are you anthony weiner? have been confused with anthony weiner twice now. >> the price of notoriety. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> the nation's top republicans are doing what might surprise some. speaker john boehner and eric cantor who breaking from their own party in calling for the v.a. secretary to resign. >> i'm going to continue to reserve judgment on general shinseki. the question i ask myself is him resigning going to get us to the bottom of the problem? is it going to help us find out what's really going on? and the answer i can give is no. >> joined now by kevin from the hill. some might be saying this is not expected. what do you think the speaker's thinking here? >> happy friday, richard. thanks for having me. i think speaker boehner really is perhaps, you know, keeping some political clout here as this, you know, situation emerges. but i've got to be honest. more and more bipartisan report for shinseki today. he is scheduled to give a speak this morning. it will be interest

yes, anthony weiner has already beared quite a lot. in fact, some would say, way too much.now. see you back here on monday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. "the ed show" is up next. >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show", live from detroit lakes, minnesota. i'm ready to go. let's get to work! joe the middle class is back yauf shore and we have to prevent that from happening. >> where are the jobs? >> we're putting folks back to work rebuilding america. >> where are the jobs? >> millions of jobs have been lost. have been sent offshore. jobs -- >> the resolution of that agreement will mean real job growth. >> i think the american people would say, absolutely not! >> the american people, creating jobs, not destroying

are you anthony weiner? i have been confused for anthony weiner twice now. i have no idea how that happens. >> now there's a case of mistaken identity that most people would want to avoid. anthony weiner, by the way, is famous for resigning from congress in 2011 amid his sex texting scandal, a habit which got him in trouble again when he was running for mayor of new york just last summer. congressman ryan described the mix-up as a humbling moment. i'd say. >>> up next, mitch mcconnell's health care dishonesty. he wants to get rid of obamacare but not the successful state version of the program that wouldn't exist without obamacare. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90

are you anthony weiner? i have been confused for anthony weiner twice now.have no idea how that happens. >> now there's a case of mistaken identity that most people would want to avoid. anthony weiner, by the way, is famous for resigning from congress in 2011 amid his sex texting scandal, a habit which got him in trouble again when he was running for mayor of new york just last summer. congressman ryan described the mix-up as a humbling moment. i'd say. >>> up next, mitch mcconnell's health care dishonest tee. he wants to get rid of obamacare but not the successful state version of the program that wouldn't exist without obamacare. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. any that's all about printing. but did you know we also support hospitals using electronic health records for more than 30 million patients? or that our software helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure e-mail every month? or how about processing nearly $5 billion in electronic toll payments a year? in fact, today's xerox is working in surprising ways to help com

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. >> it's so fascinating when you look at modern sex scandals, like anthony weiner.neously more chased. anthony weiner never even touched the women that he was accused of having these sexts with. >> sex scandal with no sex. >> exactly. and afterwards there is this tawdry, sort of pornographic level that these so-called mistresses who never touched him then go on to have this sort of mistress industrial complex. they make pornos and go on reality shows. with monica she did have a pub list and do ads for jennifer craig, but the actor part of it seems dignified now. >> and people don't hold it against, especially when you're in your early 20s, a sexual mistake as much as people trying to capitalize off of that. she says -- she writes that what really was the impetus for coming back into the limelight was the tyler clemente, the young man who took his own life when he was kissing a friend at school was put on the internet. and when he -- because she was suicidal. >> yeah. she says in the piece that that -- learning about that story, she had some long conversations with h

remembers every shameful thing you've ever done and that has hurt a lot of good people, also anthony weiner i am not immune. i recently glueingled myself and found some very disturbing old photos. i mean, what if my children stumble across that and find out i used to be a child! my children would lose all respect for me! you can't make me clean my room, you're just some old kid! (laughter) luckily, the european union has pioneered the answer. >> you have the right to be forgotten. that's what the e.u. court told google. >> european courts now requiring google to remove certain sensitive information from the web about customers. >> individuals can ask the search giant to remove links to news articles and court judgments among other things. it's been dubbed the right to be forgotten. >> stephen: yes, the right to be forgotten, first proposed by -- oh, what's his name? i don't know. anyway, i want to congratulate europe for taking this bold step. it's no wonder they did. i did some googling this afternoon. i could see what why europe would want to hide their past. i mean, the inquisition and t

and then they said "they had a type of sex," and now you have mark sanford, david vitter, and anthony weiner and it comes and goes. >> what donna rice said is very different, she said because there was no investigation she had the luxury of retaining some dignity of not having details about her sexual exploits not being exposed. and monica did not have that, and that is why she is a laughingstock. those are the things that have hurt monica in a way we don't think of because slow lost control because of the graphic details. >> as someone who is skeptical of the power of the federal government i don't mind knowing how disgusting some of our leaders are, to some extent that can be in the public interest but it does get...it does damage to the women. >> women don't stick up for each other. immediately, hillary clinton went on the attack and cared her a loan any tune which is --. >> not publicly at time. >> that was one one one of the t of the impetous for her to come out, back off, hillary clinton. >> and part of the story that drove the media coverage there was an of the by clinton and white ho

