Video emerged Thursday evening of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dodging a shoe at an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries meeting in Las Vegas.
Roll the tape (via CNN):
As you can see, Clinton was taken by surprise and confused, and also of good humor.
“What was that, a bat? … Is that somebody throwing something at me? Is that part of Cirque du Soleil? My goodness, I didn’t know solid waste management was so controversial.”
The Associated Press described the suspected shoe tosser as a middle-aged blonde woman in a blue dress and thong sandals. She said she threw a shoe and dropped some papers, but didn’t provide context for the action or her background.
The U.S. Secret Service said the woman was being questioned and would face criminal charges.
Compare Clinton’s reaction with that of former President George W. Bush, who dodged a shoe at a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in 2008.
If we’re going for style points, Bush pretty much stuck out his chin in the middle of the ring after dodging the initial shoe throw. He ducked and recovered fast, quivered his jaw, and appeared to stare down the location from which the flying object came. A second one was launched his way, and he did the same thing.
“I’m alright,” he can be heard saying.
That, friends, is a boxer’s mentality, not to be confused with the Koch-fueled one of a boxer from Nevada.
