♪ [ theme music ] ♪ good morning everyone. i'm jacki schechner with a current news update the unemployment rate is down to 8.1% this morning with 115,000 jobs added in april, unfortunately it's fewer than expected, but jeremy bird just moments ago on bill press put those numbers into perspective. >> now i guess this 26th month of private-sector job growth in

this coin try, and we'll be in ohio tomorrow, and we're seeing positive trends, although there's much more work to do. >> you know that big president obama george clooney fund-raising dinner coming up is sold out, and expected to bring in some $12 million. a hollywood reporter has an exclusive saying it has brought in $6 million through tickets. there were 150 people who paid $40,000 apiece for a spot at that dinner at coonny's house on may 10th and online small donations are expected to bring in another $6 million for that, and one lucky person is going to win two spots at the head table. i am not holding my breath.

president obama will be tracking the student loan debt issue again today. his campaign season doesn't officially kick off until tomorrow. they are going to hold their first rallies in columbus the second will be at virginia commonwealth university in richmond, virginia. this all a reminder of how president obama is courting the youth vote. he has a big lead over mitt romney so far with voters under 24, but only 56% of those young voters say they definitely intend to vote. off to the sing states president obama had a 2-point lead in ohio and in virginia he is ahead of mitt romney by seven points. you can watch the rallies on line just go to the obama

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think iraq was a good thing. >> yeah, we need to get back in there and start stirring things up. >> yeah, we need to smack that hornet's nest again. let's stick our hand back in there. and then sexy liberal john fugelsang in hour number three joins live from the new york studio -- >> excuse me he is in phoenix to do his one-man show. >> that's right. >> here is someone that did have a worse morning than we did. i saved this after dealing with -- [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> dealing with old man hartenbalm. >> he really did not appreciate that you called him that. >> i know, he called me out on that this morning. >> agency keeper helps monkey

pass peanut by licking his butt for an hour. >> oh! [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> can't you train another monkey to do that? >> baby monkey, baby monkey monkeymonkey -- >> this is just wrong. after a young leaf monkey in his care consumed a peanut a zoo employ noticed the animal had become dangerously constipated. the peanut had to be extracted manually. >> don't throw peanuts at little monkeys. apparently that meant licking it out. >> the person who threw it would have required to lick the monkey's butt.

>> why lick it? >> you can't get a peanut out of a francois monkey's butt with tweezers. the monkey was too small for laxative so he had no choice but to extract the peanut with a tongue. after washing his bottom with warm water, because not doing so would be disgusting -- [ laughter ] >> he spent an hour polishing the monkey's booper for an hour before the peanut popped out. [ applause ] >> most of my mail yesterday was people mocking me for my

mispronunciation. >> the san diego jew. >> kevin in chicago writes. steph and the mooks, i absolutely love the san diego jew. all right. shut up kevin. [ applause ] >> you try talking for three hours this drunk. >> i'm looking at a francis leaf monkey, they are very cute. >> oh. >> ♪ baby monkey ♪ >> oh ick. good morning, will. >> you now you are in trouble when you wake up with your monkey sticking peanuts in our butt. i love the story about you and your fish exploits. >> you stinking up the floor with your fish. anyway. the newt gingrich -- >> what have you heard.

>> all right. go ahead. >> too much coffee. >> anyhow, yeah. newt gingrich is dropping out of the race but he is going to stay a citizen. yeah, on the moon. >> right. exactly. i think that may be successful i don't think he will have much competition for president of the moon. will in mississippi. >> i would like to thank you all for saving me from morning joe. >> yes, it's my patriotic duty. >> why have americans not learned that trickle-down economics don't work and never worked, and why they are still looking at mitt romney as though he is going to be the one that makes it work. >> yeah, literally, whether it's foreign policy in the bush administration, or his tax cuts for the rich, this literally is the bush administration only

worse. it is literally more tax cuts for the top 1% and more pre-emptive wars. you have got to read aris piece it's really terrifying. it is mortarfying than licking a peanut out of a monkey's butt. >> how would you know. >> listen it's just -- 18 hours after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: call stephanie right now. she is easy. 1-800-steph-1-2 >> we're still up on the -- >> oh, no. >> yes. >> would you like to eat a noodle? >> no. that's like lady and the tramp. >> it would be cute.

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>> so we want to vote against. >> vote yes or no. >> no! attention north carolina vote against amendment one. thank you. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> thank you. all right. let's go to vince in norfolk, virginia. >> hey, steph. president obama is straight out of central casting. whenever you see like a black president in a movie, or a black police chief they are always calm, cool wise. you know, this guy is everything we have ever written -- >> yeah, i love the specials on the bin laden raid. i don't know if you saw the interview -- >> yeah, i did. calm, cool, even when he was asked the question about were you elated upon his death. he took time to answer it.

he said i wouldn't say it was a high five -- this guy is like writing the script inside of his head. >> yeah, if only we had that hot head john mccain. ♪ bomb, bomb bomb bomb, bomb iran ♪ >> i don't think samuel l jackson has ever played the president. >> yeah. don in ohio you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, don. >> hi. >> hi. >> i have a little bit of thing here with john kasick up here our great governor. yesterday he came out and said it was would be unprofessional for him to lobby to bring the steel mill to ohio. >> yeah, >> is it not the governor's job

to bring jobs to you. >> yes, economic development -- >> not if president obama gets credit. >> didn't we have a governor who was an idiot. >> yeah. >> chris you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hi, guys. you guys keep me in stitches every morning and you guys can dance -- >> thank you. jim doesn't try, he is too cool. >> yeah. but you can dance anyway -- >> we can dance if we want to -- >> mad at the president because he has taken national security and what they call their thing -- >> yeah, that's their bicky. >> yeah. >> he is the democratic hawk -- >> he is so much better at it than bush was. >> yeah.

>> by far. it was watching a show on another network, and i watched it, and i got choked up because this man knows what he is doing. >> it's like that scene in that movie -- >> deep impact. >> wait until i say something. that indiana jones scene where the guy goes -- that was obama. george bush is like look at me. >> yeah. >> swagger, swagger, dead or alive, smoke 'em out. and obama is like i got this. >> i thought you were talk like that he was like leonny on the beach hugging her dad when the big huge wave came -- >> that has nothing to do woe anything. [ laughter ] >> i think this marks the first time i got a movie reference

right. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> corey, go ahead. >> i want to talk about the amend inspect north carolina is it unconstitutional because it violated the first amendment of the united states constitution. since marriage is -- >> i don't think that's a part of the language of the amendment. >> you don't think so? >> no. >> but i think -- we'll talk to blake about this in just a minute, but part of the problem that they were so sloppy with the language, that it doesn't just hurt gay couples. you'll see it. it takes away protection for domestic violence. it has been -- i think gaining support -- gay marriage is already illegal in north carolina. this is something -- >> now it's illegaler. >> yeah with extra illegal berries.

