(shocked audience reaction)

Oh Jesus. All right, I should look at these in rehearsal. And apparently, he's white and has the same body that we used for a bit we did with Steve Carell like 12 years ago.

Anyway, my point is this. What are we going to do about Russia?



SEN. RON JOHNSON, R-WI (7/21/2014): What we need to do is we have to match strength against strength. ... We really need to show Russia that we will match their military buildup. ... And we'll help Ukraine match that so they can defend themselves.

OK. One of you idiots has to have a better idea.



REP. PETER KING, R-NY (7/20/2014): I think we should talk about cancelling the World Cup. Why should countries be going in the World Cup to Moscow?

So those are all actions, but actions are not going to do anything. Because there's one thing that speaks louder than actions.



7/20/2014: DAVID GREGORY: What is the administration not yet prepared to do that you think must be done? SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, R-SC: One, he didn't call Putin the thug that he is.

So the question is this. What's the right model for a President in this situation? And the answer be....



MARIA BARTIROMO (7/20/2014): We saw how Reagan responded to the Soviets back then.

KT McFARLAND (7/19/2014): Reagan was at the ranch in California. He immediately came back. KATE OBENSHAIN (7/17/2014): Rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation. JOE SCARBOROUGH (7/21/2014): He immediately came home ... immediately be briefed ... immediately get moving forward and condemned the Soviet Union in the strongest terms possible.

Wait a minute, I'm sorry, that last part wasn't Reagan, it was Superman, but there's no difference. The point is, Reagan acted without delay.



CHRIS WALLACE (7/18/2014): I was covering Ronald Reagan at that time. He was in Santa Barbara at his ranch when this happened. And quite frankly, he didn't want to leave. And his advisers realized how terrible this looked and eventually persuaded him he had to fly back to Washington and had to make the speech to the nation. But it did take him four days.

But you know what? Don't take my word for it, let's read from his actual diary about the incident.



Friday, September 2nd The Soviets shot down a Korean airliner with 269 passengers, 53 of them Americans, including Congressman Larry McDonald. We were due to return to Washington on Labor Day, but realized we couldn't wait. We left on Friday. It was heartbreaking — I had really looked forward to those last three days.

Punctuation, Reagan's. Yes, Reagan was in deep mourning for losing the final 12% of his vacation. In fact, in 1988, when the U.S. accidentally shot down an Iranian airliner, also under Reagan's watch, Reagan refused to end that vacation early.

And by the way, America was so torn up about shooting down that plane, that the commander of the ship who did it later received a medal for his service. I believe it was called the silver....

We'll be right back.