let me finish tonight with this. think right now, the american soldier on post right now somewhere in the wildness of afghanistan. he faces somewhere beyond his binoculars a hostile force, enemies lurk all around them watching for their chance. a brutal life far from your own country, far from evidence the kind that matters that the people back in america here care about the cause you're fighting. then today comes the word from our ally in kabul, president karzai himself that the united states is getting people, our people to be suicide bombers or someone to do it killing americans in order to justify our staying in afghanistan still longer. imagine being an american soldier in harm's way worrying the head of the government you're risking your life to defend is headed by a truther someone who honestly believes americans have each other killed in order to justify occupying someplace like afghanistan. i know we get to pick our

foreign leaders but we did our allies. betting on this character takes enormous face in nationalism even the karzai brand. that is "hardball" for now. "the ed show" with ed shultz starts right now. >> an american woman faces racist taunts and rap threats for exercising her first amendment rights. >> i don't honestly want you to tell me i needed a gun to prevent my rap. >> conservative backlash against women turns ugly. she joins me tonight. paul ryan's new plan. >> you would repeal, you assume the repeal of obama care? >> yes. >> chris van holland on republicans running out the clock. republican economic policy is lowering life sxexpectancexpect.

jeb bush thinks his big brother is getting a bad wrap. the big panel takes a swing at the bush baggage. >> now watch this drive. a republican congressman avoids being kicked in the head. tiger is back on the prowl. i'll show you how asteroids might hold the key to the meaning of life. >> never said much about the meaning of life so far, have they? good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. this vile hateful language behind me was directed at a rape victim. a racial slur and two threats of death and racial violence. it was not an isolated incidence or message. zerlin, said this. >> the entire conversation is wrong. i don't want men to be telling me what to wear, how to act, not to drink and no honestly want you to tell me that i needed a gun in order to prevent my rape.

>> so those comments caused death threats and racists attacks? here is why. zerlina maxwell was invited on fox news to talk about women arming themselves with guns to prevent rape. maxwell was asked to discuss a recent column she wrote for "ebony" magazine about sexuality assault. she wrote telling women they can behave in a certain way they can prevent rape creates the false insecurity. maxwell was not promoting gun proposals on fox news but talking about shifting the burden away from the victims. it was surprising when conservative web sites like the blaze ran the story with the headline democratic strategist shocking claim that women don't need gun for self-defense. just tell men not to rape women. the coverage opened up the flood gates.

a barrage of hateful comments to maxwell on social media including four direct threats on her life and it is hard to understand why it would come to this but when you look at the recent history of conservative movement in this country, you see a continual disrespect towards women. there was senate candidate todd aiken and his comments with legitimate rap. he was followed by yet another senate candidate richard murdoch in indiana and his comments being about something about god intended? after aiken and murdoch were footnotes in political history, phil gingrey, he brought it right back up. he told a georgia newspaper, todd aiken was part right and got to bad that republicans had to bring in a consultant to tell lawmakers to stop talking about rape. it's not just what the party is saying but what they do. last year, women and men protested in virginia as state lawmakers tried to pass a

mandatory vaginal ultrasound bill. as people marched outside the statehouse, republican lawmakers yucked it up inside. >> transv word! transv this and transv that! and they hate women and we're the -- in that bill, she killed -- go far enough? she is crazy! >> you also had pennsylvania governor tom corbett who said women shouldn't worry about mandatory ultrasounds because they don't have to look at them. >> i don't know how you make anybody watch, okay? because you just have to close your eyes. >> the republican party has a problem with women. it has spread like a virus through the party's politicians. through the conservative media and through the followers who consume these messages. house speaker john boehner gave an fluff to "roll call" saying the following. when your message prompts death threats and racial attacks, the problem goes, i think, a heck of

a lot deeper than just communication. the problem is all about policies. get your cell phones out. tonight's question will republicans ever listen to women on women's issues? text a for yes and b for no. you can always go to our blog and we will bring you the results later on in the show. i'm joined tonight by zerlina maxwell. also with us this evening is editor and publisher of "the nation" magazine. good to have you both with us. what what happened since your appearance on television, zerlina? >> it started with a contentious debate. >> not unusual anywhere. >> right. it's a debate and you stick out your opinions. i think what is different is the intersection between guns and rape and a problem of rape culture in america.

