As Jon Stewart would call him, still-president Bush flew secretly into Bagdad this weekend to give a farewell statement to the Iraqi press. But in spite of the highly controlled circumstances of the press conference, an irate Iraqi reporter managed to launch a farewell of his own in the form of two shoes hurled at the president's head, forcing him to duck and cover. Watch the tape after the break:
Bush got away from the incident unscathed, but apparently, Press Secretary Dana Perino, got a microphone in the face when she jumped into the dogpile that landed almost instantly on the shoe-thrower. Now she's sporting a black eye.
You couldn't make this stuff up.
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Speaking of lipstick, a church in the hometown of the world's most famous hockey mom was targeted last week by an arsonist, causing at least a million dollars of damage. Sarah Palin apologized to the church, saying she hoped the fire wasn't motivated by "undeserved negative attention" from her own notoriety. Fire officials say in fact there are no current leads on the motive of the arson.
And finally, your daily Blagojevich. Chicago Tribune readers are invited to upload their own photos of themselves and the Illinois governor. We'll take the game further and ask you to write your own caption for this one:
