1) Bush has some moves, I love watching it
2) I have absolutely no trust in Barack Obama to lead the country from a military standpoint, and I have very little trust in his ability to handle the economy, however you don't see me wishing him ill. That's just horrible to cheer on attacks on an American president. Also, keep in mind, had that guy thrown a shoe at Saddam, do you think he would've even survived in the room once Saddam's guards got a hold of him?
3) Multiple attempts have been made on Bush's life - one that comes to mind is that a guy had a grenade with him near the President while he was giving a speech (outside of the United States), but the grenade never blew.
Also, while I'm here defending the current Commander-in-Chief before the next one gets in, do you guys have any idea, at all, how many plots have been uncovered and stopped before they ever took place? Remember the plot on Fort Dix? Did you guys know that at the same timeframe in which the attack on Fort Dix was going to take place, Civil Air Patrol cadets from all over the
Northeast Region (9 states) - thousands of them, a number as young as 12, participated in an air show at McGuire Air Force Base? That plot was uncovered about two weeks before the event.
Take a look how close the two are:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=fo...=1&ct=image (close out the blip). McGuire AFB is just off of Fort Dix. The air show was one of the biggest events within the entire Northeast Region, and there's no doubt in my mind that for that timeframe, Fort Dix was not the main target.
Plots to blow up airliners, and a plot to blow up an airport were two other ones that the press got wind of - and I'm sure had anyone in the press really known anything about CAP (other than a news special CNN did in 2001), what was going on at McGuire would've been the big news.
Now, am I in full support of President Bush? No. I'm able to recognize that some privacy rights were threatened because of security, but you look to any time we have ever been at war in our history, and you'll see the same thing happens every time. Do I agree with that? No - we're fighting for that right after all - but speaking bluntly, it's nothing new. I also recognize other wrong decisions that he has made - but every president has, and forever will into the future. That's just the way things go.
Back to the shoe throwing, I found it funny because Bush reacted so cool and quickly, before anyone else caught on, and long before his security detail got in - not because it was an "attack" on the President of the United States.