[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> stephanie: good morning jacki schechner. here we are prepared as always on a monday and not drunk. >> me, i would never think you were drunk. >> stephanie: i was actually doing my personal freshness test. >> it is a monday. >> stephanie: it's a monday. we have eric boehlert coming up from right-wing world. we have the terrifying voter purge in florida.

we've got recall coming up. it is a big week. thank god jacki schechner is the only one here that's sober. >> good morning stephanie. good morning, everybody. as you mention, tomorrow is the day for the recall election of scott walker in wisconsin. he's going to face off against milwaukee mayor tom barrett. it is a rematch of the 2010 election where barrett lost by 5 points. two polls show that walker is ahead by 3 points in one six in other but those are both within the margin of error. turnout is going to be key. election officials have estimated 60% to 65% of eligible voters will turn up out up from 2010. whether tomorrow means anything depends on who you read they say it will put wisconsin back into play for mitt romney. it has not gone for republican since it went for ronald reagan in 1984.

"the associated press" reports that tomorrow is likely nothing more than a wisconsin specific contest. if the president holds advantages in the state that cannot be overcome by a walker win with african-americans and college students. tomorrow, california voters will go to the polls and take part in the state's first ever nonpartisan primary. the top candidate from each political party, they'll send the two candidates with the most votes regardless of political affiliation to the general election. advocates have made the change hoping it will break partisan gridlock and encourage candidates to appeal more to the middle. however, it could take a few cycles to materialize. primaries tomorrow in new jersey, new mexico, south dakota and monday can na. we'll have -- montana. we'll have all of the coverage for you tomorrow. we'll have more news in the next hour. stephanie is coming up. you can join us online at current.com/stephaniemiller. we'll see you there.

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>> stephanie: oh, we're on the tv. well, hello! an engineer was crawling underneath me. have i been so -- why can't i get the respect i'm entitled to around here in radioland. >> you give me the respect that i'm entitled to. >> stephanie: i'm guessing they're not one of my fans. >> it is recall day in wisconsin. >> tomorrow. >> stephanie: i'm getting to that. >> supposedly he's ahead. >> stephanie: by the way, if you want to help recall walker, even if you don't live in wisconsin, they have a great thing up at current current.com/wisconsin. give you some ideas on how you can help. >> we put a link to it up on your facebook page as well. >> stephanie: thank you. [ applause ]

>> stephanie: even if he doesn't get recalled, there is a good chance he's going to prison. >> do you know what they do to soft bald overweight republicans in prison? >> he's soft. >> stephanie: he will be about the time he -- by the time he gets there. are those public workers in prisons? they are. the state workers. >> they might be unionized. >> state workers get cranky when they get their pensions taken away. >> just saying. >> news busters? >> i'll get to that. might as well get to it now. >> stephanie: thank you news busters. >> the vaseline fans over at news buster. >> stephanie: they take our bait every time. >> they do. >> stephanie: just, big wise mouth right-wing bass. all right. tim graham. i think tim graham.

[nah, nah] >> jim graham is a part of right-wing world with eric boehlert next hour. >> >> stephanie: love you tim. news busters exposing and combating liberal media bias. liberal bias here in liberal radio and on current it. >> they're certainly per centive. >> stephanie: all right, columbo. >> al gore's station has a point of view, huh? just sayin'. >> stephanie: okay. all right. here's the thing that mainly -- that strikes me when we make news busters chris because they helpfully post the transcript. hey, that was really funny. [ applause ] okay, so the headline is on "the stephanie miller show," they joke about fox making anti-obama fetish porn. steve ducey with vaseline. liberal radio host.

>> liberal. >> thy drew out the -- they drew out the l in liberal. >> i'm scared of that word which is why i named my tour that. stephanie miller was whacking away at fox news on thursday. yes. that's my bag, baby! >> they gave us such great ammunition. how could we not? >> stephanie: from her tiny bunker on the turn cable it network and liberal talk radio. are they referring to mini jim? >> we fixed that with the fourth camera. and the better chair. >> stephanie: wow so -- this is quoting me. so fox and friends airs essentially what is a form at this free anti-obama ad. democratic consultant/gay activist karl frisch. i just love that. everybody that's gay apparently is actively gay according to news busters. he's just a democratic consultant. who happens to be gay but they

call him homosexual activist which makes them sound like a gay. just really active. >> i dare day sha tim graham is actively douche baggy. just saying. some people say. >> stephanie: activist douche bag tim graham. >> some people say. >> stephanie: had to make it porny. i'm not sure that's a word. >> porny is not a word. >> stephanie: the value of airing such a commercial has calculated about $100,000. the real story is the shortage of personal lubricant in new york city because it amounts to anti-obama fetish porn. now that i'm reading it again, that was really funny. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] >> stephanie: miller's sidekick chris lavoie say -- might we say astro glade. which is the -- astro glide which is the official lubricant

of "the stephanie miller show." >> i got a t-shirt. >> that you wore quite a lot to spin class. >> i've had an elderly gentleman ask me what astro glide is. >> it is something astronauts use to the use in spacement. >> stephanie: ducey was holding a jar of vaseline. once again, i thought funny because it was anti-obama porn. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] >> stephanie: thank you, news busters. notice they didn't take issue with the issue at hand which was the 4 minute long obama commercial. they took issue with the use of vaseline. they had no mention about the topic. >> stephanie: they prefer different lubricant and we apologize. >> maybe we should get astro glide to send to news busters. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] stft other big news, i'm going to a live pro obama ad. i meet the president.

it is big fund-raiser here in l.a. with pink and ellen degeneres has just been added wednesday. >> pink will recover in time. >> stephanie: i know. i saw that. i was like you better -- >> she was in the hospital. >> stephanie: raise your glass. >> stomach flu. >> she may have ulcers. >> stephanie: so what. she's still a rock star. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] see what i did there? >> you can't get fancy organ is i with ulcers. >> stephanie: by the way the amount i paid to sit in traffic for what will probably be several days because when the president's in town anyway, but now i've got to go to where the president is going to be on wednesday. so i better leave now. it is wednesday evening. i have to leave now i think. all right, so berman coming up with news about florida. good news there is thank god for

the justice department and i believe every single election supervisor has suspended this voter purge. >> yeah, good. >> stephanie: we'll check in on all of that. eric boehlert joins us to cohost right-wing world. i called you yesterday. >> you did? >> stephanie: i called you several times over the weekend which i know you enjoy. >> it is awesome. >> stephanie: why, jim? because once again gregory was making my head explode. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: i sometimes have to vent when he's on "meet the press." >> stephanie: i was trying to be fair, too. he should do it to either side. shouldn't you have some basic preparation when you know what the topic is going to be that when they roll out a new talking point, you have some sort of facts to dispute it either way. >> right. >> stephanie: because i was like -- we've heard over and over again and you know why? because it is true -- [ ding ding ] 47th out of 50 states in job

creation. [ applause ] >> the only states lower than him were affected by katrina. >> stephanie: actually one. the other two in the rust belt. whatever. see, i've done my research. see what i did that? i refuted someone on my own show. >> i obviously didn't do my research. >> stephanie: see. you can tell, jim, particularly when it is on the same show when they've rolled out a new strategy because john kasich said it. >> it appears on all three or four shows. >> stephanie: he wasn't 47th. he was blah, blah, blah, blah, blah and they obfuscate the numbers. >> they do what? >> stephanie: obfuscate. >> you obfuscated that word. >> stephanie: the point is they try to obscure the true facts. >> obfuscate. >> stephanie: i was going to say -- obscure but then i -- all right. my point is that they go out there and it was like wow, this smells [ bleep ] >> bull crappy?

>> stephanie: smells a like bull [ bleep ] sure enough, it was. he wasn't 47th. he was blah, blah, blah, blah. when he took over, we were 51st. by the time he left, we were -- wait a minute. this can't be true. gregory just sits there like oh. >> we'll have to leave it there. >> stephanie: there's two sides to everything. we'll leave it there. because you had whoever was on the democratic side said it was 47th. he acknowledged the record was not good. he left a mountain of debt. he was 47th in job creation. chris, you were saying this is what they do. they try to like -- oh, well the first year this and if you do this, it is like no! give me a break. so sure enough, i went to media matters. during mitt romney's term, the state rank the worst in job

creation. this is the whole thing he is running on on job creation. he tried this when he ran for governor of shoes. because of my business experience at bain, i'm going to blah, blah, blah. this couldn't be more relative. abc and nbc sunday shows allowed romney's campaign surrogates to obscure the record using a new talking point that he ended his term with massachusetts ranked in the middle of the pack. you're responsible for all four years you were in. you take the average. it is like -- by the way we'll get to the numbers. by the fourth year we're not great. a little better. oh, if you average that out. it is just a load of [ bleep ] i'll tell you all of the details of that particular load as we continue. 17 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: call stephanie now. she's easy. 1-800-steph-12.

