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your prayers! >> these blue potato chips are making me crazy. >> yeah, he began pounding on the cockpit door and yelling about iraq and iran. >> and he will be mitt romney's running mate. >> there you go, jim. he is still not quite crazy enough to join the republican field. >> and that's political direct. [ bell chimes ] >> that's you working your name into the show. i have not had a chance to congratulate you on your wonderwoman background. >> i need bullet-proof bracelets. by the way, we're watching john

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>> oh, by the way newt gingrich might be the -- [ somber music ] >> i'm refocusing my campaign. >> he is laying off a third of his paid staff. >> now what -- by the way do we -- i heard a little bit -- but is the new campaign manager or the old campaign manager a friend of his wive's? >> oh. >> like the new guy -- >> this is callista's kids book tour. >> yeah. >> but for $50 you can get a picture with newt. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> how much do you charge? >> they are all free. i at one point considered putting a cup and saying give $5 and i'll give it to charity.

and then i thought there may be seem that said i can't even take a picture now. >> yeah, the candidate spent about $200,000 more in february than he took in and also they want you to know his spokesman said we have an online store where you can buy hats shirts, and an handkerchief from their dog. i thought i was a loser -- >> it's probably bikers for newt that are going to sturgises next year. they are all going to wear bandanas across their do-rags. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> okay, breaking new in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman went to court for accusations of domestic

violence. tussling with police and speeding. >> the right-wing is trying to disgustingly smear trayvon martin. >> of course. >> they are trying to smear him while exonerating george zimmerman. >> yeah. >> and someone even came up with another black kid flipping the bird -- >> yeah. right-wing posted it everywhere. there is the gang picture flipping the bird -- >> and it is not him. >> right. >> and then one of the fox news shows was pulling gang shots. >> what a shock. >> and the trayvon martin investigator wanted to file a fan slaughter case against him, but was instructed not to. >> when you get on tv -- let me

move my brussel sprouts -- [ flatulence sound effect ] . >> i don't even know what that noise is at all, that's like a bull frog dies. that's not even a fart noise. >> television you get much better hate mail. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> look. >> they spelled hypocrite wrong. [ laughter ] >> it is spelled like hippo pot must. >> this is from david. >> hi, david. >> why do i sense he is never going to miss a minute again. you racist hypocrites. >> huh? >> this is where we get called

racist. you want a lame basically reason to spread hate and violence so by talking about the trayvon martin case and defending him we are spreading hate and violence. >> well, yeah clearly. >> you hypocritey. >> i'm sure he gets to a salient point and wraps that concept up in a nice little package that we can all understand. >> yeah. here it comes. you only want impassioned rhetoric. you are so pathetic. well, that part is true. i hope there is a special place in hell for you who purposely promote racism. liking people for their race is still racism. [ applause ] >> he won me over at the special place in hell. >> yeah, that's kind of nice. like a vip room. >> exactly like it is behind a

velvet room. >> yeah i hope there is swag. >> liking someone for their race is racism? no, there isn't. >> i'm guessing there is a special place. i don't think we'll be with hitler -- >> hell would be the kind of place that would be regular gaited. [ fun-facts music ] >> the essential concept with hell is it's a catch-all. the dante thing is all fiction, but all of the people who just rub one out on the weekend, they are in the same as the serial killers. >> i'm not going if there is not

swag. >> in the gift bags, instead of avian water, you are liquid magnum. >> you know, i have one simple request, and that is to have sharks freaking laser beams attached to their heads! >> this is a kid that got shot that had skittles. >> yeah. >> it's like -- they go oh i wouldn't care if it's a white kid. >> yeah, somebody is following you with a gun, you are unarmed -- >> and there's no evidence of that. >> exactly. it was him screaming. >> no. >> look at you -- help! help! help! i have got a gun, and nobody is going to care about you if you said that.

>> you are getting bill cosby in the jell-o commercial. [ bill cosby mumbling ] >> why don't you put that in the hippo-crate.

