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[ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. i'm just crazy neighbor, rick. >> can i borrow a cup of funny? [doorbell ringing] >> stephanie: we're on tv, we can't do the radio sound effects. oh, now he's here. hi rick. >> hi! >> i heard you were discussing dinner and just thought i would stop by and intrude. >> stephanie: where's my last track? what show? [ laughter ] >> my wife's meat loaf -- we're paving the driveway with it. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right. so rick overton star of stage screen literally. here's what i love. even though i've known you for 1,000 years our friendship is

older than god's pants. and yet every time they send me your entire resume. which is many, many pages long. >> yeah. and you're included on it. >> stephanie: oh, this show? [ applause ] i was going through my mental rolodex of canceled tv shows. so, yeah speaking of comedy legends, dan rather joins us in about a half hour. what's the frequency? it's this one. >> i'm not saying you took it, dan but i also do a news hunk. i'm sure we're thinking on parallel lines. >> stephanie: stephanie mitter.com. here's the best thing about the gig, free hats. stephaniemiller.com. this one from mad dog frida in wisconsin. this is good. >> so is dyslexia? >> what? what? >> stephanie: the mitt mentum

continues. george w. bush wins for most tepid mitt romney endorsement yet. >> i'm going straight to hell. >> stephanie: abc news reporter asked him if he endorsed mitt romney. the elevator doors were closing and he said i'm for romney. >> notice they haven't trotted him out at all. >> stephanie: polling shows many people still blame him as they should for the economy. >> everything else bad that happened over the last ten years. >> stephanie: he didn't bother giving the elevator door -- he didn't even bother with that. as the doors closed on him. oh and maybe i should -- >> hold the door. could you please hold the door? >> stephanie: he probably did the fake i tried. ooh, too late. >> sorry! >> stephanie: oh, sorry, hit the closed button. >> oopsies. >> stuff happens. >> stephanie: hit the close button by mistake.

all right. oh, here's the other breaking news. he has a new cat named bob george w. bush. who names a cat bob? >> i toyed with naming my cat paul. stiff like the one name male. >> he had three other cats named john, george and ring bow. >> stephanie: he enjoys playing with lizards. probably torturing them. [circus music] >> make them talk. mittens causing 9-11. >> stephanie: that's where he got the idea. watching his cat. that was -- what. okay. so rick overton, you have not been here since the big breaking news. the president is speaking out in favor of marriage equality. some news stories making a little eh, it was one that sort of -- it showed it is not good so far. what was the quote i was

thinking of today. i don't know who said it. the arc of history is long but it has been toward justice. thank you. he did a guest -- [ applause ] >> stephanie: thank you, jim. so startling. both that i got a quote right. -- >> i barely had time to process it. john king. >> no. >> larry king. >> stephanie: no! but you know, so far and it is hard to tell because you don't know -- they parse them so like -- every last -- but you know, basically it is showing that -- i think what it is, this is an emotional issue on both sides, it is an emotional issue. but it's like they were saying the emotion against something tends to drive turnout more. i hope that's not true. i hope because it is thattic factor the people that -- people will vote in greater numbers. people in the mid that will don't really care.

>> i think in magician's terms they've brought the whole issue up as being the busy hand. while they're sticking the rabbit back in the cummerbund somewhere else. i think that they synthesize stuff like this to keep us focusing on it while at the same time they're robbing pulling more rights away. they're doing other things with the subtle hand. because considering the fact the gay -- the gay community in the republican party is like a clown car. there's a lot of gay people in the republican party. >> stephanie: the one thing that gives you hope is you go this is becoming a nonpartisan issue even in the republican party when you have the dick cheneys and -- >> clint eastwoods. >> stephanie: people helping fund passing marriage equality. that's why i was a little -- not surprised because that's why i thought it took courage. your gut instinct is this could hurt him in the few swing states, in a country that's so 50/50. that's the one thing that really

