FOTOG CATCHES W.'S POTTY-LINE VOTE AT U.N. (Not a fake, sez Condi)

New York Post ^ | September 16, 2005 | DEBORAH ORIN and MARSHA KRANES

[mcg1969]

The usually unflappable Rice was wide-eyed when she was shown a copy of the photo yesterday during a meeting with The Post editorial board.

"Oh, my goodness . . . there are no secrets," she said, laughing.

Rice explained that when Bush handed her the note, she told him all he had to do was get up and go, and that she'd take his seat while he answered nature's call.

The Security Council session continued uninterrupted during Bush's brief absence.

[mcg1969]

This story has officially been deprecated from a conspiracy to commit fraud to simply another attempt by the MSM to embarrass our esteemed President. Can we lay off the forgery threads now?

[Petronski]

It could have been a lot wierder.

At least the note didn't say "Daddy make boom booms?"

[msnimje]

Oh, my goodness . . . there are no secrets," she said, laughing.

Perfect response by Condi IMO

[AmishDude]

It is a fact that Reuters used photoshop to enhance the picture in order to make the writing legible.

[Jeff Head]

For the life of me, I have not been able to figure out what the big deal is. So the President had to go to the bathroom and discreetly asked Condi regarding the decorum.

Big deal!

What, is that supposed to be some pulizter deal now?

What a big deal about nothing.

[msnimje]

It could have been a lot wierder. At least the note didn't say "Daddy make boom booms?"

OR "The most Powerful Man in the World has to drain the most Powerful monster in the world "

[JockoManning]

Well, I would ask, "Is nothing sacred?" but that would not be accurate. More like, "Is nothing private anymore?"

That's too much.

[thoughtomator]

I think the big deal is the outrageous level of disrespect for the President. They wouldn't treat Saddam Hussein that way.

[M203M4]

Such a simple response too. Disarming.

[mcg1969]

It is a fact that Reuters used photoshop to enhance the picture in order to make the writing legible.

Yes, indeed. But it is also a fact, despite what loads of FreeRepublic conspiracy theorists would have liked to believe, that the content of the note is genuine. Not 'fake but accurate', but 'photoshop enhanced, but real and accurate.'

[Conspiracy Guy]

Agreed.

[adorno]

At least the note didn't say "Daddy make boom booms?"

Clinton would've said: "Need to take a wiz. Wanna watch?"

[mcg1969]

Of course not! Consider the outrage when pictures were published of our favorite dictator in his undies.

[Petronski]

They wouldn't treat Saddam Hussein that way.

Good point!

They put Saddam on the front page in his underwear...

...to show how cruelly he'd been treated.

[spit]

[Jeff Head]

I agree that the actual reporting of such a non-event in an effort to embarass the POTUS is the real story. It is distasteful and digusting.

[SpringheelJack]

I think the big deal is the outrageous level of disrespect for the President. They wouldn't treat Saddam Hussein that way.

They published pictures of Saddam in his underwear.

[Issaquahking]

I thought that was why cowboy boots were big on top...Carry anything in you wanted to Nascar, take any "extra" (that is excessive fluids that couldn't wait for a great finish) fluids out. When is the new "for being on the go" type secret discrete boot top bottles for recycle going to come out?

[Plutarch]

The FOTOG will probably put in for a Pulitzer.

[Echo Talon]

Can we lay off the forgery threads now?

Note might be true but a pencil does not write that dark. Reuters edited the photo to make it sensational.

[dfwgator]

No, it's the fact that Reuters even considered it newsworthy in the first place.