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Her criticism head on, which is being made not simply by sarah palin, by the way, but by a lot of people who are nuclear experts and attack her personally is low and, again, dumb, if you want to get right down to it, i don't think sarah palin is a world renowned expert on nuclear, neither is president obama. so you know, how about address the argument, directly, rather than just attack the person who makes it? megyn: how about it, dan, did it belittle president obama or the presidency for him to comment on sailin that way? >> -- palin that way? >> it might, but this is a converted strategy by ...

Or not, it's not a crack pot point, it's a commonplace point that a lot of people are making, but to compare the president's behavior that to that -- to that of dick cheney or sarah palin is apples and oranges, they're private citizens. he's the president of the united states. >> tucker, i'm not -- all i'm saying is dick cheney set a tone and most republicans have followed it by relentlessly attacking the president. bipartisanship requires both sides reaching out hands and in the middle. >> he didn't touch the policy point. he took it immediately to the personal, she doesn't know what she's ta...

Have mucid credibility with the american people, of course you're going to -- >> you no what -- >> megyn: tucker, he also said this trying to underscore maybe not a nuclear expert but he's got those around him who are. listen to this. >> if the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are comfortable with it, i'm probably going to take my advice from them and not from sarah palin. megyn: huh, tucker, fair point? >> i covered this guy as a candidate, i watched him night after night getting up and saying i'm bringing this country together, i'm sick of the divisions and ...

Well, many are criticizing that policy shift, including former vice presidential candidate sarah palin and it was palin's remarks that prompted a retort from president obama. take a listen. >> no administration in america's history would i think ever have considered such a step that we just found out that president obama is supporting today. you know, that's kind of like getting out there on the playground, a bunch of kids, ready to fight, and one of the kids saying go ahead, punch me in the face and i'm not going to row -- retaliate. >> i have no response to that. last i checked sarah palin i...