Locked door thwarts Bush -- a metaphor

The BBC has the funny (and rather pathetic) story here: "President George W. Bush tried to make a quick exit from a news conference in Beijing on Sunday -- only to find himself thwarted by locked doors." The Post (via Reuters) has it here.

Steve Soto calls it a "moment of total buffoonery". Andrew Sullivan is more sympathetic and notes that Bush looked "shattered" on TV.

Must-see: Check out the photo montage at Eschaton. As always, Crooks and Liars has the video.

Call it a metaphor for Bush's castrated presidency and the end of the Bush Era.