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trailblazer. >>republicans of course didn't let facts get in the way of spin. >>do it, for america. ♪ ♪ on the first part of the journey ♪ >> this is a great dance song. ♪ rocks and things and lizards and rocks because it's the desert ♪ ♪ there are too many words in a song ♪

>> how dare you both. this is the greatest israelian american from canada. >> this is would be the song that mitt romney would sing -- >> cactus things -- ♪ eventually i'm going to sing another note ♪ ♪ town in north ontario ♪ ♪ there are certain rocks and sand and things ♪ >> how dare you, now you are really doing it. ♪ the edmond fitzgerald ♪ >> jim do it. that had officially the most words ever. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> right? ♪ superior they said, never gives up her dead when the winds of november come early ♪ >> i hope we have driven all of

the audience away. >> yeah, good-bye. ♪ and we both sailed on the lake and it got really rough and waves hit and it got wet, and there in the water -- >> run audience. [ screaming ] ♪ and then some things happened -- >> it was a bad tragedy what happened. >> did they get paid by the word in the '70s. >> yes. that's why gill scott heron wrote the world shall not be televised because he was paid by the word. >> i have fun facts. [ fun-facts music ] >> i did not know this until last night, the dressage dancing horses. and i don't think they can vote because they --

>> you might knock the bit of your mouth. >> right? right, thing you. by the way the horse does have a name, the romney's dressage horse that is competing is rafalca. >> so it is not a horse with no name? >> no. >> listen, don't scoff -- >> turkish for seamus. >> what do you name your dressage horse when you have always taken all of the good names for your kids. >> what would white people name their kids except after batman sound effects. >> tag romney is a very normal name. the elite sport of dancing horses. >> wow. >> the competition opened day

without two of the biggest performers. they will complete with a personally selected person to ride the horse. mitt romney chose the music. the soundtrack from the movie "rainman." >> rafalca, we need you to save the farm. >> it's line "babe ii." >> chicks hate me. >> ann romney has climbed to the upper ranks to the sport of dressage, not as a rider but -- there are people to do that. >> the horse and riding team are from california.

romney officials say she will not fly to the dutch town of hergandergabersh. >> jim would know it. she is supposed to be in -- >> it's boshk! >> she is not going to be there. until recently her -- such an elite event would have been automatic attendee. >> are dressage horses the new wind surfing? >> i think so. except people have heard of wind

surfing. dressage comes with enormous expenses -- >> as opposed to the modern equestrian events which involve break dancing. >> yes. >> i can't help but think this was not part of god's plan. >> it is a sport of the rich and famous -- really -- bill gates, yadda, yadda -- an array of burdens that go well beyond the competitions. there are enormous transportation costs that come when animals that are shuttled to and from competitions in

england. >> and you know why? because president obama is an elitist. >> that's right. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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♪ it's our surly associate producer and phone screening, rebecca tailor. >> what, bitch, what? >> you think that's a character? that is how she talks. >> people think this is the not real, but i really really hate you. >> i know, and i just told her she had to come on air, and she is like, i'm putting on my lipstick. >> exactly. >> she just came in the bathroom and screamed at me that i missed the toss. >> request you call 1-800-steph-1-2, you to can get this respect. >> you give me the respect that i'm entitled to! >> you are not one of my fans, i'm going to guess.

[ laughter ] >> mark writes at stephaniemiller.com where you can contact all of us. mark says congratulations on the new show. there is one troubling aspect of your show. it is the matter of the lovely and talented call screener are are -- rebecca tailor, she is started to believe the roll she is playing. >> perhaps she is lashing out at a cruel and insensitive world much as an abused small animal

might. she has been reduced and beat all of your staff to self respect has long-since departed. bye-bye. >> bravo! >> i share your lack of concern. >> i have never heard someone write a thesis about me that was so dead on. >> yeah. whatever [ censor bleep ]. >> i'm out of here. >> and make sure you slam the door extra loud like you usually do. surly teenager. [ door slams ]

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this tv thing is really making us into monsters. 6 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. she has been on before. it's surly associate producer, and call screener rebecca tailor. good morning rebecca. >> what, bitch what? >> if you think that is a character -- that is how she talks. >> people think this is not real, but i really really hate you. >> i know. and i just told her she has to come on air, and she is like i'm putting on my lipstick bitch. >> exactly. and i don't want to scream at you again. >> if you call 1-800-steph-1-2

this is the respect you can get. >> you give me the respect that i'm entitled too! >> i'm going to guess it's because you are not one of my fans. mark writes at stephaniemiller.com, where you can contact all of us. mark says steph congratulations on the new show there is one troubling aspect of your knew show, it's the meter of the lovely and talented call screener. her reputation as surly has gone far beyond what it once was, and there is a real reason to be concerned that she is beginning to identify this character much like are as you have identified with the character you play that of a wine-swigging shut in.