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>> that's why they shoot jacki above the waist. >> did you see that email about our ratings? [ applause ] >> yeah. tuesday very important day in north carolina. we asked blake butler with 880 the revolution ♪ you want a revolution, well hello ♪ >> good morning, blake. >> good morning, stephanie. thanks so much for letting me join you this morning. >> thanks for coming on. let's talk about this. i have such empathy being out here in california, a lot of happened with prop 8. talk about what is happening in north carolina. >> even though it is may 2012, unfortunately it is all about the old testament down here in

north carolina. our early voting numbers are surging, and north carolinians are plugged in on this issue but there's a lot of confusion, and the language is meant to be fusing. the pro side has rebranded it the marriage amendment. but same-sex marriage is already illegal in north carolina. and a lot of people don't know that. but all of these pro forces want more. they want it on our constitution, because we are the only southern state that does not have it on our constitution at this point. >> yeah, blake talk about -- obviously we have heard these polls are kind of scary, the last public polling survey showed they are recording the amendment by 14 points. somebody said those who know

what the amendment would do are against it, but they are outweighed by the uneducated on it. >> it's all about education from this point stephanie when people are asked the question. they will say i'm for the amendment. but when you tell them this defines marriage and prohibits civil unions and domestic partnerships, then they pull back a little bit. and even reverend billy graham who we respect very much out here in north carolina, has gotten into the fight. he has penned a letter that is running in 14 north carolina newspapers this weekend, saying this is what god wants. he wants marriage to be defined between one man and one woman. do we want god in our government anymore? because like i said we're the only southern state that does

not have this on our constitution, and it's really irritating. >> a lot of people talking about this reverend shawn harris who is from fayetteville who cold his congregation to punch their gay children. he said that's what jesus today. >> they do not want to talk about the new testament. i cannot find a person that can give a civil justification for this amendment. i bring up what about what jesus said? they don't want to talk about part two of that book, only part one. and it's very frustrating, because i think christianity is a lot more than that. >> the "new york times" wrote a peace on this literally called

bigotry on the ballot. this enshrines this obvious constitution. when you look at the later pew poll, 47% are in favor of marriage equality 43% against. and yet this is really an important vote on tuesday in north carolina. >> it is. i believe the whole nation is watching. and alec is more than a talking point here in our state. they have the north carolina republican leadership our spoker of the house was voted man of the year by alec. wow. >> yeah. >> but it's all about education, and that's what we're trying to do here in the last three or four days, and tell people the far-reaching consequences of

this amendment is very destructive. and let me add one more thing, it's bad for business. there was a couple of companies here that wanted to make documentaries, and try to find a ceo that was for amendment one, and they cannot find one. because our largest employers already respect diversity. they know it is the right thing to do. >> this could harm all unmarried couples, and banning children's health care benefits, this is really overreaching. >> here is that number on the heterosexual unmarried couples, 222,000 unmarried couples in this state, 88% are straight. this has nothing to do with same sex marriage. it is going to be so difficult

to remove if it is on our constitution. >> one of the most vocal appoints is the president of the national chapter of the naacp. it basically talked about driving a wedge between gays and blacks, but this is a black pastor coming out against this amendment, correct? >> yes, in the african american community, it is my leaf they are split. many of the ministers pushing from the pulpit are referring to the old testament, and the belief that that's what god wants. so we have moved on to other members of the african american community, and we want to be

absolutely sure that they understand that this is about discrimination, and no one should be comfortable with discrimination in 2012, and i think that's the message to the african american community. but the churches are very influential. >> you bring up the point that big gotry is big got try. and one of the stories this jody who's husband is one of the sponsors of this amendment. her comments that the caucasian race would benefit to from the amendment -- >> huh? >> i know. it convinced at least two african american voters to oppose it. >> i know. i watched that video, and the last time you were down in ashville, you saw the steph pool

of sin -- >> yeah i wear it proudly. >> the other sponsor that voted to get this passed but the picture of them patting him on the back, i told my listeners, it was like they cured cancer in the general assembly and now we have spent 5 to $6 million which we could have utilized in another program. so, yeah it's very frustrating. >> for those people that are watching and listening that don't know this story, this woman -- the wife of the guy that is one of the sponsors said the white race is diminishing i asked her why that alarmed her and she said white people founded this country she made no mention of the fact that people are already here.

the comments made within earshot an african american coworker. and they were going to talk to a whole lot of other people once they heard how many people would be harmed by this. and [ inaudible ] admits to using the word caucasian, but denies she was talking about race. >> and then she said heat stroke -- >> i'm sorry. was i being racist it's the humidity. >> bigotry is bigotry is bigotry. >> i agree. >> i would have all y'all's back on the trayvon martin and a lot of other issues, you have to have my big gay back on other issues. >> i think they are trying to return us back to 1887 with

this, and this is the kind of thinking we're seeing right now. it involves bigotry and discrimination and i think that's the talking point here, amendment one discriminates and people that have a problem with same-sex marriage you can vote against it, and same-sex marriage is still illegal in north carolina. >> i don't want to offend anybody, by saying i think this may be more evidence that god was a liberal, but the fact that this racist woman who was overheard, and this pastor who was endorsing child abuse for gay children. what disturbed me is people saying amen to what he was saying. >> that's the reality of north carolina. they are going to have a different way of thinking. so that's the reality in our

state. that video did not surprise me at all. it really didn't. because there are so many churches out there that follow the doctrine of the old testament. and that's as far as they go. i still think you can be a christian, and respect diversity. it's just a different way of thinking, and i think many people across the state agree with me. but we have lots of information on our website if your listeners want to go to 880 the revolution.com. so if you want to learn a little bit more folks you can use that. >> i usually travel undercover of night just between ashville and chapelville. [ laughter ] >> but my 89 year old mom in charlotte, i think like this isn't a partisan issue anymore. i think that's part of what we're learning more and more in

polling. look at what happened in new york, that was because of a lot of republican donors. and i know my mom would desperately me to stop being a single loser. >> yeah, it's really bad for everybody. >> blake tell us quickly if people in north carolina if you are not registered -- just talk about how -- because obviously turn out is going to be key. >> yeah, we have a couple of more days of early-one stop voting today, so you can check your respective county and we're seeing a surge right now in these early voting numbers, but a lot of independents are out there voting right now. our governor is an outgoing governor now so there are a lot of heated races across the state

including the amendment one referendum on the ballot. >> yeah. >> stephanie you brought up a really, really good point. the pro side says it's all about preservation of marriage but in reality what other people do it doesn't affect my marriage of your marriage. they should be free to have their own relationship and libertarians and leading conservatives are standing with us on this issue, because they know it is not in the spirit of the constitution the state constitution, to put an amendment on the constitution that doesn't protect people but limits the rights of people and creates a second-class tier of citizens. that's morally wrong. >> i as you show am a single bitter child lose shut in, but

your marriage is good. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> thanks so much blake. give brian hal a big non-gay hug for me, okay. >> i will. >> this is rely -- religious intolerance. >> coming up after this commercial, i will be talking even louder! >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >>liberal and proud of it.

