eric boehlert from media matters whom we love.drinking boxed wine and reading your tweets, yes, i was just saying that. that's what i think! you know, your series of tweets is exactly what i was thinking. the democratic party's advocation may be it most egregious failing of the last decade. flash back to obama calls for permanent assault weapons ban. guy walked into a movie theatre and shot 70 people. we're not supposed to talk about gun control. only in america are gun massacres routine expectable and certain to continue. >> i was quoting a great piece from the new yorker that went up i think on friday or saturday. and i wrote about this in 2009 for media matters. headline i think was rampage nation and it was about how the press -- how i felt like when these events happen, if you go back to columbine, it was a weeks, month-long debate on gun control after columbine. laws were passed. i remember the virginia tech shooting and some of the ones after that, the topic isn't really discussed. it is not on the table. it is not part of

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eric boehlert on saxophone. 22 minutes after the hour. eric boehlert from media matters rejoin us.ment but in the meantime, this was my favorite tweet of yours. sarah palin on hannity, all right. >> nancy pelosi is a dingbat and she is the perfect spokesperson for this whole agenda in the far left running the democrat party. i know a lot of democrats who are embarrassed and disguses with her and harry reid's relationship hasleadership has done to the democrat party. they want to bail on the democrat party. the things that she says and does and represents, but she's a perfect spokesperson for president obama's democratic party. >> stephanie: she couldn't have the grammy task that you have. the sarah palin channeling archie bunk kerr. we should call our friend rob reiner. >> you're thinking michael stivic. >> stephanie: let's ask what he thinks about nancy pelosi being a dingbat. it's just name calling. >> caller: oh, yeah and her description then was comical right? sort of yet another word sold from sarah palin. she doesn't even have a substantial criticism. just name calling. thank

eric boehlert rejoins us from media matters to finish up right-wing world.n, oh boy this is the -- i guess they got the fax from the romney camp. whatever happened to hope and change. it is all the president's fault. >> a lot of the criticism against this president is he hasn't been a unifying president and what people have been disappointed about he set himself up to be a unifying president. that's where the disappointment falls. when you heard about the logo of the campaign about hope and change and unification fits into that and inspiration fits into that. that's where some people are upset now. >> you know what would help? if the republican congress would actually do something and get off their ass! >> stephanie: they've been so helpful, eric. there is the president stubborn. >> particularly ironic for this outlet to be complaining about people not unifying behind obama. look for inauguration day on, the entire conservative apparatus and particularly the media only goal was to obstruct and attack obama and now four years later, they're going to say boy h