it s a personal reaction, usually when they re totally exhausted, they get emotional. what s it tell you? to me, it comes off as phony. they re at this every day, day in and day out, and all of a sudden, right near the end, it seems like the tear ducts come in. and to me, it strikes me as phony. do you think it s an appeal for sympathy? oh, yeah, absolutely. you re a hard guy. i want to ask a woman. do you agree with that, that this is a show? that the tears are for show? are crocodile tears? not usually. i think they seem to be genuine, at the time. do you think it s driven by tiredness? exhaustion? that could be a good part of it. what do you think? i think when you re tired, you re emotionally vulnerable. do you think it shows newt gingrich to be more of a mensch? i don t think i better respond. you don t want to go that far? let me ask this guy. do you think newt gingrich is trying to show his softer side here or what? i just can t say too much good abou
ed muskie was supposed to have cried in new hampshire. pat schroeder from colorado, senator clinton, hillary clinton, and of course this guy now. my experiences behind the scenes, they all cry when they re in trouble politically. it s a personal reaction, usually when they re totally exhausted, they get emotional. what does it tell you? to me, it comes off as phony. they re at this every day, day in and day out, and all of a sudden, right near the end, it seems like the tear ducts come in. and to me, it strikes me as phony. do you think it s an appeal for sympathy? oh, yeah, absolutely. really? you re a hard guy. absolutely. i want to ask a woman. do you agree with that, that this is a show? that the tears are for show? are crocodile tears? not usually. i think they seem to be genuine, at the time. do you think it s driven by tiredness? exhaustion? that could be a good part of it. what do you think? i think when you re tired, you re emotionally vulnerable. do yo
across both gender sides. ed muskie was supposed to have cried in virginia. pat schroeder from colorado, senator clinton, hillary clinton, and of course this guy now. my experiences behind the scenes, they all cry when they re in trouble politically. it s a personal reaction, usually when they re totally exhausted, they get emotional. what s it tell you? to me, it comes off as phony. they re at this every day, day in and day out, and all of a sudden, right near the end, it seems like the tear ducts come in. and to me, it strikes me as phony. do you think it s an appeal for sympathy? oh, yeah, absolutely. you re a hard guy. i want to ask a woman. do you agree with that, that this is a show? that the tears are for show? are crocodile tears? not usually. i think they seem to be genuine, at the time. do you think it s driven by tiredness? exhaustion? that could be a good part of it. what do you think? i think when you re tired, you re emotionally vulnerable. do you thin
potential legal violations. he was applauded by republicans the day he returned to work. let s bring back the panel that was with us the night congressman weiner first admitted to his behavior over a week ago. nationally syndicated radio talk show host bill press with us tonight, author of toxic talk. and i can tell you, bill, it s still out there. all right, ed. how the radical right is on the airwaves of america. and co-host of the ring of fire radio show, mike papantonio. and sheila it up tuplitz, political reporter for roll call. a lot of water has gone under the bridge in the last ten days, and bill, i wanted to know how has this unfolded in your opinion? where are we tonight? and your thoughts on what has happened in the last ten days. well, it s been a sad ten days, let me tell you, foefsh. i m glad to see the whole thing disappear, ed. i couldn t agree with you more. i think anthony weiner, with all the wrong that he did, today he was a mensch, he was a class act, he
i couldn t agree with you more. i think anthony weiner, with all the wrong that he did, today he was a mensch, he was a class act, he resigned, he didn t force his wife to stand alongside of him, you know, like everybody else has. he didn t blame anybody else. he even thanked the colleagues that didn t stand by him. and i think we have i agree with you. we have not seen the last of anthony weiner. you know, give him five years or whatever, get his family together, have that new baby, get his life back together, and i think we re going to see him in public service again someday. but you are so right. the fact that these republicans, and reince priebus was the lead of it, were out there, the first ones to demand that anthony weiner resign and yet when they were asked the question what about david vitter, they didn t want to talk about him. here s a guy who actually broke the law, who made calls, lining up the prostitutes, which is illegal, even in washington, d.c., i might add, made th