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saying earlier. about the demeanor of the president and the thoughtfulness on his answers and how everybody is reflecting on the thoughtfulness that went into the decision. it gave me one question i would like to ask to the limbaughs, and the tools on fox and the rest of the haters out there, with all of their attacks and distortions, when is the last time that those people had to make a call like that that had such huge benefits on the plus side, but equally huge consequences if it went wrong. you know? >> yep. yep. >> it's really easy to sit there and throw sense to at somebody -- >> yeah. >> but where do they get off. >> exactly. where did you get off? [ laughter ] >> let's go to jennifer in north carolina the amendment one

debate. hi, jen. >> hi, how are you? >> good okay. >> i was at a forum the other night on amendment one. and a woman stood up the gays could have the same rights as a couple if they just go to a lawyer -- >> exactly. >> there's no equality there, as a straight couple my husband and i don't have to do all of that expense. >> that's right. that's right. >> and the other thing if you are a christian, the new testament should take total precedence over anything the old testament says. >> thank you. the north carolina pastor who we have been playing who told his members to punch their gay sons and not just gay daughters but if they are not pretty, you need

to shake them until they are pretty. the north carolina pastor came under fire for telling his congregation to beat their male children, told the newspaper that he was simply being like jesus. he dedicated his sunday service to the promotion of the gay-bashing amendment one in north carolina. he said if i had to do it again, would i say it differently? yes, i would. >> i would say shoot him with your concealed weapon if he looks feminine. >> he said that's what jesus would have done. >> suffer the children that come

unto me and i'll punch you in the face. >> he said jesus said if your eye hurts pluck it out. >> yeah. >> although he did scrub the transcript online. >> sure jesus was for scrubbing transcripts -- >> erase erase. harris refuses to retract his main message. god creates you a male, god creates you a female -- >> the baseball doesn't say anything about that -- >> and if you were created a douche you apparently have no choice in that matter either. [ applause ] >> that's right. >> ari berman terrifying article about inside romney's neo-con work cabinet. next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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in san diego, it is called [ inaudible ] located on the south side of i-8 if you pass the piggly wiggly you have gone too far. but they still put pickles on the table without being asked. >> chris says guys maybe steph should get to out of bull horn. at attention voters vote against amendment one. >> i don't think you needed to add static. >> sorry. >> do the siren? >> no, don't. >> it's a little loud -- it's an important vote. [ horn honking ] >> i apologize. >> they are pulling their cats off of the ceiling now. [ laughter ] >> sorry about that. and the sexy liberal tour

directors who are also high strung. you can get this at sexyliberal.com right now by the way. and i'm a sexy liberal, and it has the added benefit of the guy that owns the show is taking the orders himself. he called me five times to talk about an event several months from now. [ applause ] >> as we were all trying to get ready to get to the show. >> granted reservations need to be made -- >> yeah i have a show that starts in four and a half minutes -- [ screaming ] . >> by the way we have been talking about this anti-gay preacher that is basely your punch your child preacher. >> that's right. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> this is from 1997 and again, not this guy's specific advice, but this kind of thinking. a fort worth jury sentenced a

man for beating his two year old son because he was worried he was becoming gay. just in case you think certain words don't have consequences. because that's the kind of anti- -- the hate speech that is going on right now. so very, very important vote. we have lots of important things to get to. including the fact that it's mittens time. >> it's a tough day of leveraged buyouts, bankrupting companies, and busting unions. now comes mittens time. ♪ when it's time to be [ inaudible ] ♪ ♪ if you got the means mitt's

got the beer ♪ >> bain capitol brewing company laid off wisconsin. >> all right. >> i don't know why i keep doing it to myself. it's always terrifying the ari berman articles but you just can't stop reading. [ mysterious music ] >> you have got to read inside romney's neo-con war cabinet. [ screaming ] >> the terrifying ari berman joining us now. hey, ari. >> sometimes i feel like my articles should come with anti-depressants. >> i know, right? everybody is talking about this because it really is important. there's focus on the economy, but basically the point of the article is that romney is surrounding himself with all -- basically these same neo-cons in george bush's administration. and as you say, not one of them thinks iraq is a bad idea.

>> the president has a lot of leeway in foreign policy so the next president is going to make a lot of very big decisions about the world, sometimes in concert with congress, sometimes not that will have a very big impact. and you look at mitt romney and he surrounds himself not just by people who supported the war in iraq, but who are architects of the war on iraq and the same people urging an attack on iran. it's sort of like deja vu it's a lot of the same people that are latching on to romney because the neo-cons believe that romney is their best bet to get back into power and resurrect the kind of policies that happened under bush. >> if you liked the tax cuts and

pre-emptive wars under bush vote romney. >> right. >> i'm surprised how far to the right republicans have moved since bush, which i really didn't think would be possible. i thought there would be more of a rethink of the republican party, and there has been very very rethink on either. it has been a continuation of the bush economic prom -- program. and on the foreign front, it's more confrontation with russia china, and iran. it's talking about spending billions of dollars on additional troops and where is the appetite for this kind of foreign policy from the public. >> you say that here. the candidates have positioned

themselves, unapologetic war hawks. and you say it is safe to say foreign policy not the strong suit of this year's contenders. rick santorum, newt gingrich and herman cain with his -- michele bachmann pledged to close the u.s. embassy in iran, which hasn't existed since 1980. despite all of the comedy ari, as you say it's a more sort of troubling trend in the republican party. a comprehensive review of romney's statements suggest that return of the hawkish unilateral interventionism of george w. bush. >> yeah and romney got a pass on foreign policy in the

primary. and 70% or more worked for bush they are almost all from the neo-con side of the party. and really what you see is there's some major players under bush like bolton who are very influential, there are also a lot of people who aren't really household names, but played under bush and now they are advising romney and have very influential positions. and because romney knows so little about foreign policy he is going to lean on these people. >> you say on some key issues like on iran romney seems further right than bush.

they move towards iran refuse to negotiate the taliban, you say the washington monthly -- his foreign policy is more enemies fewer friend's doctrine. which is what obama inherited from bush. >> yes, there was basically two bush administrations on foreign policies. there was bush from 2006 to 2009 which was robert gates and the, quote unquote adults in the room who had to right the ship. the same people that wanted to bomb iran after bombing iraq. the more sober people worked for obama or have completely

disengaged from republican politics. they have no influence within the republican party -- >> right. ari you know who does, as evidenced by the fact that the religious right scared them into getting into this gay security advisor. [ screaming ] >> i mean, and by the way, shortly before the invasion of iraq bolton told israely officials that syria and iran would be the next targets. >> obviously there is no love lost, but look at bolton he endorsed romney in january. he has been a high-profile advisor to his campaign. but then you just wonder after the bush administration can we

take anything for granted. look at who these advisors are take them at face value and say if they got into power, this is what they would do. there's not a lot of nuance when you listen to people like that. >> one of eight romney advisors who signed letterers drafted by pee-nack. the neo-con group. >> yeah it is basically a disgraced group that helped get us into an unnecessary war in iraq and they are back now in many different positions, one founder who ran bush's freedom strategy. she just joined romney full-time. robert kagan has been an advisor to romney -- >> you also make i think a