perhaps she is simply lashing out at a cruel and unufshlal world that has done her so wrong, much like an abused small animal might. [ laughter ] >> it has reduced her indeed all of your staff in which any self respect has long since disappears. bye-bye >> bravo, bravo. [ laughter ] >> i have never heard someone write a thesis about me that was so dead on. >> someone has got to care about you, because i don't give a [ censor bleep ] >> you know what, f-you. >> get out. >> i'm out of here. take these. >> good-bye. >> i will concur her. >> and make sure you slam the door extra loud like you usually do. surly teenager.

[ door slams ] [ applause ] >> all right. [ laughter ] >> it's an all an act she loves with me heat of a thousand white-hot suns. [ romantic music ] >> momma dave -- mommy tickets are selling fast. the national review guy, michael coleman has been marry of columbus since 1999, and he is a blaaaa -- [ dramatic music ] >> i have instructed my children and the staff of the show what to do if they ever encounter a dave derbisher on the street. stay out of those neighborhoods. you'll be find. >> all right. >> hey columbus, we have the

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women strips naked at denver airport. she suffered some sort of nervous breakdown. denver airport is very stressful. [ applause ] >> a lot of people have been having nervous breakdowns around airlines lately. >> you get through security faster. >> she was very nearly in the mile high club. [ laughter ] [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> dealer hopes cops won't notice 89 bags of dope died to his penis. cops discovered a bug of

drugs -- >> bag of drugs or marijuana? >> i'll get to it. then he gave him a third bigger surprise. he had initially been pulled over for a broken taillight. back at the station they noticed he had a whopping 89 smaller bags of cocaine tied to his penis. he writes the real take away here is the plastic bag around your gentiles is not the safe haven you may have thought it was. >> can i just say now is though time to invest in lady's

undergarments. so if you are smuggling drugs, wear panties and a garter belt. >> thank you, john. >> i get a grant from the government if i'm helpful. >> that's my take away from today's show. >> there you go. >> a lot of prominent donors of mitt romney have been for marriage equality. which koreas at it -- a conundrum conundrum. >> they try to divide and concur among blacks and gays. this race could be so tight that he -- that the black -- the polling unfortunately with blacks they are not as supportive of marriage equality and it's a political calculus. there are still people out there who are afraid of change. bill clinton signed the

defensive marriage act into law during an election here. if he hadn't done it there might have been a chance that bob dole could have been elected president. i have no doubt that the president will come out in favor of marriage equality one year into his second term. >> yeah. >> again, it's something else romney is going to have to flip flop from. he delivered a speech from cpack and talked about how severely conservative he was, and preeventeded massachusetts from becoming the las vegas of gay marriages. >> and he used to support it. >> yeah. yeah. and nam and other things

promised to retaliate if he did not sign the pledge. romney is well aware of the disastrous long-lasting impact on the republican party that occurs when presidents break pledges! [ dramatic music ] . >> oh, god. i respected jon huntsman because he would don't anything of that stuff -- >> yeah, well that's why he didn't go anywhere. >> the other white meat. >> i just met his daughter this morning. >> oh yeah. >> whew. >> you are a little frisky this morning. >> well, i'm going on the show with you tomorrow. >> ♪ i'm feeling supper nothing

bugs me, everything is super when you're drunk ♪ >> a second undercover investigation has discovered that bachmann and associates, please and thing you, still offering ex-gay counseling. the counselor talked a lot about surrendering to god. she told me -- she told me if i wanted to be happy i could give my problems to the lord and he could take them away. marcus bachmann admitted the clinic would perform reformative therapy if asked. >> she still uses too much teeth on a corn dog. >> i just see you and i see

your ass face! >> you are a barbarian and you need discipline. >> i can't be with you people because you are bastard people. >> all right. 17 minutes after the hour. >> oh, boy. >> one suspects that michele bachmann is still suffering show tune-related hangover. >> shut up! >> 17 minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: for a good time call now, 1-800-steph-1-2. ♪ >> and four minutes. >> no hi -- high, no low.

