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Thursday, September 15, 2005
President Bush has to go to the bathroom

My co-workers obviously had too much time on their hands when they found out this info.

As published on Yahoo News: 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

Editor & Publisher confirms that the photo is real:

Reuters Says Bush Photo Not 'Malicious,' Reports Wide Interest In it
NEW YORK With confirmation today that an accidental photo of President Bush at the United Nations on Wednesday, writing a note to Secretary of State Condeezza Rice about a “bathroom break,” was indeed real, newspapers around the U.S. and abroad are now planning to run it widely. But many, it seems, will treat it as something more than a joke.
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The fact is, according to Reuters -- and this has not been widely reported -- President Bush did indeed take a bathroom break after passing the note to Rice.

This apparently raised some eyebrows around the room, because American representatives (among others) have a reputation for suddenly bolting, though normally for a far different reason than this latest one. Fair or not, the European press has already had a field day with the photo, often centering on the notion that Bush had to ask Rice for permission.

The headline at the Web site for The Times of London, for example, reads: "Excuse me Condi, can I go to the bathroom?"

In other hard-to-believe news, President Bush is the first result that comes up if you Google "failure." Try it!

posted by Jessica at 4:57 PM | 0 comments

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