critical point. romney's case for election rests on his business practices but he has radical helpers who want to spend more money on unnecessary wars. this was his object to get us to spend all of this money on these wars to bankrupt america. >> romney's plan is absolutely crazy. he wants to increase the defense budget by over $200 billion, a 38% increase over obama. he wants to build five more naval warships than the navy even asked for, and add 100,000 troops to the military. so you have to wonder how is he going to pay for this? he'll never come close to balancing the budget if he

spends this much money on defense, and number 2, what is he going to do with more ships and bigger military and more expensive weapons? and my guess is he is going to use them on more intervention abroad. >> yeah, as you say after the twin disasters, iraq, and afghanistan, the neo-cons have pushed aggressively for more u.s. intervention. and there's a disconnect between the neo-con establishment a the gop voters but they don't care. they have moved so far to the right. >> the neo-gones are the gop establish inspect washington right now, and because republican voters are focused on other issues there is a void on foreign policy so that allows the neo-cons who have control of the major thinkings, who have a

lot of influential advisors to fill that vacuum. the vacuum now even though gop voters are opposed to the war afghanistan, you they are saying we need to stay in afghanistan and get involved with syria and iran. and they have been successful to influencing the republican candidates. >> you are the only guest my producer telling me to wrap, and i don't, but just to finish up your piece, i keep wondering where does this jimmy carter thing people coming from are romney. and nonetheless obama has -- he has a 17 pointed a vantage over

romney on foreign policy. >> if they get back in thousander, they want to pursue the same strategies that bush had. i think far -- so romney's argument that obama is jimmy carter maybe it's a little bit on economic policy, but it's certainly not sticking on foreign policy. the president has been pretty strong on foreign policy. i think he has been more hawkish that many conservatives would like to admit. and that's why romney is really grasping at straws. >> yeah it's a fascinating article. the end is more terrifying than the crying came. [ screaming ] >> ari thanks as always. great stuff. >> always a pleasure.

[ applause ] >> wow. john bolton the secretary of state. secretary of state requires diplomacy, and john bolton has none. >> we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> hey, i like it. i like it a lot. [ recorded show playing in the background ] >> we're still up -- >> take that! woo-hoo! i got to go wee, sorry. you are on your own, everybody. check this out ass cam. >> the ass cam is up there. oh, my god. [ laughter ] [ recorded show playing in the background ] >> i guess it's just me. hi, everybody. [ recorded show playing in the background ]

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>> oh we're going to have stories on monday. >> we have the big shindig. >> yeah, with the current folk. >> what happens when you mix radio folk and tv folk. >> we'll see. [ explosion ] >> like mixing nitrogen and glycerin. >> if any of those "young turks" show up wow -- they are like zombie creatures of the night. >> "young turks"s and an old armenian dude. >> that's me. here is mittens. >> are the last three and a half years are his definition of forward, i would like to see what backward looks like. >> backwards looks like the bush administration. pay attention, douche. >> yeah.

mittens yesterday. >> this is time for people in the military and people who care about american strength to stand up and vote for change in washington to remove this president and keep america strong. [ screaming ] >> and invaded a country -- >> let me finish up with ari berman's piece. it's an ideology of convenience. i don't think he has a north star on foreign policy other than what obama is for and he is against. that said, his advisors are given an opportunity to shape his world view as they did with bush. romney is their best shot to get back in power. the movement the true neo-cons never, ever give up. they will be back. [ screaming ] >> thank about it.

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>> what we need to do is get crazy! we needs to get wild. we needs >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it, 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. adam in chicago. you're on the "stephanie miller show." hi, adam. >> hey i love you guys. >> love you. >> i just wanted to ask anybody out there who is listening, is it possible that [ inaudible ]

were referring to the republican party. >> oh, you could be right. [ explosion ] >> oh by the way did you see michele bachmann. apparently, jim this is what victory looks like. this is what it looks like right there. >> this is what victory looks like! [ laughter ] >> yay! >> this is what it sounds like! [ laughter ] >> yay! that's what it sounds like. i like something more soothing. >> mittens is what victory looks like? yikes. let's get to debbie in new hampshire. hi, deb. >> hi, how are you guys? >> good, go ahead. >> i wanted to call because i wanted to tell you i have your back. >> thank you. i am an hispanic black woman married to a french canadian and i get this. i was watching the news after i

finished watching your show of course, and one of the congress woman on the floor in north carolina made this statement. she said this issue about the voting that's going on over there on tuesday -- >> yep. >> is about preserving our caucasian race. >> yeah, bigotry is bigotry is bigotry. >> exactly. and i have a lot of hispanic friends and black african-americans, and they like to pretend that this issue is not a civil rights issue. that it is not about bigotry, and it is. >> and your friends are both black and african-americans. >> exactly. and we want to be divided all the time. and i wanted to make a point about what about pursuing our happiness? and we cannot allow other people to do the same. >> that's right. that's right. when they come for you, there will be no one left to speak for you, or something i just

misquoted. >> that's right. here is what you get when you mix tv folks and radio folks carney. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> bernie in illinois. welcome. >> hi, there i'm taking my adult daughter to work this morning, we pulled up next to a vehicle and there was a standard poodle sitting in it -- >> that's the wrong-sized poodle in my opinion. >> okay. she said look at that poodle it's sitting there like it knows it is the best damn dog in the world. and then she said, he looks like mitt. [ laughter ] >> i just -- i have had the tiny toy peaka-poo. and that dogs just like they are

the wrong size. i just made my point that bigotry is bigotry. i apologize to standard poodles. i apologize. >> we had miniature snouzers growing up. >> yeah. and what is wrong with the regular schnauzer. >> would you have a mini dane? >> why not the regular-sized dane. why do you need a great dane. when i walk my dog-a-saurous. do you know how many times a day people make big jokes and think that's the first time i have heard it.

[ laughter ] >> here is my favorite. big. okay. >> computer says yes. >> yes. >> you have a firm grasp of the obvious. >> yes. >> those are big dogs. yes. okay. john in ohio. you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> good morning to everybody there. >> good morning. >> i just got one thing to say about then my wife pam has something real quick. >> all right. a two-for. >> we have always been taught that we're made in god's image, so if we're all made in god's image and everything, that means everybody, gays, straights -- >> that's right. >> everybody is made in god's image, so i believe -- and i have plenty of friends and that and everything that are gay, and i don't have anything against them, because they are just like i am, a person. >> thank you, john. >> oh john. >> so brad pitt and chris

christie are both in god's image. >> hi, honey. angelina is not god's image -- >> she is an image of a home wrecker! [ dramatic music ] >> one thing real quick. steph i want to tell you something, honey, we still ain't getting nothing done with you being on tv. >> yay! >> and this rev rand that -- this rev rand that wants to beat kids hands and everything, when he breaks somebody's wrist what he is promoting this abuse i think we all got to get him for child abuse. >> yes, pam you are right. >> well, i'm going to let you go darling -- >> i love you and john in such a deep non-three-way kind of way. >> the first time we called, you said we were going to have a

