{"id":3501,"date":"2005-09-18T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2005-09-18T21:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/18\/presidential-potty-break\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:06:31","slug":"presidential-potty-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/18\/presidential-potty-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Potty Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7748,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.snopes.com\\\/photos\\\/politics\\\/bushnote.asp&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.snopes.com\\\/photos\\\/politics\\\/bushnote.asp&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2005\/09\/graphics\/r404176213.jpg\" height=\"345\" width=\"272\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" alt=\"POTUS needs a bathroom break.\" \/>Snopes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/photos\/politics\/bushnote.asp\" title=\"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Permission Slip\">just confirmed<\/a> that this is an authentic photo of a note written by President Bush &#8220;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.&#8221; Apparently the photo&#8217;s been causing something of a stir because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/graphics\/bushnote1.jpg\">content of the note<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While it&#8217;s an admittedly easy opportunity to snicker at our dearly beloved <del>f&uuml;hrer<\/del> president, I think people have been interpreting this incorrectly.<\/p>\n<p>President Bush wasn&#8217;t checking to make sure he could wander out to the restroom without offending anyone.<\/p>\n<p>The real story is that he <em>wasn&#8217;t sure<\/em>. He didn&#8217;t say that he <em>needed<\/em> a break &#8212; he said that he <em>thought<\/em> he <em>might<\/em> need a bathroom break. He then followed that up by musing as to whether it was even <em>possible<\/em> that he&#8217;d need a bathroom break.<\/p>\n<p>Weird, weird man.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DAmos, Tori%2526albumTerm=Difficult Listening Hour%2526songTerm=ToriMix v1%26 partnerId%3D30\">ToriMix v1<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1= itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DAmos, Tori%26partnerId%3D30\">Amos, Tori<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DAmos, Tori%2526albumTerm=Difficult Listening Hour%26partnerId%3D30\">Difficult Listening Hour<\/a><\/em> (2000, 45:31).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush wasn&#8217;t checking to make sure he could wander out to the restroom without offending anyone. 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