janni jannine garofalo, nothing. ed asner, why aren't your fellow lefties joining us?maybe they feel they don't need the majority voice to be heard on this issue. it certainly looks like you, me and a lot of other people are opposed to involvement. because we're sick of war, that's why. >> well, all right. i'm not opposed as long as the involvement makes sense. so i want to see what exactly it would be. but you said -- correct me if i'm wrong here because i'm taking it from the "hollywood reporter," they might have misquoted you or whatever. you said there might have been an element of fear with the hollywood left because they don't want to criticize the president because he's a black man, he's their guy, they're treading softly. is that true? >> well, i think that i don't have the gauge to measure it. i certainly think it does appear in many liberals' minds about how far to con determine a particular action by this president. they want to tread softly because they know that there a sea of republicans out there who will do it for them, except on this particular issue,