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Whole macho thing going. did you see when they met today. show the president. here's the president arriving, look at this. now, watch. here comes putin. look, see, there's no -- [ laughter ] -- now, what is that? >> next, designer kenneth cole is getting a lot of media attention as new york's fashion week kicks off. but it may be proven that all press, not necessarily all press. in a tweet referring to a war in syria attempted to plug his brand. saying boots on the ground or not, let's not forget about sandals, pumps and loafers, #footwear. his critics say he just wanted to provoke a dialogue....

Pumps and loafers, # footwear. he's using the syrian crisis to sell shoes. dana lash is host of the dana show. she joins us. >> thanks for having me back. >> are you part of the enraged or unenraged on this? >> i'm kind of in between. i just think it's so tacky. it's so tasteless. i don't want to hate on him too hard because my mom really likes his shoes. so at the risk of offending her, i'm just going to say it's in really poor taste and tacky, kind of makes me question his taste overall. >> i had a little bit of your viewpoint when i first dug into it. really? so they have one moron who twee...

Next, designer kenneth cole's getting a lot of attention as new york's fashion week kicks off, but he may be proving not all press is good press. in a quote referring to a debate over war in syria, saying boots on the ground or not, let's not forget about sandals, pumps, and loafers, #footwear. saying he just wanted to provoke a dialogue. it's not the first time cole has tried to capitalize on conflict in the middle east. back in 2011, he claimed that the arab spring uprisings in cairo were a reaction to his new spring collection. and speaking of famous footwear, former president bush's socks ...

About sandals, pumps and loafers. nice to see you dana. >> nice to be back, greta. >> are you part of the enraged or unenraged on this. >> i think i'm in between. it is so tacky and so tasteless. i don't want it hate on him too hard because my mom really likes his shoes. at the risk of offending her, i'm just going to say it is in really poor taste and tacky. it makes me question his taste overall. >> well i add little bit of your viewpoint when i first dug into it. i thought really. so one more on tweet something really stupid from some company. but i dug into it and it is like serial tweeter...

Online and that would be the reason. there's another one about gun control. sounds like they sort of make a career out of taking very sensitive issues and sort of making fun of them. >> exactly, yeah. he's a repeat offender with this. in fact, when he did the tweet about cairo and was trying to sell the spring collection, they actually printed that tweet out and they put it up on the glass of their main store in san francisco. so -- and this was even after he apologized. so they were really using it for marketing. it's smart when you think about somebody piggybacking on a hashtag. but trying t...