ANDY ON GEORGE….Well, I was sure wrong about Andrew Sullivan’s reaction to the Bush press conference:

All in all, though, this press conference struck me as a mistake. He looked drained, wan, exhausted from this interminable diplomatic process. He seemed defeated to me – and the U.N. has effectively defeated him and protected Saddam. But not for too much longer.

And be sure to check out uggabugga for, um, exhaustive deconstruction of Bush’s remarks.

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