i actually don't view and what i was trying to say in the segment. i don't view rape culture as a partisan issue. rape happens to republicans, as well as democrats. >> your point is that women shept ha shouldn't have to be armed? i don't think women should have to get a gun or should not have to wear skirts or heels and shouldn't have to do anything to prevent rape from happening to them. i think we should refocus like a laser on the perpetrators of the rape. i think the problem is that because we always ask women, well, what do you do to bring about the attack? a lot of women are too afraid to come forward. that is the reason i went on hannity and in that forum because the biggest platform. i've been writing about this for years, i'm also a survivor and i took it on my shoulders. i was speaking for millions of american women who have survived rape and make sure that everyone knows it's not their fault. >> okay. point being here is that hanity

treated you respectfully in the conversation. >> right. >> it's what happened afterwards that happened in the interpretation. has law enforcement gotten involved in this. >> i am exploring the possible options. unfortunately, there is not a lot that can be done that i'm aware of but i'm a law student so i know a lot of lawyers. >> isn't this -- we're at a point of trying to make change. you were just trying to change the conversation. >> right. >> that it's about behavior and it's not about firearms. they are trying to make the case and the people who were attacking you is that you're trying to suppress some kind of gun ownership out there. >> right. that is not really the issue. i was trying to move away from that conversation. i think we get stuck too often in asking what women should or could have done to prevent rape and instead we need to educate and train men to not rape in the first place. >> katrina, this overreaction to what a woman says about gun

violence in america and protection after speaking her mind is just amazing. i want to play a comment from republican strategist steve schmitt and get your response to this. >> i think in any organization where women are toe not at the table, where a male that is an organization that is going to have problems. one of the problems we have structurally in the party. any company, any organization in today's day he and age that doesn't give equal opportunity to women, it doesn't advance women to the table is going to be an organization that has difficulty competing. >> which would bring some conservatives to the conclusion is there a creation of a subculture here that women don't matter. >> good for steve schmitt for speaking out. i think the republican party believes that it can just kind of do some rebranding. it is very male, pale, and

stale, i've said that before but it is this republican party and it's shown very real contempt for women and control over their bodies, control over their lives and what is lost in this discussion, ed, is the fact that 70% of women are in the work force. 60% of women in the work force have kids under 3 and the republican party is opposed to virtually every possible to lead those women to lead productive, healthy lives. whether it's paid sick leave or minimum wage or protection of discrimination of equal pay or they were opposed to to something that is bipartisan for many women in this country. leading women's act. this is a party out of change with the changing dynamics of the country where women we need more reform and more progress to have women really at the table and to change the table. >> do you think these out of touch policies that the republicans have lead to such over the top behavior in situations like this? >> listen. we came out of an election which, by the way, the

republicans don't seem to think it matters, where we heard, and you saw some of them. people like a man running for senator in missouri talking about rape as -- there is a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate. this political cultures attack people like zerlina. fox is a mirror of the problems the republican party is facing and you see it in the public trust, the ratings, the audience that they are losing. >> when a woman speaks up and says it's about behavior and you can teach men not to rape, you become attacked. i think parallel a lot of the policies they have. they attack women in their policies. >> they don't have a message so they attack. >> one of the underlying things here too is that it illustrates, you know, what i was talking about, right? so i am speaking from millions of survivors out there and i'm

saying that there is a problem of rape culture and attacks on women and then i'm attacked. i think it illustrates that we do have a problem. we need to talk to young men about respect, bodily autonomy and talk to them about bistandard intervention. there are organizations already doing this that i cited in the interview. they are already doing this work. i didn't make this up. i'm not the only one saying it. i just was in the biggest forum making that point. >> so much of the root of it is the basic right of women to control their own bodies and their access to health care. we need an empathetic and gauged government, not one in our bedrooms and transvaginal ultrasound and governors and states say get the government off your back. they want it on your back in these areas. it's a really difficult picture, ed. i think the republican party has a lot of rethinking to do. again, kudos to steve schmitt and a very few of them in the

