a chance ♪ >> i have seen this in my lifetime repeatedly. civil rights, vietnam, i was there, and protested once myself. i kind of get that, this just became, if your left thumb's finger nail is out of joint, let's have a protest. after a while, it's lost its -- it's not only lost its value, although i believe american citizens should have the right totally to do it, i do think it helps the opposition, i think something like this in the day, this helped richard nixon a lot. it helped ronald reagan when they had all those nuclear freeze demonstrations out there. a million people in new york city. you won re-election a couple years later. i would encourage these people by all means, please go do it. >> we have three other people on our panel. >> were you surprised by meryl streep's speech. do you agree with jeffrey that it doesn't mean anything any