gary hart's problem was not adultery. his problem was character.e couldn't get out of that pathology that he had been raised with, and we needed to know that. right after he was caught and found out, his presidential campaign torpedoed he was still lying and blaming the press at a big convention. he was standing there holier than thousand talking about let's head out press ruined his campaign. he is totally blameless. he walks out the back door and gets into a car with a "new york times" top executive who told me this story, and they were going on a trip in new york together for two weeks. he said have you lined up the girls yesterday, sydney? sydney said, you know, hart, i would like you to have two operations. one would be to cut out your tongue. guess what the other one would be. >> one can debate whether gail sheehy is right about character reporting or whether matt bae is right about character reporting. regardless of who you think is right in that debate, what do you think the way now that the media covers the character of individuals. they'r

and gary hart never got to the white house. nearly 30 years ago, he was caught in an affair with donna rice, ending his bid. a new book says what happened. and i pose this question. have we as a nation suffered because tabloid journalists now peer through the bushes when covering political candidates? i'll be right back. [ male announcer ] some come here to build something smarter. ♪ some come here to build something stronger. others come to build something faster... something safer... something greener. something the whole world can share. people come to boeing to do many different things. but it's always about the very thing we do best. ♪ >>> welcome back. have you noticed what's been missing this week on the streets of america while u.s. and coalition jets began pounding isis and carson core san group targets in syria? where are the anti-war protests and celebrities who usually lead those protests? in the last decade there were demonstrations against the iraq war such as in 2007 led by jane fonda and susan saran dan. and, of

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in the 1988 presidential race, gary hart was going to be a real contender. but there were these persistent rumors about his personal life. specifically about infidelity. the "miami herald" had run an investigative piece linking him to a specific woman in miami, but gary hart denied all of these rumors, denied stories like that. when he did that profile with the "new york times" magazine, he told the "new york times" he had nothing to hide. he told them specifically this, quote, follow me around, i don't care. i'm serious, if anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead, they'd be very bored. that's the quote in the dictionary now next to the phrase "tempting fate." people took him up on the offer and this is the picture that derailed his presidential hopes. the picture was published by one of those publications at the check out line, the national enquirer. we don't think of the tabloids as contributing all that much on the journalistic side in our country, but don't tell it to gary hart or john edwards either. it's was the national enquirer story that broke h

in the 1988, gary hart was going to be a real contender. the miami he recalled had run an investigative piece specifically running him in miami. when he did that profile, he told the new york times that he had nothing to hide. he told them specifically this. "follow me around. i don't care. i'm serious. if anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. they'd be very bored. sure enough, people took him up on the issue and this is the picture that delayed 1988 the shiny newsprint magazine that you can get at the supermarket checkout line. don't tell that to garihearted. don't tell that to john edwards, either. former democratic senator john edwards had fathered a child, secretly in that relationship, and basically was maintaining a whole second secret family. had he been elected president, what could possibly go wrong? tabloid journalism is tabloid journalism. sometimes, it breaks real journalistic stories. they break stories that are way more important than their usual, you know, celebrity feuds. the national inquirer is still around. it's la

in the 1988 presidential race, gary hart was going to be a real contender.

in the 1988, gary hart was going to be a real contender. the miami he recalled had run an investigative piece specifically running him in miami. when he did that profile, he told the new york times that he had nothing to hide.

in the 1988, gary hart was going to be a real contender.he miami he recalled had run an investigative piece specifically running him in miami.

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and you never know -- in politics, the rules changed for gary hart. >> yep, new york times. >> suddenlybecame relevant if a politician might be doing something at night with the woman who's not his wife. and prior to that, the media -- the political media wouldn't look at that. so you could feel sorry for gary hart, but in politics it's not fair because you never know who the first one is going to be who pays the price that no one else has had to pay. that seems to be where we are here. it seems to be the ray rice videotape itself inside that elevator that has changed what this means for ray rice, even though it didn't change what it meant for people who went before him, doing the same kind of thing. >> you're right. even before tmz released the tape, goodell said i got it wrong upon deflection. first game is six games, second offense potential lifetime banishment. a cynic will say he was aware of the tape and knew it was going to come out eventually. consider greg hardy of the carolina panthers. it was many months ago that hardy was involved in a domestic altercation with a former girl

