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Cochran tweeted out thanks for bergdahl's service in the military. that tweet gone as well. the about face done by many politicians led to the question, for god's sake, where's the humanity? bunch wrote on the political blog entry entitled, "america, what the hell is wrong with us?" will bunch joins us now. i tell my sons, don't hit that send key. somebody needs to tell the politicians. >> absolutely. you know, first of all, mike, i want to say my heart goes out to the andrews family and the family of anyone who lost a loved one in afghanistan. i think that's why it is so important we get the ...

Talk radio, right? rush limbaugh, you know, rush limbaugh's start in radio came at the end of the reagan era. he kind of rode ronald reagan to his success. so i think people like ronald reagan, people like sean hannity, who calls himself a reagan kid. they're emotionally invested in reagan's success, too. so they're the ones who call out candidates who break from the orthodoxy and can cause somebody problems with those primary voters. >> will bunch, senior writer at the "philadelphia daily news," the author of "tear down this myth: how the reagan legacy has distorted our truth and haunt our fu...

>> back when he was not yet a senator, rand paul could say that kind of thing about ronald ghane. he could challenge the republican fairy tale about ronald reagan, but now he is an elected official with national ambitions, he has to start taking that kind of thing back. which he did today rather intrepidly after david corn posted a bunch of old tape about rand paul talking smack about reagan's time as president. have republicans taught themselves to love ronald reagan so much that they basically have ronald reagan derangement syndrome in reverse? can they not see straight because they have tol...

>> if were you to grade them collectively, governor what would you be saying? >> b plus, a minus. good job. what's at fault here is the media, michael. let me explain why. there was an article by will bunch ever the "daily news" who you know is a great reporter. he quoted some weather scientist as saying by thursday we knew this hurricane was not going to be as severe as we were telling people on tv, and i think the media has a responsibility to try to get it right. they can say, look, there's always a chance it could intensify, but you've got to tell people the truth, because the downside is,...

Saddam hussein, not to only look at ubl. ubl being osama bin laden. don't focus on those who did 9/11, but attack a random middle eastern country that had nothing to do with 9/11 that they wanted to attack anyway. prosecute republicans can't decide whether we should make deals with terrorists or invade random muslim countries. they can't decide if they should blame president obama for being for mubarhosni mubarak or again mubarak. you'll excuse president obama if he doesn't take their foreign policy advice too seriously. joining me now is will bunch, senior fellow for media matters of america....