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>> location midway between the loudspeakers. >> one, two, three four, hit it. >> this sequence is repeated several times. >> uh! >> stephanie: okay. 22 minutes after the hour. i won't say what that sounds like. 1-800-steph-12. more roughage. 1-800-steph-12. we're rockin' it. we've got it. let's go to randy in seattle. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi randy. >> caller: good morning, stephanie, how are you? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. the word liberal, how conservatives use it as a dirty word, it really bothers me. i think -- i'm not into

name-calling -- >> stephanie: me, too. that's why i call it stephanie miller sexy liberal comedy tour. >> i think we should use the word "fascism" as well because what their agenda is they satisfy all 14 points of a fascist agenda. this bit about media being liberal, how can it be liberal when six conglomerates, six corporations own all of the media outlets and they bring to the right wing nuts of the country. >> stephanie: that's what i'm saying about "meet the press" and these other shows. i'm try tock fair. do it to democrats too. if they stated incorrect. there can't be two sets of numbers or fact. >> uh-huh, can too! >> stephanie: if he knows he's going to be talking about mitt romney's record -- >> he should study up on it. >> stephanie: have some basics. they're always completely unprepared. he let michele bachmann talk like 20 minutes of straight

[ bleep ] just completely incorrect facts without even saying well, that's just incorrect. you know. >> we'll have to leave it there. >> stephanie: sherry in california, more important topic. hi sherry. >> caller: hi. i have something for you this morning. >> stephanie: what's that? >> caller: i have a card that i opened up and it goes like this. ♪ >> stephanie: thank you. it is the snoopy dance. >> we were doing that during the break. [ applause ] >> thank you sherry. ♪ snoopy dance ♪ >> stephanie: all you need is google. you don't even need to be a good producer. i'm not casting any spurs within present company but the producers of "meet the press" for instance. >> oh, okay, thank god i don't work for them. what's this?

labor department figures shows massachusetts ranked 47th in the rate of job growth in the four years ahead of only % chicago, louisiana and michigan. >> what does the labor department know about that? >> stephanie: media matters pointing out romney campaign surrogates argue massachusetts went from 51st to 30th in job creation. most normal people go here's somebody's record of the four years. here's what happened. you know. you can't -- okay. so ed gillespie said massachusetts was 51st in job creation when romney took over. during an interview on fox -- the only person that challenged anything was chris wallace on fox news. which is like huh? [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] ed gillespie argued massachusetts ranked last in job creation to number 30th. host chris wallace disputed the numbers. there is something that's gone awry -- >> when chris wallace is seeming more fair. >> stephanie: this is why he

has the lowest ratings on fox news. noting that over the four years it was 47th. there's no question about that. here's the actual transcript. gillespie, the first year it was 50th. when he took office. it was 51 if you count the district of columbia. gillespie said he ended his four years in office, it was number 30 so he moved it dramatically. wallace but wait over the four years, it was 47th. there's no question about that. the only network even david gregory, george stephanopoulos didn't do it. yeah, kasich did it. romney advisor kevin madden was the guy. what's his name etch-a-sketch, eric fehrnstrom. you can tell talking point they all said it almost exactly the same. yeah. "the boston globe." in romney's last full year in office, massachusetts grew bies 0.16%. they're saying oh, his last year was so spectacular it averaged

out, what happened. what? huh? yeah, the claim that massachusetts under romney ranked 47th out of 50 states in job growth is true. the romney campaign has not disputed its accuracy. if the district of columbia is included. that was 48th. over the four-year period, massachusetts jobs grew by 1.26%, well behind the national meediam of 4.84. >> so he wasn't 47th. >> so no matter how you spin it, it was a crappy record on job creation. one economist quoted here argued romney's frequent argument that unemployment dropped during his ten sewer a false indicator. he said the unemployment rate fell because people were leaving the work force in droves. >> nothing he's proposing to do as president is going to improve jobs. if anything, it will make it worse. >> stephanie: exactly. let's go to sharon real quick in massachusetts. hello, sharon. >> caller: hi, i'm just wondering what is going on with our democratic buddies here?

do they all go brain dead when they get on "meet the press"? >> stephanie: i actually thought the democrats were good. it was gregory was not challenging anything the republicans said. he just lets them put their own numbers out. fair enough. >> he was so quiet all the time i was watching it. i was going to say when is he going to jump in? >> stephanie: the only time, sharon is he did jump in on kasich when he talked about -- they can't have it both ways. look at how great the job numbers are in ohio. you're not bringing out the auto rescue which is the main reason. that was the only thing that david gregory challenged kasich on. we'll get back with more of that as we continue. 29 minutes after the hour. it is "the stephanie miller show." ♪ woo-hoo ♪

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>> i wouldn't want no policeman to catch me with no petticoat. >> policeman? how about fireman? >> when is the last time you wore a petticoat? >> stephanie: just this is weekend. i'm wearing one to meet the president this week. 34 minutes -- i'm practicing my curtsy. >> you can't get fancy or dancy in a petticoat. >> stephanie: 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 toll free from anywhere. would you like some actual facts? this is how you can tell the difference between us and "meet the press." [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] [flatulence sounds] >> stephanie: i was going

insane because he was letting one romney surrogate after another try to say oh, no, no, he wasn't 47th out of 50th in job creation. yes, he was! you take anybody's four-year term, 2003 to 2006, massachusetts jobs grew by 1.26% which we were saying was well behind the national median of 4.84%. so anyway, the previous governor, who was her -- what was her name? swift. jane swift. >> okay. >> stephanie: the previous governor. the national rank during her four-year term was 35th. in romney's four-year term, it was 47th. how else do you spin that? >> that's worst. >> stephanie: from one governor's four-year term to the next, the national ranking dropped 13 spots. so it just was a load of crap! they were like oh, things went great under romney. he took over. this and then he ended up at that. it is -- okay. all right. i mean you just -- okay.

i don't even know how to say it. john case, this was the other thing, at least -- what's his name, gregory called him on that. this is what they're trying to do. the republican governors. the economy is terrible. the president's awful. but here it is great because of me. [ applause ] [ ding ding ] >> stephanie: the auto rescue was a big reason for the ohio -- yeah. by the way here was the other thing he said. the president hasn't led. we get things done here. we get bipartisan things done here in ohio. i love this part of this laugh line in the "national journal," kasich -- unlike the situation for clinton and obama both chambers of the ohio legislature are controlled by republicans. see how much i'm getting done? all right. region nis detroit, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi regis. >> caller: hey, stephanie. how are you today? >> stephanie: good.

>> caller: thank you for wearing the detroit cap and you recognize the support we give you. kudos to you and your crew. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i wanted to make a comment on george zimmerman's bond being revoked. >> stephanie: he's back in jail. >> caller: at the same time it leaves his and his wife's credibility how they conspired to lie about their ability to pay. the bond hearing was your ability to pay principal. also -- >> stephanie: if you haven't even started the trial and the judge has already put you back in prison for lying, absolutely it goes to that obviously -- and a lot of other facts back up the fact he's not telling the truth about what happened. >> caller: the only thing we have to base what happened between him and trayvon is based upon what he said. we've seen his character is in question. also, they need to consider bringing his wife in and let her answer the questions why she lied under oath. >> stephanie: the other stuff that came out last week regis

evidence about how buddy-buddy he was with the police department. they absolutely went is that what happened? okay, good night. >> caller: he was parading around the station like he was a part of the staff. but you know, america a good, i believe. i believe that the truth will prevail. and i like to thank you and other media outlets that bring these things to light. according to mitt romney and the whole job thing in massachusetts, he made a comment on one television program he stated that the only reason he wasn't more successful is because he had opposing legislators. >> stephanie: there you go. that's what i mean. you can't have it both ways regis. the president -- should stop blaming congress. what does romney do? it is because of all of these democrats i had to work with. this is exactly -- he was driving me crazy. it looks like he wears eyeliner. [ ♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪ >> a lot of people on twitter said that yesterday. >> he forgot to clean up after the drag party.

>> stephanie: "the stephanie miller show" has information john kasich was at a a drag party before "meet the press." >> you can remove eyeliner with vaseline. >> stephanie: just sayin'. okay. he blamed president obama for blaming congress for the weakening of recovery saying the white house had failed to lead. see how that works? >> ever have a governor who is an idiot? >> stephanie: what the president needs to do is come out and say how he will fix things. yeah, he's been so silent on all of that. [crickets chirping] >> hello david gregory. some basic, if he's going to make a point like that about his record in ohio and that he got all of this stuff done and bipartisan, you might want to point throughout's no bipartisan when both houses of the legislature are your own party! >> if rachel were sitting on that panel, i don't think she

would have let him get away with that. >> stephanie: no. that's why she wasn't sitting on the panel. >> probably. >> stephanie: kasich was responding to comments from duvall patrick the democratic governor of massachusetts who echoed the white house in saying part of the blame goes to congress for failing to pass the president's job proposals. is that an opinion? no, that's just a fact. >> it is also a fact that many people on that side have said their sole goal is to prevent obama from having a second term no matter what it takes. that's one way you do it. >> stephanie: what we have is a congress that has decided there is political advantage in stymieing the president. kasich rejected those saying his work at the legislature and ohio have helped boost job growth in the state. he also -- he also noted when he served in congress, he worked with bill clinton to help turn a budget deficit to a surplus. once again -- >> this one time at band camp -- >> stephanie: but that's the point we've been trying to make

is this congress is unprecedentedly obstructionist. yes, exactly even back then, they at least came to the table to work with bill clinton. this is the problem. you think you're making some point about it is the president's fault. even bill clinton has made this point. he said i'm the executive in ohio. i can't blame the legislature for not getting things done. kasich did not know, however as i said before that unlike the situation where clinton and obama both chambers of the -- ohio legislature -- >> are republican. >> stephanie: okay. see, i'm taking after that republican guy. that will be our new thing is punching our papers that we don't like. oh! all right. >> ever have a governor who is an idiot? >> stephanie: he's paraphrasing john kasich. a trooper that pulled him over? darryl in chicago. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi darryl. >> caller: how you guys doing? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: you guys brought up the point i was going to make. if i was an obama surrogate, i

would take all of the tape they just did on "meet the press" and say how is it that republicans particularly romney, gets a narrative to explain himself where everything is just my fault when i came in on the greatest recession that we've had in the country. >> stephanie: that's what i mean. there's no two sides to facts and numbers. that's what kills me. i understand you can have an opinion about how to fix things or what works or what does. to let that go, like there's two sides to even math is -- >> sounds like you got something stuck in your craw. [ ♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪ >> stephanie: governor bob mcdonnell deserves credit for helping the virginia economy. he's off the short list for vice president. what? you can't say that! he admitted suns morning president obama slight credit for helping his state survive the economic crisis. >> that's more from obama has

gotten from anybody in congress. >> stephanie: did it help us in the short run with education and healthcare? does it help us in the long run to cut the unemployment rate? i would say no. mcdonnell acknowledging his state has the lowest unemployment rate in the southeast. imagine how much better we would do if we had president romney. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> you would have to imagine that because that makes no sense at all. >> stephanie: all right. let's go to charles in santa fe. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi charles. >> caller: hi, stephanie. love your show. >> stephanie: thank you, love you. >> caller: just calling in -- i was a journal feist long time. i did newspaper magazine, radio and television. when i watch these sunday shows where do they get their facts from? the republicans? it is fiction to me. alice in wonderland. and they get away with it. >> stephanie: i know. then when i heard the second

republican say it, the talking points have gone out. these anchors are -- george stephanopoulos, too, caught flat-footed. okay. jim was saying, you know, charles, i wonder if someone was in david gregory's ear like don't challenge it or we won't get anymore bookings from the romney camp. >> caller: you know, i think gregory is irritating to me that mocking smile. it is hard to take. i kept reaching for the mute button. >> stephanie: if rachel was on that panel, we would have seen an old-fashioned hook. >> caller: an old-fashioned something to keep him -- i -- i said yeah, that makes sense. whatever happened to the doctrine. you had to propose both sides. and that the audience make a choice. with this, they cram it down your throat. >> stephanie: the thing i don't like is making it sound like both sides have a point and then people get understandably

confused. i'm watching that going oh really? you know. if you're a normal person, you just go oh well, there's two sides to mitt romney's record then. no, there's not. >> they probably have preconditions to appearing on the show. don't ask me this. don't ask me that. >> stephanie: don't challenge. >> when i say this, shut up. >> you know what? i wouldn't accept that as a producer. of one of those shows. i would go without the booking. >> stephanie: that's why, you know, basically the three of us. [ laughter ] >> that's what rude pundit said. >> rude pundit gave conditions. i said no. >> you're gone then. >> he's coming back later in the week. >> stephanie: we kid. 45 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: this is like a mensa meeting with fart jokes. it is "the stephanie miller show."