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>> meanwhile in glenn beck land. >> yeah. >> copy ratings and a christmas sweater. granted i have to say, the christmas sweater is one of the most laugh-out-loud funny shows you will ever see. granted, it is not supposed to be but it is true. it's hard to breathe because you will holding your hand over your mouth in the not funny parts. and that's what makes it funnier. >> he does have an excellent phone manners with his callers. ♪ say you ♪ >> get off of my phone you little pin head! i don't care! you people don't care! i'm going to lose my mind today!

>> you have to pick your head up and put it back on your shoulders, because it is rolling over all right now. >> that's a high scream for a man. [ screaming ] >> didn't mark levin yelled at somebody. >> no fake mark levin tweeted to me this morning, get off my screen! sarcastic. >> hi, steph. i'm in love with you. >> oh isn't that special. >> and my husband has too. >> oh a three-way. >> you know how ann romney was

talking about she was a mom and it was hard work, and we have already covered that this morning, but one of the things that entertained me about that is when the footage came out when mitt romney was talking about he was willing to have the kids go to day care blah blah blah because there was dignity in work. >> yes because mother even with kids two years old need to work. >> that's right. look at his five sons, getting $100,000 year tax free off of their trust accounts, that's exactly what they raised. >> that's right. dog wars escalate. barack obama ate dog meat -- [ screaming ] . >> -- when he was nine. >> yeah. so that's reflective of his decision-making skills.

>> when you are nine you eat what is put in front of you. >> mitt romney fighting back on the war on dogs. this is from president obama's memoir dreams of my father. he talked about what he ate as a little boy. and what is the next attack that will surface on a six to ten year old. >> yeah, exactly. >> at one point i have it on good authority, that obama actually peed his pants. granted he was wearing a diaper at the time -- >> that's when he ate dog pancakes. >> yeah. >> maria in chicago. hi, maria. >> hi, stephanie. i love your show and all of your are wonderful.

>> thank ya. >> i'm very nervous. >> don't be nervous. >> i want to make a little riddle and then make a point about the job creators. >> i prehaiku but go ahead. >> what does gop stand for? >> what. >> while they take care of the 1% they go pee on the rest of us. >> all right. >> they keep saying you can't raise taxes on the job creators. i keep thinking we haven't raised taxes on the rich for the last four years, and look at the economy. i'm homeless now because when clinton was president i was able to buy a new car and new home and i was in my 20s.

>> that's because they don't actually care what happened to the country anymore. >> as you said they renters. >> yeah, that's why romney is not releasing his tax returns, because none of his money gets filtered to year. >> and eric boller said they must be astounding. >> yeah. >> hi, mike. >> hi, testifyny. i want to say not all fat balding white men in missouri like rush limbaugh are fascist. >> okay. >> hunter's alert is for all hunters in the vicinity of the scalia, cheney, nugent hunting party, don't yell coyote. >> well, the problem is they will reflectively shoot each other. >> yes. >> victory in grand rapids on

the paul ryan budget. >> hi, stephanie. >> hi. >> you are supposed to do air quotes when you say paul ryan. >> yeah. >> oh okay. okay. listen paul ryan the ryan/romney budget? >> uh-huh. >> jennifer grandholm had a bit on last night, which was a bit of encouraging news. she had a sister samone -- i forget her last name. >> right. >> who had written a better to paul ryan about his budget. paul ryan was on this christian radio talk show on sunday, and he said the ryan budget was guided by his christianity. >> oh. >> i'm going to be on with the governor tomorrow night. she is awesome. we'll be right back on the

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to good paid for by current tv. >> this is cenk uygur and we want to tell woman stephanie miller to current tv. >> i'm keith olbermann stephanie miller good luck. >> and here he is live and in person, cenk uygur. >> hello. it's great to be here. >> i was saying -- and not to be a big suck up -- i mean i am -- >> that's what i was saying. >> exactly. truly before they were doing this with us i said current is actually doing liberal television. the corporation structure, you are too good for it. >> yeah they are not playing. they really give you independence --

