Ah, to be in Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi’s now-famous shoes for a day.
Imagine the satisfaction he must have felt, watching the expression on the face of our Commander-in-Chief turn from cockiness to bewilderment as first one shoe, and then the other, sailed by.
“This is a farewell kiss from the people of Iraq, dog.”
In Muslim culture, the shoe represents the lowest, most undesirable part of the body. Some in Iraq have given Condoleezza Rice the nickname Kundara, which means shoe, a fitting salute to a woman who made headlines a few years ago when she plunked down several thousand dollars on Fifth Avenue footwear while New Orleans was drowning.
If the Ferragamo pump fits…
Anyway, I’ve been thinking. Maybe we Americans can find a similar way to offer our own farewell kiss (make that kick) to the Bush administration -- with a massive footwear mail-a-thon.
I propose that we all go to our closets, dig out our least favorite pair of shoes, place them in a box, and mail to:
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Please ask everyone on your email list to do the same, and to pass the word on.
It probably won’t change anything. But it will sure feel good. As the folks at Nike say, Just Do It.
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Good idea, though.
Loved this post.
Rated for the great idea.
Maybe I'll wait until he's out of office and safey buried in Texas.
Did I say buried? I didn't mean that. I meant removed. Yeah, that's what I meant.
Do you think the Government reads OpenSalon?
Shoes are relatively innocuous in comparison. You could start buying up shoes at thrift stores, and then shipping these for a fee at the behest of interested parties, with various catchy slogans: e.g., "Your mudder wears army boots!" for a pair of worn out army boots, etc.
Just remember to change the address to the Crawford ranch after Jan. 20.
I jest, of course, but without even looking I'm guessing that a mess of T-shirt designs capitalizing on the shoe incident have appeared overnight at cafepress.
Love that line, "If the Ferragamo pumps fit ..." ...Priceless!!!