poet. i learned the first four lines. and even i can learn four lin lines. >> bret: didn't know if it was a direct jab or not. let's bring in the panel. steve hayes, senior writer for "weekly standard." charles layne editorial writer for "washington post." syndicated columnnist charles krauthammer. about the perry situation. charles? >> i was watching it live and i was dying like everyone else watching it. everybody has had an incident. i once was at a holiday dinner, large number of people, at the end of which i decided i was going to do a toast to the hostess. as i launched in to it, i realized i could not remember her name. i had known her for 20 years. the more i tried to remember it, the more i panic. i realize a thelma and louise moment, going over the cliff. it pull a parachute and raise my glass to the splendid lady of the house. everybody looks at me as if