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

[The_Blur]

Do not discuss politics. Discuss Bush's apparent dodgeball skills.

[Just a Skidmark]

hilarious.

[The_Blur]

That first one was going straight for his head. He dodged that like a professional.

[Justin]

The man certainly has his 5 Ds of dodgeball down.

[Matrix]

Makes me wonder if all that stuttering and fumbling was all show, the guy looked pretty alert and sharp on that day!!

[Jak]

Personally, I think everyone of his Secret Service detail should be fired. Where the H were they? I thought those guys were suppose to be alert for any signs of danger to the man their protecting. If that'd been a gun or worse we'd have a dead President now.
Matrix, I think his studderings probably cause he doesn't really care for talking to a crowd, I think he's more of a one on one speaker.

[GSX]

Originally Posted by Jak

Personally, I think everyone of his Secret Service detail should be fired. Where the H were they? I thought those guys were suppose to be alert for any signs of danger to the man their protecting. If that'd been a gun or worse we'd have a dead President now.
Matrix, I think his studderings probably cause he doesn't really care for talking to a crowd, I think he's more of a one on one speaker.

I think they should be given a raise instead.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Jak

Personally, I think everyone of his Secret Service detail should be fired. Where the H were they? I thought those guys were suppose to be alert for any signs of danger to the man their protecting. If that'd been a gun or worse we'd have a dead President now.
Matrix, I think his studderings probably cause he doesn't really care for talking to a crowd, I think he's more of a one on one speaker.

I think it would've sorta amusing to watch 3 Secret Service agents dive in front of the president, screaming, "SHOE!!!!!!!"

[Mr Twisty]

Originally Posted by GSX

I think they should be given a raise instead.

:middlefinger:

He was on the ground in 3 seconds, not a bad reaction considering a shoe was the most dangerous weapon in the room.

[Camaro_Corvette]

Not something the secret service would look for. This isn't the movies, there is no last second save, I would have to agree with Mistercamaro69. Please people, get realistic! Those men did their job as good as can be expected.

WOW, this was like 5 days ago blur, your a little off your game...

[Mr. Wyndham]

The only people in that room were reporters, and you KNOW they were scanned, detected, and whatever else they do lately before they walked into a sealed that room.

On top of that...I doubt they expected of all things, a shoe.

I agree; I though it was kinda funny...because it was a shoe!

[The_Blur]

Originally Posted by Jak

Personally, I think everyone of his Secret Service detail should be fired. Where the H were they? I thought those guys were suppose to be alert for any signs of danger to the man their protecting. If that'd been a gun or worse we'd have a dead President now.
Matrix, I think his studderings probably cause he doesn't really care for talking to a crowd, I think he's more of a one on one speaker.

They should have been watching. No one has any good reason to be standing at a press conference. Taking off a shoe would require someone to be down for a few seconds, so that should have been enough time to stop the reporter before anything happened. There are all sorts of weapons that can be stored in small places. Imagine if the weapon was a shuriken stored in the shoe. That could be lethal. The SS needs to be prepared for much more than guns and bombs. I'm sure they try very hard, but this particular failure worries me when the next President coming into office has already had an overwhelming number of attempts on his life.

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

I think it would've sorta amusing to watch 3 Secret Service agents dive in front of the president, screaming, "SHOE!!!!!!!"

That would be amazing. SNL should have a skit where people throw a bunch of different things at Bush and they have to train to block it. I picture it in a gym:

TRAINER—"This is Presidential Defense Training Class. Our objective is to protect the Commander-in-Chief from a variety of weapons both commonly and uncommonly used against current and past national leaders."

After that, the participating SS agents have to defend a dummy that looks like Bush from a bunch of objects. It would start with bullets and grenades and progress to shoes, pots, paper airplanes, kitchen sinks, rubber chickens, and other ridiculous pieces of equipment. There would probably be bad '80s montage music in the background.

I should definitely write this up.

Originally Posted by camaro_corvette

Not something the secret service would look for. This isn't the movies, there is no last second save, I would have to agree with Mistercamaro69. Please people, get realistic! Those men did their job as good as can be expected.

WOW, this was like 5 days ago blur, your a little off your game...

I was a little worried that we'd have a bunch of comments from people saying that Bush deserved a couple of shoes to the head.

[stovt001]

His reaction and dodging skills leaves one to wonder if he routinely had objects thrown at him earlier in life, like high school...

And as far as SS reaction times... Really, if you just saw someone throw a shoe at the President, wouldn't you be just a bit taken aback? I mean a shoe. They're trained to react to guns, grenades, etc, but you just don't expect a shoe, and it is so comically amusing that you would probably be stunned for at least a second.

[TheClassicCarKid]

Originally Posted by stovt001

His reaction and dodging skills leaves one to wonder if he routinely had objects thrown at him earlier in life, like high school...
And as far as SS reaction times... Really, if you just saw someone throw a shoe at the President, wouldn't you be just a bit taken aback? I mean a shoe. They're trained to react to guns, grenades, etc, but you just don't expect a shoe, and it is so comically amusing that you would probably be stunned for at least a second.

What is that supposed to mean?

As far as his reaction time, amazing haha