[laughter] >> i do not know how you learned by worked at national lampoon. saving the world. let me begin by saying how low they must be to go that low in new orleans. i would not put in the same sentence president obama and saving the world. it is very much about movements and the power in our history to bring about a fundamental change. you do need people inside, political leaders inside. it captures the imagination of the nation. through the turbulent history, it has been movement and the power of movements. franklin roosevelt was moved by later movements. lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, and how that has shifted. it is still evolving. it has shifted the center of political gravity of our dialogue. the issue has been off the radar for so long. >> roosevelt surfed and harnessed those movements. he used them to get legislation passed to initiate programs. obama is still getting on his wet suit. to read the essay she wrote in 2008, there was

administration actually thought that this requirement was unnecessary they thought it would probably be lampooned on fox news and so and so they fought over it i don't think of you know it's kind of unfortunate you see the administration backing off on things like this one who isn't really going to hurt that's not the you know the you have a number there you're not forcing anyone to do anything. yeah i mean because of it though because because there are people like fox news and all of the entire right wing echo chamber that will go nuts i mean they could propose a regulation that says cars shouldn't explode when you drive them and that would be drug killing regulation to crush the auto industry so it's like you know they want to make this concession on this small movie industry thing in order to save the bigger health but it is unfortunate that politics is troubling that senator i just can't agree with you on that because what we're talking about here is you have the f.d.a. whose purpose is to gather information to consult with experts and make decisions based on that and then the white house say

the national lampoon vacation came out in 1983.pped something on top of the roof. and totally oblivious to the fact that the rest of humanity finds that deplorable. and finally to our last republican mall story, ted nugent. he talked about how president obama is like a coyote and he said many worse things. let's watch. >> if you don't know that our government is wiping its ass with the constitution you are living under a rock someplace. i tell you this right now, if barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. our president, and attorney general, our vice president hilary clinton, they are criminals. it's good people who bent over and let the enemy in. if the chi you is in your living room -- ing on your couch. it's not the chi yous fault. it's your fault for not shooting him. we are patriots. we are brave heart. we need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in november. >> you are not a brave heart or a patriot, you are a loser and an idiot, and by

pressure he is showing he is not ready for the national spotlight, and it's easy for democrating to lampoonvior, and romney needs to be the serious adult that can fix our problems. >> to show everybody how far off the rails this is, the communist party is backing away from what west said. it's guilty by association taken to an extreme. >> yes, and when the communist party is attacking you for being wild and crazy, you know you're probably off in the corner somewhere. i don't think anybody seriously in the republican party is looking at allen west at a vice presidential candidate. and i would say if sarah palin or herman cane are talking about him that proves my point. he does nothing but play into the hands of those that would like to take the republican party off the edge of the cliff by the tea party. years ago they were saying they were going to revolutionize the republican party, but i think the tea party has lost a lot of luster in the electorate, and now the democrats can try to tie comments and characters like west to the republican party and try to make him the emblem of the republi

headliner rattled off a slew of jokes, many of which lampooned the president. >> there is a term for guys like president obama, probably not two terms. mr. president, remember when the country rallied around you in the hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> by the way, though, don't under estimate what the president's campaign team was up to with saturday night. they had been trying to get shamus into the mainstream media for a while and think they may have done it. >>> a human rights activist has escaped house arrest. his friends say he travelled to beijing where he is reportedly under the protection of the united states government. by the way, he is blind. the incident is threatening to ad new president just as secretary hillary clinton is set to arrive there. who better to talk to this than andrea mitchell. >> this is huge. >> it's an unbelievable story on the diplomatic front. >> 400 miles to beijing. it's basic wlae an underground railroad. he managed to get over a sense, escaped from house arrest and faked illness. >> when you describe an underground route this is m

check three, "saturday night live" lampooning the republic candidates to the tune of green day's goodiddance time of your life. ♪ another turning point a fork stuck in the road ♪ a way to go ♪ don't make the best of this don't ask why ♪ it's not affected but it's --- ♪ it's always unpredictable but in the end was right ♪ this campaign was the time of my life ♪ this campaign was the time of my life. >> bill: there you go. finally check four, as we told you in the talking points memo, charity is the key to helping folks who need help in america. charity. that's the primary reason we have set up bill o'reilly.com. all the proceeds i get, that means books, gear, minutes, memberships. everything is donated to charity. we have the great mom coffee mug and very nifty patriot mom pen. these are very affordable. no, ma'am -- mom will like them. book reader killing lincoln. lis wiehl's new best seller "eyes of justice." we give millions to charity so thank you all very much. that is reality check. pamela anderson headlines pinheads and patriots just over two minutes away. >> announcer: meet mar

check three, "saturday night live" lampooning the republic candidates to the tune of green day's goodr life. ♪ another turning point a fork stuck in the road ♪ a way to go ♪ don't make the best of this don't ask why ♪ it's not affected but it's --- ♪ it's always unpredictable but in the end was right ♪ this campaign was the time of my life ♪ this campaign was the time of my life. >> bill: there you go. finally check four, as we told you in the talking points memo, charity is the key to helping folks who need help in america. charity. that's the primary reason we have set up bill o'reilly.com. all the proceeds i get, that means books, gear, minutes, memberships. everything is donated to charity. we have the great mom coffee mug and very nifty patriot mom pen. these are very affordable. no, ma'am -- mom will like them. book reader killing lincoln. lis wiehl's new best seller "eyes of justice." we give millions to charity so thank you all very much. that is reality check. pamela anderson headlines pinheads and patriots just over two minutes away. it turns t all i was missing was miracle-