three way, and i said all right! >> oh, then i do mean it in a three way. >> i love john and pam. >> oh, my god decreasing america's productivity the "stephanie miller show." >> this is what victory looks like! ♪ >> yeah! >> there is what shrill sounds like! >> yay! [ cheers ] [ laughter ] >> she couldn't screech the gay off of marcus. [ laughter ] >> carol in north carolina. hi, carol. >> hey stephanie, how are ya i love your show. >> good. thank you. >> was calling about amendment one, a friend of mine and i were talking about it and she mentioned because on church on sunday, the minister told the congregation how to vote and put a very large screen up with the

actual ballot. showing them how to vote. >> that doesn't seem very separaty of church and state, does it. >> yeah. and i tried to explain that make sure you click that little box that says no. >> yeah. >> because the way they had written the law makes it sound like you should put yes. >> that's what i was saying. they did that out here in california with prop 8. >> right. this is not about a democracy anymore. these things they promote. this is about mitt romney and the folks like him that actually do not want a government only because they want this country to turn into a corporation. >> yeah. >> i don't understand how people don't see that though. >> exactly. it is about taking rights away from people. since when have we done that as

americans. >> i realize a lot of these folks are brainwashed by whatever, watching fox news but how do you go against your own rights to say, yeah we can do this because they told us to. >> yeah exactly. romney campaigned silence gay spokesmen to avoid confronting hate groups. this is -- romney is still beholding too, i guess. when -- his openly gay foreign policy spokesman resigned under pressure the campaign tried to minimize the incident by saying he hadn't actually started yet. andrew sullivan -- he helped organize a romney campaign

conference call. so preempt joe biden's policy speech. after grenell's voice was not heard on the call which he set up, people began to ask questions, being silenced on a key conference call in your area of expertise is pretty damaging. it turns out grenell was at home listening and seething. the campaign was clearly trying to down play grenell's departure. how pathetic seriously is the religious right in this country nowadays. >> yeah, trying to take us backwards. >> governor finger [ censor bleep ]. >> this president has not always made the best decisions for the

united states of america. the military, has cut our investments in defense. you are going to see a change in our support of the military and veterans with president mitt romney. >> yeah, that's what we're thinking. >> does anyone want to ask the veterans what they think of president obama. >> yeah. you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hi, you guys are just wonderful. my coffee -- >> i have no evidence that jacki actually exists but i am told that she does. if she shows up for my party this weekend, then i'll believe it. >> i'm in maryland with o'malley, but a lot of people, you know, with the vote coming up, the machines i'm like jim,

i do know the vote gets flipped. >> uh-huh. if they were winning on the issues, you wouldn't have to worry about all of these voter suppression issues. sign up to be a poll watcher. jim is both a girl watcher and a poll watcher. 45 minutes after the hour right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: it's not radio. it's stephanie miller. ♪ politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon.

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>> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ na, na, na ♪ >> it is the "stephanie miller show." 50 minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. kevin from chicago wants to chime in on the dog discussion. steph and the mooks when i was a young boy growing up i had a little wiener-dog and now i have a big wiener-dog. and i'm proud of it. [ applause ] >> hi, chrissy. >> we love you in our house. i'm the mother of two dogs against romney. >> yay!

>> yay! and my dog olive francesca maria rose really would love to go on a blind date with max and fred. >> max and fred are both handsome. i think max is straight, but i'm pretty sure fred is gay. >> i have another one ernie jimenez. i love that. >> he has not reached his status yet. so he may be interested. >> let's set it up. >> i'm email you over some picks. any way we love you love you. olive and ernie are huge friends. >> hello, olive and ernie. he is so handsome and romantic! >> oh, god. >> yeah i'm getting weirder.

welcome you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hi, i'm so glad to talk to you again. every time romney tries to get the military vote i cringe because he has never served in the military in fact his grandfather left the country to break the rules. >> and his sons are serving a higher purpose getting him elected. >> he took the higher focus in france. >> yeah, that was his hard missionary time was in france. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> joy in michigan. hey, joy. >> hi, steph how are you. >> good. go ahead. >> these arrogant blank, blank, republicans are getting on my nerves. >> all right. >> they think they can ram bone their way into any country they

want to and just take over. they should have learned from iraq that people are going to fight back. you can't just bomb whoever and whatever you want to take over. they are just arrogant. >> yeah they are not humbled by what hand in iraq. and they want to do it again. >> that's ridiculous. it's stupid, they are arrogant -- >> are you calling from the seashore or inside a seashell perhaps? >> no, i'm in my utility room and it's kind of small. >> all right. wow. that was a little weird. hello, i'm calling from a giant conk shell. >> i'm calling from a wind tunnel. >> all right the president's carney on the release of the bin laden documents. >> the process of reviewing and analyzing them required

considerable time. it is all thes the case because of the renewed interest on this anniversary in the mission that lead to bin laden's demise that this was deemed an appropriate time to release them. >> i just love what we have seen so far. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> osama bin laden fretted about his organization's image. >> image is everything. >> bin laden was not as many thought the puppet master. he was burdened by what he saw as their incomptence! >> he is just needed some

japanese hair straightener. he was unimpressed by the american populous jihad. he expressed concerns that operations the brothers in yes, ma'amen that there should be a study about the potential media reaction in the eyes of the public. you don't want your image to be bad. >> get a haircut you hippy! if life gives you a yeman, make yeman-aid. >> oh, jim. [ whacky comedy music ] >> stinky. [ laughter ] >> i love this part too. osama bin laden instructed top al-qaeda operatives to try to kill obama, but avoid attacking joe biden because they thought

chaos was ensue if biden assumed the presidency. was he confusing him with sarah palin? why would joe biden be -- >> that's a big f-ing deal. >> yeah, i didn't get that part. >> one document made public refers to the leadership about changing the group's name. he just thought the name was what was wrong. >> it is important to do this with your hands when you refer to al-qaeda. >> what like how phillip morris sounded too cigarettety. >> i think we should call it al green. >> people seem to like it when the president sings that let's change it to al green. [ laughter ] >> okay. secretary of state clinton.

>> yes there is still a lot of danger out there, but i believe we're making progress and it's not just about killing the messenger. you have to make on the message. >> do we still have our hilary laugh? bill clinton said his wife never said a word about the bin laden raid. >> you don't know now? [ laughter ] >> she never said a word to me about this, which is exactly the right thing. well, there were a lot of things he didn't tell her. [ laughter ] >> na na na na na! [ laughter ] >> i could tell you, but i would have to kill you. [ laughter ] >> no, seriously i would have to kill you. >> and the thought probably crossed her mind but -- >> 58 minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

♪ [ theme music ] ♪ oh, i just saw the most exciting thing. billy from texas is on the phone. that is always fun. >> you better stay billy. >> yeah. >> don't be a coward. >> don't be a hero and a coward. because we like to play with you like a little cat toy. >> we have john fugelsang coming up on the phone. he is on the road.