>> the fact that i'm still on the air after an hour proves that point. >> no, and it really is night and day. there's -- there's the big corporation up -- that has all of the deals with the government, et cetera, whereas we don't have any of those worries, so they let us rip on current -- >> i think you are the only human i have ever met that has turned down a television show but because of principal. [ laughter ] >> that must make mitt romney's head spin. >> i don't understand this principal thing -- >> can't they just change? >> yeah, i guess so. and it's true. the thing is we -- i had a fallback which made it easier for me so the fallback was "the young turks"s, our online show

so it doesn't take as much courage. i want to do an honest show that tells people the reality in the country. if i could don't that there is no point. i could have remained a lawyer and made a lot more money. >> and just hate you. >> they hate you plenty now. [ laughter ] >> we were told there is no way they are going to go with a radio show it's too risky. and that's what i'm saying i think they are really doing something progressive. hi is [ indiscernible ] is progressive show, no offense to him. >> no offense to him. [ laughter ] >> joe is a conservative guy,

and he doesn't hide that. he is right-wing so msnbc has some great shows, at the same time their morning is completely and utterly conservative, in some ways more than fox news because they take these right-wing ideas and try to normalize them. >> we have to hand it to current for the courage to hire somebody completely inappropriate in every way for morning television. [ applause ] >> this is the longest we have ever been on tv. almost an hour and 15 minutes right now. somewhere i hear al gore. >> stephanie, i really think . . . this isn't going to work out . . . i made a terrible

mistake. >> i'm expecting that call at any moment. >> i think tipper wants to put a warning label on your show. >> right. were you surprised at some of these reactions to the president's reactions on trayvon martin. >> yes, and know. i thought they would leave it alone, because it sounded like such a losing direction. on the other hand i know they can't help themselves especially newt gingrich. there isn't anything that newt gingrich hasn't called reprehensible, historically terrible. he loves throwing the word historical around -- >> because he is a historian. >> yeah, so when he went in that direction and said was this mean the president doesn't care as

much as if a white boy was killed. >> i'm sure the president will say that today. >> but that's why i always say we have to go super hard against the republicans. there is an article on "politico" on which the democrats right getting a a -- aggressive on issues. >> uh-huh. newt gingrich, i mentioned this earlier, sometimes you have to -- really, did he say that? he said he understands why some americans might think the president is a muslim. the policies are too sensitive to christians or jews. it's kind of -- they watch the

kind of things i just described to you. he doesn't explain what is behaving like a muslim mean? >> it sounded like he was saying, i can understand why you said he is a muslim because i said he was a muslim. >> i take the president at his word if he says he doesn't do that. but i'm just saying. >> it's funny you mention the rug in the oval. >> yeah, i wondering why they changed the rug. >> yes. [ dramatic music ] >> george bush could not stop talking about that [ censor bleep ] rug. >> if i wet myself no one will

know. >> cenk thank for joining us in the midst of a santorum surge. i know it's a biohazard to go outside during a rick santorum surge. >> and he is gaining from behind. >> oh, no. [ somber music ] . >> listener gene has another fotthy song for us. here we go. ♪ hey kids, gather around frothy santorum made it very, so they say, you can't go to bed and you can't be wed if you choose to be a gay ♪ ♪ frosty santorum says that birth control is wrong, and you

are out of luck if you get knocked up go to tell if you go wrong ♪ ♪ we all know his position, missionary and nothing more and the spanish inquisition has some good ideas for sure ♪ frosthy santorum tossing health care, education, regulations in the ditch ♪ ♪ oh frothy santorum knows the hour is growing late and if satan wins anyone but him it will break up church and state ♪ ♪ you'll deal with global climate change by claiming it's a hoax ♪ ♪ and health care is reserved for just the very richest folks ♪ >> all right. thank you, gene. [ applause ] >> that was really good

actually. >> yeah. everyone got in their home studios what with tv and everything. >> yes. >> santorum has his own song. the christian twins who are they? first love -- something. camille and haley harris. >> the one that were amazed he didn't have an abortion for his last kid? >> no. ♪ gay mom ♪ ♪ we finally got a man who will stand for what is right ♪ ♪ game on victory is in site ♪ ♪ we have a man who understands god gave the bill of rights ♪ >> and the president isn't white. [ laughter ] ♪ maybe the first time since we had ronald reagan ♪ [ buzzer sounds ]

>> gong you are out! reagan reference. >> chuck what's his face. >> chuck norris? >> no. >> but that gay on? that song? [ laughter ] >> i was just trying to make it out. >> i love the story in the "new york times" that said santorum doesn't have the money to make his name a household name, a lot of people still pronounce it sanatorium. [ applause ] >> game own. >> not gay on. >> not chuck norris. >> chuck bareries. >> yeah they shouldn't be kicked in the head -- >> although if chuck norris was in the cia he may have had action games. >> cenk uygur is here the whole hour. >> that's right.