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♪ >> stephanie: the tv thing is inconvenient in the sense people can see the main reason i come to work which is stuffing food in my face and have you do tech support on my ipad. [ applause ] people at go to pc sent me a % lovely engraved one. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] please keep typing stephanie in the box so i keep getting free

tchotchkes. >> it reduces the value. >> stephanie: stephanie miller [ laughter ] 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. 50 minutes after the hour. eric boehlert coming up. more great stuff. those people, they work for me now. i called you right after "meet the press." why doesn't media matters have anything up about this bull [ bleep ] from the romney camp. >> an hour later they had things up. they're good over there. they work fast. >> stephanie: tell that guy that wants to be a dentist to get to work. >> i would like to be a dentist. >> stephanie: here is an e-mail from a fine american nathan. i talked about this on friday. here's the thing. because of anybody with a google, chris, nobody should get away with this. producers in the control room. our listeners fact check better than david gregory was. i sent the tweet to ed schultz about the actual numbers of cases of voter fraud because he

had someone on there talking blah, blah blah blah, not necessary all of the voter measures, blah, blah blah. he says so that the producers obviously checked it. it got on the air immediately. >> sure. >> came back and said we got the number. it was -- hang on. [ ding ding ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: he goes on to say my tweet to the show was not everyone believes the lies that republicans tell the public. it took me 15 seconds to check how many actual cases happened. i am happy that you're available. i'm proud by fact checking, i was able to make a difference in the nation. keep up the good work. nathan, thank you. [ applause ] >> clearly, wolf blitter don't doesn't have a computer. >> stephanie: he wouldn't have said santorum surged as many times as he did if he was acquainted with the google. you would think he would not have said that a santorum spurt has led to a spurt in

fund-raising. >> you would think sitting in a room called the situation room he would understand the situation. >> edmonton have things like that at his disposal. >> he would have minority reports ready. but i think wolf might be old for that. >> stephanie: producers are already on that. but the tbact new media, it was like boom, tweet, came in. fact checked it. you know, before the end of the segment, you're able to go okay, the massive voter fraud you're talking about, seven cases. [ ding ding ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: millions and millions. keith in indianapolis, you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: four weeks ago when all of the pundits amongst others were on the president about this high price of gasoline. you know. and it seems like well, gee it is down 82 a barrel down 20 and

gas is down about 30 cents a gallon. >> stephanie: didn't newt gingrich have a whole like bunch of props and a whole set that had to do with -- >> yeah. >> caller: now that it is back down, where is the praise for the president? >> stephanie: try to sell that on ipad now. that will get less than my engraved ipad. he had a thing that sat next to him with the gas prices. where's that now? in the half off bin. >> where is your messiah now? >> stephanie: lamont in indiana. you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, steph, how you doing? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: it seems like with the democrats since the democrats took message, it has to do with boehner saying mr. president, where are the jobs. maybe obama should come out with a slogan saying mr. boehner

where is the help with the jobs? and everybody can start saying something. number two -- >> stephanie: it is your job to help with the jobs. >> that's a better slogan. >> exactly. people in wisconsin are funny. some signs up in wisconsin. scott walker governor scott walker starring in total recall. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] someone at the four winds hotel has recalled the poke sucker now. [ applause ] okay. derek in columbus. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi derek. >> caller: hey stephanie. talking about a lovely -- in the city of -- our lovely columbus dispatch wrote about he's getting all of the things done even with all of the -- lack of support from tea parties. his idea of bipartisan is trying to work within the tea party and the republican party to get

things done. and it is really depressing. >> stephanie: by the way, he is one of the worst approval ratings in the country. his union-busting bill went down in flames, you know. he's talking about oh, i'm getting all of this done for the state of ohio. he has two houses of the legislature run by republicans so it is just -- it is a load. you've gotta -- >> it is a pant load. >> thank you. it is a doughy pant load. much like jonah goldberg. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: that was gratuitous. >> it was. >> stephanie: fran in missouri. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi fran. >> caller: hello. i'll tell you what though with trump and romney, don't they have to take care of each other and their cohorts because you know, their goodies in the cayman islands as well as the tax deductions. what are they going to do if they don't have that anymore? >> stephanie: yeah. i read that romney's main reason he wants to be president is i think his tax bill goes up by $5

million. >> caller: yea. if the democrats would only have -- an ad on about romney looking at hamburgers when he did at that place and he said you have your food in paper? >> stephanie: that seems quaint to him. >> food in paper. >> stephanie: is that how people eat? >> is that how little people eat? >> stephanie: our help would be fired immediately. >> apparently romney has never stepped foot in a state fair. >> stephanie: it does not come in paper. >> where are the golden plates? >> stephanie: escargot not served in paper. sandra in orlando. welcome. >> caller: hey, how are you? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i figured out who is the real mitt romney. refer to the 1956 kevin mccarthy movie, the invasion of the body snatchers. mitt romney is a pod person. i would check john boehner's

house and paul ryan's house and mitch mcconnell's house and see if the evidence is there. >> stephanie: maybe he's part of the zombie apocalypse. >> i think this is where the tea party came from. >> stephanie: he could end up chewing rick perry's face off on an off-ramp in florida before this whole thing is over. he might snap under pressure if this campaign does not go well. we have to get to that next hour. did you see he was standing in front of solyndra last week? [ wah wah ] i guess the president should go deliver a speech there today. uh-oh, mittens oh, well. 58 minutes after the hour. back with eric boehlert to cohost right-wing world on "the stephanie miller show." i'm going to be on with the governor tomorrow night.

she is awesome. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> stephanie: it is the guitar-strummings of jacki schechner, rock star. in the current news center. so, jacki, you tweet you want to know if my personalized engraved ipad would get more than the jesus tortilla? >> the jesus grilled cheese. >> stephanie: the jesus grilled cheese. >> yeah, what do you think? >> stephanie: that's the consensus thus far? >> i haven't gotten anything back yet. i think it might yield more than the jesus grilled cheese. >> stephanie: i hope i don't have to pay for my virgin mary tortilla. >> good benchmark right?

you make more or less than jesus cheese. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: wacky. jacki schechner -- wacky jacki schechner. here she is. in the current news center. >> odd mix. good morning everyone. a new cnnorc international poll shows that the president is still more popular than mitt romney but romney's favorability ratings are going up. in february, he was at 34%. now he's at 48%. but the president is still at 56% in his favorability rating. when it comes to unfavorable, those men are at 42%. cnn says the president does much better with younger voters and mitt romney does better with senior citizens. the poll also found that 2/3 of the public has a favorable view of secretary of state hillary clinton whom house minority leader nancy pelosi rather says is the democrat's best shot for 2016. she gave an interview to the "san francisco chronicle" in which with she talked about

secretary of state clinton. clinton has repeatedly said she does not plan to run for president again. donors who backed president obama in 2008 by giving him money of more than $200 are not necessarily giving again. buzzfield points out that president obama had more than 50,000 donors -- 550,000 donors and 88% have not given that amount because they don't have to be itemized if there's less than $200 but according to interviews with dozens of what buzz feed calls drop-off donors there are several reasons why they haven't given money. some aren't excited about the president this time around. others don't have the money to spend. others don't believe the president needs the money now that' an incumbent. and others think their money would be better used on local race where is it would have more of an impact. we're back with more, of course after the break. you can always join us in chat,

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a busy boy this weekend and really mixed things up in wisconsin. >> stephanie: i heard! he's the dreamy david shuster as we refer to him. >> he will be on with us tomorrow to talk about all of this. >> caller: terrific! >> stephanie: walker's criminal troubles, correct? >> caller: yes. david shuster interviewed government lawyers familiar with the criminal probe and scott walker is the target of the probe. [ wah wah ] >> caller: that's a pretty bold statement for david to come out with. >> stephanie: you might want to think about that as you step into the voting booth tomorrow, wisconsin. >> caller: oh, yeah, i tell ya! [ applause ] >> stephanie: you heard that cheese heads. we'll talk to david shuster tomorrow. breaking investigative report. scott had already suggested that scott walker is at the heart of the john doe criminal corruption probe that charged six walker associates with 15 felonies. the report discusses an e-mail exchanged between walker and long-time advisor over a

contract that was under investigation for potential bid rigging. just saying, you might want to think about that before you step into -- >> malfeasance up near brainerd. >> stephanie: you get the idea. all right. stephaniemiller.com, the web site. executive producer chris lavoie, jim ward and me, stephanie miller. like blaine did. i'm a conservative that that listens to your show via i heart radio. i disagree with you about 100% of the time. wow. that's not easy to do. >> it is monday. i disagree. >> stephanie: however you guys are pretty funny. i like to hear opposing viewpoints. blah blah, right wing, blah blah, i'm not saying obama wasn't born in hawaii but if it was a typo, why was it not addressed until now? [ ding ding ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: it was addressed when it came out. >> it was not a book. it was a pamphlet. >> wouldn't you like to be a

birther? ♪ i used to be alone in the crowd ♪ ♪ but thanks to the internet, you see, i connect with idiots like me ♪ ♪ oh, i'm a birther she's a burger, wouldn't you like to be a burger too ♪ ♪ be a burger, drink kool-aid ♪ ♪ be a burger, scream bloody murder ♪ >> rocky mountain mic. >> stephanie: yeah. >> i agree that obama was born in hawaii. i disagree that's a part of the united states. >> stephanie: that has to be a small subset. billeters that disagree with 100% of what i say but love the show. thank you, blaine! [ applause ] >> we like you as long as you say she's funny. >> stephanie: one of our favorite times of the week. eric boehlert from media matters for america doing the lord's work as usual. ♪ hurts so good, come on, baby make it --