>> he is in phoenix. >> yeah. >> we have a right-wing world, a celebrity stack, we have -- just -- a -- i was going to -- >> nashaka, but that wouldn't be right. >> no. >> san diego jew? >> we have a san diego jew coming up. why didn't i be with a crew that glosses over my mistakes instead of highlighting them. >> we would spend all of our time glossing. here is jacki schechner. >> good morning, stephanie. good morning, everyone. we have an update for you on the richard grenell story. mitt romney speaking out for the first time about the gay staffer who resigned after just two weeks on the job. he called grenell, quote, very accomplished and he wanted him to say. he resigned saying that curve

backlash against his sexuality made it impossible for him to do his job. the romney advisor called those critical of grenell, quote, voices of intolerance, empathizing that romney only considered his qualifications and not his sexual orient. but in an interview right here on current tv with "the young turks," the indicated radio host said he knew exactly what he was doing. >> he thought he could get some mileage out of this. really play to independents and make him look like a moderate. he was using him as cover. >> mitt romney has promised the base that he would pass a marriage amendment if elected. george zimmerman collected

$200,000 through his own crude website before his defense attorney shut it down. now they reopened a new website, saying they are registered and said they would use paypal if anyone would like to remain anonymous.

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>> you really don't know anything about your staff, do you? >> why would i? [ laughter ] >> why would i care about things outside of what you do for me? [ laughter ] >> we're having a little party tomorrow, and surly associate producer, had a banjo. >> how do you not know i play the banjo -- do you know anything about me. and i have to tell you how this started. >> all right. >> at one of your parties we had karaoke -- >> you a horrible singer. >> f-off. okay. let me finish my story. >> sorry.

>> you said my singing sounded like howling and i told you, damn you, i'm going to become a rock star. >> actually i said it sounded like a couple of cats fighting in a bag. wow wee, this will be the story in behind the music. she will be like i was so mad at that >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> i went on to become a rock star. this is getting out of hand, chris, it is usually just couples with guitars and bad singing. >> no, i'm bringing more than just one instrument. i'm bringing a toy piano -- >> are you bringing a mini van? a little -- really?

♪ >> somebody better be bringing a mini van. okay. >> i'm bringing an acoustic guitar and a mini bongo for courtney. >> yeah, this is going to get out of hand jim, and out of hand quickly. all right. let's hear ya. >> i have been practicing inia. >> are you giving out free massage too. >> all right. here we go. >> what is going on in here? okay. go ahead. >> here we go. ♪ says what says what ♪ >> oh, god she sounds awful. [ screaming ] >> the "stephanie miller show"

wishes to apologize! >> i'm going to be famous bitch! >> all right. rebecca thanks for that. we have that to look forward to tomorrow night. [ howling ] >> wow this has turned into -- what? "american idol" meets -- >> and that should never be played on the banjo. >> no. speaking of banjo look it is billy in texas, everybody. ♪ >> hi, stephanie i don't play the banjo. >> no? >> i don't. but i think rebecca is awesome. >> yes, is. >> i tell you what i'm listening to y'all this morning and listening to your snark comments. the other morning i was

listening to you, and you insinuated they was calling you when i was drunk. and i assure you i am not drunk at 9:00 in the morning. >> all right. >> it illustrates your tactics to mock and call people out and not -- >> yes, a comedy show. >> just like you are doing with the voter id bill. >> yeah. >> you are not representing that properly -- >> like for example, republicans and conservatives are trying to restrict the vote -- >> that's what it does. it has the effect of getting less people to vote. >> less people that shouldn't be voting vote. people that are not citizens shouldn't vote. people that are dead shouldn't vote. >> uh-huh. >> that's pretty simple. >> the problem is billy all of the people that make these cases -- there are hardly any cases of voter fraud that they

can point to it is a myth perpetrated by the right-wing to suppress the vote. >> whether it is or not -- and i don't believe it is -- whether or not it is or not -- >> that seems cynical. >> let me finish. the fact remains that people who are not citizens shouldn't be voting. >> we agree on that. >> you acknowledge that? >> yes. >> then why don't you look at it from the angle that the voter id bill is an attempt to curtail that kind of fraud. >> it requires people to purchase an id from the state, that is a poll tax. >> i have to do that to drive a car. >> yes, but it's your choice to drive a car. it's everyone's right to vote. >> they are use their driver's license -- >> you should haven't to pay money in order to vote --

>> -- having to buy these ids -- >> how much did you pay for your driver's license billy? >> i think last time i renewed it, it was like 60 bucks. >> that is a poll tax -- >> -- listen buckwheat -- >> wait -- >> billy, why are you going into name calling. >> you called me drunk the other morning. >> i didn't call you anything. >> i didn't call you drink -- >> stephanie did. >> then why did you call me a name billy? >> it's not a nasty name. it's a term of endearment. >> no, it is not. >> come on buckwheat. >> i was debating with him and then he goes into name calling. nice argument, pal. >> that's going to be your name

from now on buckwheat. >> when people like him know they are losing the argument -- >> sure, millet. >> okay. i don't even know what that men. >> dana lohse does the same thing. whenever she is losing the argument, she calls you a name and blocks you. >> oh, you would think that buckwheat. dana lohse barber. we offended the carneys this morning. hi, greg. >> i'm tired of living in this crazy state. which is why all the more hurt my feelings when you laugh and joke about carnival workers. i worked in the carnival for many years, and all you did was stereo type a bunch of people and i think you oh me and every

other carnival worker in the country. >> it was chris. >> i have carnival workers in my family, greg. >> it's just like a buckwheat. we apologize. >> actually you were reading a tweet. >> chris. >> don't talk about art carney that way. >> a relative of our carneys is on the phone. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> oh, no! >> i have carneys in my family. okay. kids i will be flying off to indianapolis next weekend for sexy liberal. check it out, get your tickets. they are almost gone. here is what i'm thinking now jim. i might change my flight to a virgin atlantic because they

can now suck on richard branson's head. popping oversized ice cubes shaped like his head. >> great. >> i'm surprised that donald trump hasn't heard about this. >> trump airlines went out of business. >> oh, that's right. >> while richard would love to sit a enjoy a drink with all of his passenger's his schedule doesn't allow it. sew they can enjoy cocktail with

ice cubes shaped like his head. >> i have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with laser beams attached to their heads! >> again, i failed you. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] last week a company called wicked lasers attached lasers to shark's head. it was rather bravely put there by a marine byologist. why? just because enough people liked it on facebook. [ applause ] >> oh, boy. >> there was no reason to do it and they just did it and then removed it -- >> now we have sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. >> that's right. so that happened. [ applause ]

>> what if they learn how to use the laser beams? did they think of that? [ dramatic music ] >> then we might have a robot army invasion. >> 17 minutes after the hour right back on the bitch and buckwheat show. >> yeah. bitch wheat. >> there is too weird, man. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." [ recorded show playing in the background ] >> we're still up own the screen. >> wow. >> yeah. >> pow. >> billy, billy, billy. [ inaudible ] >> well. >> well. [ laughter ] >> [ inaudible ]. >> she only got pregnant the one time. [ recorded show playing in the background ]

g?g? (vo) every week night, cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >> overwhelming majority of the country says tax the rich, don't go to war. >> okay.