annoyed me is what was it? "the new york times" poll we did yesterday was the majority of people think he did it for political reasons and you go anybody would say that's why this takes courage is you don't know how this is going to play out which is what he said when he said it. he said this could hurt me politically in some places. i think it is the right thing to do. >> i feel the places it would hurt him, he would have lost there anywhere. >> stephanie: i'm hearing analysis all over the maybe it is the first gut reaction. you have to hope that over time -- >> luckily the opposition is romney. >> stephanie: well, there's that. [wah wah] >> stephanie: mittens with no core principles of any kind. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: forget the king thing. that's done. by the way king james was a homo. >> just look at the -- >> stephanie: i'm just saying, i don't know. [ applause ] >> stephanie: that's the thing is we're making such progress in

gay rights. there's so many hopeful polls and things happening and then you look -- yesterday, i don't know if you saw this. this was heartbreaking. vote by a gay republican kills civil union bill. the kid's mother is crying as this guy is voting against his son. republicans in colorado's house state veterans and military affairs committee voted to kill a proposed bill to legalize same sex civil unions expected to pass the larger house of representatives. it belonged to don whose son is openly gay. i'm reading, i think it was the npr analysis of it. republican whose son is guy cited his reasons for voting against the measure while his wife wiped away tears in the audience. >> how can he face his golfing buddies if he doesn't do this? >> stephanie: more important than your son. republican, more important than your family. that was heartbreaking. and this was just -- again not

even gay marriage, just civil unions, to give his son, you know some of the same rights that he has. just that was just heartbreaking to me and kind of -- because that's the thing that you find is the more you know somebody, it is your son your favorite comedian, it is your whoever that you know, predicates polling, changing toward gay rights. that one -- but then we have to hand it to lincoln chafee. he's an independent. he was too sane to stay a republican. now, he's independent. he signed a bill so that chris what is it? so marriages done elsewhere gay marriage will be recognized in rhode island. he's leading the charge for marriage equality in rhode island. >> his name is lincoln. as republicans go. >> stephanie: thank you. yeah. then i hear stories like this where i think, i don't know, we're a great big joke. that's why romney could win.

man first pumps for 16 hours for world record. that's a lot of firsting. james completed 16 hours in an attempt to set a guinness world record. he superglued his hand into a clenched first to make sure his pumps would documented correctly about a video crew. >> so, he's cheating to start. makes perfect sense. >> stephanie: just saying. >> yeah, yeah. >> stephanie: then here is fine american man shoots friend in leg at his request. he had his friend shoot him in the leg because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot. >> oh, man. >> that's nature working its -- we're overpopulated magic and just shutting the survival switch off like an m. knight shyamalan movie. >> i just freakin' shot myself! [ applause ] [ bleep ] shot my friend. >> the friend is no prize either. >> stephanie: get him to shut

up. >> bang, okay! >> shoot him in the head, it would be more effective. [ laughter ] [ buzzer ] >> ow, you shot me! >> what does it feel like to be duct taped to a chair and rolled down a flight of stairs? little school desk. >> stephanie: 17 minutes after the hour. we use go to my pc at the "the stephanie miller show." chris uses it to print stuff on to my computer at home or on my printer at home from his computer at his house. it is magic. i tuesday on the road on my ipad, on my iphone when i'm on the road. with rising gas prices, the hassle of travel, why do it? use go to my pc by citrix. you have access to the work computer from wherever you are or anywhere else you need to go. it connects you directly to your office mac or pc. it turns your ipad or tablet

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show." welcome to it. 23 minutes after the hour. >> let's go, let's go. >> stephanie: let go, let god. jehovah god. oh dear, jehovah god the end of the show technically is near. >> the show just started. we haven't even done dan rather yet. >> stephanie: no. 23 minutes after the hour. it turns out on the radio side, we're actually not on the air. they're running the best of because something else was being said through something. that's why chris was not constipated. [farting sounds] >> stephanie: see, we're on tv. people can see you ignoring me. >> i was asking you questions and i was like -- don't! >> stephanie: he's a professional husband and i should know the not now honey look. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: why you being so distant? what you thinking over there funny face? >> penny for your thoughts. >> stephanie: oh we're not on the air okay. [screaming] >> minor glitch. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12

