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3:08 AM ET, December 15, 2008

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Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad (Updated)» — President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the security deal recently reached between the U.S. and Iraq. CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware reports …

Discussion: MoJoBlog, Sadly, No!, Taylor Marsh, No More Mister Nice Blog, Jules Crittenden, RedState, Associated Press, Comments from Left Field, Firedoglake, Newshoggers.com, American Street, Needlenose and Don Surber

BBC:

Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip — President Bush ducks as the shoes are thrown — A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. — An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Gateway Pundit, The Huffington Post, Unqualified Offerings, Seeing the Forest and Minnesota Independent

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Video: The obligatory “Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush” clip — Christmas comes early for the left. As one of our commenters snarked in Headlines, between this and the fact that the guy's in media, he's now qualified for his own show on MSNBC. — Maliki, to his credit, went for the block.

Discussion: INSTAPUTZ, Patterico's Pontifications, Weekly Standard, Riehl World View, Macsmind, Whiskey Fire, Confederate Yankee, Stop The ACLU and Wizbang

Mike Allen / The Politico:

Bush ducks two shoes hurled by Iraqi — Welcome to Baghdad. An Iraqi reporter set off pandemonium Sunday by hurling two shoes at President Bush during a news conference that was the centerpiece of his secret goodbye visit. — Bush was cool under fire and prevented an even bigger incident …

Discussion: Donklephant, Michael Calderone's Blogs, Fraters Libertas and Babalu Blog

Gateway Pundit:

WOAH!... Troops Give Bush Tremendous Sendoff in Iraq (Video) — Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) is an excellent source of US military video and photos. — Today DVIDS posted an amazing video of President Bush's visit with the troops in Iraq.

Discussion: Instapundit

Juan Cole / Informed Comment:

Two BBC Stories 5 Years Apart: Leaders and Shoes — A journalist, Muntazir al-Zaidi of Baghdadiya Television, aimed two shoes at W. during a news conference in Baghdad during which Bush attempted to justify his invasion of Iraq. Baghdadiya, based in Cairo, Egypt, supports …

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Undiplomatic

Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush makes stop in Afghanistan to rally troops

Discussion: Reuters, Agence France Presse and The Politico

Edwin Chen / Bloomberg: Bush Ducks Shoes Thrown in Iraqi Leader's Office

Mark Silva / The Swamp: Bush's Baghdad shoe-attack: ‘Size 10’

Adam Ashton / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at Bush during news conference

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Scarce / Crooks and Liars:
Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush during press conference

Discussion: World-O-Crap

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush Arrives in Iraq for a Final Visit

CNN:
Angry Iraqi throws shoes at Bush

Discussion: Bloomberg, Kansas City Star, Sister Toldjah, BAGnewsNotes, The Seminal, The Raw Story and Connecting.the.Dots

Sarah Baxter / Times of London:

Senate scandal snares Obama's chief aide — THE bullish, foul-mouthed but effective Chicago arm-twister Rahm Emanuel has come under pressure to resign as Barack Obama's chief of staff after it was revealed that he had been captured on court-approved wire-taps discussing the names of candidates for Obama's Senate seat.

Discussion: GINA COBB

Jitendra Joshi / NEWS.com.au:

Barack Obama chief Rahm Emanuel drawn into Rod Blagojevich corruption investigation — BARACK Obama's chief of staff is under pressure over reported contacts with Illinois's corruption-tainted governor, who faces impeachment proceedings this week. — Rahm Emanuel, a combative congressman …

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Macsmind and Sweetness & Light

Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Lasting Effects of Political Poison

Discussion: Washington Monthly, theheretik.us, Kevin Drum and No More Mister Nice Blog

Wall Street Journal:

Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web — The celebrated openness of the Internet — network providers are not supposed to give preferential treatment to any traffic — is quietly losing powerful defenders. — Google Inc. has approached major cable and phone companies that carry Internet traffic …

Discussion: Broadband Politics, The Seminal and Open Left

Amie Parnes / The Politico:

No Southerners yet in Obama Cabinet — Barack Obama is 15 picks into his Cabinet — he announced New Yorker Shaun Donovan as his Housing and Urban Development head on Saturday—but has yet to name one who hails from the South. — “Not a one,” grumbles a one senior Democratic aide who hails from the South.

Discussion: The RBC and Booman Tribune

Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:

Obama left with little time to curb global warming — WASHINGTON (AP) - When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Power Line, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Don Surber

John Kass / Chicago Tribune:

Will ‘feditis’ spread to Obama and Daley? — Why are Chicago machine Democrats lining up against Gov. Rod “Dead Meat” Blagojevich like a bunch of thin-lipped Victorian physicians in some old movie set in an musty insane asylum? — Since Tuesday, they've been swinging their silver hammers at his cranium with righteous gusto.

Discussion: JammieWearingFool

MSNBC:
Dec. 14: Blagojevich corruption scandal, U.S. economic turmoil

Discussion: Althouse, theheretik.us, Chicago Breaking News, The Capitol Fax Blog, The Caucus and TPM Election Central

Jordy Yager / The Hill:
State official says Blagojevich may step aside Monday

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Jeremy Clarkson / Times of London:

Terrorism adviser to Met is on wanted list — Interpol notice urges arrest of Islam TV chief — Richard Kerbaj in Tunis and Dominic Kennedy in London — A man wanted by Interpol for his links to an alleged terrorist organisation has been advising Scotland Yard on countering Muslim extremism, a Times investigation has discovered.

Discussion: Harry's Place and Jihad Watch

Mike Allen / The Politico:

McCain scolds GOP for whacking Obama — In a surprising rebuke to the warriors who fought for him through tough times, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday sided with President-elect Barack Obama and scolded the Republican National Committee for fanning the Illinois corruption scandal.