Shoes Fly at D.C. Protest

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Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:23PM EDT / Published Jan. 19, 2009 12:19PM EST

While many in Washington today are celebrating Obama’s imminent inauguration, some are sparing a thought for the outgoing administration. Protesters in the city’s Dupont Circle this afternoon took a page from Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi’s playbook and hurled their shoes at Bush—though it wasn’t the man himself, this time, but a 20-foot-high Bush-shaped balloon with a Pinocchio-like proboscis. Passers-by were also encouraged to throw their footwear.

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Shoes Fly at D.C. Protest