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story tonight. the firestorm over what a cnn political contributor, hilary rosen, said about mitt romney's wife, ann. many saw her remarks as an attack on stay-at-home moms. hilary rosen joins me ahead. >>> in raw politics tonight, the backlash over comments made by cnn political contributor hilary rosen on this program last night. the twittersphere erupted after hilary said this about mitt romney's wife last night. >> what you have is mitt romney running around the country saying, well, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues, and when i listen to my wife, that's what i'm hearing. guess what? his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. she's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing, in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school, and how do we -- and why do we worry about their future. >> ann romney herself was one of the first to respond on twitter at 10:18 p.m. she fired off what was apparently her first-ever swetw, saying, i made a choice to stay hom

over what a cnn political contributor, hilary rosen, said about mitt romney's wife, ann. many saw her remarks as an attack on stay-at-home moms. hilary rosen joins me ahead. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make a plan. [ man announcing ] what we created here. what we achieved here. what we learned here. and what we pioneered here. all goes here. the one. the accord. smarter thinking from honda. >>> in raw politics tonight, the backlash over comments made by cnn political contributor, hilary rosen on this program last night. the twitter sphere erupted after hilary said this about mitt romney's wife las

white house press secretary ari fleischer and hilary rosen. does the vice president have a point? is foreign policy experience important for a candidate or isn't it? very few presidents with some notable exceptions had a lot of foreign policy experience when they took office. >> sure, very few. you would rule out every governor who has ever become president of the united states if that was the only criteria the voters use. it's a factor. you have to have a credibility threshold. but in this election cycle and that's what it comes down to is foreign policy that cutting and prevalent an issue. it's not. it was in 2004. it was not in 2008 and it certainly doesn't seem the way the world is behaving right now to be that much of an issue in 2012. >> hillary, do you agree with that? there are some democrats who think this is an issue that the white house can run with and make some points with in a landscape where the economy seems to be front and certain, is foreign policy an issue people will cast votes on? >> i think it raises itself in two different ways in this election. first of all, i

. economists say both patterns are typical in recessions. joining me now is cnn contributor paul begala, hilary rosen and eric erickson. so, paul, the president's campaign manager is sending a message calling mitt romney the most anti-woman candidate in a generation. he's so anti-women he spent a whole day focused on them. is that really going to sway any votes? >> i think they need to take it to issues and i think they can make the case. the governor -- governor romney has said that he wants to, his quote, get rid of planned parenthood. later he said i just mean the funding. well, you get rid of the funding, you get rid of a lot of planned parenthood clinics. he wants to abolish what's called title 10, birth control that the federal government pays for for underprivileged women. it saves lives. it saves money. it was created by george h.w. bush, when he was a congressman, signed into law by richard nixon. it used to be a republican deal. that's a very extreme position. i don't know if a major political candidate, certainly not a nominee or a likely one, in 40 years who has ever called for doin

mets lehr. okay, let's start off with what hilary rosen said about mitt romney's wife. >> his wife has actually never worked a day in with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school, and how do we -- and why do we worry about their future. >> this morning rosen returned to cnn and said this whole thing is about mitt romney, not his wife. >> this is not about ann romney. this is about the waitress in a diner in, you know, some place in nevada who has two kids whose daycare funding is being cut off because of the romney/ryan budget, and she doesn't know what to do. this isn't about whether ann romney or i or other women of, you know, some means can afford to make a choice to stay home and raise kids. >> then just last hour ann romney said this on fox news. >> my career choice was to be a mother, and i think all of us need to know that we need to respect choices that women make. other women make other choices, to have a career and raise family which i think hillary rosen has ac

tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> reporter: funny man pete dominik was there. wait until you hear his take. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randy kay, it is 7:00 on the estcoast, 4:00 a.m. on the west. let's get straight to the news this morning. we start with that tragic post-game party in st. louis. one person was killed. 16 others sent to the hospital when strong winds tore up a tent at a sports bar. as many as 100 others were treat for minor injuries at the scene. >> then i got hit with the metal pipes, the standards that hold these things down, the wire. we've got electric inside this tent. it's -- we had a mechanics of about everything that could have happened here. we had live wires laying on the ground. we have some severe injuries to quite a few people. >> we understand there was about 100, 150 people under the tent the time the weather came in. the music was loud. people had been, you know, in attendance at a ballgame after afternoon, and i don't think they were really aware of the seriousness of the situation. >> the fans had gathered there after the cardinals win over the

tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> the president went zinger for zinger with comedian jimmy kimmel last night at the white house correspondents' dinner, and he wasn't afraid to go there. >> what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? a pit bull is delicious. of course, i know everybody is predicting a nasty election, and thankfully we've all agreed that families are off-limits. dogs, however, are apparently fair game. >> i want to bring in now cnn contributor will cain and mr. l.z granderson, contributor at cnn.com and a senior writer at espn. okay. that was good. wasn't it funny? did you guys like it? >> it was funny. it was funny. >> great. >> i thought he was great. >> l.z., were you surprised that the president joked about eating dogs. >> no, of course, not. i mean, you know, it's pretty much his stage so if you know people are whispering about it and it's political fodder, the best way to get ahold of it was to beat it head on. i thought he was brilliant, absolutely hilarious. i don't know who wrote the jokes but they need their own show. >> i wrote that joke. then t

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democratic strategist keith boykin and republican strategist boris epstein. hilary rosen has since said she misspoke. did the meaning of her message get manipulated for the sake of politics? mr. epstein, you first. >> it didn't get manipulated. it was clear as day what she said. it's both a women's issue and a wider social class issue. what hilary rosen was saying is women who don't work outside the home don't work. i wonder what her opinion of martha washington, jackie kennedy is. it's a clear dig at the social classes of america. it's a disdain, it's social warfare. it has no place in politics and it's honestly wrong. >> keith, how do you see it? >> well, i remember when hillary clinton back in 1992 made a comment about not sitting home and baking cookies and everybody made a big stink about that. this is more about class and not about gender. it's a comment from one person and she's basically making a statement that i think a lot of people could understand if it's not take be on out of context. my mom started working when she was 18 and worked until she retired. a lot of women, particula

personally women named hilary rosen. i'm not sure that those represent the person we're talking about necessarily. so i really can't comment on the number of visits since i'm not sure that's accurate. >> how about the degree of this particular hilary rosen's -- >> i don't know how many times she's been here. she's not -- she's a democratic strategist. she's a cnn contributor as far as i know, and i don't believe -- i don't know how to assess her overall relationship with people here in the white house, but i do not -- i have not seen her here very frequently. >> do you expect that relationship to continue at whatever level it is? >> again, i don't know what the relationship is. let's focus on what the issue here is. this is a -- when it comes to what this administration has done for women, it begins with the president's signing of the lily ledbetter fair pay act. it continues with the emphasis on the need to put teachers back in the classroom. it continues with a variety of programs, including our opposition to the ryan republican budget and its dramatic cuts. medicare, for example. i

, for get what he said. it's all about what she said. democratic strategist hilary rosen taking heat after blast mitt romney's wife. her comments have start add passionate debate. up next, we talk about one of the most famous mommy bloggers on the web. she'll join us next. >>> is dinner a little late tonight? >> patience, papa. i had to straighten up my dressing tachblt something or someone tippedover my hand lotion. my compact was spilled all over and my pan cake makeup is missi missing. >> june cleaver was the quintessential mom, staying home, cooking dinner, cleaning house. that maybe why this comment about mitt romney's wife caused such a firestorm. >> what you have is mitt romney running around the country saying, well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues, and when i listen to my wife, that's what i'm hearing. guess what? his wife has actually never worked day in her life. she's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we se

