Reporter throws shoes at President Bush

At a press conference in Iraq, a reporter actually removed his shoes and chucked them as President Bush. Bush's response - "So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" He passed it off as someone "calling out for attention". I think its a perfect accident of a metaphor. If Bush was able to realize that there was probably more a desire for "attention" behind the obvious outrage of the reporter, perhaps he would be able to create policies that the people of Iraq actually want...