WASHINGTON—In movies, Secret Service agents leap in front of bullets aimed at the commander in chief. But in Baghdad, agents failed to block not one, but two shoes hurled at President George W. Bush during a weekend news conference.
So a day after Bush dodged flying footwear, Secret Service officials faced questions Monday about how an angry television reporter was able to throw his shoes before agents moved into the line of fire.
[From Secret Service takes a hit after shoes thrown at George Bush -- chicagotribune.com]
Everybody has to take them off in airports, I'm told (I'm waiting for some headline writer to coin "pants bomber") - now, what, anywhere close to the doofus too?
You could save yourself a lot of bother by just going barefoot.
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