romney has been leaning on isn't part of that 60% and that's what hilary is talking about. >> is this a creation of political media types? i've been asking that because quite honestly i haven't heard that many women talking about it. i haven't heard any. i'm sure some women are talking about it everywhere, when i talked to my mom and sisters and women i'm friendly with, no one is saying, i can't believe what hillary rosen is saying about. most people are not saying that. most people are saying i'm worried about losing my job next week. they are downsizing this. no one is talking about this except for media and political types. we checked some of the responses here from cnn.com. let's put some of them up. this is what darlene said -- let me start by saying i was a stay-at-home mom. i just wonder if rich people understand how hard we work just to survive. did they ever run out of food on wednesday and payday was friday? not to give any credence to what hillary rosen said, but there is certainly some truth to that. if you're wealthy, you can afford 5, 10, 15 nannies. some people don't ha

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better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> jimmy kimmel zings the president. but mr. obama had some funny lines of his own, including eating a dog. right? the best of the white house correspondence dinner next. first, something more serious. >> two years after the earthquake, the situation is still the same. the people are still under the tents. they don't have electricity. there is no security where they sleep. they are getting raped. in haiti, things are very difficult. before the earthquake, there were rapes happening. now, i can say, it is total disorder. >> adults are not spared. mothers are not spared. even babies are not spared. my name is malya, villard-appolon. i am a victim of sexual violence. i am on a mission to eradicate this issue so that other haitian women do not fall victim. we do awareness in the camps. we were working in 22 camps after the earthquake. now we are trying to work in others. we tell people to come out of silence. do not be afraid to say that you have been victimized. we offer psychological and legal support. we have a call center. we a compaccompany t

country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> the president went zinger for zinger with comedian jimmy kimmel last night at the white house correspondents' dinner and he wasn't afraid to go there. >> what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? a pit bull is delicious. of course, i know everybody is predicting as thatty election and thankfully we've all agreed that families are off-limits, dogs, however, are apparently fair game. >> i want to bring in cnn contributor will cain and mr. . mr. l.z granderson. that was good. wasn't it funny? did you guys like it? >> it was funny. it was funny. i thought he was great. >> l.z., were you surprised he was saying that about dogs. >> the best way to get ahold of it was to beat it head on. i don't know who wrote the jokes but they need their own show. >> i wrote that joke. then there was a much different ending. if he had just flipped that it still would have been funny if he said something else, the hockey mom and pit bull still would have been a funny joke. there was a moment later with jimmy

there and jump on this type of controversy because of what happened with hilary rosen last week as you know her comments spread like wild fire and republicans were all too eager to jump on that. democrats were sort of back peddling away from it. when hilary rosen came out and said that ann romney had not work add day in her life. i don't think i would put ted nugen in the same category. this is starting to get into maybe the silly season of politics of campaign 2012. he is not taken, i would say, seriously on a national level, however, what he does say and you can see in that video behind me, he had a crowd around him at that nra meeting, what he does say does matter to a lot of people inside the movement to protect the second amendment. people in the nra, supportive of the nra, they -- some of them do pay attention to what ted nugent has to say. >> thanks again. president obama used to say that the silly season is upon us. >> that's right. >> thanks, jim. >> it is. yes. >> an issue that affects us, the price we're paying to fill up the tanks, republicans are blaming president obama fo

