Im no fan of GWB but you have to say he was very relaxed about the assault and dodged very neatly.
That is not a black eye just a minor bruise, there is no swelling

bill, ely,

All the anger towards Bush and America is clouding people's judgment. This is a profoundly disrespectful act to a head of state, and to the office of the President. And it is an abuse of the privilege of access granted to journalists, which is in all of our interests. Nobody should be proud of this.

Nancy, Toronto, Canada

Maybe now George W will do some sole searching!

alan , hewish,

She'd have caught them if they were Jimmy Choo's

James, Tring,

A hero only in the Arab world? I'm sure most of the Western world thinks Mr. Bush got off lightly. I'm sorry that, in Ms. Perino´s case, once again, innocents pay for sinners.

A. Oruna, London, UK

He's a hero in my book too and I'm a yank!!!

Tony, Annapolis, Md, usa

Elizabeth, read the article:

"His spokeswoman, sitting to his right, was hit in the face by a microphone boom sent flying by a presidential bodyguard"

Not hit by the shoe, thus why you didn't see it happen..

Kathy, Aberdeen, USA

This shoe throwing incident is proof of the democracy and freedoms Mr. Bush has brought to Iraq. Would this reporter be alive today if he threw his shoe and Saddam Hussein?

William, London, UK

I think it's interesting that I read nothing but praise or indifference with respect to this shoe journalist. I think it's outrageously disrespectful and I'm waiting for someone to write an article that would agree. Regardless of your politics, that sort of behaviour is inexcusable.

Grotius, London, UK

Where on earth was she standing to get hit by that shoe?

I never saw either of the shoes hitting her?

Elizabeth, Edinburgh,

Well done Ms. Perino for laughing it off. Frankly the footage yesterday of those demonstrating on the street waving their shoes served only to remind me of Monty Python's "Life of Brian". So as the son of an Iraqi, perhaps I can suggest an alternative: "The Gourd, the Gourd, laud the Gourd!"

MN, London, UK

It rather sounds to me as if microphones and bodyguards are more dangerous than shoes.
After all, the shoes did not hit anyone.

Alan Hargreaves, Holywell, UK

Size 10 US or UK? There's a difference...

Dan, London,