On the recordDecember 14, 2008
This doesn't represent the Iraqi people. But that's -- that's what happens in free societies, where people try to draw attention to themselves.
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transcripts.cnn.comGeorge H.W. Bush: “This doesn't represent the Iraqi people. But that's -- that's what happens in free societies, where people try to draw…”
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President Bush comments on the shoe-throwing incident and its representation of Iraqi society.
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