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remarks. it worked. from tv illusionist darren brown, he says hilarious. i wish i had such an inflated view of my looks. someone please tell me it's a spoof. yet another one says i've heard of beer goggles. samantha brick would appear to possess a beer mirror. >> that's terrible. >> that is terrible. it is funny. >> that's terrible, don. >> hey, it's funny. >> no. the point is, we don't accept good, healthy self-pride. >> all right. >> this woman thinks she looks just fine. somehow we interpret that as to being arrogant. and her point is, she was just using it as a crutch to try to explain some of the challenges to attractive people. but we both know, don, since you're so hot and i used to be, that being beautiful is more positive than negative. >> right. listen, i can see the joke in that. but i completely understand when it comes to the self-confidence thing. like, people often ask, like, oh, you know, you're on tv. do you think you're good looking. no, i go i think i'm attractive. there's nothing wrong with it. people send me outrageous things. oh, my gosh, you're so conceited. okay

controversial donors? democrats were hoping they gotten past that hilary rosen comment about ann romney not working a day in her life but by bill maher stepped back into tichlt there is a difference between a mother in that tough job and getting your [ bleep ] occupy the door at 7:00 a.m. when it's cold and having to deal with the boss, being in a workplace or even if you're unhappy, you can't show it for eight hours! that is kind of a different kind of tough thing. >> you may remember maher gave a million bucks to obama's super pac and the republicans are calling on the president to give that money back. fair or unfair? after all foster freese donated money to rick santorum's super pac and remember his comment? >> the contraceptive thing, my gosh! it's such an expense. back in my days they used bayer aspinner for contraception. the gals put it between their knees and that was not as expensive! >> so the talkback question today, should candidates return campaign donations from controversial donors? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >>> ahead, longer hours a

a comment that hilary rosen made on cnn, for them to now take the nugent comments, which were off the charts and he has a history of hateful, disgusting, vile comments, for them to basically say, okay, we don't deal with entertainers, it's a pretty big double standard maria, i know you wanted to jump on this. go ahead, really quickly. >> and i think we have to be clear that the romney campaign sought ted nugent's endorsement. >> celebrated it. you didn't have obama going around looking for the endorsement of bill maher. and george shultz. >> last week, it was the conservatives. now the libs, the lefties have had their chance this week. we will have you back. eric, maria, thank you. have a good evening, all right. >> thank you, don. >> all right. >>> after the break, we'll try to get to the bottom of why the tv show "the bachelor" is not very fond of black people. yes, we are going there. pr resso sap lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cho

the biggest best sort of joke that the president gave because i thought the president was hilarious and i thought it was that moment right before he took the stage. you remember this open mike moment? let's roll it. >> would someone back there please turn off the president's mike? the president's mike is hot, please turn it off. thank you. thank you. >> great, i got to get warmed up. ♪ i'm so in love >> i thought i had that. guys what am i doing here? i'm the president of the united states and i'm opening for jimmy kimmel? why am i telling knock knock jokes to kim kardashian. >> that was just part of it, folks who watch cnn or cspan didn't get to catch that. what do you have coming up on your show? >> we have a lot of obviously serious news, the president was very tough today, he had a little smirk on his face when he was talking about the one-year anniversary of the killing of bin laden, referring to others, ie, mitt romney who had a different view four years ago, we're going to go in depth on that. also the debate in israel, it's a very intense debate about iran and it's nuclear

remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >>> good morning, even. i'm randi kaye. it is 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 on the west. lots to tell you about, so let's get straight to the news. we begin in st. louis where as many as five people were hurt during a postgame party. one person was killed. as many as 150 were packed celebrating the cardinals win over the milwaukee brewers. the tent was supposed to be able to withstand 110-mile-an-hour winds. the winds were 50 miles an hour. >>> the coast guard and the mexican navy are searching for a crew member from a racing yacht. three were found missing after a race from california to mexico. other boats saw debris in the water but there's no word on what happened to the yacht. >>> a federal judge is reviewing the evidence in the assassination of robert kennedy. that evidence comes from nina rhodes hughes. take a look at the picture. that's her on the left. she was there at the ambassador hotel the night kennedy was shot. she said there's part of the story the fbi has ignored all

