It's okay, I know him.

The President is standing behind Denny Hastert. I'm fine with that - those guys should stick together.

What was interesting was how he justified it. The first sentence out of his mouth?

"I know Denny Hastert."

He knows Denny, and in Bush's world, that is all you need to know.

Hastert has the President's seal of approval. The President has made up his mind, and now, "Denny Hastert is a good guy" becomes an immutable fact. The Decider has decided.

Unfortunately, the President also knows Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Condi Rice, Vladimir Putin, Michael Brown, Ahmed Chalabi...