Who didn’t think the intertubes would be full of parodies of the now famous shoe throwing incident. Enjoy! Austin Powers: Three Stooges: Nike: Everything, including the kitchen sink: From CQ Politics, where they have even more videos that I didn’t include. UPDATE:
Thrown Shoes “Yesterday, at a press conference in Baghdad, an angry Iraqi threw his shoes at President Bush’s head. Yeah, when he saw the shoes, President Bush said, ‘See, I knew you guys had weapons of mass destruction.” -Conan O’Brien “Of course, the big story over the weekend is that President Bush had that press […]
As usual Rachel Maddow says it best.
“Here’s an interesting story. According to the Washington Post, President Bush spent 2,496 hours on various exercise machines during his time in the White House. That’s a lot. I guess during retirement he’s just going to read a lot of classified memos.” -Jay Leno “President Bush’s term is winding down, and all these articles are […]
The winner of the prestigious award for most ironic political statement comes from President Bush, who said in an interview Tuesday that he was forced to sacrifice free market principles to save the economy from collapse: I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system. Yes, he really did say that. UPDATE: Andrew Sullivan adds: […]
Just after the 2004 presidential election, the BBC published an article where it asked various americans why they voted for Bush. In hindsight, some of the answers are now comical, but one of them is downright prescient. Tim, from Los Angeles, answered: I voted for Bush to usher in the complete and utter destruction of […]
By now, everyone has heard of the Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at Bush. Now it’s your turn: From Kroma.
Blagojevich “Hey, you probably saw this on the news. A very embarrassing moment at the Illinois State Capitol today. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich attended the opening of the nativity scene. And when the three wise men showed up with gifts for the baby Jesus, Blagojevich demanded half the loot.” -Jay Leno “Hey, what are you […]
Thumbing his nose at the country, President Bush awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to convicted felon Chuck Colson. Colson, who was Nixon’s lawyer during Watergate, has been described as the “evil genius” of the Nixon administration. He tried to hire thugs to beat up anti-war demonstrators, plotted to firebomb the Brookings institution, and was eventually […]
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