>> much like a hostage situation, but we don't care. >> we're getting cenky with it. [ laughter ] ♪

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>> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ >> uh-huh. it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it, 24 minutes after the hour. there you go. there is your light. cenk uygur from "young turks" is here. they said can he move a little over to the right, not politically. there you go. now you are perfect. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> they put in our robotic cameras that were apparently blocking everybody's shot. >> we're going to work on that. it wasn't an issue when it was just a radio show. >> we need to see the bob dole

face -- >> can i have the pen? bob dole. >> can you get rid of the microphones? they get in the way. >> yeah, now it's the point. jim said why do you have to do the face -- >> i went as bob dole one halloween. >> bob dole has to stop doing bob dole in the third person. >> that's scary. >> yeah. >> lj in washington state you are on cenk. >> yeah. i'm here with have both open carry and concealed weapons. you have wildlife for one, two, the kid is a kid a juvenile. he should have simply stated i'm visiting my father.

i'm in such and such apartment. the father is responsible for everything this kid does and does not do -- >> it's the kid's fault he got shot because he didn't say the right things. >> no, he didn't identify himself. >> how do you know that. >> on your stand your ground it is anywhere on your property. >> no it refers to anyone. >> anywhere on your property -- >> no, you are wrong, sir. so -- >> all right. you are disqualified. [ buzzer sounds ] >> a right-wing caller tried that last week. they call and try to spread misinformation. >> we have tapes of zimmerman talking to the cops on the phone. we don't know anything that trayvon said or did. >> yeah. >> apartment from being unarmed. >> we had larry prat on "the

young turks" on friday and got into a nice shouting match with him. >> i heard that, yeah. >> he claims according to a witness in orlando that trayvon martin at some point got the upper hand and hence george zimmerman had the right to shoot him. and trayvon martin if felt threatened should retreat. >> yeah. >> they are looking for an excuse to justify shooting the kid. >> he was either defending himself or running away too fast. >> and you can't even believe the stupidity, it's like herral doe rivera. and right after that fox news

stopped selling hoodies in their on-line store. >> when he tries to bring his son into it, and tell him to stop wearing that. are you kidding me? it is literally like in the rape cases when they say she was wearing a short skirt. >> yeah. >> let's go to mark in pennsylvania. hey, mark. >> hi. welcome to current tv, you and your adorable crew. >> thank you. they are adorable. >> george zimmerman had he had any training at all whatsoever before doing this? gun training. he puts himself in the dark in a tense situation of his own making -- >> right. >> but we have no idea if he has had any training for this. >> yeah. >> he is not law enforcement, in which you are trained not to

shoot somebody -- >> that's right. that's why that 911 operator said, we don't need you to do that. >> he tried to be a cop and he didn't make it. >> that's shocking. why do i sense he guarded an orange julius store at the mall. the "stephanie miller show" wishes to apologize to all orange julius shops. all right. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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♪ this hour of the "stephanie miller show" brought to you by mark, joyce, and the springer spaniel. congratulates steph and the mooks for your first day on tv. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> i'm joined by cenk uygur of "the young turks." time enough to talk about dick cheney's new heart. >> he had one in the first place. [ buzzer sounds ] >> there you go news buster. when the headline saying dick cheney finally got a heart -- >> i already had a heart. >> there was controversy over whether he was too old. >> it turns out that sometimes the rich and powerful in this

country get an extra break. [ dramatic music ] >> it's really weird. i know. >> you tweeted about government health care, but i mean -- >> you know people have been tweeting, you know, to our account saying, can you imagine now that there -- they want to do like an exemption -- you know how your driver's license says organ donor, they want say organ donor asterisk but not to dick cheney. >> yeah. >> david said mitt romney is the godfather of our health care plan. mitt romney will cut taxes for people like him.

