Everyone in the room except possibly Bush understood the ritualistic nature of the shoe throwing (and you wonder if they were silently cheering the moment). They're interviewing people on the street in the US and most of them are completely clueless about the symbolic nature of the expression --- they just think its bizarre. Meanwhile the guy is a folkhero in Arabic and other countries now....
I will say I think that's the fastest anyone has ever seen Bush move in public.
