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Bush’s UN Bathroom Break
If these pictures weren't posted on Yahoo! News, I would find it very hard to believe them to be real. But there they are, credited to Reuters photographer Rick Wilking, and accompanied by this caption: U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005.
I suppose even Presidents need to go to the bathroom.
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Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Sep 14, 2005 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 45
Category: Photos/Videos, Politics
Category: Photos/Videos, Politics
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Snopes is calling the pics authentic, although not crediting the bathroom text to Bush outright (it may be him writing the text on the bottom, and someone else's text above?) Anywho: http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/bushnote.asp
Posted by Splarka on Wed Sep 14, 2005 at 11:41 PM
I wonder if it may be photoshopped - just the text at least...it seems to me that there's a little bit of fuzziness surrounding the text. And the "b" in "possible" seems to be missing the bottom. I would've expected it to be visible up to the pencil!
Posted by Smerk in to mischief on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 12:20 AM
"When can I have my nap?"
Posted by Reynard Muldrake on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 12:21 AM
now really, is wanting a bathroom break really that big of a deal? people are obsessed with finding anything remotely flawed with the president to attack him with nowadays.
Posted by Tom on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 12:39 AM
Drudge credits the top of the note to Condolezza Rice as the person requesting the bathroom break. If you look closely, the top request is printed while the bottom is in cursive.
Isn't this a bit intrusive? Granted the note was harmless and a bit funny (and will definitely get much airtime on liberal blogs, latenight talk shows, etc), but an over the shoulder photo of the president's documents? Good thing he didn't have any pertinent national security documents on his desk.
Posted by Chris Carlisle on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 03:17 AM
Isn't this a bit intrusive? Granted the note was harmless and a bit funny (and will definitely get much airtime on liberal blogs, latenight talk shows, etc), but an over the shoulder photo of the president's documents? Good thing he didn't have any pertinent national security documents on his desk.
"now really, is wanting a bathroom break really that big of a deal? people are obsessed with finding anything remotely flawed with the president to attack him with nowadays"
Posted by Tom
Well it appears Bush did not write that top part but Tom, c'mon, even if you are an ardent Bush supporter don't you find it even the slightest bit humorous that Bush would be asking permission to take a potty break from Condaleezza? Granted, we know now that is not the case but initially thats what struck me as humorous.
Posted by Chuck in Rhode Island on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 04:21 AM
Posted by Tom
Well it appears Bush did not write that top part but Tom, c'mon, even if you are an ardent Bush supporter don't you find it even the slightest bit humorous that Bush would be asking permission to take a potty break from Condaleezza? Granted, we know now that is not the case but initially thats what struck me as humorous.
I think it IS a little bit funny if the president of USA think he has to ask if he may use the bathroom, still, depending on who is speaking, it could be interpreted in a lot of strange ways if he just got up and left, so why not ask for advice.
Posted by Mikkel on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 04:36 AM
I think it's funny that the president even goes to the bathroom. I guess he's human after all.
Posted by AqueousBoy on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 05:50 AM
The president uses the bathroom too????
Posted by X in McKinney, TX on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 05:58 AM
Nah, ole Georgie was just drunk again!
Posted by Jorge on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 06:01 AM
I was thinking about the different script (printed, vs. cursive), and the top may be that someone has asked to go, and then the cursive does appear to be the beginnings of a reply: Is is possible ....to wait, to hold it, to use a paper cup?
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 06:59 AM
Ohw, funny. If the question is Condoleezza's and the answer being written is Bush, it opens up room for al kinds of naughty speculation.
Posted by LaMa in Europe on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 07:27 AM
C.: "I think I may need a bathroom break?" ---> = "I feel horny, please join me at the bathroom and do what we did last time, remember?"
W.: "is this possible without..." "...someone nabbing us? I seem to vaguely remember one of my predecessors got into serious trouble with a thing like this..."
Posted by LaMa in Europe on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 07:33 AM
W.: "is this possible without..." "...someone nabbing us? I seem to vaguely remember one of my predecessors got into serious trouble with a thing like this..."
"a bathroom break" could seriously be code for something else. Knowing that they couldn't communicate privately, it would make sense to have a secret code. Or it could just mean what it says.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 08:23 AM
Notice that "bath" in "bathroom" is capitalized. The word "need" is also capitalized. What he's really saying is "I NEED A BATH."
joemono
Posted by joemono in Portland, OR on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 09:53 AM
joemono
I don't think Shrub's handwriting is really that good. Otherwise, I could believe it.
While most adults would just get up and go, perhaps saying "Excuse me for a minute," W's Exxon and Halliburton handlers obviously have him on such a short leash (remember the hidden earpiece incident?) that he doesn't do ANYTHING without a nod from them.
Posted by Big Gary in Dallas in Dallas, Texas on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 02:38 PM
While most adults would just get up and go, perhaps saying "Excuse me for a minute," W's Exxon and Halliburton handlers obviously have him on such a short leash (remember the hidden earpiece incident?) that he doesn't do ANYTHING without a nod from them.
What I find incredibly amusing is that the ostensible leader of the Free World only "thinks" he may need a bathroom break. I don't know about you but I was pretty sure when I needed to go to the bathroom by about age 4.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 05:15 PM
"now really, is wanting a bathroom break really that big of a deal? people are obsessed with finding anything remotely flawed with the president to attack him with nowadays"
Yeah! We should be fair-minded, not assume the worst, and give George the benefit of the doubt. Just the way you guys treated Clinton.
Posted by Barghest on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 05:24 PM
Yeah! We should be fair-minded, not assume the worst, and give George the benefit of the doubt. Just the way you guys treated Clinton.
Will this note be on display in bush's presidential library some day?
(Okay, if he didn't write most of it, then how about the National Archives?)
Imagine what future generations will think.....
Posted by Nigel on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 05:52 PM
(Okay, if he didn't write most of it, then how about the National Archives?)
Imagine what future generations will think.....
At least Clinton KNEW for sure when he had a biological urge.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 10:37 PM
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