huge tax cuts i think will help the country and add more to the deficit, he doesn't believe in the energy of the future, those things will not be released. >> i don't know how he runs away from romney care. do you? >> i'm of the opinion that president obama is not quite as tough of campaigner as a lot of people think. i hope i'm wrong about that -- >> it may not be necessary by the time it gets to us, i don't know. >> yeah, and second of all, they are going to have an agreementfest. romney is going to pretend he is against obamacare, and obama is saying they are exactly the

same. the other thing they are not hitting him on is he talked about how he is uniquely qualified to create jobs. >> he is uniquely qualified to outsource jobs. >> every sentence would have begun if i was running against him, is well as number 47 says. >> yeah. >> which in the general election they should absolutely positively do. this guy is terrible at job creation. >> yes. he'll get huge majorities in china. we are in the mid-s of santorum surge. frothy. >> we have won our 11th state in this primary fight. >> so i don't know. is there still a chance for a brokered convention? >> i think so.

so, now realistically for santorum to get enough delegates to win outright he would have to win about 75% of the remaining delegates, which is not possible. >> right. >> but is it possible that he could get enough delegates that romney would not be able to do it on his own, and hence we would have a contested convention? yes, of course that's possible. you think he is not going to win in kentucky, and arkansas and who knows what happens in texas. so then it's possible to do what gingrich was suggesting a little while ago. put my delegates along with santorum's delegates and the next thing you know, it was nice knowing you. >> and sarah palin stands ready to run.

>> guys and gals! >> rick santorum in louisiana. >> if you are looking for someone who can match up and defeat barack obama in this election, someone who can take it to the president make him the issue in this campaign stand up for the principals that made this country great the people of louisiana sent a loud and clear message. this race is far from over. >> if only rick santorum had a theme song. >> i know even my sister was saying, well, at least he believes something. it's horrible, but at least he believes something -- >> well, there is that. >> yeah, as opposed to mitt romney who believes he will change his mind in the next second or two. >> can you even believe that etch-a-sketch moment? >> i know. >> you just go he did not just

say that. [ somber music ] >> first of all i was really proud that joe klein asked that question. and romney goes to ever new project and says what do we need to do? do i need to be more liberal than ted kennedy? doan. more conservative than rick santorum santorum? done. >> yes really nicely played there, very consistent. [ applause ] >> can i say something? enlightened girl in the chat room says cenk has a, quote you guys are nuts look on his face. >> let me try. >> the camera doesn't lie. >> normally people just couldn't see the looks of disgust on people's faces.

cenk is like what have i gotten myself into? >> no no no. believe me. we are pretty nuts at "the young turks." >> yeah. angie good morning. >> good morning. these people coming out in support of george zimmerman, these people are not showing any empathy or anything else. >> angie that's exactly the problem with this law. you don't get to shoot someone because you have some shot in your mind they might be threatening to you. >> yeah. it's rid -- ridiculous he has not even say i'm sorry. >> one of his friends came out

and said he has been crying for days. >> yeah sure. >> i don't know the voracity of that, but what would have showed some degree of remorse is if he called the parents and said i'm so sorry. >> right. that's where i felt like the president hit the perfect parental chord. he said everybody rushes to say it is not a racial thing. we just had this caller say well he is hispanic. >> you can't be racist if you are not from sweden. >> yeah. yeah. exactly. >> he -- >> of course he wouldn't apologize to the parents, because he thinks they are also f-ing -- >> i'm sure it's legal because he is thinking i don't want to admit any fault here but you are right.

where has the human part of this gone. sue in florida good morning, sue. >> good morning, stephanie. thank you for taking my mom. >> you are welcome. >> i want to say i'm a jewish woman here in florida who supports mr. obama. now his attorney said this is not stand your ground this is self-defense. he would be arrested and i went out on the street corner, one minute, i registered five new democrats, and we are motivated in florida to get this law overturned. >> even rick scott said we should look at this law -- >> why did it take him so long, though? until his state was shamed into all of this? >> uh-huh.

