Can Anyone Trust A Man WHO CAN'T DECIDE IF IT'S OK TO TAKE A PISS?????

[Beetwasher]

This is a leader? He has to ask Condi if it's ok for him to go to the bathroom? I mean, really? This guy has his finger on the button? Good grief. I mean, seriously, we are fucked, as if we didn't already know.

[MelissaB]

1. I think he must have needed to take a dump.

You just can't control that "urge" the way you can a full bladder. :)

[FuzzyDicePHL]

12. Dump or bump?

Maybe he needed to hit the john to snort a bump of blow.

[Arkana]

2. My question: Why Condi?

What power does she have over him? "Oh, here, Mr. President, your wang is in my pocket."

[Beetwasher]

4. I Don't Know, Maybe She Holds It For Him

:shrug:

[Arkana]

7. OK, that's a disturbing image.

[Beetwasher]

8. BTW, Your Name "Arkana"

Is it from the Black Company books?

[Arkana]

14. Eh? No, it's this guy:

http://gatewaytoshadows.com/gallery/images/arkana.bmp

Smart-looking chap, ain't he?

[Art_from_Ark]

29. And here I thought your name was from "Texarkana"

and you just didn't want to be associated with the "Tex" part of it!

:P

[madokie]

36. I want to hear of the bastard needing to ask to use the bathroom

asking bubba' his cell mate
on edit: meaning to original, my bad

[Catherine Vincent]

3. That's what I don't get.

If he had to pee, why does he have to write it in a note to Condi? Either just excuse yourself or hold it, I'll say.

[TomInTib]

10. The most powerful man in the world has to ask if it is okay to pee.

If he can't handle his own bladder, why would we expect him to handle a natural disaster - or gasp! a war that he declared?

[gumby]

5. Thanks

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[beam me up scottie]

6. That photographer deserves a Pulitzer.

And Reuters does too, for putting it on the wire.

I'm still laughing thinking about how pissed his handlers must be.

I'm waiting for his mummy or Pickles to make a statement defending him.

[MissB]

9. The President of the United States should be able to decide if it is okay

for him to go to the bathroom. Really.

What a wonker.

[moobu2]

11. Just a huge billboard sign of elitism

Oh, Condi, can you arrange for me to use the facilities and tell Charles I’ll need some help with my trousers ( in an arrogant, filthy rich tone)

[peekaloo]

13. I think his Depends were almost full. Wanted to make sure she brought

extras.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Not decisive. Not a leader. A puppet.

[kestrel91316]

16. Did I miss something???? What does this refer to???????

[MissB]

18. See picture in this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4772605

[Rex]

17. Bush is loved by all comedians!

He literally writes their material!

[Bouncy Ball]

19. He doesn't even know if he needs to or not.

He says he thinks he MAY need to go to the bathroom, QUESTION MARK.

Shit. He doesn't even fucking KNOW?

And this is the guy with his finger on the button?

[Geoff R. Casavant]

20. Could it be -- actual tact and diplomacy?

Think about the effect if the President of the US simply gets up in the middle of someone's speech and leaves the room with no explanation. Bush may have been justifiably concerned with the image such a move might project.

Of course, this begs the question, why didn't he go ahead of time?

[Beetwasher]

21. Nope, I Don't Buy It

Why would he ASK Condi if it's ok? He should know by now. I could understand if he passed her a note saying "I'm taking a break, I'll be back in a few minutes" and then he would excuse himself. But that's NOT what he did. He asked her permission.

[DS1]

23. No, it proves the point that any old idiot knows it's NOT okay

to just get up in the middle of a speech, and that if one doesn't know when it's okay, wait for everyone else to get up.

It's called opening your fucking eyes, instead of writing your handler a kiddie note

[Catherine Vincent]

22. I'm glad the grownups are in charge.

:sarcasm:

[mainegreen]

24. No offense, but this bathroom thing is stupid.

If your in a meeting and have to go (hey we all do it) it would seem a lot less rude to have your underling create an 'situation' requiring your attention to get you out of a meeting for a bathroom break.

