The journalist is currently being held alone in a comfortable room with a bed and a TV set, his brother said. "He is being visited frequently by doctors. The food is very good," the brother added.

Al-Zeidi stood by his attack on Bush. He stressed that he meant no offense to the Iraqi prime minister but didn't want to miss his chance to send Bush a message, the brother said.

"He said he could not wait until al-Maliki left the room to throw his shoes because then Bush would also leave and that historic opportunity would be lost," he said.
... MSNBC

A very bad nightmare .... lit us forget about

Is there a patron saint of shoes? Can you think of shoes now without thinking 'Bush' and 'duck'. Ha ha

Shoe makers will owe him a fortune in goodwill. Even the police now do not see shoe-throwing as aggressive, more of mirth. Streets are decorated with a sea of footwear.

This is one Bush icon that is not quite as bad as the many many others that he has left behind. Gone but not forgotten no matter how much his cult followers might now wish.