did you just put up another anthony weiner photo? >> no. >> there was no time for small thoughts?. >> that scared the living hell out of me. i thought, this is getting really weird. that's beyond limit. you can't keep that. >> he got it, but here's the controversy. fishermen tell me putin is fudging it here. >> i love putin because he wears camel out on the lake and waders when he's inside the force. i don't know what that's about. he's the most interesting man in the world. >> stay thirsty, my friends. >> at least he put on a shirt after he caught the fish. >> that is a solid cup. >> you want me to wear a bra? >> no, a bra is for ladies. meet the bro. >> and the problem is you can't -- russians can't tell putin that he's fudging the fish or they'll throw him in jail with those girls. >> the world's gone insane! you know what, putin ought to solve their fiscal problems and come out with a double d cup and a month calendar. >> jesse going to a miley cyrus concert. do i have to say any more? right back with it. ♪ oh-oh, oh, oh, la, la-la, la-la, la-la ♪ ♪ na-naa, na-na-na-na-na some

. >> anthony weiner. >> out. >> so what does it say, kimberly? actually people do care ultimately. they're not phased by it because it is sort of become expected, politicians behaving badly. okay, there they go again. there is such a low level enthusiasm about politicians serving, viewpoints regarding their credibility, their morality, people don't expect much of them. it is sad. this used to be a position of public esteem you could serve the people faithfully, honestly and some measure or little of ethics. >> harris, doesn't make we feel -- me feel good about leadership in america when you see all these things. >> we put people up on a pedestal and don't allow them to be human beings and make mistakes and when they break it out of the closet it's a hot mess. >>ance absolute power corrupts absolutely. that is just -- >> don't you think that would happened with president clinton desensitized us. he got caught doing ultimate crime in terms of fit dealt. having sex out of marriage. >> that too. >> he was president. he was in the oval office with an

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did you just put up another anthony weiner photo?d the living -- i thought this is getting really weird. that's beyond limit. you can't keep that. >> no. so he got it, but here is the controversy. fishermen tell me putin is fudging it here. >> yeah, i love putin because he wears camo on the lake and waders in the forest. he is the most interesting man in the world. >> stay thirsty my friends. >> at least he put on a shirt after he caught the fish. >> you want me to wear a bra? >> no, no, a bra is for ladies. meet the bro. >> and the problem is that yaw can't tell, russians can't tell putin that he's fudging the fish or they will throw them in jail with those girls. >> gone insane. putin ought to solve their fiscal problems and come out with a double d cup of the month calendar. [ music playing ] >> watters' world on deck. jesse going to a miley cyrus concert. do i have to say more? right back with it. nothing like relaxing on the beach. that's odd. (vo) celebrate this memorial day with up to 40% off hotels at travelocity. plus, enter

now you have vitter, newt gingrich, anthony weiner. >> donna rice said because there is no investigation, she had the luxury of retaining some dignity about not having details about her sexual exploits with gary hastert not being exposed. monica did not have that. i'm not going to reference the beyonce lee beyonce lyric that references her. >> something about the blue dress. >> somebody who is skeptical of the power of the federal government. i don't mind knowing in graphic detail how disgusting some of our leaders are. so some extent it can be in the public interest. the collateral damage to the women is serious. >> women don't stick up for each other. immediately hillary went on the attack. call her a narcissistic looney toon. >> she didn't say that at the time. >> that was part of the impetus for her coming out saying, wait a minute, i'm done with this. i'm not a narcissistic looney toon. clintons, back off. >> another thing people for get, part of the story that drove the media coverage, there was a concerted effort by white house officials and allies to paint her as a stalker, as nu

sure, the anthony weiners and the eliot spitzers do what they need to do to look humiliated on cable news. they bow out of public life for a while, but they inevitably return, having put it all behind them. the women in these imbroglios return to lives that are not so easily repaired. they're reported with sex jokes and black socks jokes. >> no one is immune from comedians, nobody is saying that. but the reality is it's not like bill clinton didn't choose to hide, it's not like monica tried to hide. she tried to get gainful employment and kept getting turned away because of the scandal, and i think we have to realize what this constant scandal machine does -- >> she tried to get gainful employment but she didn't get the job she thought was appropriate for her. i would like to have oprah's job but i have to take the job that was given to me. go on. >> it doesn't sound like she was trying to apply for jobs that were beyond her reach, but here's the point. bill clinton wasn't even asked to hide, right? he was able to maintain his leadership as this great statesman. fine. look at david v

other shoe to drop and one other piece of information and think, and it would end up hurting anthony weiner said i'm not going to be sexting with anyone anymore and everything is behind me and then all of a sudden the new revelation came out and that's why his race and his situation and him finishing where he did turned out and so if you are are going to have a scandal and you will continue to try to run, you better make sure that nothing else happens again and that's the situation that happened to rob ford. >> when you talk about been surviving something so similar it would be marion berry, a storied career and he kept coming back and people kept supporting him. we saw, mark, when the scandal first broke his poll numbers went up and we know people tend to like the story of redemption and that you've overcome something and the time and the clock and the calendar works for him here and sometimes defiance plays very well and people want a politician to stand up for what they believe in, and to lash out at the press and lash out at opponents and that only works so far and all of the team who w

