for a very complicating situation, which i think gets worse every day. thank you so much for coming up. >> thank you. up next, how a right wing smear, and it was kind of a joke to begin with, against chuck hagel went viral. this is this thing that if you say something even sarcastically some whack job will put it on the radio or on a website. next thing you know people are reacting to that reaction and it's become a frankenstein's monster. we'll show you how it works in a couple minutes. this is stirring and it's scary. it could involve you some day. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up