campaign that two weeks ago went bonkers over a comment that hilary rosen made on cnn, for them to now take the nugent comments, which were off the charts, and for them to basically say, okay, we don't deal with entertainers, it's a big double standard. >> i know you wanted to jump on this. go ahead, really quickly. >> and i think we have to be clear that the romney campaign sought ted nugent's endorsement. >> celebrated it. >> you didn't see owe what going around looking for the endorsement of bill maher. >> last week, it was the conservatives. now the libs, the lefties have had their chance this week. eric, maria, thank you. >> thank you, don. >>> after the break, we'll try to get to the bottom of why the tv show "the bachelor" is not fond of black people. yes, we are going there. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company

hilarious? >> it is pretty funny, actually. it's a claymation film from the makers of the "wallace and gromit" shorts and last year's great "arthur christmas" a fantastic film. a fun movie. pretty goofy and silly but a lot of fun pap great voice cast from hugh grant here. >> let's go ahead, watch a short clip and then we'll talk on the other side. >> -- victoria welcomes you to london. >> oh, that's nice. >> ah! >> don't look so worried, number two. pirates are always visiting london. >> what's your grade on this? >> my grade is pretty lie. i give it a b. a solid film. i think the kids are really going to enjoy this. there's a lot of laughs here for the whole family. you know, definitely some siminess here. it's not nearly as dramatic or scary as "pirates of the caribbean" but something the kids and whole family will really enjoy. >> the parents won't fall asleep in the theater. >> no. actually they'll like it, too. plenty of good gag the whole way through. >> the next movie, "five year engagement." a clip first. >> okay. >> everyone's wearing their -- >> actually only the men wear

hilarious, not intentionally. it's like the idea of rosy o'donnell doing gymnastics. it's great tv. >>> we know, of course, sarah palin did a guest appearance on "saturday night live." president obama did it, of course. is this the new norm for presidential candidates? does it work. >> you know what? it can't turn it down because it seems like you're not willing to poke fun at yourself. you have to go through it. it's no guarantee that it will get you any closer to the white house. it depends on the jokes. it may enhance your problems, in this case, that romney is so unaware of himself and how he does not -- the kind of disconnection he has with the people. the visuals are going to be great, you know. i would like to see some sort of sketch where there's a dog driving a station wagon with mitt romney strapped to the top. >> that's very funny. he took a lot of heat for driving his car and putting his dog on top of the car. >> shamus. >> let's talk about lindsay lohan. she's going to the white house correspondent's dinner but she's also going to star in a lifetime movie about elizabe

. we'll be all over that story. hilary rosen will be joining us in a few minutes and she's caused quite an uproar for comments she made on "a.c. 360." we'll talk about the fallout because she's getting a lot of negative reaction, not just from republicans, but from plenty of democrats. >>> have you heard about congressman allen west, what he said that's causing a huge uproar, the republican congressman in south florida suggesting that there might be 70 or 80 members of the communist party in the u.s. house of representatives. what is he talking about? we're going in-depth on that as well. so we have a lot coming up right here on "the situation room." >> i know you're a big basketball guy. stay tuned for this. this has a lot of you talking, the thought of nba players getting millions to play ball, but some stars suggest they should be getting paid more representing their countries at the olympics. >> i'm about to talk to an nba legend, former "dancing with the stars" contestant, fellow tar heel about what he thinks. who is this star? that's next. in america, we believe in a future that i

saying things like this about women. and it's not just hilary rosen. we're talking about there's a democrat down in florida representative randolph who went off on a tirade against mothers on facebook just in the fast several days. the democratic senatorial committee has been using the war on women for a long time. >> you have to let the men get in on this. noel is just sitting there patiently, waiting to get in. we're being gentlemen here but let him say a word. >> don, this proves there is no republican war on women. i'm letting her say whatever she wants. so this should completely dispel this notion that republicans have a war on women. the reality here, this was a big misstep for the obama administration and for the obama campaign. they've been talking about this phony war on women since early january, and it's been very, very much assisting the president in the polling numbers where suddenly he's beating romney by 18, 19 points, and all of a sudden someone that nobody outside of the beltway has ever heard of makes this really stupid remark about mitt romney's wife, and this is

