Oh No! Mr.Bill! President Sluggo Exonerates Tom DeLay!

That's right, Mr. Bill. The Washington Post has the story:

President Bush said yesterday he is confident that former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) is innocent of money-laundering charges, as he offered strong support for several top Republicans who have been battered by investigations or by rumors of fading clout inside the White House.

Not only does POTUS believe DeLay to be innocent, he wants him back on the job, according to the NYT:

The president declined to comment on Mr. Earle. He said he wanted any trial "to be conducted as fairly as possible," but, pressed by Brit Hume of Fox News on whether he believed Mr. DeLay to be innocent, he replied, "Yes, I do."
Mr. Bush said he did not know whether to expect that Mr. DeLay, who has retained his House seat, would regain his position as majority leader.
"I hope that he will," the president said, "because I like him, and plus, when he's over there we get our votes through the House."

The NYT reports that President Sluggo also had kind words for his own Mr. Hands:

In Wednesday's interview, Mr. Bush also had praise for Karl Rove, his deputy chief of staff and senior adviser, who is under investigation in the C.I.A. leak case.
"We're still as close as we've ever been," Mr. Bush said. "We've been through a lot."