the number toll free. we're on the tv. that's the important thing. [phone ringing] >> stephanie: our big jangly 1940s phone is ringing. >> stephanie: he has no sense of what we do or what time. he tends to call us live and then he tends to send us news stories. you get those jim? >> three days after. >> stephanie: did you guys hear the president is in favor of marriage equality. oh yeah, we didn't have newswires or televisions or any sort of -- okay. so yes! so that's what we're talking about. this is i think "l.a. times" piece, analysis gay marriage decision not working in obama's favor so far. rick, do you think that's just the first knee jerk reaction in polling? >> i don't trust a first poll. >> stephanie: i don't know what that means. >> as far as stripper joints and stuff like that. i find that it is -- you know, polls are influenced by

influenced people so it is going to shake out toward the end of the summer, this is all going to shake out. >> stephanie: they're or the of all over the place. >> the debates will change. >> stephanie: dear god yes. the "l.a. times" saying the first wave of polling aren't looking particularly good for obama. four different national opinion surveys over the past week by reputable organizations that indicate the president's stand could well hurt him politically. the numbers are fairly close. tight elections are decided by small numbers of voters. and that's why -- that was the thing that was most surprising to me is people say it was political. to me, that was real leadership and courage because he said this could hurt me politically. but that's when he said it is the right thing to do. listen. this is how you know -- pat buchanan demonize gay marriage. he flip-flops on slavery. because pat buchanan, bigotry is bigotry is bigotry.

>> msnbc's pat buchanan. >> stephanie: not anymore. >> finally! >> god! >> they ought to thank us for the free boat ride. >> stephanie: thank you jim for paraphrasing. when then-senator obama gave the race on speech -- the speech on race, a more perfect union in march 2008, that's when pat buchanan decided to pen this. america has been the best country onate for black folks. it was here that 600,000 black people grew into a community of 40 million were introduced to christian salvation and reached the greatest levels of freedom and we hear the grievances. where's the gratitude? where's the thanks for the free boat ride? >> and the lynchings and the bombing of churches. >> stephanie: yesterday, he's on -- at fox news, he says the american people aren't accepting of gay marriage. do you think 2,000 years of western civilization has been engaged in bigotry because they denied the rights of homosexuals

to marry. megan writes we were discriminated against blacks. the idea of slavery is -- that's what you talked about when you talked about how really great it was. >> he had a little meeting. they brought him in. okay. we're going to put you back on tv again. but you've gotta slip in how that's bad. >> stephanie: slavery is evil. say it with me. we all agree. >> we want to get some letters that don't have -- >> almost as evil as a liberalism. >o, no,o, no. >> pat to t t m mnffffe,e,at theai offic o ic sph ie show nyphim: w ny imd atom d ate o orr the p.a. at msnbc. pat buchanan, please report to my office. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: after awhile, you could hear it on air. on air. excuse me a minute, ed. pat buchanan, please don't say anything. no now report to my office. >> some of these people think

homosexuality happened in the '60s. >> stephanie: according to mitt romney, they didn't have that. >> it didn't cross their minds in the '60s. >> we called it hazing. >> stephanie: it doesn't matter when you went to school, you knew the kid who was perceived to be different that got bullied. romney is like i don't remember the incident at all. i do remember i didn't know he was gay. oops sorry. >> while he chuckled, remembering the incident. >> believe me, i tried. i mean -- [ buzzer ] >> mitt to the main office. >> stephanie: mitt please report to pat buchanan's office. anyway i think as i've said, it is what leadership is. the obama effect, major who have come out for marriage equality. that's what leaders do. there's been -- i'm talking about part of this is really bipartisan. this is -- governor lincoln

chafee issued on executive order requiring all state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages even ones that are performed in other states. so i say -- ♪ let's hear it for the boy ♪ >> stephanie: go, lincoln. ♪ let's give the boy a hand ♪ >> stephanie: 29 minutes after the hour. i've avoided my whole career to say dan rather next on "the stephanie miller show." very, very excited about that >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here 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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♪ >> seriously. >> stephaniestephanie miller, you are my oprah. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 toll free from anywhere. this is very exciting. i never thought i would get to say good morning, dan rather. good morning, dan rather. are you there? >> oh, dear. we're really having a technical day of things. hello, dan are you there? okay then.

all right then. [ wah wah ] >> that's the way it is. >> if dan were here, he would say -- >> stephanie: if i was of a conspiratorrorial nature, i would say the fact that dan rather is about to talk about what happened to him at cbs -- [ applause ] >> a snausage. >> stephanie: should i try again? rebecca is trying to see if he's there. interesting. the right wing blog -- to get dan rather fired from cbs news, perhaps they can knock us off the air. >> he was accused of using phony documents about the bush -- the story is true. everyone knew that was the guy you went to if you wanted to get your kid out of serving in vietnam. >> stephanie: this book is really -- rather spoke of my life in the news.

