BUSH'S (RARE) NEWS CONFERENCE

Here's a rundown of Bush's news conference tonight.

In short, he doesn't give a flying fuck about getting a UN vote, and will go to war anyway.

Also, most of what he said tonight was essentially a found poem of every little soundbyte that's come out of his mouth since, say, september. He dodged questions, including Terry Moran's "what went wrong with our allies?" one and another's "what of the developing British compromise idea?", going off into the usual mindless found-poem sililoquy's that seem to be his trademark.

Let's see, I took notes...

-He bitched about hotels in Baghdad bing bugged. Oh, for shame! Because Bush is so much better than that!
-You realize, George, that Iraq's army is one third the size it was in 1991. the man is deterred. (thanks to Congressman Barney Frank, who was on CNN's Crossfire right before the conference, for mentioning that again)
-Bush's terminology changed a slight bit. What exactly are "weapons of terror"? You realize, people, that box-cutters and shoes have been weapons of terror. Does "disarming" include Saddam having to remove his shoes?
-The way Bush dodged Terry Moran's question was annoying. His response to the differences of opinion on going to war is that he got a unanimous vote from the UN Security Council for 1441, thus they'll get behind him on a new resolution. But... 1441 was a disarmament resolution, while the new one would be an implicit authorization of a bloody war. There's a difference, chimp.

According to CNN's Aaron Brown, he mentioned 9/11 eleven times.

It was Bush's 8th news conference in almost 26 months in office. That's, um, not a lot.

For video, go here.