>> eric boehlert. >> stephanie: right-wing world. >> i don't know what that means. >> stephanie: eric boehlert. ♪ hurts so good ♪ >> stephanie: good morning eric boehlert. i was telling chris i was doing what i normally do on the weekend, having my head explode watching david gregory on "meet the press." i called chris and said how come it is taking media matters so long to debunk these right -- because you guys are so used to this. you hear a talking point. there it goes. romney was not 47th in job creation. you're like huh? >> that's wrong. this is what you and i always talk about. you expect things in the right wing media. there's david gregory. he lets it go like there's two sides to math. >> right. >> this is why media matters was created many years ago. so, we keep tabs on the right wing press. over the years, it has spilled into the mainstream media. it spills on to "meet the press" and it spills into "the

washington post" and that is a danger. look, if it was just this self-contained bubble, this right wing echo chamber and they just sort of -- this fever swamp and they -- each other into a frenzy, that's disturbing in and of itself. we would still document it. the problem is it jumps and people start taking it seriously. >> stephanie: by the way don't you love that apparently romney is not responsible for the first year of his term but obama is to blame for all of the job losses in the first year of his term that had nothing to do with george bush, apparently. right? >> not even the first year. right. the romney explanation of massachusetts is well, you know, i inherited this bad situation. you don't say! >> stephanie: yeah, you don't say. you can't turn around a statewide economy in your first day in office. gee, i wonder why obama couldn't turn around a country -- a nationwide economy. >> stephanie: the fact remains, as you guys so aptly pointed out, the fact remains in the previous four-year term, the

governor before him, they were 35th in job creation. they were 47th in the country during the four-year romney term. period. end of sentence. >> if you're going to look at romney's record in massachusetts, there are some pretty straightforward facts about job creation and employment and things like that. let's not take something as simple as adding up jobs under his four years and make that complicated or pretend there is a spin to it. the numbers are what they are. >> great piece as usual this week, you talked about -- i mean really how off-the-rails the right wing has gone between fox news, the bloggers, saw -- you say it seemed like -- fox decided to obliterate all guidelines and have scathing attack ads. the gaffe -- the ga faws keep coming. >> i compared it to the infamous morning in july 2009 when glenn beck showed up on the fox and

friends morning couch and announced that president obama was a racist and hated white people. that was a moment that will live in fox news and cable infamy. i think the attack ad that they rolled out again once again on fox news fox and friends in the morning and especially if you saw in real time, you know and you watched it unfold. your jaw was on the ground for about ten minutes afterwards. the ominous music. the misinformation, the graphics. it was spectacular in that it was the ultimate fox news parody. if you want -- media matters and lots of other people have been saying fox news is a political entity. fox news has replaced the rnc. fox news is dedicated to electing republicans. people say oh, no that's just at nighttime. they just have a few opinion shows. watch the attack ad and tell me this is journalism in any way shape or form.

>> stephanie: they wanted to cut out the middle man of the republican party. get out of our way. >> sean hannity said hey republicans, this is how you should attack obama. they're basically saying rnc what are you waiting for? this is how you're doing attack ads. the response was very similar to the glenn beck calling obama a racist. there was sort of this weird nonpassive voice response from fox news executives saying you know, this attack ad wasn't cleared through your producers. >> mistakes were made. >> what does that mean? >> stephanie: spontaneous mistake, eric that took several months to produce. >> it was cheered in real time by the host and the person who made it is still working there and if you've noticed, no one on fox has mentioned that ad period. it went down into this memory hole. but they don't apologize for it or no one has been reprimanded. so once again -- >> stephanie: did you say ad?

ad, eric? it was a news piece about the president's term. >> once again, no one at fox takes any responsibility for any of this stuff. and you know, this debate, you know, quote-unquote about what fox's real role is i think is over and everyone can see it. it is up to the mainstream press now whether they want to play this game and -- or if they're just going to call it out and say by the way, fox news is campaigning actively against president obama. here are the ten reasons how. >> stephanie: let's dive into the right-wing world news. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] rush limbaugh with masses just kind of subjective. >> how good is george w. bush looking? i don't think that there is an informed person in this country who wouldn't take the bush economy over what we've got here. it is not -- it is a no-brainer. budget deficit when bush left office was $167 billion. it is -- absurd to believe.

they're still trying to blame bush. >> that's if you don't count the two wars unfunded and you don't count the 750,000 jobs that were lost. >> monthly. people forget. that was like for the year -- that was for a month. >> stephanie: what informed person eric wouldn't take a losing 750,000 jobs a obility over adding 16,000. that's simple math. >> what is quite remarkable if you look at the polling still a majority are -- at least the plurality of americans still blame bush for the economic situation. even i'm surprised by that. it has been a long time. but what happened in '08 made such a deep and lasting impression among americans. they're going to blame him for a long, long time. but it reminded me of limbaugh talking about how rosy things were when bush left office. last year, media matters caught

limbaugh saying -- lying about the unemployment rate when bush left office. he chopped off about 2 or 3 points. to suggest you know, unemployment was at 4% or 5% when he left. so it is a continuous rewriting of history in this revisionist history and boy, doesn't he look great and my gosh, didn't he leave the american economy just booming when he handed it over to obama. >> we've always been at war. >> stephanie: like watching "meet the press." thank god for media matters. i remember hearing that? unemployment was at 4? no it wasn't! eric boehlert remains in the sidecar. we continue with more right-wing world on "the stephanie miller show." >> can you absolutely positively guarantee it will give me an orgasm? >> yeah! >> announcer: it is "the stephanie miller show."

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[ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] our phone bill has gone through the roof. do you have to say the number so much? of>> stephanie: it is a talk radio show. stop calling me. >> the basic element of the show >> stephanie: that was my personal favorite thing he said. that's sayin' something. eric, you know how much money this phone line is costing me right now? you better come up with something good. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right. let's continue right-wing world. bill o'reilly. >> i tell you what i do believe the factors reporting on the media has influenced the romney campaign. they are going to be confrontational toward the media, the tv media if they feel that they're in the tank for barack obama. >> stephanie: yeah, you saw that pitbull david gregory bastard. >> yeah and this notion that o'reilly has been pushing that the media is liberal and then bias toward republicans.

this is all groundbreaking stuff that the romney campaign must have seen as just stunning revelation this is going to start using. what's funny is o'reilly and fox sand you know, what they can never discuss although you and i have is this pew research study, on-going analysis of coverage. what has it shown? it has shown for the last year, president obama has not notched a single week where he received more positive coverage than negative coverage. for a lot of the weeks, it is almost 2-1 negative. it completely obliterates the fox news talking point but o'reilly won't talk about that. o'reilly certainly won't talk about the fact that fox hosted an attack ad against obama last week. so where does that fall into this liberal media coverage? so -- the denial is getting pretty firm over there. >> stephanie: grover norquist

on the situation room. >> what governor romney has done is sign a pledge not to me -- that's what harry reid, the head of the democrats in the senate likes to say but the pledges to the american people. on her.org. everybody can see it. it is on most candidate's web sites. you can see they made that commitment to the american people. jeb bush really misspoke and insulted romney and shouldn't have. >> stephanie: oh dear. there is a crack -- there are starting to be cracks in this tax pledge business, isn't there, eric? >> there are some cracks. you hear -- you know, you can almost hear the marching, how lock step it is supposed to be. here's jeb bush, one of the most nationally prominent republicans. he raises doubts about this blanket obstructionist campaign that they're running that you cannot even put taxes on the table. and boy, he's just called out on national television. he's insulted, you know, the republican leadership that romney -- because he dared mention that it is kind of a

crazy idea if you're going to get it. >> stephanie: i've got the number in front of me. at least 27 republican candidates have refused to sign the anti-tax pledge. even they're starting to go this is a pledge to a guy named grover, not america. all right. jerry taylor guest on stacel on fox business. >> oil and gas companies don't do that well. >> these are huge companies. they invest a lot and sell a lot. rell any to the size of their business, they're not particularly profitable. >> stephanie: what? who among us would want to settle for several billion dollars a year. >> several? >> i think exxon was like $50 billion. >> a drop in the bucket. >> you can't even calculate how much money they make on a daily basis. poor struggling refineries. how do they get by? >> compared to the planet jupiter, they're very tiny. >> stephanie: guy that owns

the show is out there saying did they sell cds? they probably don't use the phone as much as you do. eric bolling. >> there are a lot of people who think there is a whole social engineering thing going on. the agenda 21 from the u.n. also the white house rural counsel. gathering information to bring people closer to the cities, a lot more eyeballs they can keep on. lot more -- efficiencies. >> accidentally book you and they meant to get eric bolling? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: one can only hope. >> he was saying -- who even -- who will even try to figure out. there is a conspiracy to lure people to the city? >> stephanie: yes. >> ahh. >> especially the city of honolulu which is in kenya. >> stephanie: tim graham at news busters. >> where they talked about his white girlfriends in college which again, you would think

that would be a story that a news media that is so conscious about race, seem to not think that that was an interesting development. that obama had these white girlfriends and how exactly would the black women feel about obama having white girlfriends? they weren't really -- again suddenly, their race neutral. they're color-blind. >> stephanie: that's the question we haven't answered. >> where are the white women at? >> this is what vetting has become. creepy stuff like that. >> stephanie: we're out of time, thank god. [ laughter ] eric boehlert, see you next week, honey. >> bye-bye. >> stephanie: 29 minutes after the hour. "the stephanie miller show." [ applause ]

