>> bill salmon of this network caused fire when he said the mainstream media hates sarah palin and that's his word and everyone hated him for saying that. and martin was on the show and jim said we love palin, we can't get enough about her. the more stories we write about her the more eyes we get. >> she's catnip for the press. >> jim is right about that part of it. who at that level has been immune from criticism. the clintons, you don't think they get a snark. >> obama-- >> joe biden never got what sarah palin got. >> boring. >>'s actually not boring, he says a lot of things that are very strange sometimes, incorrect. you know, i'm not saying that makes him not competent. i think if he was a republican he would have gotten more scrutiny, i really do. >> or maybe if he had longer hair. >> or if he was a woman. >> time for a break, but first, it's like being a fly on the