once the second most powerful person in washington former vice president dick cheney slamming president obama in some of the toughest terms we have heard. the remarks came during a lengthy interview with fox news own james rosen, parts of which are now being published in playboy magazine. mr. chen saying, quote i look at barack obama and i see the worst president in my lifetime without question. and that s saying something. i used to have significant criticism of jimmy carter but compared to barack obama and the damage he s doing to the nation, it s a tragedy, a real tragedy, and we re going to pay a hell of a price to try to dig out from under his presidency. mark is a former chief writer for president george w. bush and joe trippey is a former campaign manager for howard dean, who has worked on a number of presidential campaigns. both are fox news contributors.
the hack of sony that led them to pulling the interview. the president saying he does like the actors, seth rogan, joe flako, i love seth and james. of course it s james franko not flacko and flacko is the qb for the ravens. the decision not to move forward with the theatrical release of the interview, was made as the majority of the nation s theater owners choosing not to screen the film. this was their decision, without theaters we would not release it in the theaters on christmas day, we had no choice. that s where we ll start on this press conference. let s bring in our panel. steve hayes, chief writer for and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. i couldn t even do the franko flacko thing. there s a lot of buck passing
that s the implication. that s the implication. he did not want to see implication. that s the implication. he did not want to see me have a major success in that nothing like. wow, welcome back to hardball. that clip of president carter in 60 minutes this weekend has revived an old and epic political rivalry. the new yorkers joins me right now. he worked with carter administration as chief writer. i used to work for rich. there you are with a beard, rick. what makes jimmy carter keep doing this thing? ripping off the old scab, bringing back the old fight. yeah, chris you know it s what we used to call pure jimmy. pure jimmy. well, let me ask you. i want to read you something from the diary chirks think everybody like you and me are going to go nuts to try to look for the honesty of jimmy carter. quote, this is carter when he was president, i think going to bed at night and doing, this writing this up. quote, kennedy continuing his irresponsible and abusive
idea. and their responsibility. if it s not and it s like what the house democrats did to the bush administration, towards of the end, not a good idea. and a total waste of taxpayer dollars. laura: i couldn t agree more. but if it merits it, yes, they should. laura: repeal obama care first and move on to the other issues. dana, great to see you. okay. laura: is the tea party toxic for the republican party? president bush s former chief writer thinks so. he will be here. later, michelle obama s poll numbers are dropping. will she be able to rebound after her big spain vacation in a moment. don t want you going out onhose yet. and leave your phone in ur purse, i don t want you texting. daddy. ok! ok, here you go. be careful. thas dad. and call me t not while you re driving. we knew this day was coming.
power good idea or bad idea? if it s meritorious, good idea. and their responsibility. if it s not and it s like what the house democrats did to the bush administration, towards of the end, not a good idea. and a total waste of taxpayer dollars. laura: i couldn t agree more. but if it merits it, yes, they should. laura: repeal obama care first and move on to the other issues. dana, great to see you. okay. laura: is the tea party toxic for the republican party? president bush s former chief writer thinks so. he will be here. later, michelle obama s poll numbers are dropping. [ male announcer ] you re at the age where you don t get thrown by curve balls. this is the age of knowing how to get things done. so why would you let something like erectile dysfunction get in your way? isn t it time you talked to your doctor about viagra?