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that all 67 florida election supervisors have suspended rick scott's voter purge. you that story could have a happy ending at the end of the day because number one, the local election officials have suspended the purge. number two, the justice department has stepped in to challenge the purge number one because they -- florida didn't get approval from the federal government under section 5 of the voting rights act which they're required legally to do and number two because the justice department said that the law violates the national voter registration act which basically says you can't mess with the voter rolls 90 days before an election and florida has primaries on august 14th. the last thing is that not related to the voter purge but just related more broadly to florida's voter suppression efforts, federal judge said that florida's ban essentially on voter registration drives, they added all of the onerous new requirements which forced groups like the league of women voters

and rock the vote to suspend the voter registration drives that's also unconstitutional. so florida is getting it every which way now from the federal government, the federal courts and from their own election supervisors. >> stephanie: you raise a good point, ari. they're so used to demonizing the groups that exist to get people registered like acorn which is gone now. and you're right. the suspicion falls on anything from rock the vote to league of women voters. because once again, you know as bill clinton always says when people vote, democrats tend to win. this is so blatant in state after state, they're trying to get the least number of people able to vote. >> absolutely. i think florida learned two lessons. number one, they learned they could basically steal the 2000 election and get away with it. partly by purging eligible voters. people forget in 2000, 12,000 eligible voters were wrongly branded as convicted felons unable to vote. that was 22 times larger than the margin of victory for george

w. bush. 41% of those who were african-americans who overwhelmingly supported gore over bush. so when people think about florida, they have to remember the supreme court, the hanging chads, they don't realize all of these people were branded as felons and unable to vote. because florida got away with that, they said okay, well, we can do this again. and we'll get away with it again as well. the other thing is that they were so successful with acorn and shutting the group down that i think they also thought okay, well now we can do this to league of women voters. now we can do this to rock the vote. the fact that they have been able to manipulate the electorate really emboldened them in 2010 after all of the tea party governors took office. plus all of the new voting restrictions which i've written about for "rolling stone." >> stephanie: that sound was al gore changing the channel right now. that's how your scary story starts. imagine this, a republican

governor in a crucial battleground state instructs the secretary of state to purge the voting rolls of hundreds of voters. it disenfranchises voters who happen to be black and hispanic democrats. the number of votes, which ends up determining the next president of the united states. if this scenario sounds familiar, it happened in florida. history is repeating itself. i mean this is what -- like you were saying, even -- on a bipartisan basis these election supervisors are like this is unprecedented, this close to an election, you can't do this, right? >> exactly. first thing, it was drawn up in total secrecy. rick scott, the governor of florida asked his secretary of state to do this. his republican secretary of state resigned rather than carry out this purge. so then he got a new secretary of state who was best known as a beer industry lobbyist obviously highly qualified for

the job. and he sent this initial -- first thing, they drew up the list of 182,000 suspected noncitizens based on information from the dmv. they looked at the voter rolls. they didn't match. okay. you must be a noncitizen which is ridiculous because there's all sorts of other data needed to establish this. so they gave 2600 names initially to election supervisors. 3/5 were in miami-dade county which voted forobama by 17 points in 2008. of the people that miami-dade began to contact in excess of 20% of them were actually eligible voters. so if you did the math nationally and you looked at 182,000 people on their suspected noncitizens list, even if only 20% of them are quote-unquote eligible voters, that is still 35,000 eligible voters which is way larger than the margin of victory in 2000.

you could very well see florida being very, very close again in 2012. so, i think the election supervisors, number one, they weren't brought into the process. then they saw that there was all -- these errors in the list themselves. then they looked at the numbers. they said well, why are hispanics 58% of the noncitizens list. why do democrats outnumber republicans two to one? why are they all in miami-dade county and they started to say wait a second, this looks more like partisan voter targeting than it does any sort of effort to clean up voter rolls. >> stephanie: obviously. you rate the ominous wording on this letter, you're not a united states citizen however you're registered to vote. they will be dropped from the voter rolls. it is impossible to say here how many people if they've moved aren't home, don't have access to citizenship documents or won't bother to reply, is it possible to say how many eligible voters are disenfranchised.

>> it is crazy. why is the burden of proof on the voters to prove their set zens rather than on the state to say this is how we came up with this, this is why we believe they're noncitizens and need to do this now. right in the middle of a hotly contested presidential election in may. i mean i don't know what rick scott was thinking other than he did this -- florida did this previously in 2000 and they got away with it. rick scott passed all of the new voting restrictions. once he took office after 2010 he thought okay, i'm going to get some pushback from democrats from the so-called good government groups then i will be able to proceed and insure that mitt romney is elected president and wins florida in 2012. the tremendous amount of pushback from think progress and then from myself, a lot of other reporters and from all the variety of voting rights groups, whether it was the advancement project or the league of women

voters, that really forced florida to start to backtrack. but i think really what it was is the election supervisors were the ones who really made the big difference here so far and then -- because if the election supervisors don't carry it out and the justice department finds florida is breaking the law then the government is on shaky ground trying to carry this out. >> stephanie: as you say, no one is buying this, like the purge, the election changes from sold under the banner of voter integrity. you quote a republican state senator saying no one could give me an example of all of this fraud they speak about. that's the whole story. right? >> that is the story. it has been the most pernicious lie perpetrated by the republicans since the 2010 election is about the pre lens of voter fraud. number one, how much voter fraud there is and number two the faction that everyone who commits voter fraud is voting for democratic candidates.

you look at a state like florida, there are more shark attacks than cases of reported voter fraud in florida. not only that but there were three arrests between 2008 to 2011 for a suspected voter fraud. only three arrests when there was millions of votes cast. same thing. the justice department did a huge investigation into voter fraud. top priority for the republican justice department. they found only 86 cases of voter fraud out of 300 million votes cast. it is such a minor percentage of people doing this. those that do it usually just because of not knowing they were ineligible to vote. the few cases, you can agree have often been more -- on the republican side than the democratic side. pushback on this. >> was one of the three ann colter? >> one of them was the indiana

secretary of state who is a republican. in a state that passed the country's first photo i.d. law. >> stephanie: you make it sound like a naked zombie getting its face eating off by a shark is somehow voter fraud -- a freak accident. talk to us ari. florida's not the only place. i don't know how you think it is going to play out in florida but also elsewhere in terms of to what degree are they going to get away with it? >> the voter purge is somewhat unique to florida. there have been more than a dozen states passing new voting restrictions since the 2010 election. and that includes very critical battleground states like wisconsin and pennsylvania now putting in a new photo i.d. requirements. the justice department is challenging these laws in florida not only but also in south carolina and texas. so it remains to be seen how it is going to play out. it is likely about a dozen states are going to have new

election requirements that people are going to have to be aware of whether it is to get your i.d. or to figure out how to register to vote. if there's no nonpartisan voter registration drives or to figure out if early voting has been cut back when you actually can vote and hopefully everyone is going to be figure out how to navigate the system. my worries -- >> stephanie: in every case i've read, ari, it is blatant what they're trying to suppress. it is either black voting, it is hispanic absolutely the groups that would vote overwhelmingly for the president. it is so blatant. i just hope it angers people and mobilizes them more. >> it is aimed at the core of the obama coalition which is young voters, african-americans hispanics. time and time again we've seen that those groups have been targeted. those are the groups that have the most difficulty trying to comply with the law and have been singled out in many occasions. not being able to use their student i.d.s, for example or passing laws that disproportionately affect african-americans and hispanics.

this is a trend because the g.o.p. knows they're up against a changing demographic trend that doesn't favor their party. so what they've tried to do instead of getting more to vote for the republican party they're trying to keep democratic turnout down. >> stephanie: when in doubt cheat. >> when in doubt suppress. >> stephanie: ari great stuff as usual. terrifying but hopefully with a happy ending. >> we can always hope. >> stephanie: florida g.o.p. takes florida suppression to a new level. talk to you soon. >> thanks, stephanie. there he goes, ari berman. [ applause ] >> always so scary when he is on. >> stephanie: i hope you use that to mobilize and not to depress turnout. 46 minutes after the hour. speaking of which, big day in wisconsin tomorrow. we'll talk about that as we continue on "the stephanie miller show." >> damn it, jim, i'm not a doctor but i think i'm dying of laughter. it is "the stephanie miller show."

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♪ ♪ you must be out of your mind ♪ >> jelly head. >> stephanie: 51 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 the phone numberle to free from anywhere. governor wanker yesterday. here he is. governor scott walker. >> i've heard for years for years from democrat republican voters alike that people complain politicians get into office and they don't take on the tough issues.

that's exactly what we did. >> stephanie: yes, you did skippy! >> like all of those union teachers. had to get rid of them. >> stephanie: mayor tom barrett, go barrett. >> those people that have an agenda that's not wisconsin agendas. it is about the tea party movement and what he can do to make this tea party capital of this country. >> stephanie: why wanker hardly spends any time in wisconsin. he's koch sucking in a lot of places, raising koch brothers money. amy kramer please and thank you wisconsin tea party. >> if governor walker doesn't get the support he needs in this, he will have the courage across the rest of the country to make these big bold tough decisions. >> why do all tea party women sound exactly alike? >> say to the republican leadership, take off your lace panties, stop being -- >> shrill. someone you wouldn't want to listen to for more than a minute. >> tough decisions. >> stephanie: here's melanie evans haley, union thug.

