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The guy has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. Can't believe that.... What he did was one of the funniest things I have seen in years, that said I guess that doesnt mean he should get off lightly?

If I recall he looked quite smug after dodging the shoes.

Yeah the look on is face was priceless!

Did they try and do him for attempted murder? Piss take if so.

Assaulting a foreign dignitary, carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years.

15 years! The guy was let off lightly on that count but it's still daft.

3 years...absolute bollocks unless they're punishing him for missing dopey Bush ! Bloke should have Dr Martens free for life !

There is going to be an appeal.  He will have a reduced sentence, probably.

Just think what would have happened to him had it been Saddam who was dodging the shoes instead of the Bush...

yeah that makes the 300,000 innocent people dead all worthwhile, god bless america

Didn't say it did.
Merely pointing out that he's alive and not dead.

I thought Bush came out of it quite well. For a bloke who's widely perceived as a bit of a dopey sod (Bush not me), I was impressed by the speed of his reaction in dodging the shoes and how he bounced straight back with a joke.

Surely it's attempted assault on a foreign dignitary? He didn't actually connect did he?

It's not that admirable, he's used to it from games of head the horse shoe on his ranch, which is a popular Texan pastime played on Sunday afternoons usually where the prize for the winner is to be shot 'accidentally' by Donald Rumsfeld from a moving wheelchair !

Plus the bloke who threw his shoes held the first one up and shouted at Bush, raising Bush's attention.

Or maybe he secretly has ninja powers and the dumb American thing is just an act

Come on guys, credit where its due. You might have prior warning that the shoe's on its way, but you've still got to be able to anticipate where it's going to hit and make sure you're not in that space when it does. Which is no mean feat, as our keepers have amply demonstrated all season, only kind of in reverse

Do you think DW should try and sign Bush as an extra keeper seeing as he has nothing to do now ?

Yeah that was his argument. How can it be assault, I missed!

Hmm, dunno. Depends what his kicking's like really - he's got the moves, but has he got the distribution?

Well he is American and I'm led to beleive that they can only 'kick ass' by all accounts ! therefore he'd just be giving penalties away all the time ! Perhaps if he just concentrated on kicking Swindon players maybe that would work ? Also DW seems to be trying to get us to play from the back when we can so he can just roll it out to Jerel and when he plays his 75 yard pass to row Z in the DR stand then he can kick his ass !

From AirForce One to Swindon's No 1? Could be the big name signing we've been looking for :)

Certainly in the UK, the charge of assault can include the threat of violence, regardless of whether or not it is carried out or successful.

Not sure if it is the same in the US.