On the recordDecember 14, 2008
This doesn't represent the Iraqi people, but that's what happens in free societies, where people try to draw attention to themselves. And so I guess he was effective.
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transcripts.cnn.comGeorge H.W. Bush: “This doesn't represent the Iraqi people, but that's what happens in free societies, where people try to draw attention…”
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President Bush commented on the shoe-throwing incident, framing it as an act of free expression.
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