>> we're the union. the people are the union. we have a right to stand up. >> that's right! >> stephanie: you rock on, sister! >> she knows how to modulate her voice. >> like those people who modulate their voices. >> stephanie: thank you. [ applause ] here's just an fyi, corporations, not people. unions are people. [ ding ding ] they are people, you see. [ applause ] bill in georgia, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi, bill welcome. i think bill dropped. let's go to andrew in california. hey, andrew, welcome. >> what are you doing? >> stephanie: i'm having a little bit of a meltdown. andrew, hi you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hello. >> you keep answering line eight >> stephanie: hello.

who is this? >> need to answer line seven. >> stephanie: all right. >> line se be. it says line eight there but it is seven. >> hi, andrew. >> caller: good morning. you got me this time, right? >> stephanie: yes. go ahead. >> caller: i'm a schoolteacher and today is the first day of my vacation so i'm a little drunk, too. >> just kidding. i'm watching my two sons. my wife still has to work. >> stephanie: okay. so i want to be the official teacher of "the stephanie miller show". [bell chimes] >> i tried to get my students to register to vote. i'm the government teacher. i go to my principal and i tell him hey, i want to call the county register and register our kids to vote because they can register at 16 and they can actually register -- sorry at 17

and then they'll take the registration and wait until they're eligible to vote and they're already preregistertersterred so i way i want to do this to my principal. he said i don't know about this. i said what do you know you don't know about this. he said i'll have to talk to the district about that. i said why? he said it's political. >> i said we're just registering. it is their right. i'm their conscientious teacher. i'm supposed to be teaching them civic responsibility and this is their responsibility. so he takes it to the district. every week i go back, has the district made a decision? no. they hmmed and hawed all the way up until the registration deadline passed. so anticipating this, i got on the phone, took my cell phone out one day in class and every kid in my class called the county registrar from my phone and asked for the registration package. >> stephanie: good for you you socialist. [ applause ] >> basic part of sighics and

social studies. >> young people are in favor of obama. by huge rate so they want to suppress the vote. >> that's exactly what that is. >> stephanie: remember when registering to vote was an american thing? >> patriotic. >> we can't do that. that's controversial. >> stephanie: you're on "the stephanie miller show," ronnie. >> caller: hey steph. florida, florida florida, when are they going to get it right? look zimmerman thing -- >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: when he took an oath and took the stand and made that self-serving explanation that he did not know the age of trayvon was perjury. >> stephanie: right because he's on the 911 call saying it is a teenager. >> caller: why are they not charging him with perjury? the first thing that came out of his mouth was a mergerristic lie.

>> stephanie: he purr injured himself. how do you not disclose $135,000 you've collected in donations for your defense right? >> caller: absolutely. they still have not mentioned the fact that he perjured himself the minute he took the stand by saying he did not know the age of trayvon. we know he knew the able because we heard the 911 call. >> stephanie: why are you snickering? >> because jacki schechner tweeted a link to an article on how telephones work. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: all right. see if you get -- next time you're sick, sister. i'm trying to use the phone! >> i'm trying to use the phone! >> stephanie: bill in georgia you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi, bill. >> caller: steph, can you hear me? >> stephanie: for god's sakes, yes, bill.

>> caller: you and rachel maddow are my two life-long loves. i'm a heterosexual male. >> stephanie: you're screwed not in a good way. >> caller: that's debatable. my comment has to do with the fact that i'm a physician and all of these republicans they're almost a con to what you see on fox news. once you get in the o.r. theatre and they're listening to music you ask these guys -- these guys absolutely do not have political views whatsoever. they definitely make their decisions based solely on economic decisions by the republican party. the social issues are used to obviously manipulate the ignorant public. that's the only reason the south has continued to vote democratic. >> stephanie: i hear ya. 58 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." governor tomorrow night. she is awesome. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show."

[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> stephanie: what? i did it correctly. look, here i am! i'm on the phone and jacki schechner is on the other end. hello, jacki schechner. >> this is one of those times that i'm glad we're no the in the same studio. >> stephanie: listen to me you skinny little news wench. >> that was hilarious. >> stephanie: i will bitch slap you into the next election cycle. >> you can't reach me. that's the best part! >> stephanie: you know because normally the show works better when i'm drunk but rebecca is drunk. she gave me the wrong line.

jacki schechner who apparently knows how to work phones and other fancy equipment. >> how telephones work. >> stephanie: in the news interest. here she is jacki schechner. >> easy to google, too. [cat meowing] >> the obama campaign is out with a new advertisement today hitting mitt romney again at his time of governor in massachusetts. it talks about the state dropping to 47th out of 50 in overall job creation. it also says he outsourced jobs to india, he raised taxes on the middle class and cut taxes for the rich. also there is this. >> and left the state $2.6 billion deeper in debt. so now when mitt romney talks about what he would do as president -- >> i know what it takes to create jobs. >> remember, we've heard it all before. >> i know how jobs are created. >> the ad is running in nine battleground states and while the romney campaign will brag about achieving 4.7%

unemployment in massachusetts under the candidate, think progress has a post up called five facts about the massachusetts economy under mitt romney and it points out that 220,000 more people left the state than came into it between july of 2002 and 2006. that possibly being the reason for the unemployment rate hitting where it did. more state primaries tomorrow. in addition to the wisconsin recall, we've got primaries in new jersey south dakota, montana, new mexico and california. here in california, there is a ballot initiative garnering national attention. that is prop 29 that would impose a $1 per pack cigarette tax to finance cancer research. proponents have spent a lot of money to fight it. $47 million. proponents of the proposition are being outspent 4-2 and it seems like the advertising onslaught is working because 53% of people now say they would support the ballot initiative and that's opposed to 67% who were in favor of it in march. we're back with more after the break.

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[ applause ] >> you're pretty much there. >> stephanie: i've always been a woman ahead of my time. during -- laura ing gram you and i love our dogs, who says we can't marry our dogs? maybe laura ingram has a special relationship with her dog. [ applause ] >> they're handsome and romantic. >> maybe her dogs pull her -- >> wondering if they do that. >> dogs pull her hair. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: we don't want to hear -- okay. >> come on, you always egg us on to do it. >> all right. do the laura ingram. [mumbling] >> stephanie: okay. all right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: that gets a little backed up for you and you need to get that out of your system. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] this made me feel about being a childless shut-in loser. i would rather be that than this couple elderly couple

attributes decades long marriage to matching outfits. >> my wife and i -- bought me a pantsuit. no, wait. other way around. >> stephanie: my mark us a bachmann, dave bender is joining us at the end of the hour. [ applause ] all right. mel and joey. thanks, sha wanke of fremont nebraska married for 64 years. their secret we don't dare go anywhere without having matching outfits. [oh, my god! >> the two have spent the last 45 years meticulously coordinating their attire but they can't remember why. >> stephanie: you are dufuses and you still are. >> i don't remember how the first outfit came about. they carry on the tradition with 146 custom made matching outfits in their closet. [ wah wah ] that's how my life could be sadder.

>> you haven't done that? >> stephanie: maybe that's i haven't had one that worked yet. maybe that's what's missing. >> hey, you, i know you. i know you! you dress just like me. >> stephanie: oh boy. as you know -- gays, can't have kids. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] however, did you hear about the mom arrested after she drives off with her baby on the car roof. the baby is fine. >> look at you! look at you! you have a baby -- >> on a car. >> mitt romney's running mate. >> stephanie: who's that? >> the kid on the top of the car. >> stephanie: did you see a picture of this gal? with the pink hair? phoenix, valley, this is so raising arizona. wendy, get the [ bleep ] >> what's in the huggies. >> there was a baby in the middle of an intersection in "raising arizona." >> stephanie: this is so "raising arizona." >> a phoenix valley mother has

been arrested for leaving her baby in a car seat on top of the vehicle and then driving off. she didn't notice even when it fell off. it fell off. miraculously, the baby is fine. someone found it still in the car seat in the road. >> i love him so much. [ laughter ] >> the rattle is funny. >> stephanie: were there substances involved, jim? why. >> of course. >> stephanie: in this case, a lot of dope! the suspect and her boyfriend had been smoking marijuana earlier. >> they call it dope. >> ha, ha, ha. >> they were out by the dumpster smoking marijuana cigarettes. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: he got arrested for a dui with the baby in the car then she was upset about his arrest so she went to a friend's house and smoked two additional

bowls of marijuana then left the home with -- at midnight with the baby who had been asleep in the child safety seat. she placed that -- what do you think you're mitt romney? what is that? a labrador. she put it on the roof and she took off. >> baby loved it! >> stephanie: baby loves it up there. wee, lots of wind. >> this sort of thing happens in apache junction, a redneck suburb of phoenix. >> stephanie: it appears she put the baby on the roof, drove off forgetting he was on the roof. when she arrived home, she found the baby was not in or on the car. she then realized her mistake and called her friends. wow! how much would you give for a recording of that call. >> i totally spaced. i don't remember what it was. >> stephanie: you're not going to believe this. >> i think i left the kid on the top of the car. >> stephanie: wow. [oh, my god]

>> stephanie: it is a tiger dad. worst dad ever abandons daughter after doesn't meet expectations. teenage girl she was worried she wouldn't see her family again because her father left her on the street corner because she was failing calculus. math is hard. >> i got into a profession that requires no math whatsoever. >> stephanie: the pennsylvania man ordered his 16-year-old to pack clothes and a blanket and he left her at an intersection without a cell phone to fend for herself. plus a. >> hmm, that's a problem. >> stephanie: here's good news. the cdc claims zombie virus is not a real thing as cannibal attacks continue. >> gee, i was so worried. >> stephanie: gawker bringing us this story. the department of health centers for disease control and prevention issued a statement denying the resistance of a zombie virus involving incidents. >> this is a test of the zombie

alert system. >> stephanie: cd-c does not know of a condition that would reanimate the dead or present zombie-like symptoms. >> thank you cdc. >> stephanie: it comes on the heel of multiple zombiesque events across the country. it led up to last saturday's face eating attack. another case of man eat man was reported in staten island. yesterday as one diner patron bit off the ear of another customer in an altercation of a channel. >> what is going on with people? >> stop eating each other! >> stop watching vampire tv shows. >> by the way, true blood starts up next weekend. >> stephanie: put your babies in the car! kids these days, smoking the dope and the bath salts and leaving the baby on the car. eating faces. no wonder i never leave my house. >> throwing your intestines at each other. >> stephanie: stop it! now for some festive news. the british queen -- the

jubilee. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> if you were watching cnn, you couldn't miss it. live coverage tuesday morning. >> still going on? >> majestic flotilla. not often you hear that word. more than 1,000 -- [ laughter ] >> stephanie: to mark her diamonds -- >> jubilee. >> stephanie: today, the queen will join thousands of realliers in an outdoor concert beside buckingham palace headlined by paul mccartney and elton john. >> by who? >> stephanie: sorry. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie louise miller! >> stephanie: no relation to trent franks. hundreds of anti-monarchists held a protest to oppose the wave of jubilee mania. people are sick and tired of saying they might celebrate 60 years of an uninspiring head of

state. the queen cannot be -- >> everyone in the colonies are aware or if they wear, any of them gave a derriere at the weekend we celebrated our diamond's jubilee. but it was not just a -- who are not at all amused by our celebration. it seems a small cad ray of malcontent cads and anti-monarchist hooligans were and we quote sick and tired of being told to celebrate 60 years of one very privileged and very uninspiring head of state. dear me. they do seem to have their knickers in a twist. perhaps their mood would improve if they were to watch the celebration in the cozy confines of the tower of london. we have a view and it is spectacular. in any event off with their heads! kidding! nevertheless, we aren't amused. we all want them to hang until they cheer up.