Picture this: You are in a meeting with all the other bigwigs. If you just get up and walk out, well, you'll disturb the meeting and ruffle some egos, potentially offending people that you've worked hard (we'll not our prez, but we're talking theory here) to improve relations with. But if some peon comes in, whispers something in your ear, you say 'excuse me' and quitely walk out, no one will be offended. Hey, your an important person and a situation requires your attention!

Condi can walk out without any issues, not offending anyone. She gets some suit to come in and get the president out. This is actually a good way to get out to the bathroom. Its probably standard operating procedure. I'm sure the Secret Service or whomever briefs presidents to do this to get out to the bathroom.

Lets just drop this bathroom thing. Everyone drops logs, OK? This will just turn around to bite us. I can practically here freepers louding complaining "Those liberals think their such hot stuff they don't even go to the bathroom".

[Catherine Vincent]

25. Oh phewey!

We're just having a little fun!

[mainegreen]

26. Oh, sorry

I'm just afraid we'll get all worked up about this, someone will take it seriously, go out in public and carp about this, and we'll end up loosing some of the gains we've made in public opinion. I'm a little jumpy right now about the fact that it looks like the red tide may actually be going out!

[JanMichael]

27. Actually it's not stupid at all. He's probably been to a thousand meetings

by now if not more. Not saying he's ever paid a lick of attention to anything anybody ever said in them them but he's physically been there. By now he should know to take a dump before hand, period. He should also know how to summon over a collegue without a sloppy note (BATHROOM in caps too?) that gets snapped. He should know how this crap works without asking a question the way it's written in the photo! He was asking because he did not know.

My god I've been in a few myself and it's not that difficult to EXCUSE yourself in a tactful manner. Unless of couse youhave no tact.

He's an elitist, nasty, doofus with control of our military and economy who doesn't know when it's cool to go pottie...

[Beetwasher]

28. What A Load Of Crap!

Since when did I become official spokesperson for the Dem party? Turn around and bite us??? Who's us? Please, your "concern" is ridiculous. Chimpy deserves every bit of ridicule he gets for this.

[mainegreen]

30. I didn't make this comment to you in particular.

And I certainly don't think your the spokesperson for the democratic party. But this bathroom thing seems to have gotten a lot more focus and commentary than I expected.

"Us" is everyone who wants "them" out of power.

My concern is not ridiculous. Why is it ridiculous to care about how the right percieves the left? Isn't the goal to get the bastards out of power? Aren't things really bad in this country? Aren't the stakes very high? I know this is just a forum, but isn't a forum a place for input? For thoughts? I certainly wasn't expecting such hostile reactions for putting in my two cents.

I'm sorry if I offended you, I certainly did not mean to.

[Beetwasher]

32. You Didn't Offend Me

Why would you think that?

Ridicule is one of the best, safest forms of attacking your opponent. Especially when it's well deserved. There's NOTHING to be careful about here. Of course the bathroom thing has gotten a lot of focus! It's friggin' HILARIOUS!

[lectrobyte]

35. Hiring a horse show steward to head FEMA is stupid, this bathroom

note thing is perhaps more accurately described as surreally hilarious. To mangle Dylan, even the president of the United States must sometimes have to take leaks...

[DrDan]

31. Let's give the guy credit for having enough respect for the UN

to at least try to do things according to appropriate "protocol".

Imagine InSanity's approach. or pigboy's. They would have gotten up regardless of the speaker - or the vote. They have no respect for this body.

There is no one who dislikes this "man" more than I do. But, I think he was trying to do something right here.

This is the first thing I have given him credit for in a looooooong time.

[Beetwasher]

33. I Don't Think So

Credit my ass! He gets ZERO credit for being a clueless douche.

[elehhhhna]

34. I hope future-octegenarian freeps ..

are looking forward to being called "The Embarassing Generation".

[rurallib]

37. Condi should have said 'NO'. Let him piss his pants

Then made him stand up and apologize to all the heads of state for being a 'bad boy'.