party who understand it's not reboot, rebrand and it's a fundamental problem of having too many men running the show. they need to bring in some -- >> has it made you take a step back and not be as aggressive verbally? is that a hard position to think now? >> i'm certainly taking steps to protect my emotional health but i will not be quiet. the whole entire point of why i went on fox to talk about this issue that i am so passionate about is so many women are afraid to talk about it and that is because they are blamed and shamed into silence and i refuse, i refuse to be silent. >> it's very important. this is a week where sheryl sandburg now coo of facebook is writing a book about lean-in. got a lot of issues for the book. but for women to speak their mind and speak with security and confidence about their safety and what is on their mind is critical to this country. it's been one of the great promises of this country and to

see republicans that -- to see the right wing, to be honest, the right wing media and blogosphere is a microcosm of a larger problem. >> they have become a vehicle. >> they are vessels. >> everybody monitoring that stuff that they understand the dece decency of it all. >> is there a level of economic security is -- nra plays on fear. they say they want to take your guns away. no, they don't. >> they want you armed. that is how you're supposed to stop rape if you're armed. they were talking about statistics out there. if women are armed, this they less apt to get raped? >> it's a ridiculous solution because it doesn't prevent rape. the most rapes happen with someone you trust and know and you're dating and married to. i've gotten a lot of conservatives that say i don't agree with you on anything but you're right about this.

and that is why i'm so passionate and i want to keep raising my voice. >> great to have you both bus. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. share your bauts with us on twitter and on facebook. we want to know what you think. republicans continue to run out the clock. paul ryan's new plan is so unrealistic even fox news hosts can't see right through it. more coffee yesterday. congratulations. those too. [ male announcer ] staples makes it easier to get everything your business needs, and now get folgers classic roast for $6.99. staples. that was easy. classic roast for $6.99. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support,

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welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. congressman paul ryan has a big idea on how to balance the budget and we know it's a shocker because even a fox news host couldn't believe what he was hearing. >> are you saying that as part of your budget, you would repeal, you assume the repeal of obama care? >> yes. >> well, that's not going to happen. >> well, we believe it should. that is the point. that is -- this is what budgeting is all about, chris. it's about making tough choices to fix our country's problems. we believe that obama care is a program that will not work. >> well, that's right. budget chair ryan proposes repealing obama care. for the record, during 112th congress, house republicans voted to repeal obama care, count them, 32 times.

after the house, the bill, obviously, went nowhere. so this is such a dead issue but this is what the republicans want to do. obama care repeal bills are now being sponsored like congressman michele bachmann and steve king. this hasn't stopped congressman ryan from engaging in this useless posturing. there is more. ryan's budget would balance the budget by 2023 instead of 2040 and cut food shiassistance frome poor. and create medicare vouchers and cut $716 billion from medicare and the same cuts that ryan proposed when he ran for president. rick scott's plan today to accept the medicaid expansion failed in the republican's controlled state senate down in

florida. now it is a big blow to the people of florida. but the medicaid expansion has generally been embravced by states across the country as republican governors keep coming to obama care. joining me is chris van holland of maryland who was involved in a lunch late last week with the president. the house budget chair, mr. ryan. chris, good to have you with us tonight. appreciate it very much. you bet. how is ryan's budget to be considered a serious play when he is basing it on things that have been, and he will knows will be rejected in the future? >> well, that question in some ways answers itself. it cannot be a serious effort because there is no serious chance of it passing. in fact, there is virtually no chance of that passing. he repeals the part of obama care that will provide tax credits, that will allow more people to afford health care. he does keep the part of obama

care that both he and romney campaigned against which was smart medicare savings that we achieved by eliminating overpayments to insurance companies. furl both congressman ryan and mitt romney said that that was going to somehow hurt seniors. >> yeah. >> it never was going to. but they are keeping that. they are keeping the very savings in medicare that they campaigned against, but they are cutting the tax credits and all of the provisions that make sure that people are preexisting conditions can't be denied coverage. so, in addition to it being totally unrealistic politically it has terrible policy consequences. >> here is more from congressman ryan. >> i think there are things that we can do that don't offend either party's philosophy and doesn't require someone to surrender their principles to make a good down payment on getting this debt indeficit under control. will the president take our premium support program and block medicaid? my guess he won't.

