Published on December 15, 2008
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This weekend, an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at President Bush, yelling "good riddance" and calling him a "killer of Iraqis." Are you sympathetic to the Iraqi reporter?

Option A Option B

Yes

No

Survey says: A! (28 of 50 answers)

A: 28 votes - 56% B: 22 votes - 44%
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A1. I would probably do the same if the leader of another nation came to take over my country just because he or she didn't agree with our leader.
A2. I wish I could do the same thing to Bush.
A3. I do not believe that Bush should have interfered in Iraq in the first place.
A4. After what Bush has done to that country, he should be woried more about what else they want to throw at him.
A5. I think the Iraqi people have been through a lot of hardship.
A6. The war to Iraq was based on false pretenses and many people died on both sides for the silly decisions made by Bush
A7. Cause when I read it I about died of laughter. I am very surprized this hasn't happened before this.
A8. I don't agree with the Bush administrations behavior either.
A9. The Iraqi people have been repressed for so long and the US has ruined their country and economy.
A10. It is understandable Iraqi's would be angry considering how many thousands of innocent civilians have died. This is a relatively minor way of expressing frustration.
A11. It shows the outrage of the Iraqi people without hurting anyone.
A12. I feel some sympathy for the Iraqi reporter. He feels like his country has been invaded and extensively damaged because of Pres. Bush's choices. Throwing his shoes was a very serious insult but his actions didn't really hurt anyone but himself. He must fe
A13. Something must have affected him that he was compelled to act in such a way. But it was morally wrong but if everyone who is angry behaves in this way, it will become chaotic.
A14. Certainly, Bush has been an idiotic president and he's responsible for a lot of death and misery in Iraq.
A15. It's just this war's going on for a long time and so many have died.
A16. I am sympathetic and can appreciate the symbolism. I usually am not sympathetic to people attacking others, however since this was not a real "attack" I can relate
A17. Bush wanted to export democracy to Iraq, the reporter was exercising his democratic right to voice his opinion.
A18. I understand that he and his country are going through hell right now.
A19. The Iraqis have been through major changes with the war, Pres Bush is the symgol of that,
A20. because they are very good person.
A21. The U.S. occupation of Iraq is immoral.
A22. While I don't think throwing his shoes is right, I do think he had a good point. I think that a countless amount of Iraqis and American soldiers, have died for nothing.
A23. I would do the same if I had a chance
A24. I think it was his frustration that came out.
A25. President Bush created so many problems for the Iraqi and American people as a result of his plain stupidity and inability to lead, that of course I and many Americans feel more sympathetic toward the reporter than to the President. If it weren't a feder
A26. As far as i'm corned, Bush should have the book of ward crimes thrown at him! Good for that Iraqi reporter. Wish we as Americans had the guts to do so.
A27. No matter how bad of a ruler we might feel our Pres to be, if someone invaded and killed him, we'd be upset.
A28. because of bush i am ashamed to be american
B1. Maybe some people can understand the Iraqui reporter's feeling; but sure this wasn't the proper way to express this feeling.
B2. I think the reporter should have acted more professional, since he is supposed to be a proffesional of the media. Very disrespectful!
B3. The way he acted was uncalled for. There are better ways to handle your anger.
B4. He didn't go about expressing his feelings correctly, if he did so I might feel more symathetic to him.
B5. Battery is never acceptable as a means of protest.
B6. Because there is no reason to act like that.
B7. He had to make certain decesions based on incorrect data that was given to him.
B8. I don't like Bush, and think he was totally in the wrong, but I couldn't really care less either way.
B9. No, I think the reporter should be taken out and shot for showing such disrespect.
B10. You should always be and act professional.
B11. He should consider himself lucky that Bush freed his country from dictator Saddam Hussein.
B12. You don't throw shoes at people regardless of what you think of them.
B13. There is no excuse for an errational physical outburst such as this
B14. I can not sympathize with the Iraqui in anyway. If his own country was not constantly fighting another country about religion we wouldn't even have to be there.
B15. This is very ridiculous
B16. It's understandable if an ordinary Iraqi did that but a professional reporter's supposed to be neutral
B17. You should respect your president even if you don't like them. Shouldn't throw your shoes at anyone.
B18. Shows a lack of professionalism on the part of the reporter.
B19. It was classless, regardless of the reporter's personal beliefs.
B20. President Bush is the leader of a foreign state and as such should be treated with respect, much like his leader would be treated in the United States.
B21. The reporter's actions seemed immature to me. What point could that have possibly have made?
B22. Throwing shoes at someone doesn't fix anything! It shows that the guy was immature.

Who responded to your question?

A Votes by demographic segment B
Gender
47%
 
Male (23)
52%
62%
 
Female (27)
37%
Age
 
 
3-17 (None)
 
48%
 
18-34 (31)
51%
66%
 
35-49 (15)
33%
75%
 
50+ (4)
25%
Ethnicity
59%
 
White (37)
40%
50%
 
Black (2)
50%
55%
 
Asian (9)
44%
 
 
Hispanic (None)
 
0%
 
Other (2)
100%
Education
40%
 
High School (5)
60%
57%
 
College (33)
42%
58%
 
Grad School (12)
41%
Income
50%
 
$0-30k (16)
50%
61%
 
$30-60k (18)
38%
50%
 
$60-100k (14)
50%
100%
 
$100k+ (2)
0%
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