>> stephanie: good morning tom brokaw. >> during the olympic -- >> stephanie: okay. >> let's send this show to the museum of broadcasting. >> stephanie: i think it has already been entered into the smithsonian. >> stephanie: is this related to this technical issue? >> dan's not on the phone. i think we're in the --doit! >> stephanie: somewhere al gore is shaking his head sadly. oh no, what have i done? >> just like florida in 2000. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: we'll get back on track. i'm not conceding. i was talking to rick overton about leadership, courage as dan rather would say. this is just -- this week in wake of president obama taking the lead on marriage equality, senator jack reed, democrat of

rhode island offered his support not only for same-sex marriage but -- i didn't know this existed. the respect for marriage act which would repeal the dris crimnatory defense of marriage act. harry reid said it is no business of mine if two men or two would not to get married. he would support legalizing same-sex marriage in nevada. kind of embarrassing to have las vegas in your state for keeping the sanctity of marriage. where britney spears can get married for 14 hours. steny hoyer said extending marriage equality is the right thing to do and will not undermine the institution of marriage. bob kerrey running for re-election running again voiced his support calling increased awareness of the struggle of gay and lesbian americans. pat quinn came out for marriage equality on friday. he said this week he's committed to working with state lawmakers to make it a reality in illinois. james clyburn added his support for same-sex marriage as a civil

right which he believes should be support by national policy. that's just this week. [ applause ] >> stephanie: are we ready to rock n' roll? i always thought i would never be able to say good morning, dan rather. >> good morning! >> stephanie: sorry dan we've been having technical issues this morning. what a thrill to talk to you. >> thank you very much for having me on. i appreciate it greatly. >> stephanie: i never thought i would get to say good morning dan rather and you have the same publisher as i do. your book is fabulous. rather outspoken my life in the news. we were saying while we were waiting to talk to you, you have to get into what happened to you at cbs because i grew up with you. you're an institution. and you know, you were reporting a story that was correct about george w. bush. take us inside what happened at cbs then. >> well, i will do that. it happened eight years ago i left cbs six years ago. i'm well past it but for anybody

interested it is a relatively small part of the book. there was no joy in doing it. it was unpleasant but when we got to the truth of a young george w. bush's military service, what we found was true. undeniable. number one he got in the so-called champagne unit of the national guard through the influences of his father to avoid the possibility of going to vietnam. and two, after he got into the service, he disappeared for a long period of time. now, if you're a soldier in afghanistan and iraq and you disappear overnight that's a serious offense. and he was never held to account for that. he at the very least was awol and given how long he left, the pentagon officials said to us he was guilty of desertion which is a very serious offense. we reported a true story. powerful interest, powerful partisan and ideological

interest did didn't like the story. what they sought to do was discredit us. they launched a big campaign which unfortunately the corporate powers that be and the ownership of cbs news, because they have a lot of business to do in washington, they decided to fire a bunch of people and eventually put me out. that's what happened. how it happened. it has been a long time ago for anybody who's interested. there are three chapters somewhat less than a fourth of the book that deal in detail with my side of that story. >> stephanie: dan, one thing i hadn't heard is senator red stone who of course is the chairman of viacom had signaled his unequave cal support by saying a republican administration was better than a democratic one. >> that's true. that was at the base of our difficulties. let's note that redstone has every right to say who he's for in a presidential campaign. what he doesn't have a right to do in my opinion and i think the public would share this to