kidding. [ applause ] >> stephanie: i would not think she would be accused. worch gawker brings -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] gawker brings us queen latifah. >> those who thought her appearance at gay pride about coming her. she said it has nothing to do with her private sexuality. i've never dealt with the question of my life in public. it is not going to happen. gawker writes next up, she stars in the remake of steel magnolias. it doesn't get much gayer than that. steel magnolias. [ applause ] >> stephanie: all right. speaking of parties bobby jean you're going to boston sexy liberal on saturday? >> caller: yes, i am. >> stephanie: all the way from washington? >> caller: yes. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: i'm coming to see you because my husband lives over there. >> stephanie: awesome. >> caller: i met you last year. >> stephanie: awesome.

we're going to have an exciting announcement about saturday but we'll see you there, okay? >> caller: we met last year. i'm really excited. >> stephanie: see aisha and the first interracial three-way teabagging demonstration. very few tickets left. hurry. go to sexyliberal.com. you can find a link and it is -- >> pegging and teabagging. >> stephanie: exactly. or you can go right to the wilbur box office. >> you can buy merch. >> and boogidy boogidy cheese in honor of aisha tyler. 17 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> sweet lady gaga, that is good. >> announcer: it is "the stephanie miller show."

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>> stephanie: look over there. no new zombie news to see. >> our very partisan -- said he's sending out people to discourage fraud. >> stephanie: that rampant fraud we hear so much about. >> caller: you know, it is because he wouldn't step in and help the milwaukee district attorney is the whole reason why the fed got involved. i just read that david shuster had his sources confirm that walker is the target of a federal investigation. >> stephanie: yeah. good timing on that news just before we vote tomorrow. and kevin from chicago writes steph, i made the trip to racine this past saturday to help support my wisconsin brothers and sisters. hear john nichols and various candidates running for office. the donald trump huge crowd went wild every time the name -- >> stephanie miller -- >> was mentioned. it was mentioned a lot. [ cheering ] >> stephanie: back at you. we'll be there with you in

spirit tomorrow and david bender will be in this hour to talk about how important this is, the election is tomorrow. kim in seattle meanwhile says steph, mittens is in seattle to beg foremoney. i hope our rain has the right moisture content. it is raindrop. >> this rain is just too wet. >> stephanie: okay. john in tennessee. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi john. >> caller: hi, there, how you doing? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i'm the chairman of the henry county democratic party here. i want to tell you about our voter suppression thing. our commissioner. listen, i need to let you go. i got somebody on the other line. >> stephanie: i thought you had to go. >> caller: he came in and tried to explain the law and how -- hey, they're doing everything they can to get people to vote. of course, the newspaper said we were not to discuss anything about the law. we were not to talk about our challenges to the law. and i wanted to go up there and tell him number one, we've had

zero voter fraud in henry county. zero. the law doesn't mean anything to this county. and number two they purged about 2,000 people off the list and i had requested from the county commissioner here a list of those people. not the ones that were dead because i can't get them to vote again but the ones that were purged for whatever reason and why they were purged. i never got a response. they sent the letter off to national because this guy down here wasn't going to do anything about it. i have never heard from tray har good. >> stephanie: it is not about voter fraud. all right. >> it sounds like it is happening all across the country. not just in florida. >> stephanie: i felt like he was hanging up on me. i was like okay, okay, bye. let's go to millie in jackson mississippi. hey, millie, welcome. >> caller: i have it something

on my mind for a long time and trying to implement the plan. >> stephanie: okay. >> caller: i think that in order to help obama pass his initiative, we have to all get together and go to washington, d.c. and stand there to those republicans do what they're supposed to do. >> stephanie: that's the thing. you can't -- to have john kasich sit there on "meet the press" and say i'm getting things done in a bipartisan way in ohio. both sides of the legislature are controlled by republicans. things work easier that way don't they? the president talking about the economy. >> right now, this country is still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy's growing again. but it is not growing as fast as we would like it. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: bush versus obama. private sector job creation under president obama has far exceeded private sector job creation under bush 40 months into his presidential term,

currently more private sector jobs in the economy than when obama came into the office. in the same point in bush's term, the total number was down 1.7% from where it began. as we all know, that's part of what is going on in wisconsin. >> the clinton recession. >> stephanie: public sector employment has grown -- if it had grown at the same pace in president bush's term, there would be 1.4 million additional people out of work, the unemployment rate would be a full percentage point lower. so that's again part of what tomorrow is about. the president. our businesses have created 4.3 million new jobs but as we learned in today's jobs report, we're still not creating them as fast as we want. >> stephanie: do you love the whole -- you know corporations aren't hiring because they're overtaxed and regulated? [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: corporate has skyrocketed despite massive

profit gains. they're adding more jobs overseas than they are in the u.s. and paying one of the lowest effective tax rates. some helpful charts there. >> that seems kind of douchey of them. like they don't care about this country. >> in a word. >> stephanie: doesn't it? we were talking about mitt romney, his little -- clever ploy to stand in front of solyndra to do his little -- however -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] second company files for bankruptcy. a day after he stood in front of solyndra, it went belly up. >> not one but two. >> stephanie: creating an inconvenient story line for republican candidate. we'll get to that. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show."

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>>(narrator) and above all politically direct. >>facts are stubborn things. >> stephanie miller. >> i sent it to the bar. >> a woman with no underwear and that much makeup to the bar. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 34 mens after the hour. -- 34 minutes after the hour. oh mitten, mittens mitten, he stood in front of solyndra to make a point. and then literally a day later konarka is the solar company that he had -- he landed a state loan from mitt romney when he was governor, it just went belly up. [ wah wah ] romney doled out $1.5 million renewable energy subsidies. konarka is the second massachusetts solar company

along with evergreen to receive taxpayer dollars under romney's tenure and subsequently declare bankruptcy. [ ding ding ] >> stephanie: almost like he was picking winners and losers. >> you know what the talking point? they weren't made by a committee or romney himself. >> stephanie: he had a democratic legislature, he can't be held responsible for anything. >> obama solely made the decision to give the money to solyndra. nice try. okay. that's false. >> stephanie: david axelrod talking about romney's record. >> offers himself as an economic oracle. he said the exact same things he said ten years ago when he ran for massachusetts. massachusetts plunged to 47th in job creation, lost manufacturing jobs at twice the rate of the cub. they grew jobs at 1/5 the rate of the rest of the country. it wasn't the record of a job creator. he had the wrong economic policy. he failed. [ applause ] >> stephanie: regardless of what you heard david gregory and

republicans say on "meet the press," that's the actual romney record in massachusetts. mittens yesterday. >> their policies have not worked. in many respects, their policies have made it harder for the economy to recover. i think that's one of the reasons why people are looking for a new direction. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: president obama demanded they take action to prevent teachers firefighters and police were being laid off. republicans have thus far opposed. he wanted to hire returning veterans. he said my message to congress is now is not the time to play politics. the american people expect leaders to work hard no matter what time the year. there are plenty of steps we can take right now to create jobs and grow the economy. afl-cio president said republicans in congress have blocked president obama's efforts to maintain momentum for growth whether it is the american jobs act or routine

highway infrastructure investments. >> one-term president people will die off faulty bridges. don't look at us. i will be in my turtle tunnel. >> stephanie: yes, thank you. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: yet, a new national poll from cnn shows president obama with a three-point lead above romney. there is an enthusiasm gap. >> enthusiasm. enthusiasms. >> stephanie: what is sure to be a major factor in the election, voter enthusiasms felt toward obama and the cnn poll. the race for the white house is tied, obama does have one big advantage, supporters are far more enthusiastic about him. so startling. more than six in ten. that's almost 60% jim. obama voters say they strongly support the president. only 47% of romney voters feel that way about their candidate. i have a feeling they'll get less enthusiastic. >> call calling him mitt rom --

>> the about the quick to find someone to blame. george bush, atm machines, europe. the job of the president is to get america back to work. >> just like didn't you do when you were governor. >> stephanie: yes and why? because you blamed your legislature. [ applause ] >> stephanie: here's why i think mittens is cranky. obama -- could cost romney $500,000 in personal taxes. that is a dressage horse masseuse or two. >> he might have to pay his fair share in taxes? >> stephanie: obama would do better personally. imagine that. help other people. >> making enough money that you owe $5 million in taxes, you're doing pretty damn well. >> stephanie: yeah. all right. let's go to -- oh, albert in

tucson with some big news. hello, albert. welcome. >> caller: i'm your official birther border baby on the roof bozo state be-och here. >> i want to give a shout out to ron barber to replace gabrielle giffords. he's running against a guy, a republican tea party who has lied through his teeth. two years ago, he said -- >> stephanie: kelley right? >> caller: he was going to eliminate medicare and medicaid. now he's going to save them. he'll go with the tea party agenda and get rid of them after elected. vote for ron barber. >> stephanie: gaby giffords is going to make an appearance tomorrow? >> i heard she is. >> caller: i hope so. this is a pretty conservative state. we need to turn out the vote in order to beat jesse kelly tomorrow. >> stephanie: put the baby in the car. in the car.