>> okay. [ recorded show playing in the background ] ♪ >> all right. buckwheat is back. ♪ [ inaudible ] ♪ >> you want to do that now or do you want to do -- >> yeah. ♪ little diddy about jack and -- >> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ two american kids growing up

in the heartland ♪ ♪ jackie going to be a football star star -- >> announcer: stephy -- ♪ debutante of jackie's car ♪ >> dear god this show is becoming more like a sit come or the old laugh-in. >> yeah. >> daily. black guy that works here with us, opened the door and said hey -- >> welcome to the club man. >> welcome to the club buckwheat. [ laughter ] >> right-wing caller just called you buckwheat. >> yeah. >> i don't know what that means. i guess it is used as a racial slur in some places. >> we weren't even talking about race -- >> we are now buckwheat. >> tony in north carolina. hi, tony. >> yeah, it is the same as calling her the n-word.

>> yeah but i'm not black. >> they try to be nasty with it. >> okay. >> that's a nasty name -- >> that's what i thought, tony. >> that's the way they use it sometimes. but when they call -- if someone call you that, that is exactly what they are getting at. >> thank you tony. i appreciate that. and i apologize buckwheat. >> yeah, alfalfa. >> when i was a kid i played soccer on the team called the little rascal, and i was spanky because i was the little round fat kid. >> well, there you go. you have been every one of the rascals. >> darla? [ laughter ] >> i was karla the soccer-playing dike. [ laughter ] [ whacky comedy music ] >> sean hannity here we go

again. >> without eit, rendition, we don't have the intelligence to send in seal team six. so let's put it out in the open here. he was wrong, and we would haven't gotten bin laden but for the bush policies that he opposed. >> you are a liar. ♪ you're a lying sack of crap ♪ >> you are right, he doesn't have the intelligence to talk about our intelligence. let's move on to pat buchanan. >> this is an effort to take a positive event for all americans and say this was me. this was us. this is what we -- democrats did in the white house when it was that seal team out there in afghanistan who did it. >> hey, i know let's go into pakistan -- >> it was a yes-and exercise.

>> wow. >> they just make up their own stuff. the seal teams. what do you guys want to do today? >> charles hammer. >> it isn't just that obama has turned something that went well by using it as a partisan weapon which diminishing him, and diminishes the [ inaudible ] of this national event. how they quote obama again and again using the first personal pronounce in his announcement of the event. it's all about me. i commander in chief. i did this. what about the guys out there who did it. >> yeah who he has given credit to over and over and over. >> he is acting like obama completely ignored seal team 6. >> mission accomplished! >> yeah rush limbaugh started

that. >> and who better to talk about self involved people. >> they are now predicting the unemployment rate will be below 8% bialek shun date. no incumbent president has ever been reelected with the unemployment below 8% -- or above 8% it has never hand. the ap is telling us no matter what we facts are, we are going to have this thing under 8% by the time you go into the voting both by november. >> wow. >> he is sounding a little panicked. >> might want to adjust one's doses. >> do you think president obama poses a real threat to your second amendment rights. i truly do. i don't think he has been as aggressive in his first term because he knew the consequences

would be overwhelming, but his record in the state senate and the u.s. senate is much that this guy is not a friend of the second amendment and those of us who believe that is an important part of keeping us free. >> see what he is doing there. he did nothing about gun control, because he is waiting to get everyone one of them! just wait! >> romney has passed more gun-control laws than anyone, hckelby. >> did you just call -- >> yeah, that was a slur. >> i ought to give you a spanky. [ laughter ] >> all right. fridays with john fugelsang nexting on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, joins the new news network. >>every night we will drill down on the days top stories in search of facts that inform. >> we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious, and not based on simplistic answers. >>we're here because we're independent.

jennifer granholm is politically direct on current tv. >>the dominoes are starting to fall. (vo) granholm is live in the war room. >> what should women be doing? >> electing women to office. (vo) she's a political trailblazer. >>republicans of course didn't let facts get in the way of spin.

>>do it, for america. ♪ >> what sign are you? >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> because my mood ring just totally changed colors. >> it is the "stephanie miller show." this is one weird-ass show. shelley wrote me when i suggested we run your show on current, no one said there would be inyas on bad jokes. [ applause ] >> how do you like me so far. >> stephanie this is al gore,

can i please request that no banjos -- >> no one informed me that there would be inya played on a banjo for any mornings. rich writes virgin air lines was originally called intact airlines. [ whacky comedy music ] >> kevin in chicago writes remember that guy that couldn't believe he [ censor bleep ] shot himself. that guy -- [ mysterious music ] ♪ oh son of a [ censor bleep ] i just [ censor bleep ] shot myself ♪ >> apparently he is mine your league when a man shot himself with a cannon.

>> i just shot my arm off with a cannon. >> wow. wow. hopefully he's all right. >> kids it's friday and that can only mean one thing. ♪ thank god it's friday ♪ >> good morning, children. >> hi, john fugelsang. john fugelsang is in phoenix, which is why he's on the phone today. and why are you in phoenix? >> i'm in phoenix bringing my one-man show to the beautiful theater saturday night. >> awesome. >> yeah, it will be gringo de mayo for me. >> yeah. >> and we're just this close to a sell out -- oh john did i lose you. >> i'm here. sorry about that.

wow. >> hang on, here we go. >> prerogative patriots of boston, leave your pure tan roots behind and join stephanie miller because stephanie and her sexy liberal players are coming back for a second helping of bean town. [ flatulence sound effect ] >> on june 9th, 2012 the stephanie miller sexy liberal tour proudly returns to boston. tickets are available online at ticketmaster.com, by calling ticketmaster, or by going to the theater box office at 246 treemonth street. that's the stephanie miller sexy liberal comedy tour on june 9th. it is sure to be both wicked and

awesome. >> wicked hot. >> awesome! >> right john fugelsang? oh, for god's sake what is going on with his line. >> oh, dear. >> john are you there? john? no, he's not. >> rebecca try him again. there is something happening with the phoenix situation. let's go to shanda in tampa. hi, shanda. >> hey, love the show. i'm calling from ground zero and i just wanted to make a couple of points. i really love what you guys do you hold the republicans accountable, something that the media refuses to do, and to the gentlemen who called from texas, the texas tornado, billy, saying that you are snarky, well that's what you are supposed to be. >> yes. we should respect more from the

republican nominee than snarky answers to questions. >> that's what talk radio is is snark. >> i love you guys. >> thank you, i appreciate that. let's go to dana. >> i love your show. and i love the world douche. >> it's douche-tastic isn't it? >> it is douche-tastic. i think we should be a little frightened about what if we don't win. >> yep. >> it's just absolutely frightening what they are trying to do to woman in particular and what is it going to mean to my nine year old. >> right. >> i wonder if you ever get

frightened a little bit. >> i do. it's scary honestly if you are a woman, a gay person -- >> yes. >> yes. >> if you are a carbon-based live form, if you listened to ari berman this morning, look at the neo-cons romney has surrounded himself. it is george bush on steroids. [ screaming ] >> sitterfying. read his article in the nation, won't you? speaking of terrifying things from arizona. in addition to john fugelsang's phone line -- >> jan brewer was messing with the phone line. >> yeah, she probably took her bony white woman finger and snapped that phone line. that guy shot a toddler to death. >> yeah, a neo-nazi member of

the minutemen defense corps killed four people in gilbert arizona one of them a toddler. and he was running for penal county sheriff. he wrote illegal immigration happens because black people screw monkeys in african -- >> oh my god. >> he was a relative of russell pierce. political their relationship good back to 2004 at least when pierce ordained him in the church. he ran for the city council.

