RLR: We're honored to be talking today with our good friend, President of the United States of America George W. Bush. I want to thank you, Mr. President, for taking the time to sit down and talk about the issues with us today. As we head into your re-election campaign there is no question that the definitive issue of your first term is the war. Your enemies on the left along with their allies in the liberal media have been unflagging in their attacks on you over this issue. Would you care to respond?

GWB: Thank you, Bob. I just want to say that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: I think that there's no question of that. And still the liberals continue to assail you, citing that "fact" that to this point we have yet to find Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, evidence of which was cited as a reason to go to war. Are we any closer to finding those weapons?

GWB: I would answer by saying that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: Absolutely. And yet the left persists in their denunciations, pointing to the "fact" that so far no evidence has surfaced to back your charge that Iraq had ties to terrorist organizations, yet another key factor cited for the war. How would you respond?

GWB: I don't think there can be any question that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: Without a doubt. And despite this the protests of the left-wing insurgents grow increasingly strident, noting the "fact" that previously discredit intelligence regarding Iraq's nuclear weapons program was cited as justification for the war.

GWB: I feel it's important to state that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: Unequivocally. Nevertheless the discontent of the left endures, with the liberal media fanning the flames. Much has been made of the "fact" that a senior member of your staff revealed the identity of a CIA agent in reprisal for her husband's slanderous treachery. Some have even called for a special prosecutor. What is your reply?

GWB: I would remind everyone that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: Entirely correct. Regardless the left remains relentless in their attempts to vilify your administration. Recently treachery reached deep into the inner circle when former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil asserted that your administration began planning the invasion of Iraq months before September eleventh. How do you answer these libelous charges?

GWB: What's important is that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: Of course. Additionally many of your opponents cite the cost of the war. Which could add a hundred billion or more to a budget deficit already approaching half a trillion dollars. What do you see as a solution?

GWB: I just believe that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: To be sure. Furthermore many among the anti-war dissidents point to the human cost of the war and the resulting occupation, with American and Iraqi lives being lost on a daily basis. How do you answer these sniveling cowards.

GWB: There can be no doubt that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: True enough. Yet many of the Iraqis themselves have refused to accept liberation graciously. This call for direct elections clearly shows that the Iraqis have no understanding of the workings of democracy. If direct elections had taken place in America, for instance, Al Gore would be president and this war might never have happened.

GWB: All the more reason that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: You've also taken more than your share of condemnation from the international community. Former allies such as France, Germany, Russia, and China have publicly accused us of global hegemony. It has even been suggested that we are the greatest threat to world peace...all for one act of unilateral aggression against a sovereign nation. As leader of the free world, what is your response?

GWB: They must be made to understand that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: Yes, indeed so. All the while here in the Homeland the remonstrations of the liberal elite go on unabated. There has been a festering firestorm of opposition directed at the Patriot Act and other anti-terrorism measures, which your enemies contend, are designed to limit freedom and stifle dissent. Many have gone so far as to suggest that your administration is suppressing democracy at home in the guise of exporting it abroad.

GWB: Look, you know and I know that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: I see we're almost out of time. I wanted to add on a personal note how good you look in that flight suit. I know it must be very gratifying personally, after being denied the opportunity of service in Vietnam, to finally realize your destiny as a war hero. It is so comforting at this time of our nation's peril to have a leader who personifies honor and valor.

GWB: Thank you, Bob, and never forget that the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.

RLR: Thank you, Mr. President, and good luck in your second term.