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Flashback: When We Had An Athletic President

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Former President George W. Bush famously dodged a shoe thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist eight years ago today.

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The incident occurred on Bush’s last visit to Iraq. The scene was widely shown on television, at the time, as a symbol of the loss in U.S. prestige, and the shoe thrower was imprisoned.

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