Shoe Diplomacy

Politics is not something that a Realtor would be advised to discuss. It is very personal and you never know when and how you will offend someone. So, the best advice is if you are not asked point blank, don’t bring it up.

But I have to comment on the shoe throwing incident. I’m sure everyone has seen it by now – the astonishing sight of an Iraqui reporter, taking off his shoes and throwing them as hard as he could right at the head of President Bush!

I don’t know about you but I was completely blown away. I did not know what to think – there were so many thoughts going through my head at once.

Like –( 1.) Good for that guy! He must really be at the end of his rope to do something like that! (2.) What the heck just happened?? That is the President of the United States! Doesn’t anyone have any dignity anymore? Does anything go? (3.) Where were the Secret Service? (4.) Boy, W. can really move. He was ducking and weaving pretty good. (5.) Thank God, President Bush was not harmed or hurt in any way.



And finally, ( 6.) after 8 years of shaking my head and muttering every time I hear President Bush utter something that leaves me aghast, I could not believe how gracious and laid back he was about the whole thing. He laughed it off! He made a joke about ‘ducking reporters’. I was amazed at his attitude and was in agreement with him for the first time in 8 years.