Photographer snaps shot of Bush note to Condi:
By on Sep 14th, 2005 at 6:33 pm
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Teacher, teacher, may I? May I?
September 14th, 2005 at 6:45 pmHis penmanship is of a grade school quality.
September 14th, 2005 at 6:53 pmIt’s always embarrassing when the “Little President” needs attention.
September 14th, 2005 at 6:57 pmbe careful with this crap.
there are enough legitimate complaints without you ending up pushing something that may not be real.
cf Dan Rather.
September 14th, 2005 at 7:03 pmHe’s been pissing himself for two weeks…why stop now?
September 14th, 2005 at 7:05 pmNumber 1 or number 2 gerogie?…or is underneath there a crossword puzzle?
September 14th, 2005 at 7:11 pmThis government stuff is so booooring! I wish I were out riding my bike right now. Vroom vroom! Chase that armadillo! Heh heh. These furners talk funny.
September 14th, 2005 at 7:27 pmThe note actually reads.
“I think I may need a bathroom break?”
He can not even use a question mark properly!
September 14th, 2005 at 7:34 pmReal or not I wish I had it for my “Amurka’s Endangered Species” Perhaps it could be the “Bloated Bladder Blamer.”
After skipping lunch in favor of being cautious I watched Roberts tap dance around the Senators today. If he answered the questions on the Bar Exam like he answered questions today DUHbya would be CJ before that slimy sick sycophant even got a law license.
September 14th, 2005 at 7:35 pmI have instructed GDumbya to share his toileting needs with his trusted companions. Last year, he went to the bathroom by himself once. It was a disaster. His bullet proof vest has a codpiece. He crapped himself before he could figure out how to get the damn thing off.
We don’t want a repeat of that catastrophe. Seems like we have more than enough of those to go around these days.
September 14th, 2005 at 8:07 pmI am so bored. Everybody’s usin’ these big words, like they’re showin’ off or somethin’. Jeez, they’re all so talkin’ so much, and I can’t unnerstand ‘em anyway; I gotta go. I gotta go. Where’s the john? Must be in the hall somewhere. Where’s Condi” Let me look around here — ah, there she is, she’ll know what tah do. Jes’ like when she was teachin’ me geography. I’ll try crossin’ my legs for now. Hurry up, Condi, I gotta go.
September 14th, 2005 at 8:35 pmI wonder if had skid marks in his shrts or just wet spots in front.
September 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm8. Maybe he is using the question mark properly. Hell, he couldn’t decide what to do about Katrina. Maybe he didn’t know if he indeed needed a break.
September 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pmAnother point: This may be a photoshop, but it’s still funny as hell.
September 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pmOnce the memo is written you must wait 36 hours for a response.
September 14th, 2005 at 8:51 pmbush didnt write the top portion of the note.
September 14th, 2005 at 9:35 pmWhy doesn’t he use the piss-bottle like any other good ol’boy would? Cheney straps his to his leg.
September 14th, 2005 at 9:37 pmhttp://vitter.senate.gov/contact.cfm
September 14th, 2005 at 9:40 pmMaybe he just needed to “powder his nose(candy)”. Just like the good old days.
September 14th, 2005 at 10:03 pmWell, as a conservative myself, I’m just glad George used a pencil this time. Its so embarrassing for us rightwingers when he uses those crayons and crepe paper when printing out his notes.
But tell me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t a real, red-blooded, hard-core, conservative, rightwing cowpuncher from Texas have said, “I’ve got to take a piss” instead of that sissy-assed “bathroom break” crap. I mean, I would have for sure, being a redneck and all. I have to tell you, I’m starting to think my president is just a great big bag of wind.
September 14th, 2005 at 10:14 pmDoes anyone else noticed “their” instead of “there”??
Dunce.
September 14th, 2005 at 10:21 pmnotice*
September 14th, 2005 at 10:21 pmMy apologies for my grammatical and spelling errors…I have no excuse.
September 14th, 2005 at 10:33 pmI don’t know what would make anyone think this is a product of photoshop. It’s a Reuters wire photo credited to photographer Rick Wilking.
September 14th, 2005 at 10:54 pmI’m that sure that W could use Bolton’s moustache for toilet paper in a pinch, seeing how Bolton’s head is already up W’s rear.
September 14th, 2005 at 11:58 pmWhere does Bush find the room for so many heads up his rear, and still fit his own?