? that was hilarious. you know, there's a term for guys like president obama. probably not two terms, but -- >> we've got men in tuxes, women in gowns, fine wine, first-class entertainment. i was just relieved this was not a gsa conference. >> if anyone has tickets to the gsa after-party, the plane is leaving for the four seasons in dubai at midnight on the dot. if you leave later, you'll miss out on your complementary white tiger cub. >> it's nice to be here in the vast hilton ball room, or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. >> we have numerous members of the print media in attendance. which reminds me of a riddle. what's black and white and read all over. nothing anymore. >> even sarah palin's getting back into the game. guest hosting on the "today" show. which reminds me of an old saying. what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? a pit bull is delicious. >> i do have a lot of jokes about the secret service. you know, i told them for $800, i wouldn't tell them, but they only offered $30. >> i really do attending these dinners. i had a lot more materi

important event in foreign policy, it was a huge accomplishment. >> obama criticized hilary for it back in 2008. >> that's true. >> absolutely different. >> will? >> i actually think both of them are right. here's the deal. president obama deserves a ton of credit for making the call to kill osama bin laden. i think he should be able to run on his record. he should be able to brag about it this happened under his watch he made the call. where he went too far. by saying that mitt romney wouldn't, he took that quote from one debate where mitt romney said i won't move heaven and earth and week later said i would, said i made the call and mitt romney would not. that's untruthful. >> cnn candy crowley asked john boehner if mitt romney's wealth could be a liability in the race. listen to what he said. >> american people don't want to vote for a loser. they don't want to vote for somebody who hasn't been successful. mitt romney has an opportunity to show the american people they too can be succeed. >> does this mean you have to be a multimillionaire to be a winner? maria? >> it certainly southern

really been heightened. you saw what hilary rossen said with ann romney and that was made into a big issue. bill 3467mahr-- maher has been called on the carpet. nugent has been known to be the political i don't want to say bomb thrower, if you will. he's very bombastic and very heated and is not backing away from his statements at all. but do surrogates matter? should the candidate be held accountable for what their representative says? i think the electorate is going to tell them that pretty quickly. >> let's take a look at some images, buses. this was really fascinating. this was at the rosa parks bus, a museum, if you will, an exhibit, and there's president obama sitting there where she sat making history really. does this remind voters of where he's come from or where the african-american community has come from and help him in making that point? >> well, the symbolism is definitely not lost. the president has had to walk this fine line about being an african-american and an african-american president but not using that overwhelmingly to -- as a campaign issue, and i think at the

gingrich once again. that would have been hilarious. >> thanks for playing with me today. >>> james bond in the 2012 olympics. not even 007 can turn down a personal invite from the queen. plus -- fixing up homes to flip for a profit. it's making a comeback. >>. >> james bond is taking his talents to the olympics. daniel craig has been handpicked by the queen to open the 2012 games in london. a.j. hammer is in new york for us. good morning, a.j. >> good morning, carol. there is cool. according to "the sun" newspaper in britain, the queen not only personally decided bond should open the games, she opened her private apartments in buckingham palace to the iconic secret agent. they used that location so they could shoot a short film where craig, as bond, is given the mission to launch the games. nobody is saying on the record if the queen herself had a cameo in the film. i think it's a good possibility we'll see her, which will be pretty cool to see her and bond together, hopefully. the report says they are going to play the video during the opening ceremonies. as it ends, you'll have craig par

in the give and take. they had a thing going. the whole thing is hilarious. it gets students to talk about it. forget whether we are talking about it. it's not what the president cares about. his message got through to the students. >> time for the buzzer beater. 20 seconds each. salahi wants to run for governor of virginia. he crashed the white house party without an invitation and lost his wife to the drummer of journey. why should virginians vote for him for governor? chris? chris! >> they should not. look, if what they want to do is vote for a publicity hound on a horse then they can do that. this guy is a complete moron. he's running for governor of virginia? so, at least he won't be able to or have to crash the governor's party if he gets elected. not going to happen! >> daniel? >> this couple and specifically tareq has been a distraction. i don't think his candidacy is going to be taken seriously here in washington and among the voters of virginia. i think his 15 minutes have long been over but soon will be very much over. >> maria? >> i think it was gallup or mad magazin