we think the best way to make these programs work better but are there things you can do short of that gets you closer to balancing the budget? >> i love these buzz phrases. premium support. give me a break. i mean, ryan knows this nonsense isn't going to go anywhere so why bother unless another technique to run out the clock and divert people's attentions. your thoughts. >> translation and premium support equals vouchers which means under their plan, seniors would get a fixed payment that rises very slowly compared to rising health care costs and guess who has to eat the difference? >> that's right. >> seniors. so they deal with the budget, balance the budget on the backs of seniors. they balance it by dramatically gutting our investment in our kids' education and things that are important to help the economy grow. in the short term their budget would put the brakes on the economy by keeping in place the total sequester, the kovenl budget office says 750,000 fewer

jobs by the indiana of this year if you keep in this place. it's bad for jobs and bad for economic growth and it certainly is bad for investments in our kids keeping those commitments, ed. >> in your meeting with president obama, did he try to really work with ryan? here is ryan. here is what had he to say. here is his take. >> so we exchanged very different frank, candid views with one another that were very different but at least we had this conversation. will he resume what is long believed to be a plan to win the 2014 elections or will he sincerely change and try and find common ground? >> congressman, how would you characterize it? >> look. i think the meeting was a very good one. it was never designed to be a negotiation where we would hammer out the differences. it was designed to be an opportunity for an exchange of views, a healthy exchange of views. and that it was. but to suggest that the president hasn't reached out in the past is simply wrong. after all the president reached out to the very top republican

leader the speaker of the house, john boehner. he thought that the speaker could help deliver the republican caucus in the house. he couldn't. what happened? speaker boehner said he doesn't want to meet with the president one-on-one any more. so the president is expanding that conversation. he is willing to work with republicans to get it done. >> sure. so, in other words, this lunch was -- this is what i believe, this is what you believe. this is where we're at. and laetet's see what we can do. really what it comes down to. >> there was an agreement we would all be better off, the country would be better off if we find a way to bridge these differences. in terms of specific road maps, the meeting was not intended to do that. hopefully, all of these conversations the president has had will help find a path forward but, look. obviously, more talk is no guarantee that you get to a result but, obviously, opening lots of lines of communication is a good thing. that is what the president is

doing. >> congressman chris van hollen, thank you for being with us. >> good to be here. i got the details on unemployment next. ashley judd, she might throw her hat into the kentucky senate race by derby day? i'll ask the big panel whether she has a shot at the blue grass state. stay with us. we will be right back. i'm a conservative investor. but that doesn't mean i don't want to make money. i love making money. i try to be smart with my investments. i also try to keep my costs down.

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take a look at st. john's county in florida. median income is half of in st. john's. a comparison of the two counties show how america's exploding income and equality has a effect on life expectancy and how it would hurt lower income workers. in st. john's county the average life expectancy is 87.3 for women and 82.5 for women. compare that to putnam county. lower income where the average life expectancy is 71.4 in men and 78.5 for women. so raising the eligibility age means fewer benefits for the people who need it the most. so let's look at it it this way. you can parallel a good job and

security along with income and equality if those people have that good job, that good security, they have that pension, they have that health care, chances are, they are going to live a lot longer. i guess you could say that is why there is not a lot of senators that die young. but just remember. these guys think that cutting these programs is the best way to go for america and there are statistics out there to show that when you cut programs that they want to go after, it hurts quality of life and it also hurts life expectancy. ask yourself the question tonight is that the america you want to live in? much. my guess is history will be kind to my brother. >> jeb bush takes a sunday trip to the land of make believe. >> i don't think there's any bush baggage at all. >> the super panel takes on the bush tradition of delusion. representative peter king hops into the king. and tiger woods could be

