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I seriously think I'm losing it here, people.
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Reuters Photog Captures Bush at U.N. With 'Bathroom Break' Note 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 suggestged 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."
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.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
pearljamminagain wrote:
so fucking what?... this is news?.... get a life people
Maybe not so much news as comedy. How many times have you written someone a note asking to pee? The leader of the free world has done it at least once.
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B wrote:
pearljamminagain wrote:
so fucking what?... this is news?.... get a life people
Maybe not so much news as comedy. How many times have you written someone a note asking to pee? The leader of the free world has done it at least once.
so, are you saying he should have just gotten up and went to the bathroom?... the headline wouldve probably then read "Bush leaves U.N. meeting for no reason"... should he have raised his hand for permission?... should he have stopped the meeting altogether... i actually think bush did the right thing on this one... for once... see, if we could just find a way to keep his affairs at the elementary level, things would be so much better
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pearljamminagain wrote:
so, are you saying he should have just gotten up and went to the bathroom?... the headline wouldve probably then read "Bush leaves U.N. meeting for no reason"... should he have raised his hand for permission?... should he have stopped the meeting altogether...
Somehow, every President since the inception of the UN has found a way to either pee as necessary or manage their bladder appropriately. Hell, I do it every day. I don't know if it's right or wrong, but if you're saying it's not comical that he has to ask Condi for a potty break, you're lying.
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i actually think bush did the right thing on this one... for once... see, if we could just find a way to keep his affairs at the elementary level, things would be so much better
Can't argue with that.
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i still think it looks fake. dont you think the photographer would have focused on the writing itself instead of it being "blurry"
and even if its not fake, big fucking deal? so he was in an important meeting and had to excuse himself, you nutballs would have had a field day had he just up and left
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Peeps wrote:
and even if its not fake, big fucking deal? so he was in an important meeting and had to excuse himself, you nutballs would have had a field day had he just up and left
damnit B, now you have pissed me off... i had to agree with peeps... fucking peeps of all people... thanks a lot B.... ya prick
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Peeps wrote:
and even if its not fake, big fucking deal? so he was in an important meeting and had to excuse himself, you nutballs would have had a field day had he just up and left
Has no one every peed at the UN? Surely there is a norm that allows people to use the restroom.
If the answer is, they write a note to their Secretary of State and ask for them to call a potty break ... I stand corrected, but somehow I think that's just something that only our Kindergartener of a President would do.
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and even if its not fake, big fucking deal? so he was in an important meeting and had to excuse himself, you nutballs would have had a field day had he just up and left
Has no one every peed at the UN? Surely there is a norm that allows people to use the restroom.
If the answer is, they write a note to their Secretary of State and ask for them to call a potty break ... I stand corrected, but somehow I think that's just something that only our Kindergartener of a President would do.
I would LOVE to see you as President and all the stupid shit you have done or would do, i would bet the farm you would do worse
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Peeps wrote:
I would LOVE to see you as President and all the stupid shit you have done or would do, i would bet the farm you would do worse
Bet I wouldn't do it at work.
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Bammer wrote:
pearljamminagain wrote:
so fucking what?... this is news?.... get a life people
Seriously.
The man had to pee. Don't you ever have to take a fucking piss?
Dear Bammer,
I think I have to pee right now? Do you think I have time before your next post?
__ Yes
__ No
__ Maybe
Regards,
B
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Bammer wrote:
B wrote:
Peeps wrote:
I would LOVE to see you as President and all the stupid shit you have done or would do, i would bet the farm you would do worse
Bet I wouldn't do it at work.
You bet you wouldn't have to take a piss while at work?
HA HA HA!
Child. Did you even read the post you quoted.
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Child. Did you even read the post you quoted.