big, bold, and plaid. so we're looking for that. >> check my pants out. that's hilarious. you talk solids, though. when you look at the euros in particular, they have taken to wearing patterns, i am thinking ian colter, but when you look at him, he is wearing all white. paul casey, we talked about him. used to be kind of a plaid guy. here he is. all white. >> yes. you know, i tell you, i am a little worried about all of this all white. they're starting to look like male nurses. >> i am sorry? you said they're starting to look like male nurses? >> yeah. >> what's wrong with a male nurse? >> well, there is nothing wrong but it is odd to see that on a golf course. >> odd to see it on a golf course yet you see bright pink. let me move along and talk about ricky fowler. you tweeted a picture of ricky fowler retweeted you, again, with the neons. here you go. turquoise from head to toe. can we dish the banner? you can see his turquoise feet. there we go. you can recognize him from a couple father ways ai with a, couldn't you? >> when you're as yong and talented as rick, you can wear almos

. >> come ob, guys. these ads are hilarious. you have catapulting rabbits. you have killer chickens. they're completely irrelevant. not one vote will be cast based on them. not one voter will change your mind. but they're darn entertaining. >> i have to agree with you liz. i laughed for an hour after that. tom, jason, liz, thanks for playing. we appreciate it. gas prices have steadily increased for most of the year. but now a new downward trend? have gas prices peaked? according to the signs, ford is having some sort of big tire event. i just want to confirm a w things with fiona. how would you describe the event? it's big. no,i mean in terms of savings how would you sum it up? big in your own words, with respect to selection, what would you say? big okay, let's talk rebates mike, they're big they're big get $100 rebate, plus the low price tire guarantee during the big tire event. so, in other words, we can agree that ford's tire event is a good size? big big mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often h

contestants instead of candidate. what is hilarious to me about herman cain he runs and says all of these horrible and divisive things and he drops out and he starts singing on the stage with stephen colbert. like no harm, no foul. i'm just like, dude! did you take any of this seriously at all? >> i just remember back when barack obama was running and there was actually a campaign ad that came out accusing him of being a rock star and that was a bad thing during 2008. and, somehow, it's an okay thing now, will. >> well, look. i mean, i don't begrudge sarah palin this opportunity at stardom, this chance to co-host "today". i think it's great. i will be on tv hopefully, until the morning but were i not, i probably would watch this and i will predict sarah palin will get the last laugh on katie couric and she will outrate her tomorrow morning. what it means is when they are running for president or vice president, when they are on the ticket, we need to pay a little closer attention, you know, analyze them a little more specifically to see if they have what it takes and if they actually won,

horrendous of. let me give you three examples. one guy says hilarious. i wish i had an inflated view of my looks. someone, please tell me it's a spoof. someone else says, i have heard of beer goggles. samantha brick would appear to possess a beer mirror. someone else talked about how it made violent sexist bile fuel remarks and said, it worked. what an ugly light the whole thing shines. you know, i feel strongly about this, carol. you know, someone says she's beautiful and then everybody trashes her for feeling good about herself. she's not a conventional beauty. but, i mean, it's just something -- we spend so much time building up young women to feel confident and empowered about themselves and then someone says hey, look at me i'm beautiful. then we trash them. >> i will say that the thing that got me, really, is that other women didn't want her to be their friends because they were so jealous and envious that they wouldn't ask her to be in their wedding. i mean, can't we get over that conversation. i have great friends. it's silly. >> right. of the awful things on -- it was the aw