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I know there are people out there who think Hillary Clinton is a formidable candidate. I am not one of them. Hillary Clinton has exactly the same problem Jeb Bush had… you can’t identify any measurable slice of the party who wants to vote for him… but Hillary has the bovine Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) 9% running interference for her and blocking all possible competitors. Against her, the GOP is fielding the strongest array of candidates we’ve had since I started following politics. Earlier I posted on the Quinnipiac poll. In head to head matchups, there is more interesting...

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Human Rights Commission says a restaurant discriminated against a transgender woman by asking her to use the men’s room until she had sex reassignment surgery. The manager of a Denny’s restaurant in Auburn made the request of Brianna Freeman of Lewiston after a female customer complained of having to share a restroom with "a man." Chad Cloutier, a lawyer representing the restaurant, says the woman threatened to call police.

'Excuse me Condi, can I go to the bathroom?' By Philippe Naughton, Times Online President Bush had a more pressing worry than terrorism or reforming the United Nations during a Security Counil meeting in New York yesterday - the leader of the world's only superpower wanted to go the loo. At one point during the Council's debate on international security and UN reform, Mr Bush picked up a pencil and wrote a short note to Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State. "I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?" the note read. The photograph, taken by a...

Reuters Photog Captures Bush at U.N. With 'Bathroom Break' Note By E&P Staff Published: September 14, 2005 7:35 PM ET updated Thursday 9:30 AM NEW YORK In what seems destined to become one of the most joked about photos of the month, a well-known Reuters photographer on Wednesday captured President George W. Bush scribbling a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a session at the United Nations. On the note is a message revolving around the need to take a "bathroom break." The photo, which appeared on Reuters' official photo site, was quickly published all over the Web,...

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.

The enhancement of a Reuters news photograph showing President Bush jotting a note about needing a bathroom break represented the organization's standard policy, according to one of its picture editors. But an executive with Reuters told Cybercast News Service Thursday afternoon that anyone doctoring a picture for publication would be immediately fired. The photo was taken of the president Wednesday as he sat in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. According to an article published by the PDN Newswire Thursday, the picture was snapped by Reuters contract photographer Rick Wilking and shows Bush scribbling a note to Secretary...

OK, there are some masters of photoshop around here. What do you all think was really on the note Bush and Condi were passing to each other?I'll start. These aren't mine, they were done by some friends at Soonerfans

Reuters Says Bush Photo Not 'Malicious,' Reports Wide Interest In it By E&P Staff Published: September 15, 2005 4:30 PM ET 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. A source at the Washington Post tells E&P that the paper is considering it for prominent play tomorrow morning,...

U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting. Bathroom note.

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

NEW YORK In what seems to be destined to become one of the most yacked about photos of the month, if not year, a Reuters photographer today seems to have captured President George W. Bush scribbling a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggesting that he needed to take a "bathroom break" during a session at the United Nations.

Taking time to read the excellent Reuters expose concerning the bathroom break note passed by President Bush to Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations, I was surprised to note that the full story was not given. How is it that a professional paper would not mention if it were a number one or number two that needed addressing? Don’t you agree as American citizens, this is important for us to know and we should demand they do their research? Let’s face it, with all the important issues of the day that need attention, this by...

Nothing yet http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137642

<p>First off the handwriting isn't Bush's...</p>