George Bush is great

Richard · Dec 23, 2008

Looks like George Bush has done wonders for Baydan Shoes sales.

Will old George be the new face of Baydan Shoes?

Maker of shoes thrown at Bush swamped by orders

Monday, December 22 08:43 pm

The maker of the shoes that an Iraqi journalist hurled at US President George W. Bush has had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with a surge in demand for his footwear, he said on Monday. Skip related content
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"Between the day of the incident and 1:00 pm today we have received orders totalling 370,000 pairs", Istanbul-based Serkan Turk, head of sales at Baydan Shoes, told AFP.
Normally the firm sold only 15,000 pairs a year of the model that Muntazer al-Zaidi threw at the US president at a press conference in Baghdad on December 14 to become an instant hero across the Arab world, he said.
Turk said orders had initially flooded in from Iraq, followed by other Middle East countries and finally from the rest of the world, including for 19,000 pairs from the United States.
Formerly prosaically dubbed Model 271, the black polyurethane-soled shoes have been renamed Bush Shoes, he said.
Turk insisted the company was not profiting from the soaring demand to up the factory price from the 27 dollars (19.30 euros) it had been charging, while adding that it was "delighted from all points of view" at its unexpected success.
Throwing shoes is considered a grave insult in the Arab world, but Turk indicated that they would probably not have done Bush much harm had they hit him.
"They look heavier than they are," he said. "They only weigh 300 grammes (10 ounces)."
Zaidi, 29, has been charged with "aggression against a foreign head of state during an official visit," an offence that carries a prison term of between five and 15 years under Iraqi law.
He is to go on trial on December 31, an investigating judge said Monday, rejecting allegations by the journalist's family that he had been tortured in custody.

Maker of shoes thrown at Bush swamped by orders - Yahoo! News UK
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ghost_of_war · Dec 23, 2008

Wow, too funny.....

TA152 · Dec 23, 2008

George Bush, the Al Bundy of Presidents !

socioanthroman · Dec 23, 2008

Tell now I thought Bush was a bad President but now I think hes a good one just for this single reason lol. Hes got the best humor of any president ever, "they were size 10's."

ghost_of_war · Dec 23, 2008

I am sure as an individual he's a good guy, but as a world leader, he sucks some serious ass.... sorry to say.

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