it's like something out of a national lampoon movie. will it have an effect? there are some people who really, really believe their dog is a member of their family so it might impact that vote. i think jackie is right, it's going to come down to an issue of the economy, but the romney folks would be making a mistake if they ignored this. >> jackie, what are your thoughts on dog gate? >> i think it's just that. i think it's fun for a lot of people to talk b it's entertainment. but at the end of the day, yeah, it could -- the obama administration has been trying to play it -- or the campaign has been trying to play it into a likability thing. but i think at the end of the day it's going to be the economy, not dogs. >> maybe it will raise the level of conversation where people are talking more about pet adoption, going to your kennels, that kind of stuff. jackie, john, doug, thanks to all of you. >>> take a look at this, amazing live pictures at the smithsonian's national air and space museum in virginia. it's a ceremony to welcome the space shuttle "discovery" i

don't go on "saturday night live" and don't be suck erred into places that are going to lampoon you andelp you. i think if he stays serious and the contrast becomes even starker between a president who likes to do that, he likes to be cool, i think the person people like the president, he's very likable, but they understand now that competent is what america needs. if we stick to that, and romney stays comfortable in who he is, and the accomplishments that he's had i think he'll have a successful run. >> there is this idea that maybe mitt romney, i don't know how anybody can be anybody but what you are, doug, would he ben sit from saying, yeah, you know what i'm kind of like your dad, i'm kind of a serious guy, i want you to do well in life, i want all the best for you in the future, and i'm not not that cool, that's who i am. is that a way to go? >> i couldn't agree more, martha. i've been doing campaigns for 30 years. i worked for bill clinton. authenticity is the key. to fight this election as a culture war, cool vs. retroi think is foolish on both sides. the real issue is the econom

"saturday night live" lampoons romney pretty liberally. should he accept the offer? will? >> yeah.is a scripted skit show. it's not an ad lib stand-up routine. mitt romney is pretty good at being predictable and scripted. he could pull this off. letterman illustrates that. >> dean? >> i worked at "saturday night live" for seven years. i think romney would enjoy it. they'd put him in a dress like they did with rudy giuliani. the problems with romney, he'd go on the show. if people don't like the show he would end up te noudenouncing tw later. i think it's a good move. >> i'm trying to get that image of romney in a dress out of my mind now. thanks, dean. >> definitely do it. >> maria? >> i think he definitely should, carol. because what he desperately needs to demonstrate is that he's actually human and he has a real sense of humor and can be normal and not so awkward. i agree with will. "saturday night live" is scripted. but it is not as short and to the point as the letterman top ten is. it will be more difficult for him. he's going to have to get training in regular joe speak. tha

i'm becoming the president of national lampoon this week and a lot of other business ventures that i'mm completely outside of football, they called me a while back and asked me about him. i didn't even know who he was. i had to look him up and see who he was. for a reason i don't feel like going into anymore, i was given his name and some information about him and that he was the informant. i'd like to apologize for my radio interview, for calling mike cerullo a snitch. i should know better. he was an informant or a whistleblower. >> your apology is you named him wrong versus naming him at all. >> no, he's the right guy. he is the guy. i believe he's the guy, and i'm here taking my heat. he's going to take some heat as well. but i should have been a little more professional than to call him a snitch. you know, football and sports are supposed to be community building and positives. and unfortunately, this is negative, and what i feel really bad about is that i got carried away. my personal animosity towards this guy made it my opinions and my voice on it a little stronger than it shoul

he rattled off a slew of jokes in quick succession, many of which lampooned the president. >> i know you won't be able to laugh at any of my jokes about the secret service, so, cover your ears, if that's physically possible. you know there's a term for guys like president obama, probably not two terms, but -- mr. president, remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> reporter: it's never easy for a comedian to have to follow a sitting president at a dinner but president obama got a little bit of a taste of his own medicine. he had to follow president clinton last night. the two of them are doing three joint function raisers to benefit president obama's re-election campaign. the first one was last night in virginia. the next two, ann, are going to be in new york city and probably, of course, hollywood. >> all right. chuck todd this morning. thank you so much. it was a fun -- you were there. >> want to talk about a who's who of hollywood and, you know, the media. you both were there. >> we're nobody compared to half the people -- y

know what's in it after we passed t has been one of the most ridiculously created statements ever lampooned will the of americans from the mainstream who believe we audited to balance the budget. we ought to live within our means. we ought to keep taxes low so we can keep jobs higher. that we should actually not spend more money than we take in. they believe that we should protect human life because every life has value and worth. and that we shouldn't feel that anybody is disposable and expendable. that we should protect our borders so that we know who is coming in. not as a matter of being mean but as a matter of national security. now, where i come from, to borrow a phrase from the song of montgomery jestry, that's pretty much mainstream thought. i would say it's nancy pelosi on the west coast who has an issue tapping into real america. >> clayton: also this week in washington, d.c. white house part of the women's forum the president talking about courting women voters but not necessarily saying it's a political event. saying he was there because is he concerned about women's issues. oth