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i'm proud of his accomplishments. i am proud of my dad and proud to be a bush. >> we got that. proud of the record. he went further on "meet the press." >> my guess is that history will be kind to my brother. the further out you get from this and the more people compare his tenure to what is going on now, i think history will be kind to george w. bush. >> this country is still paying for his mistakes. the tragedies of iraq and the shame of abu ghraib and executive power and collapse of the united states economy through deregulation. the reckless spending combined with tax cuts for the waelt that didn't create the jobs they promised. the passive response to the suffering following hurricane katrina. george w. bush left the white house as one of the most least popular presidents this country has ever had. his numbers haven't improved much in recent years. history storians rank him as one

of our worst leaders. as "the daily beast" points out, unfortunately, for jeb bush, history is written by historians. let's talk to our panel. great to have all of you with us tonight. jim, you first. you've written a book with w. is there baggage? i mean, is jeb bush close to reality here? >> no. there's an old saw in marketing, ed, that the worst kind of brand to get out from under is one that the public gives you. we know what the bush brand is now. it's bad thinking in terms of taxes. it's bad actions in terms of war and in terms of jeb himself, his first day in office, we know where he is on certain issues. his first day in office, he vetoed a very popular interstate high speed rail project in florida. he has been over here in texas the last couple of weeks testifying about charter schools, but not mentioning the

fact the bush family has a self-interest and they are well invest inside the investment portfolio. the profits off of private education. the bush are about self-interests to no voters in this country. >> susan, what about all of that s ? you can understand brother love but he will be remembered by historians favorably? >> the only worse than having a bad brand is running away from your family. that, he can never escape. he did the right thing and of course, he stands up for his family and it would be horrible if he didn't. let's face it. when it comes to education, jeb bush has received bipartisan support on his tenure as governor. he has come out on immigration reform. i know you mentioned earlier his positions being modified. he has led a bipartisanship effort in many of these issues. last february when he came out and said this party is too conservative for the likes of my father or ronald reagan,

liberals were handling him saying here is a good spokesperson for the republican party. he is a top contender for president and he is -- >> i think he might have hurt himself. i understand the family love and brotherly love but he sounds in denial, professor dyson. >> yes as gore v -- the 51st state is the state of denial. reality here is that -- that, of course, he is in a tough situation there. he has got a tough pickle there. on the one hand as susan has indicated, you don't want to dis your family so no way out for him. he can't be critical of his brother. at least not now. but, on the other hand, he is saddled with that bush legacy. the reality is that his brother will not be treated as kindly as he thinks by historians now or in the future and -- well, we can say perhaps in the future. i think that that reality suggests to jeb bush that he has

got to move further to the right because his only hope of winning is not to receive the kudos of democrats who say to him that he is a guy who is reasonable, he's got to shore up that right wing conservative bent that really his pushed him to the margins of his own party. >> he has proven one thing. he is one of the very few people who can get on six sunday shows. he is all over the map on immigration, jim. his signature issue. how problematic is this going to be and point to the flip-flop? this was not a good week for him last week. >> i think the reason he went to six different shows is try to explain it in six different ways his immigration policy and how convoluted it's become. it's clear he has gone to the right to animate the people that come out in the primaries, the tea party, to make them happy. that is going to do him well and serve him well in the primary process but if he wins the nomination and we end up with a bush/clinton sort of campaign in 2016 he will have trouble in the middle talking about what he

said on immigration. hispanics will not like it. >> ashley judd has told key advisers she is planning on announcing her candidacy for the senate this spring. judd is denying the reported but allies told the huffington post her candidacy would clear the field for major contenders for the democratic nomination in kentucky pitting the actress depends the unpopular senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. susan, would it be good for mitch mcconnell if she jumped into the race, if judd got in? >> it's hard to tell right now, because she does have to define hearse herself. we will probably see a decision sooner rather than later. she has taken some tough positions. being a liberal in kentucky is not a good thing. being against coal mining in kentucky, again, not a good thing. so while she has a high name i.d. because she is, in fact, a celebrity she has a lot to

overcome. not to say mitchell mcconnell in any great shape. >> that is true. the director of the campaign committee said they are not settled on ashley judd. would be it good to go with a more seasoned candidate? >> no. you need some star power and firing of the imagination. you can't judd a book by its cover. she has deep roots in hollywood. perhaps more than in kentucky's local municipalities. but she brings that kind of star power. she is able to leverage that enormous fame of hers to the advantage of people who are there. you got a democratic governor and that bodes well perhaps for the possibility that she can join him in, you know, bringing to kentucky so much much needed resource but in this case political capital that could be

