A quick thought on Bush's potty break

Looking, mesmerized, at the note President Bush scrawled to Condoleeza Rice at the United Nations yesterday, I bring up a point first made by Casey: Why, exactly, does it appear Bush is asking Rice a question in the first sentence? "I think I may need a bathroom break?" he wrote. Are we missing something here? Is this yet another example of Bush's repeated attempts to thwart common grammar and usage rules? There appears to be three prevailing theories:

Theory No. 1: Did Rice write Bush a note seconds earlier saying, "Mr. President, I think you may need a bathroom break," to which he followed with the much-photographed missive? Maybe Rice was speaking in code for something else. Perhaps they decided earlier – something the president obviously forgot as he wrote – that "bathroom break" actually meant "try to look interested."

Theory No. 2: Could Bush be as easily led as Channel 4 anchor Ron Burgundy who would, if you'll recall, read anything you type into the teleprompter. And I do mean an-ny-thin-geh. Perhaps he told Rice "I think I may need a bathroom break?" just as Burgundy said, "You stay classy, San Diego. I'm Ron Burgundy?" A likely theory, only Bush didn't follow up by saying, "You go fuck yourself, planet earth." That's John Bolton's job.

Theory No. 3: Bush's note begs another important question: How is it that he may need a bathroom break. I'm sorry, but when I'm in a similar predicament, I know, unequivocally, that I have to use the restroom. If you've got to go, you've got to go. It's that simple. Bush appears to be on the fence; maybe he has to go, maybe he can hold it. Is he even capable of making a decision without Vice President Cheney there to guide him? What happened to Bush's reputation for making instant, gut decisions? Unless he did so and, subsequently, peed his pants, it appears Bush failed Basic Decision Making 101 in this case.

Though the mystery behind the presidential note may never be solved, one thing is for certain: You can count on yesterday being the last day photographers will be able to take pictures over Bush's shoulder.

Comments

[Pram]

Theory number 4: Bush thinks he is above everyone else in this world - above things like potty breaks. Hence the incredulity - I need a break? Is this possible?

:D

[akzidenzgrotesk]

maybe he's just really really bored, and asking if it would be in bad form for him to get up and take a walk, under the guise of a "bathroom break".

[Maggie Richards]

What surprises me is the fact that Bush can write! For several yrs. I thought he had made it through Harvard & Yale without being able to read or write!

It's very simple, the reason he wrote the note....He has to ask one of his mommies for permission to do anything and everything!

[Skip]

The leader of the Free World should be able to state "I need a break Condi, make it SO"

I'm surprised that he just didn't write "Condi, I think I got two go dew a number two, is that possible"