush, Secret Service Asleep At The Wheel
It was quite an episode today when that disgraceful journalist in Iraq threw not one but two shoes at president Bush. Thankfully, the president’s quick reflexes allowed him to duck both shoes just barely. But the question I have is where in the hell was the Secret Service? That nut was able to throw a shoe, then wind up and throw a second shoe followed by at least a couple of seconds before he was tackled.
By my count it was more than 6 seconds before Bush’s lead Secret Service agent made it over to the president’s podium. Imagine if that had been a gun and not a shoe? Secret Service agents are supposed to be constantly scanning a crowd looking for unusual movement of any kind. How in the hell was that guy able to throw two shoes before anybody did anything?
What we saw today was a complete failure of the Secret Service to protect the president. The president casually waved off his lead agent who was about to extract him from the room following the incident. Had that been a gun, the president would have already been dead. That agent looked like a deer in headlights. The president should send that greenhorn back to the academy for a bit more training before he entrusts him with his life again.
Watch this video of the incident. Note the piss poor response time by the Secret Service:
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That was the first thing I said when I saw the footage. Noone felt me at all, but this was a completely failure by the agency. COMPLETE
It really is unbelievable.
I don’t care who the President of the United States is. You respect and protect the office. The Secret Service had a total and complete failure. There is no acceptable answer to why this happened except that they completely failed to do their job.
Those secret service guys are real “heels” not being there for the president. Let’s hope they got a boot up the rear for it later
Let me tell you, I asked myself the same questions
when I saw the Us President being attack like that
the jornalist had enough time to make two attacks
if I was bush, I will fire that S.O.B agent
Turns out the shoe thrower passed a note to his cameraman right before he started tossing his shoes that said he was looking forward to martyrdom. Too bad he wasn’t obliged. And look at poor Perino’s shiner: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/popup?id=6460914
I am not going to point fingers, i am happy that our president is alright. This to me should send a message; we cannot force people to see things from our point of view. They hate Mr bush for trying to introduce a better way of life. We cannot change people, only God can.