TheBanyanTree: Mr. President's Shoe-ducking Skills

[Monique Colver]

One of those secret service guys should have jumped in front and taken the
shoe for the good of his country. It's a sacrifice, sure, but they knew the
job was dangerous when they took it.

Monique

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Laura <wolfljsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 17 Dec 2008 at 13:51, NancyIee at aol.com wrote:
>
> > My second thought
> > was; "Where the heck were the Secret Service guys?"  What if the hurler
> > had  been armed?  Were they thinking Prez Bush too lame to be in danger?
>
> That was my first thought.  Where the heck are the Secret Service guys?
>  Aren't they
> supposed to be watching for this kind of thing?  Isn't it their job to
> stand around the
> President (he IS still the president, whether you like him or not) and make
> sure that shoe
> throwing freaks are thwarted in their attempts?  If W hadn't had quick
> reflexes, he'd be
> sporting quite a lump on his forehead.  I'm sure there was a metal detector
> and body
> searches and whatnot to make sure there were no knives or guns, but still.
>  Somebody was
> asleep on the job, and ought to be sent home with a swift kick in the butt
> and a black mark
> on his resume.
>
>