28 May 2009

Hooray! The New President deserves a…shoe

Posted by khuushuur under: mongolia .

The Shoe Thrower?

Do you remember the Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at George W. Bush? The story and images were spread all over the media and internet. Brilliant entertainment. Though probably frowned upon by some, it must have been an inspiration to quite a few in the world as well.

Well, no we fast worward to Mongolia 2009. There is just a new President elected. Elbegdorj. And he is happy, celebrating his win with a crowd on Sukhbaatar square. You would expect people might throw their hat in the air. But then suddenly a guy in the crowd throws a shoe at Elbegdorj. He is captured by the police and later explains (from Mongolia Web News):

I was drunk and at one point I had to throw my shoes. I did not have any intentions. Just wanted to throw. When President George W.Bush visited Iraq, he was thrown a shoe as well.

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