he received pierce's endorsement in that. he called pierce a surrogate father who enlightened him and spent time together at the cabin, and were around each other quite a bit. >> here is john fugelsang on another phone line. >> at&t has more dropouts than the new york public school system. >> we surmised january brewer has something to do with it. >> i think so. i'm raising money for sun block for her. >> she kind of looks like tan mom. >> mitt romney just apologized for the jet-eye's excessive regulations. >> thank you [ laughter ]

>> john fugelsang as a man that is nearly translucent that's a wonderful thing to do. >> she has done so much for the state, so i'm just giving back. jesus came here, but he was brown-skinned and had no papers so she shipped him off to juarez. >> it's a dry hate. [ whacky comedy music ] >> dave from boston writes us steph -- [ somber music ] >> after seeing your fantastic show in boston last year, my partner and i went to new york city for a long weekend. we were in the coffee shop ahead of was was the sexy liberal john fugelsang. >> wow. >> overwhelmed by his fabulous hair, he nodded to us as he

walked out. i went to say hi to him but he was already crossing the street on his sexy legs. i cannot wait to see you guys and aisha in june. [ screaming ] >> he should have known when i nodded i was actually cruising him. that's what we do in new york city. i'm really excited about the two shows with you and aisha, because that is double the women i get to strike out with. >> that's awesome. hal will rejoin us in july, but, yeah, we're really excited, because not is she hi-larious and sexy but she is drink. >> we drink so much we are

legally kenendys. >> from under a table in santa fe, going no mas! >> yes. >> john fugelsang, obviously the big michele bachmann endorsement, going to really turn things around. >> this is what victory looks like! >> wow, it makes your ears bleed. >> and that's what marriage looks like. i respect michele bachmann and anybody who thinks rwanda was on good times. >> yes. >> isn't it great watching all of these guys who hit mitt romney endorse him. >> oh, yes. >> when mitt really stepped in it on the anniversary of bin laden, he was completely backtracking as soon as they played the tapes of him saying

he would have never gone after bin laden. and then he was at the fire station with giuliani. >> yeah. >> they are saying now it is really tight in ohio and florida. that's the media drumming up headlines. it's not just the flip flops, it's the constant lying out of this guy -- >> guess where obama is way ahead, wisconsin. >> uh-huh. >> obama is up 51-42 in wisconsin. >> yeah. and the recall is in a dead heat with walker so you have got to get that guy out as they say. >> yes, i will also be bringing [ inaudible ] to the barrymore theater next friday night. so i'm really thrilled. i give all of the credit of the walker recall to the stephanie miller and the sexy liberal.

organized labor played a small part -- >> i take credit for everything. >> exactly. >> you should learn not to compete with us, we always win. >> you get all of the credit for this, that bush gets for killing bin laden. >> thank you. >> nickky in chicago. hi, nicky. >> hi, steph, i was listening to randy yesterday, she said she watched you yesterday morning. she said you have fabulous posture, and she said you don't go to bed at night. >> that's true. i heard her talking about me and i said i think she and howard are broken up, and lisa and i are broken up so i asked her to marry me again, and she shot mow down again.

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♪ ♪ if you don't want to party, then you should go home. we got -- >> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ going on ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> woe what? >> it's the "stephanie miller show," welcome. fridays with john fugelsang on the phone from phoenix. >> we're all wearing black in

the comedy community in honor of newt gingrich suspending his campaign. >> i know. >> he is so ashamed of america that he doesn't feel like committing adultery. >> what happened to his giant patriotic penis. >> i know. we all wanted a president that looked like a weevil with hair on top. he is $4 million in debt from that campaign. >> yeah. you are late to the show so we have already offended drunks from texas, the san diego jew, and now sue. >> every time you call me -- i can be called a carney. i don't mind. but every time you answer it's jew in rockville! [ laughter ] >> i think i just misspeak because i'm drunk as you know.

>> oh. >> all right. >> well never mind. >> never mind. what are you motioning wildly about? >> we're getting john back. >> john who? >> john fugelsang. >> oh, how did i do that? because i'm drunk. i'm sorry, i apologize to everybody. oh, there he is again. >> that's okay. i blame arizona. it's jan brouwer. >> we were talking about amendment one in north carolina. you have to chime in on this anti-gay preacher that was basically encouraging child abuse. >> yes, and everyone should call that guy's church and harass his staff. that's the greatest thing you can do today. but the most depressing thing

about it is seeing billy graham coming out to support this bill. you cannot use the bible to say that same-sex relationships are wrong. the bible talks about consensual adults same-sex relationships. they are not christian. >> he said he was just engaging in hyperbole like jesus would have done. >> yeah if god didn't like gay people, he would stop making so many around the world. >> the million moms went after jcpenney again. they went after jcpenney for hiring ellen. >> right. >> they were previously after sweaty balls.

but now there's a same-sex couple in a jcpenney catalog! [ dramatic music ] >> jcpenney's may catalog, under the title freedom of expression in the picture both women are wearing wedding bands! [ dramatic music ] >> do they have -- >> you can't see their feet, but presumably they do. >> and also it says last time we contacts the store managers, we were brushed off. some even experienced the customer saying thank you while our concerned members were in mid-sentence. we have been told that the corporate office told managers to say thank you and then walk away. if they want our business, we will not be ignored! >> we will not be ignored!

>> it's six moms a fax machine, and a rush limbaugh blow-up doll. and if they don't stop lesbians of going to jcpenneys, home depot is next. >> that's right. >> the bible does prohibit men with men but at no point does god ever prohibit women with women in the entire bible, because god and [ inaudible ] have the same policy. >> yeah, that's what we're talking about. >> let there be woman on woman, and it shall be hot! [ laughter ] >> there is one last story in the gay stack. >> a heterosexual man said he brought in his mobile device and shortly afterward facebook said i'm gay. i'm coming out.

there's a lot wrong with this story. first of all the best buy guy thought this was a way to smear someone. and this guy said my reputation has been tarnished. >> yeah, like the best buy and the worst day. [ laughter ] [ whacky comedy music ] >> we have to close with that. you can't top that. john fugelsang is at the orpfeum tomorrow night. >> and my director was nominated for the tony award this week. >> wow! >> congratulations! >> we'll see you next saturday for the sexy liberal comedy tour. love you john. >> bye. >> peace out. >> i would like to thank everyone and the folks in the current control room -- >> that's buckwheat to you.

>> yeah, that's buckwheat to you. see you