. >> nia, i haven't heard about anthony weiner for a while and he describes democrats going into this committee, going into a knife fight carrying library books. give me your take on what will happen here. >> there is a great deal of discussion going into this about what democrats should do, right? >> yeah. >> should they participate? should they not? they've decided to do that. it will be five republicans and five democrats. in some ways, republicans have to figure out how to do this, too. how do they look forward and how does benghazi mean in terms of the safety of the diplomats and i think if democrats and some republicans take that up, too. it will be seen as less political, but i agree with susan. so far you've heard from republicans and talk to folks at the rnc who say, sure. they do want to tie this to clinton as much as possible ending her chances in 2016. >> nia-ml malika henderson. >> susan page, great to talk to you. >> thank you. >>> checking the news feed, president obama turns his attention away from the vshg a backlash to pushing u.s. tourism. he'll become the first sit

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. >> reporter: anthony weiner also knows a thing or two about multiple apologies. >> it was something congressman admitted sending lewd photos of himself to women online. two years later caught in another sexting scandal, he apologized again. >> this behavior is behind me. i've apologized to my wife houma. >> reporter: it's one thing to say you're sorry for lying or infidelity, but is racism as easily forgivable? in 2006 michael richards of seinfeld fame went on a hate-filled rant during his stand-up act. his friend, jerry seinfeld brought him on "the late show" to apologize. >> said some pretty nasty things to some afro-americans a lot of trash talk -- >> stop laughing. it's not funny. >> michael richards didn't do his ray polling that well. over time he was forgiven. it can be the destruction of a career. the consequences of getting it right, you get permission to continue. >> reporter: luntz says that for an apology to be effective it's not enough to admit mistakes and take ownership of the offense. the person apologizing must also make some sort of personal sacrifice to earn forgi

. >> anthony weiner. >> that's correct. stop the clock, sam. that's the video bonus trigger.ecause you answered that question right, you will have a chance to add more points to your score. we asked to read a famous political quote. all you have to do is identify who said it and you'll receive an extra 100 points. there's no penalty for guessing. take a look at our monitor for the first video bonus question. >> chris matthews here with this week's up against the clock quote. who ended his presidential campaign at the 1980 democratic national convention with these words. for all those who cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. >> you have 5 seconds. >> that would be senator ted kennedy. >> that's correct. 100 extra points for sam. restart the clock. the prospects for immigration reform passing seemed to dim this week when the reelection campaign of this top congressional republican claimed the bipartisan. >> eric cantor. >> it gives illegal aliens a free ride. 100 pints. when the national spelling b

anthony weiner, for example, he was offered a position at business insider. monica lewinsky is offered a job selling cigars 16 years after her affair with president clinton. >> when they have sex scandals are treated like human beings. women are treated sub human, as a collection of cultural, salacious symbols. i think what she's trying to do is reclaim the humanity by addressing the humiliation head on. >> jessica val lenity, thank you for your insight. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> house republicans eager to find out what happened in benghazi will up the en tea. they'll call for a vote to form a select committee. that committee will include both republicans and democrats unless, of course, democrats decide to boycott what some call a kangaroo court. former secretary of state hillary clinton didn't go there, but she's not happy. >> despite all of the hearings, all of the information that's been provided, some choose not to be satisfied and choose to continue to move forward. that's their choice, and i do not believe there is any reason for it to continu

. >> we already know what happens with anthony weiner. >> oh, my -- >> you say the first lady is so popular and taken up a fight with the house. do you think that means a run for office at some point? >> i don't think so. i think that my brother's keeper initiative the obamas talked about will keep them really busy. the connections he's established in hollywood. i think michelle obama will go and be an activist. hillary clinton always wanted to run for office. we knew that was actually going to occur, even when she was with bill. i don't think they have a political future but an advocacy future probably closer to jimmy carter than we see with the clintons. >> as a ubl ccouple, one of the influential in history. post-president, why? >> exactly. a lot of people don't like how he's done his job but like him the person. personal approval, high 60s. as a couple, icons, even for people who don't like the presidency, looks like a strong marriage. they're good parents. when they leave office, the kinds of things to represent about family initiati

not the anthony weiner kind of. >> but that would be kind of a funny selfie to take at the dinner.corned beef and cabbage. >> look what's on the menu. >> hey! >> i just wonder if people get the stars walk in and they are just like, oh, my god, is that undersecretary of the interior, mike connor! oh, my god! are they doing that? >> i think one of them said, i mean, nischelle turner interviewed someone and they said, yeah, i was so excited to see -- and i had no idea who they were, and i'm in the news business. >> well, that person was lying. that's a lie. no one is that excited to meet those politicians. they're the famous people. they're the hollywood people. they're the one that peoples are jacked up to see. >> well, jeff goldblum's excited, because he needs another plot for a movie. he's got to get in there and shake hands with people and be like, what is it you do? >> also, jeff goldblum, also weirdly dorky and hilarious. it's a gad thing to be. are >> what's happening right now? someone's talking to the president, he's -- what do you think he's doing? >> he's like, so i got thi