[swheats]

A coworker said that it showed Bush wasn't paying attention. And went on to say with a straight face, if that would have been Clinton he would have been paying attention to what the other speakers were saying.

My eyes rolling saying oh please...we'd have to be wondering who would be under the desk servicing Clinton.

[DBrow]

I think that the photographers routinely use telephoto lenses to read what's up on the lectern, and give the data to interested parties. Nobody else in the room would be allowed to bring in a scope (try bringing in a Questar or Meade to the Senate).

This time, they did not get secret or sensitive data, but something that could hurt the president, and went public with it.

The good news? They just burned down an intel source. SS and FBI and NSA now have proof that there is a vulnerable intel point, and know who is doing it.

Pretty costly to have leaked the note if you look at it as intel sources and methods (I am assuming MSM is a hostile).

Now given this capability and desire of peering at lecterns, note no pictures of the top of John Kerry's lectern during the debate, when many thought they saw him open a note, or PDA.

[corlorde]

You mean to tell me President Bush is human and needs to use the facilities like a "normal" person? If I had to guess, listening to the morons at the UN was making his stomach turn, and he wanted to purge.

[feedback doctor]

Things like this make it all the more obvious as to the agenda of the press. If the President was in his motorcade, and saw an accident, and rushed out to administer CPR and save a life, you'd see a picture of the resulting back-up in traffic in the paper. The American people know what the press is doing. We thought the press was bad last fall, and look what happened, The President won re-election by a bigger than expected majority. Look at the hurricane. The press is basically screaming that 'Bush wants to kill black people' and yet his poll numbers go up.

[6SJ7]

Breaking! Pres. Bush showers in the nude!!

[Spok]

When Al Gore leaves a meeting, missing an important discussion about possible fund raising violations (iced tea-gate)it's played by the MSM as a defense. When Bush leaves a meeting for the same reason, it's a crime. Am I missing something?

[Texas Songwriter]

Why would Bush have a pencil-paper conversation with a woman about his need for micturition. It would be inappropriate and out of character for him to do this. I don't believe this is real.

[river rat]

Reuters and the MSM just can't keep their heads out of the toilet, bobbing for turds.....

Where was their interest in "toilet humor" when the great insinkerator was in the White House?

F'em all.

Semper Fi

[Soul Seeker]

When I heard about this in the morning my first thought was that they had snuck into the restroom and actually photographed the act. Then I learned it was just a photograph of the note mentioning where he was going. All in all, Reuter's could sink lower..and probably will given the opportunity.

I doubt Americans think less of the President. I would wager they are more disgusted at the press about now.

[LibWrangler]

What other bits of information or notes are they photographing unbeknownst to the United States?

Maps, secret plans, code words?

[CyberAnt]

And .. the democrats continue their descent into more and more sleeze. I guess they really don't have any plans for winning any elections in 2006 or 2008 - which is fine with me.

[uncbob]

I remeber during Clinton's first Ignaural Parade the mikes caught him saying while in a receiving line that he had to go

[Loyal Buckeye]

Does Hilda ever go to the bathroom?

[GretchenM]

an accidental photo appears in the story's first line, setting the tone of innocence for anyone who held the camera, developed the film, reproduced the image, posted it on the web and disseminated it to the world.

Heeshorn ... noticed the writing, and decided to put it on the wire after 4 o'clock. Heeshorn said ... “If Rick knew what he was writing we'd have 25 pictures of this, not two.”

Yep. Totally accidental, innocent, with no thought of upholding the dignity of the presidency or even their own nation in the eyes of the world.

So innocently done. So ... accidentally!

Honestly I think Bush should be commended, if the whole thing is really true, for being so deferential to protocol in an unfamiliar situaiton.

[FlingWingFlyer]

REAL men don't wear Depends. Leahy, Schumer, Biden and Kennedy would have gotten a "warm" feeling that would put a smile on their face.

[NRA2BFree]

Oh, for he love of God!!! Who cares? Are they going to make an international incident out of this? Here's a little news flash for Reuters and their photographer. When ya gotta pee, ya gotta pee, even if you are the President of the United States. The picture their photographer took means NOTHING. He needs to get over himself! Reuters is just another liberal rag! They are irrelevant.

Now, if he would have followed the President into the bathroom and took a picture of him going pee, then THAT would be a picture. In the meantime, we need to let it drop. It's only news if we keep it news!

[DouglasKC]

For the life of me I can't figure out what the press thinks they have here. Is it news that the President goes to the bathroom?

[Caramelgal]

Reuters photo caption: “In an Echo of the Administration’s Response to Katrina, an Indecisive Bush is Slow to Ponder Bathroom Break, Relies too Heavily on Advisors”

NYT photo caption: “Carl Rove said to Have Been Waiting in Stall, Unnamed Sources Claim Rove Behind President’s Decrease in Bladder Size”

CNN photo caption: “Bush Friends at Haliburton Were Given Crucial Potty Contracts, Administration Benefited”

Washington Post photo caption: Toilet at UN is Overflowing – Where is FEMA? Bush Makes Photo-Op Appearance in Disaster Area”

NBC’s Katie Curic photo caption: “How Many Died in Iraq While President Lounged in The Bathroom – My Guest This Morning is Cindy Sheehan and She’ll Tell Me What to Think About It”

Fox News Photo Caption: “Where is Natalie Holloway? Greta Wants to Know. Meanwhile Sheppard Smith Reports Live From UN Bathroom, In Great Peril and Ankle Deep In Water – Shepp – Get out of There! Geraldo Wants to Take Over and Steal Your Face Time”

[Texas Eagle]

NEW YORK With confirmation today that an accidental photo of President Bush at the United Nations on Wednesday...

Accidental??? What the?

[Alissa]

Evidently, Reuters is still in their potty-stage. My 6-yr old grandson would really get a kick out of this. My 8-yr old granddaughter has, thankfully, moved out of bathroom-joke stage.