September 15th, 2005 at 12:00 amAs much as I’d like it to be for real I’m not so sure that this is.
compare the note to these samples of his handwriting:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/images/20040628-9_sovereignty062804-515h.jpg
http://www.bhwa.4t.com/GWBush.gif
They don’t seem to be too similar
Damn! Too bad
September 15th, 2005 at 8:08 amThanks to Reuters and Atrios, this photo went out yesterday across the blogoshere and was picked up around the world. It’s a riot.
September 15th, 2005 at 8:53 am21. i read that line as: “Is THIS possible”…but did notice the difference in the capital “I”s in the first part of the note and that line…not unusual – i do that myself at times…but more food for doubt about authenticity…
September 15th, 2005 at 9:28 amGeorge is responding to the bathroom request, which is NOT in his handwriting. Maybe from Condi.
I just wish the photographer had waited till he was done:
“Sure, why not? In fact, let’s go together. I could use a steady hand.”
September 15th, 2005 at 9:33 amReuters is probably looking for payback for the U.S. military jailing 2 of their journalists indefinitely in Iraq…
Their caption is hilarious in its seriousness:
“U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ….. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations …… REUTERS/Rick Wilking “
September 15th, 2005 at 9:34 amYou all knew he was an ignorant, dumber than dirt, asshole when you voted him into office. You all just thought that everything would be fine with Cheney actually being the prez, and The Shrub just a figurehead. What do you expect from an individual in the lower third of the nation in intelligence?
You cant blame him for wrecking the nation when you all gave him the keys.
September 15th, 2005 at 9:36 amMuch as it would not surprise me if Dubya was thinking this, I think you got him responding to a memo he received… See how the I’s in “I think I” are different from the “Is this” beginning the second sentence?
Seems like two different sets of handwriting…
September 15th, 2005 at 9:39 amNow if you could just get republican to admit they made a misstake to have elected the dummy in the first place, this country might have a chance to start to recover in 06. You don’t want get rid of Bush because next in line are smart idiots and they could get us in real trouble.
September 15th, 2005 at 10:04 amsomething else i just noticed: in other pictures from that day, bush is holding a PEN – this shot is a hand holding a PENCIL…..uh oh…….
September 15th, 2005 at 10:05 amThe two sets of handwriting are explicable in two ways.
1) The first part is what he is responding to with the bottom part. Someone else doesn’t know if they need a bathroom break…
2) The first part is printed to make it easier to read, while the second part appears to match his normal writing style. The capital I is a good match for the one in this image.
http://www.bhwa.4t.com/GWBush.gif
No, not the ones in the first paragraph, but the one in the third paragraph…
Z.
September 15th, 2005 at 11:20 amIn Texas, they say, “Take a leak (or crap)”.
In ritzy, blueblood areas of Connecticut, they always say, “Bathroom break”.
Cowboy?
My ass.
September 15th, 2005 at 4:05 pmAs you may know, chimpanzees have a knack for flinging their poop. I’m curious, did anyone inspect the restroom after Chimpy used it? Did he fling? Did he “write his name” on the stall partition with a brown marker? If yes, are they doing their usual cover-up for the man-child? I’m VERY curious about all this…
September 15th, 2005 at 8:06 pmAnybody else notice in the second paragraph of the fundraising letter (the one linked in #36’s post), Bush uses the phrase “execute our plan.” Maybe I’m just suspicious/paranoid/scared, but that sounds more like something a mad scientist or other ‘I’ll destroy everyone who opposes me and then I’ll rule the world HA HA HA’ type villain. It sounds different (infinitely more frightening) from the usual campaign rhetoric.
September 16th, 2005 at 2:28 pmYes, I had to pee! So what? Isn’t that natural?? Lot ado about nothing!
September 16th, 2005 at 8:49 pmHave you ever been to a Council mtg – BOORING!
September 17th, 2005 at 6:53 amanyway, it was just one in a series of notes that included: condi, wanna play hangman? /
condi, I reeeally need to pet my goat. Is fat Moore in da house? /
condi, Is it true??? Did Chavez change the Argentine na. anthem to “La Cucaracha, Pat Robertson”?
Condi,
September 17th, 2005 at 7:43 amMy momma says Kanye West would be better off living in a shelter.
Condi,
Can I stay up late tonite for the Big Brother finale?