james and dan, from campaigns past in the gary hart days. boy,ll the young people -- do you have an outstanding group of young men and women working on your coordinating campaign. [applause] and i can sense here and in your state that you, after that little bit of a speed wobble maggie,had -- i know, that your people appreciate good leadership and they feel they work lot better after the that you have done. awant to share with you just few words of encouragement because i know when you tune into some of the cable shows, you get discouraged, and it is easy to get discouraged watching gridlock in congress. but i have been traveling all around the country, going to dinners, as many places as i can, helping the democratic party. charismatic any leader is, they cannot succeed unless we all stick together and are strong. you cannot deliver results unless you are strong as a party. as i traveled around the country, i noticed three really positive things happening in our country. you saw them tonight. just in the course of your program. one, there i

neil: has no one learned from gary hart, do you not tempt people?say go ahead, because espn quickly suspended simmons for three weeks, barred him from twitter during that time. we can't say and can't do anything, the question comes back is that overkill or is this in keeping with a very politically correct thing going no, no, no, keep in mind, the nfl and espn have a lot of advantages. espn has had a number of critical commentators on on goodell. you could argue this guy went overboard. >> he went overboard and did the right thing. i'm not a big sports fan. neil: let me tell you, this football thing is huge. [ laughter ] >> espn is not a news network. it is -- it doesn't say anything for news. they are an entertainment company. they have multibillion-dollar deals to air these games and -- . >> you are the broadcaster or one of those with the broadcast rights. >> if you work for the "wall street journal" and say tim gross needs to get fired, he's lying, one thing after another, and they fired you, because they have ads from pimco. that is offensive.

assumes as much as the media is talking about them, but i encourage readers to buy the new book by gary hart because this is an extension of what he talks about. the trivialization of campaigns and judgment of candidates by quo quote/unquote character. i assume the voters are interested in those things more so than keg stands and your thab's chickens, but perhaps they're not. >> kay, in terms of the climate change answer, biofuels and the question of sort of energy is a big deal with iowa voters, how do you grade joan any's response which seemed to be a mix. i drive a hybrid, but i'm not willing to say man has anything to do with increasing warming. >> iowans are not surprised by the answers at all. those are answers that she gave during the primary campaign. nothing on the issue front was really that much of a surprise on any of the issues either candidate addressed last night. it just may be that people who hasn't yet decided may have seen them for the first time. >> thank you both for your time. breaking news to report. general election voting was supposed to begin in ohio tomorrow, but t

it's also good to see other friends, james and then from campaigns past and the gary hart days and all of the young people that stop by your coordinated campaign headquarters. boy do you have an outstanding group of men and women working on your coordinated campaign. [applause] i can sense here in your state that you after that show we call it back in 2010 chairman buckley that little bit of the speed wobble that we had. i know maggie governor that your people appreciate good leadership and they feel a lot better about the direction in which they are headed thanks to you and the good work you have done. i couldn't help, and i want to share with you just a few words of encouragement because i know when you turn -- tune in to some of the cable shows to get discouraged. it's easy to get discouraged watching gridlock in congress. but i've been traveling all around the country going to j.j. dinners as many places i can in helping the democratic party because bill however charismatic and a leader is they cannot succeed unless we all stick together and we are strong. we cannot govern effectiv

back to the 1980's, gary hart he worked for as a campaign organizer.aid the same sentiments as the former senator webb. we need to have a broad conversation and the way that one does that is by having a multitude or more than one candidate seeking the party's nomination. if she runs, she could have someone challenging her here. we will have live coverage starting at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. put on by senator harkin in iowa , the 37th and final senator harkin steak fry in iowa. you mentioned the crowds, the several thousand people. how does the event play itself out with the clintons there? well, they actually serve steak. it's grilled. but what people go for is having a pep rally no less than a couple of months out from the election. tom harkin will serve up assert -- a series of one-liners. the punchline will be republicans. a little bit be different. there is always a bit of a tight rope that headliners at this event have to tread because this, of course, is the tom harkin steak fry. it is an annual fundraiser for him. so, by how much do you upstage t