let's bring in the host of the ring of fire radio show, mike papantonio. aily show" co-creator lizz winstead with us as well. mike, with you first. what strikes you about what's coming out of the cheney book, the tell-all, what do you take from it? >> what strikes me, ed is sometimes a shady character like dick cheney, he can clear his conscience by writing this confessional opus but he'll never clear his idea. never be able to clear this idea that 18% -- he's a meager 18% approval rating in the united states. but here's what i would like to see. most of us would like to see an apology book, an apology that tells the wives and the husbands and the childrens and the brothers and the sisters who were killed in iraq because of his lie. i'd like to see an apology for that. that's what most of us are waiting for is an apology. i bet valerie plame and i bet joe wilson are waiting for an apology where he tells this story, and he finally admits that he engaged in pathetic conduct that exposed valerie plame, the cia agent, and put her context at risk. their lives at

and ring of fire mike papantonio. lizz, let's start with you. answer questions on social security because he's eating. what's happening here? >> because his mouth is fulfill the republicans could just make a 500% improvement if they would just find a candidate who didn't have a photo op of something with their mouth. >> here's one for you, mike. perry's spokesman did tell the "wall street journal" that perry's book is not meant to reflect the governor's current views on the issue of social security. he just released the book last year. what does this all mean? >> well, that's the problem. perry doesn't understand that he is not at a fair in texas anymore running for governor. eating funnel sxaks deep fried butter logs. and now he has to live with all the stupid talk we heard him say when he was running for governor in texas. where he could go to a county fair and he could talk to the people about stupid idiotic things that might sell in texas. but right now he can't talk to the american public and tell them, we should do away with medicare. we s