sxen expend expended. she will take care of the mining people and she has to talk about the environment. >> people who ran campaigns 230 clint eastwood and schwarzenegger and al franken say judd can win if she gets out there early. i think what you said, susan. jim, does star power really matter? the issues are pretty heavy. it's income and inequality and healthy and immigration and the environment. you can look at mitch mcconnell and see he is terribly in the minority. >> we have had people who come into politics who bring a name brand with them and they start out well and they get attention and get interests and they taper off. she has a big challenge. what we don't know about her is how astute she is on all of those issues. >> she could be rick perry. you never know. >> she could end up being rick perry. >> and there is a current democrat female secretary of state that is very appealing so i think that is a tough decision to the democrats to make there.

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we are back. nobody likes watching but maybe you'll watch there. peter king is normally jabbing democrats on capitol hill but this weekend he came out swinging for a local new york business. king took part in a two-round exhibition boxing match against a kick boxing champion josh foley. republican congressman took a few hits to the head. i'll leave that comment to go. to promote boxing matches at a long island pub, okay? king hill is owned against the champ even landing a few hits. after he was happy to walk away

saying great fight and more importantly, i survived. yes, you did, congressman. way to go. looking at the video, i think foley may, may have been going a little easy on king. here's foley landing a big hit 30 seconds into the fight back in 2008. yeah, yeah, no doubt about it. peter king didn't take a shot like that. but he did do something good for the community. we should point out that foley's opponent suffered no serious injuries. one other sports note tonight. tiger woods is he on his mark? i think he is and he headed right for next month's masters which is a big one. woods won the cadillac championship in dorell, florida, on sunday. he finished at 19 under par at the blew monster bringing home 76 career pga victory and if he pulls off a win in two weeks in bay hill he can go to national spot worldwide.

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big finish tonight. brand-new evidence that life on earth may have come from outer space. the faith-based community is squirreling on this one tonight. they will not like it. now, there is more likely than ever a comet or meteor brought the building blocks to life to our plan and what scientists are saying. imagine something as simple as a meteor disintegrating over russia but instead of a few weeks ago, how about billions and billions of years ago? i still love that videotape. scientists from the university of california created a minicomet in a lab and exposed it to conditions similar to outer space. they got it cold in fargo a couple times. just like our mickey way galaxy, scientist reproduced the effects of cosmic rays.

it created amino acids and they traveled to earth. on a related note four more asteroids past by earth tonight. we go to derrick pitts who is a chief astronomer in philadelphia. designated by nasa as an astrology ambassador. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on. >> you bet. explain what these scientists did. what did they do and what did they find? >> well, the thought here is that it's possible that perhaps the building blocks of life came to this planet from someplace else in the galaxy around the universe. the way they get to this is astronomers able to identify

things elsewhere around the galaxy. they use material and find these organic compounds already existing and means they have been created by some astronomical process. the question is could some of those organic compounds that are the building blocks for the amino acids that form life here on this planet, could they have been transported somehow from the distant locations to this planet? turns out that perhaps a vehicle may have been, either a comet or a meteor or an asteroid that has somehow collected this material and brought it to earth and it's able to develop and prosper here. so that is the idea of what the possibility could be. >> what is the significance of the temperature? >> well, the significance of the temperature is that it simulates what the space environment is like. there are a couple of things that go with this, ed. one of them is a very important piece and that is the space

environment itself. is it possible that the organic molecules that are created or the organic compounds, can survive in space in we have to talk about the temperatures being so incredibly low. 440 degrees below zero is about as cold as anything can possibly be. we also have to remember that these organic compounds have to be able to survive a very long journey. maybe multiple millions of years to come from someplace across the galaxy and they also then have to be able to withstand the very, very harsh radiation environment of space as well. so if you put all of these things together, that then adds up to the possibility that this could happen. but we also have to ask this other question. once they get here, is the environment the proper environment for them to develop and propagate into something else? >> life coming to earth from a meteor has always been a theory that has been out there, but this new experiment gives it a little bit more weight, doesn't it? >> it does give it more we