>> arizona, in the car. not on. [ applause ] >> people in tucson don't do that. that's the people -- up there. >> stephanie: charles in chicago. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi charles. >> caller: hey mama. >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i'm your official wine director by the way. [bell rings] >> caller: i think they were creeped out by mr. romney. then when he was shaking their hands, he was giving the dead fish hand shake. again, dead silence. he's giving the hand shakes. mr. obama, children light up to him. they enjoy him. they have questions for him. >> stephanie: look at almost any pictures of romney event, it is almost hostage crisis video. you can see the looks on people's faces. they're genuinely thrilled to see him. >> when can we leave? >> stephanie: like this kid. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ]

did you see the kid he gave an absentee note? >> this is adorable. >> stephanie: cute as bugsie. lucky fifth grader in minnesota is coming back to school today with a very special absentee note after his dad let him skip class friday to meet the president. he visit adhahnnywell factory near minneapolis where tyler sullivan's dad is one of the new employees. the presidential seal. mr. ackerman please excuse tyler. he was with me. president obama. let's not hope that he's some tea party -- >> you were with that kenyan socialist nazi liberal. >> stephanie: kid will end up in gitmo. if i should be late thursday, i'll have to see if i can have the president write me a note or pink. >> not if she's still in the hospital. >> stephanie: listen, sister come on, let's go! big fund-raiser here in l.a. wednesday night. pink ellen degeneres. >> maybe ellen could write one for you. maybe i'll accept that. >> stephanie: all right.

because i'm -- i go to bed at -- >> stupid o'clock. >> and get up at -- >> insane o'clock. >> i need to go -- leave now for traffic because the president will be in town. >> you don't know what time it starts? >> no. they won't send you details yet. >> stephanie: you need to pick up tickets before 5:30. >> pick up tickets? >> they're at the whatever -- >> will call? >> stephanie: something! >> wow. this is shrouded in secrecy. >> stephanie: there's no other details about what time it starts. i don't know. >> do you know where it is? >> stephanie: they've already changed the location like when you're playing battleship. >> i need to know what area of town to avoid. >> stephanie: well, maybe i'll tell you, maybe i won't. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: if you make a contribution like i did maybe i will tell you. >> then i would have to sell my van down by the river if i'm going to make that kind of contribution. >> stephanie: speaking to a north carolina republican convention, donald trump

explained he was still curious about the nature and origins of the president's birth certificate but confronted with claims that he's racist, he said i just picked arsenio hall. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: see, he won celebrity apprentice. >> i pick the black guy. i'm not racist. >> stephanie: here's the point we're at in american politics. asked after the event why he continues to bring up the president's birth certificate, trump said it was the demand from people. >> people. >> people who need people. >> stephanie: pointing out that's the loudest applause line. >> the only reason he keeps talking about it is because the dopes in his audience clap the loudest for that. >> clap loud out there! the clap. >> stephanie: this is that they're left with. this is actually a story. manufactured outrage. obama says the word thingamajig blogs explode in outrage. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ]

>> very easily peeved over there. >> stephanie: trying to find something that seems like a gaffe. >> they're trying to make it into a racial epithet. i use the word thingamajig all the time. why is that a problem? >> stephanie: because they got nothing. scott in madison, you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome, scott. >> caller: hey, stephanie, i was calling to share a fun story from downtown madison. i was just -- i was just downtown and fox news is set up around our state capitol. they felt the need to hire security guards. they actually have -- >> stephanie: because of all of the unions. >> i am apparently one of those union thugs speaking of so much that i go about my business and then do what i need to do. but -- >> stephanie: i guess they did that based on the zero incidents of violence we've had thus far in the protests. >> i can't understand why they feel the need to have security guards. it baffles me. i guess they feel so threatened

by what's going to happen here. that they apparently feel the need to hire people to protect their -- i have no idea. very interesting here in madison. >> stephanie: it is almost like they're concerned they would be considered in some way biased. >> caller: gosh, imagine that. also, while i have you on the phone, if i may, on behalf people like myself in wisconsin the union thugs we're very thankful for all of the support that we've gotten from you at the sexy liberal show doing your tour here and all of the other progressives out there that are sending positive energy our way. >> stephanie: you're welcome honey. we've got your badger back. go get them tomorrow. 45 minutes after the hour. i think we'll return with bender. >> i think i saw him in the window. >> stephanie: did you see him looming? there he is. he's right there.

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>> they're swimming against the tides. >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ i'm a bitch i'm a lover, i'm a child, i'm a mother, i'm a sinner, i'm a saint, i do not feel ashamed ♪ ♪ i'm nothing in between ♪ ♪ you know you wouldn't want it any other way ♪ >> pretty much any other way. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." 50 minutes after the hour. we have to answer a question first. robert, my right wing love muffin in new york. hello, robert. >> caller: how you doing. why do you feel that this government needs to hold

everybody's hand and give them everything and you know -- >> no one said that. >> stephanie: i said that when? >> caller: listen. you agree with obama care, no? >> stephanie: i don't know why -- >> caller: by the name you call it, i'm guessing you're not for healthcare reform. >> caller: i'm all for people getting off their butt and making something of themselves. >> no democrats have ever done that. >> caller: listen, everybody is sitting here just -- it is unbelievable. >> you can still be -- you can be the hardest worker in america and still be without healthcare. how fair is that? >> caller: listen, look at every country that has socialized medicine. what happened to them? >> stephanie: they get healthcare. >> it is going well. >> norway -- >> stephanie: they don't get bankrupted like most americans do. >> they have a higher standard of living in norway than here. >> caller: the reason we're bankrupt is because of the

regulations. >> change the subject. when you hear something you don't agree with. >> stephanie: do you consider medicare and medicaid hand holding? >> what about normandy. >> what about normandy? [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: that's not an answer to medicare and medicaid. >> normandy? >> storming the beaches. >> stephanie: jingle him in. ♪ return to sender ♪ >> stephanie: dade bender, our buddy, our pal. ♪ return to sender ♪ >> stephanie: i gotta get a neck brace for this. >> normandy, is that you? >> okay. you have been a very bad boy. >> we have to clear the air here. i'm driving to the studio, i turn on my radio and i listen to the voice of stephanie louise miller saying my personal marcus bachmann is coming in to the studio. >> your marcus bachmann? >> stephanie: you're my big,

gay husband. >> first off, you would be better dressed. >> stephanie: you're a horrible father, can i just say? >> talk about how i abuse -- i left the baby on top of the car after smoking a bowl. >> stephanie: this sounded like a wacky '50s sitcom. dade bender comes to stay with me sometimes. my handsome, romantic man. love you. you're dad. what did you do yesterday dear? get the laugh track ready. guess what cocktail hour -- >> well, june, while you and the kids -- >> you were hard on the beaver. >> he didn't come near the beaver. >> so what happens is i think i'm going to be a nice guy. i'm going to take the cheese and crackers and bring them out on to the porch. >> stephanie: while mama showered. >> i won't say why. all of a sudden, i turn my back for a nanosecond and --

>> stephanie: all i hear is no! and i was like david you didn't leave the cheese on a low table did you? >> well, maybe. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: max has an entire cheese. >> he's going to be stopped up for days, you know. >> she gave them a pepcid. >> a pepcid ac. because that's going to be a long day. [farting sounds] >> who cut the cheese. >> stephanie: did i tell you what i did by the way? it gets more wacky. one of them was really expensive cheese that i really wanted to try? so i actually did take part of it out of max's mouth and wash it off. [ applause ] >> i bore witness to this. i saw it happen. >> chris's face. >> i'm never eating cheese at your house again. >> we've only got a couple of minutes. i have breaking news.

[ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: yes, david bender. >> just before coming in after recovering from being called marcus bachmann, i check in with my sources on the ground in wisconsin. do not believe what you have heard! this race is closing hourly. independents are going to bury. it is starting to move. this is all about turnout. turnout exceeds 65% which is presidential level there will be a recall, walker is out. >> alleluia! >> are you listening, wisconsin? >> stephanie: david shuster here at current tv -- do you think of some of this, the breaking news about the criminal probe? >> the john doe -- it is starting to resonate. the trouble with any of that stuff too close to an election they think people are making it up because they're getting inundated. remember, there has been $62 million spent, most of it by and for billionaires for walker. >> stephanie: it will be so

awesome and stunning if we're able to pull this off. >> there were a million signatures. they only needed 50 some and they got a million signatures. those people simply have to remember that tomorrow counts there. has been a huge amount of early voting. it is all about tomorrow. so if you're within the sound of our voices in wisconsin and it is the mic right? the mic, 92.1 f.m. >> every single one of you, bring ten friends to the polls, this this ing is not over. despite what the media might want you to believe. it is coming from fox. >> stephanie: i just said that to jim this morning, he was like walker is ahead. i said don't say that. they want us to say forget it stay home. it is already over. >> they're now going to barrett. this is what needs to happen. >> stephanie: if it happens, you know, it is going -- >> it happened because of the sexy liberal tour. [ applause ] [ ding ding ] >> i have to give you one other number, you were talking about the david gregory stuff and how they didn't challenge mitt romney and the jobs and all of

this. the only people who can judge whether romney was any good at creating jobs are the people of massachusetts. >> stephanie: that's right. >> when he left, his approval rating was at 39%. almost 60% of the people. that's why he didn't run again. they hated him. because they saw what he did. forget about any of the made-up numbers. >> stephanie: i called him during "meet the press" to rant. i was still ranting. [ bleep ] what does he know anything. >> why do you think i left the cheese out? change the subject! [ laughter ] >> okay. >> who let the cheese out. >> stephanie: david, quickly before you go, we'll have to you back this week. but speaking of massachusetts warren elizabeth still deadlocked. what do you -- what are you thinking? >> it is a state that is going to be close. scott brown has a lot of personal popularity but his politics don't reflect the state. that's what's going to happen. when they see how he has voted

when the campaign gets started, the contrast could not be more striking. elizabeth warren is the right candidate for massachusetts. i think she's in. >> stephanie: two different polls. one, she's ahead. one, he's ahead. >> still early. >> stephanie: absolutely. >> gotta mention the pink shorts. >> the pink patent leather shorts. >> stephanie: all right. so anyway, wisconsin turnout turnout, turnout! >> tomorrow. vote! >> stephanie: go to current.com. they have a great spot there. >> tell you how you can help. even if you're not in wisconsin. david bender. >> our buddy, our pal our cheese-eating friend. >> stephanie: see you back home for cheese. slightly used. >> abc cheese. >> this is what i'm left with. >> stephanie: see you tomorrow on "the stephanie miller show."