say and therefore because i favored george w. bush's re-election, i don't want our news department reporting unpleasant facts about him. this has to do with the corporatization of news which i think the public needs to understand that very large corporations, no more than six now control more than 80% of the true national distribution of news in the country. this is not healthy for the country. it is not a conservative issue or liberal issue a democratic or republican. i think we can all agree that we don't want a few corporate chieftains such as mr. redstone deciding what we see and how we see it and calling reporters off of deep digging investigative stories. >> stephanie: dan, i think -- not to suck up to my current employer, that's what i love that they're trying to do at current is counter some of the corporate influence. some of the mainstream media drives us crazy. there has to be two sides to every story. sometimes there aren't. sometimes the facts don't support one side or the other. don't you feel that corporate

interest makes everything -- everybody has to go let's present this side and that side. even if -- they feel no journalistic inkling to have to tell someone that's incorrect. the facts are incorrect that you're stating right now. >> this is exactly so. when i talk about the corporatization of the news in the book and that's a thread running through the book which i could use language that was gentler but very big international corporations are in bed with big government, whether that government be republican or democrat. and they need each other. they need -- and they influence the news than much more than should be the case. this is a real problem in the country that news is in a crisis. one reason it is in a crisis is because the internet has become -- if it isn't dominant already, it will soon be dominant in a place where people get their news.

these problems, i think they'll short themselves out in time. but in the meantime, we do have to be concerned about the huge corporate interests in coercion with very big government, influencing. the point you make, there are independent places on television and radio which are trying to buck this trend but up to and including the present moment, they haven't been able to crack through it. >> stephanie: here's the reason i've always trusted to you is dick nixon hated you. i love that part of the book that you were distrusted by president nixon who could be heard on one of the infamous tapes telling his daughter rather is a bastard. there was another story. that's a perfect example of investigative journalism. and you know, you reported on all of it, right from watergate to way back when, right? >> well, that's true. i've been really lucky and blessed. i've been on some big stories in my time including the watergate story and watergate is one word

short hand for and is never any joy in saying this, there was a widespread criminal conspiracy unfortunately led by the president of the united states himself out of the oval office which is what drove him the only president in history to resign. again it wasn't pleasant to report that story. i was hoping against hope as the story developed it would turn out the president was not involved. when he was involved. of course when you report that kind of news, there is a price to pay for it. >> stephanie: we've been talking about the marriage equality fight how that will play out in this election. as someone that obviously reported on the civil rights movements in the '60s, the protests in birmingham, how do you think this will play out and how do you see it? >> well, over the long haul, i think it will play out similar to what happened with the civil rights movement of dealing with the voting rights and other rights of people of color. but in the short term, i think

i'm in a minority among reporters. i think this is somewhat damaging to president obama's chances in the fall. let me make clear. i think he made the right decision but in the middle of a presidential election campaign, my assessment is it hurts him. the economy is the main thing that hurts him and it is one reason why i say my own assessment at this time in may it is still early is that president obama is no better than even money to be re-elected. this is going to be a very tough, very expensive very nasty campaign and i'm not saying he will lose it but i'm saying that it is certainly possible he will lose in november. >> stephanie: dan, always such a pleasure to watch you and to -- really a thrill to meet you. rather outspoken, my life in the news is the book. dan thank you so much. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it greatly. [ applause ] >> wow! legend! >> stephanie: see. he's right. it is early.

i know. >> if the election were held today -- >> stephanie: yes and if my aunt had a [ bleep ] she would be my uncle. back with more with rick overton on "the stephanie miller show." >> this is all very strange. i agree. something's not right. >> it's "the stephanie miller show." facebook.com/stephaniemillershow and on twitter at smshow. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to.

