Bush needs to go pee pee, asks Condi for permission (news, photo, link)

Just saw that on WBWD news ... They say that Reuters says that it is not photoshopped, but true ...

That could be anyone.

true, so it could be him.

haha i saw it earlier on tv

it's not fake... i saw it earlier. it's really him

Is that a question mark at the end of the sentence??

I think I may need a bathroom break? I don't know! Do I?

LOl was thinking the same.. condi's the boss man when cheney's not present

Hilarious !

I wonder if Rice will first have her security perform a thorough handwriting analysis before reading his note, as she will be suspicious since there were no spelling errors in your note.

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Any links where they say it's real?

I can't exactly figure out the last lines of the handwritten text, but I also read on a serious (german)
newspage that it is no fake.

looks like his handwriting..

it's really strange that this isn't published EVERYWHERE by now...

but it's 100% real

Drudge says it was photo-shopped. Still, somethings the press should just pass by. What next? Following him into the head and film him takin a wiz?
Reuters looks like they are a bit over zealous.

The notes on the bottom look different than the bathroom printing... ahmmmm

Potty-Gate!!!

Was that really Bush's hand?

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/..._id=1001137252

Reuters Photog Captures Bush at U.N. With 'Bathroom Break' Note
REUTERS/Rick Wilking

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. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war.

By E&P Staff

Published: September 14, 2005 7:35 PM ET updated Thursday 9:30 AM

NEW YORK In what seems destined to become one of the most joked about photos of the month, a well-known Reuters photographer on Wednesday captured President George W. Bush scribbling a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a session at the United Nations. On the note is a message revolving around the need to take a "bathroom break."

The photo, which appeared on Reuters' official photo site, was quickly published all over the Web, though dismissed by some as a likely photoshop special. Others suggested that surely someone must have hacked the Reuters site. But a Reuters spokesman on Thursday told E&P the photo was legit.

"The photographer and editors on this story were looking for other angles in their coverage of this event, something that went beyond the stock pictures of talking heads that these kind of forums usually offer," explained Reuters' Stephen Naru. "This picture certainly does that." E&P's update, including an explanation from Reuters' photo editor Gary Hershorn, can be found here.

Reuters told E&P today that Bush indeed did take a "bathroom break" shortly after the picture was snapped.

The photo by Denver-based Rick Wilking, taken over a man's shoulder, shows an official -- identified in the caption as President Bush -- scribbling in pencil on a small white piece of paper that already contains the words: "I think I MAY NEED A BATHroom break?" It is unclear if Bush is in the process of responding to that message or wrote it himself.

The caption at the Reuters site reads:

"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. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war."

The photo can be found here.

Wilking, a former Reuters staffer in Europe, took several other photos today at the U.N. posted at the Reuters site on Wednesday. He recently covered the hurricane disaster in the Gulf, and on Sept. 2 was profiled at E&P Online.

He told E&P's Jay DeFoore at that time that he decided to leave New Orleans only after his laptop and two cameras were stolen from his car parked near the convention center. But he vowed to return to cover the "human tragedy."

One online bio of Wilking describes him as a "presidential photographer" with 12 years experience shooting pictures in Washington or on various White House assignments. It says he started his career as a photojournalist for the Colorado Daily in 1974. He told Gelf magazine today that he is close to Bush and wonders what the White House thinks of the photo.

Hey, don't take this so seriously.

Connie likes watersports and Dubya was just teasing her.

That is friggin hilarious

OMG your kidding? The prez goes to the bathroom? Maybe thats where the WMD's are!

"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. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war. REUTERS/Rick Wilking "

How can so many people be so dumb....its fake.

uhh.. do you only read headlines on Drudge?? If you would have read the article, you would have learned that they corrected the over exposure with photoshop like they do with tons of photos... but the photo wasnt doctored...

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswir..._id=1001137642

you have just proven yourself to be THE dumbass here...

http://www.wnymedia.net/index.php?op...=144&Itemid=37

it's real.......

it's real, and it's funny - but that's it.

reuters shouldn't have made a story out of it, unless they want to be treated as a cheap yellow agency.

i bet even funnier notes could be found if they would take pictures of other delegations.

I think he wrote:

''Is this possible''

Bathroom Break is slang for "powder my nose"

I highly doubt it

What a leader Bush is, has to ask permission! Hahahahaha

I'm not sure if any of you know much about handwriting, but his handwriting says alot about him.

Notice the sudden change between capital and lower case letters ?

that's pretty funny... where is Cheney anyways? heart transplant?

what does it mean? I write like that sometimes...

I think its funny how everyone makes such a big deal out of nothing. The same thing must happen (although maybe in digital form, i.e. on a computer) thousands of times a day in business and board meetings worldwide.

But I guess its something to catch the President doing it. I think people need to touch on the fact that he most likely didn't want to be disrespectful to everyone in the room by just standing up and leaving.

Still kind of funny to see he is human like the rest of us.

he wants to pee.. so what?

Oh geez, so during the middle of a conference you want him to just stand up and walk out to go to the bathroom? Yeah, sounds very respectful. Take your heads out of your asses, bashers.

Why not??? Isn't that a normal body function ????

Oh, I see, you want Condi to get up and ... what ????

The last time " I asked " to go to the bathroom, I was 6 years old ....

BTW, "bashers" of what exactly ????

I think all he was saying is that by "asking" Condi, all he was really doing was:

1. Maybe finding out how much longer until a break.
2. Seeing if she could call for an intermission.
3. Possibly interrupt (instead of the president doing it) and request a break.

Who knows. My 2 cents.

That's just a pretty funny shit.