>> and paul krugman has a very good article. alec, the american legislative exchange council, wrote this law, and then they actually put it in over 20 states. they are partly funded by the nra, the koch brothers, all of the usual suspects. >> yeah. they write so many of our local laws, and they do it for profit. they represent gun manufacturers, so the more guns there are out there, the happier they are. and that same group also represented for-profit prisons. the more people that have guns great. the more people that go to prison and these guys fund all of the respects? florida. they are given several millions of dollars to the republicans in

florida. >> you make me like most men so sad and happy at the same time. [ laughter ] >> but you are right. it does make -- are we ever going to make progress on any issue in this country? and the answer is know. looks a gabby giffords, shooting. i reacted the way i did because i can just imagine my mom coming home and saying your dad got shot in the face. >> yes. >> they turned into it a political thing. >> people are remarkably restrained. because if that happened to someone i love, i would say no, we have to do something about gun laws in this country. >> yeah.

>> i would lose my minds over it. and democrats are running scared on the gun issue because of a couple of elections a while back, so they will never address the issue and it sucks. >> yes. 46 minutes after the hour. he is here to hush our buzz and yet up our iq. right? [ laughter ] >> 46 minutes after the hour, right back on the "stephanie miller show." than this. >>occupy! >>we will have class warfare. >>i'm being violated by the health-care system. >>we're patrolling the area looking for guns, drugs, bodies. >>we go in and spend a considerable amount of time getting to know the people and the characters that are actually living these stories. >>the award winning series "vanguard" new episodes coming soon. only on current tv.

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we have been talking about the gop primary. rick santorum won louisiana. >> this is a clear and crisp statement, and that is you didn't get the memo that this race is over. we're still here. we're still fighting. >> okay. what is your -- you know, your -- are either of them going to get out -- gingrich or -- have you forgotten ron paul is still in it. >> i think they are sticking in it with some sort of v.p. angle. ron paul the old conspiracy theory on him, is that he could get enough votes to put mitt

romney over the top and that would get his son up next. >> oh. >> and what is with the turtlenecks. >> oh, it's awful. santorum said obama would be better than romney. >> oops. >> yeah, and he has been trying to walk that back for the last couple of days. >> yeah. >> blah blah >> blah blah >> blah blah okay. this is exciting news. paul ryan said he could consider running for vice president. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> oh, know. >> wow. >> right. based on his awful -- what was charlie pierce call it the zombie eyed granny starver.

>> yeah, paul ryan budgets is bold in that it creates a larger deficit. he gave $4 trillion in tax cuts to the rich. >> yeah you are right. the right-wing media has these little crushes like chris christie. yes, they are awful ideas but okay. [ sighs ] >> this is what newt gingrich is running on is big ideas. >> invading poland. >> that was a bold idea. >> they keep calling it an attempt to balance the budget but it adds trillions to the deficit. the main stream media has gotten to the point that they are so

obsessed with put inialty that they ignore the facts. >> right. and both side's are not worth considering when the other side's issues are awful. chris christie says i put the old people in a room and light them on fire, there i said it. and then they say that is a bold idea refreshing. >> another lie that they put out there about chris christie. is they are like he is such a regular guy. but he is not his major contributors are hedge fund managers from wall street. how can i find a clever way to get all of my rich friends tax cuts. >> that being said he was really

good as bobby on the sopranos. >> al go ahead. >> hi steph, congratulations on the new show! >> thank you. >> any time you hear those 911 calls of that man child screaming help how can you in anyway say it was self-defense? >> yeah, when they passed this law, almost every democrat said this is going to lead toe more homicides and killings -- [ coo coo clock chimes ] >> and who couldn't have seen this coming.

>> we quoted a reuter's article in 1985 that said this is going to cause more homicides. but hey, listen if i chased down trayvon like zimmerman did and then he looked at me so i shot him in the head. it's a dangerous road to go down -- >> the new black panthers are already heading that direction. >> kevin in santa fe you are on. >> i took my truck out for a ride on the intertubes this morning. and george zimmerman lives six inches away. he doesn't live inside this gated community.

the man is a stocker. >> yeah, good word for it. >> he called 911, 49 times in the last year, and mostly reporting black males. >> yes. >> i want to make it absolutely clear, it is definitely about race. if it was a black guy who shot a white guy, there's no way in the world the black guy wouldn't have been arrested on the spot. they would have checked his records and toxicology reports. >> yes. >> cenk what time can we see you on tv? >> 7:00 eastern. >> all right. thank you, honey. >> all right. thank you so much, guys.

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