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club in hermosa beach. it is george carlin's birthday show. a lot of fine folks will be there doing some comedy in honor of dear uncle george. >> stephanie: yea! >> will he be saying seven words? >> i'm sure someone will. >> you each get a word. >> stephanie: all right. oh! this has all come magically full circle. we just talked to dan rather who nixon famously called a bastard. asking about the -- my crazy liberal wife and i have tickets to your sexy liberal show at the pantages theatre. he wrote the wrong date. it is july 28th, not august 28th. check your tickets. did you know that richard nixon broadcast his famous checker speech from the pantages. i did not know that. yeah. the sappy speech about his dog that saved his political butt

and led directly to watergate. >> you better wear a republican cloth coat. when we're teabagging. wear a respectable republican cloth coat and nothing else. >> stephanie: i just got a visual of a drunken pat nixon naked except for a coat getting teabagged. you know what, jim? thanks a lot. [ buzzer ] >> someone in the chat room thinks it might have been the ghost of richard nixon who put out the wrong date because republicans are good with dirty tricks like that. >> i got you! from beyond! they don't call me tricky dick for nothing. >> stephanie: since we're both ex-catholics how about we found a defrocked priest to get rid of nixon's ghost. we have our personal comedy jesus. >> he's never been frocked. ♪ ♪ jesus ♪ >> stephanie: okay. debbie in oregon you're on "the

stephanie miller show." hi deb. >> caller: hi, steph. i was talking to my mom the other day who is 17 years older than me. the reason that i -- >> stephanie: really? >> caller: the reason that i'm calling is because one of the things that she brought up i think is one of the reasons that dan rather's a little concerned. and i think that thoses -- the heavy duty religious side are scared that if we do the civil rights thing and the proper thing which is to, you know, just let everybody get married. it doesn't matter who the heck they have to marry that that is going to lead to people trying to force the churches to marry same-sex couples. and i think the one thing that we need to do whether it's us pushing the president or it's us starting it and letting him pick it up, maybe do a biden, i don't know what else to say is what we need is civil marriage.

and then they could do religious marriage all they want to. try to get married in this country and have any legal authority except without a marriage license good luck. that has to be given to you by the city hall which is the government. that would be civil marriage. >> stephanie: i think everybody's -- the president especially has been clear about it. there should be separation of church and state. he's not forcing -- we're not forcing churches to do anything. this is about equal rights. but yeah, by the way i think that might have been the ghost of dan rather that knocked us off the air earlier. excuse me, the ghost of richard nixon that knocked us off the air. i'm going -- we're not going to have that bastard rather on. >> show him. >> get the hook. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right. rose in illinois. >> we'll have dick nixon's ghost to kick around anymore. >> stephanie: hello rose in

illinois. >> caller: i'm sure you're tired of hearing. you guys are wonderful. >> no, never! >> back up the truck. bring it on. >> different it on us. >> caller: yesterday you were talking with -- oh, my. that was a cat very happy that i finally made it on, i guess. [meowing] you were talking of ian yesterday. the subject of gay adoption had come up. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: i do have to say my parents were young when they had me. they kind of got married because of me and my aunt who her and her partner had a very, very large part of my upbringing. and i learned mostly about empathy and caring and compassion for others from watching them. i watched them go through so much in their lives financially emotionally, healthwise and they stuck with it through thick and

thin. >> stephanie: wow. >> caller: i watched my parents go through multiple marriages divorces marriages divorces and for stability i had my aunt. i actually took her out to breakfast for her birthday and i thanked her actually for being there for me. for all of these years she's still been there for the past 40 some odd years. >> stephanie: wow. >> caller: she told me you know, we actually wanted to take you, we wanted to bring you and have you live with us but the court actually said no. >> stephanie: oh, wow. you never knew that story till now? >> caller: no, not about the court part. i didn't know. and i wonder -- i like myself and who i am but i wonder what it could have been like if i had been with them full time. >> stephanie: what a beautiful story. thank you for that, rose. that is very sweet. >> caller: thank you guys for being you. >> stephanie: aw. greg in denver wrote the same thing. it was interesting after we talked about that yesterday. steph, wait, so if i get this

straight, no pun intended a baby can be raised in a catholic orphanage by nuns who are all women but they can't be raised by two women who can give the child a lot more attention than the nuns? wtf. i heard tony perkins trying to justify this in an interview on hardball. these people are [ bleep ] crazy. [ applause ] >> i suspect some nuns might be -- >> stephanie: sister bronston would be appalled that you said that. >> i had an actual sister luke and sister phillip michael in my school. >> miami vice nuns. >> sister luke looked like a bulldog. >> stephanie: i had one of those. 58 minutes after the hour. >> it is really a dog collar. >> stephanie: right back on we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny

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