♪ [ theme music ] ♪ >> hello current tv fans. welcome to our diamond jubilee. it's recall day in wisconsin. because scott walker [ censor bleep ] with the wrong honor badger. >> at least you are not wearing pink. >> oh!

>> getting some guy from "glee." >> i'm going to get dancy on her ass. >> that's not an even trade. whatever you trade you should get three-fourths of it back. >> we have jacki -- >> can i see that you are blue over pink. >> you know what, you with the jokes, don't jacki schechner. >> i never claimed they were good. >> here she is jacki schechner in the current news center. >> good morning. polls have been open for about an hour in wisconsin now. virtually no undecideds left at this point. if you want to help you can do that, go to current.com/wisconsin, and we have tips online on how you can

help out online on the phone or even in wisconsin if you are close enough. a california appeals court will look at whether it will take up proposition 8 again. it was ruled in february that prop 8 was legal. and today the court will make an announcement at 10:00 pacific as to whether or not it will do that. if it doesn't it clears the way much sooner to go to the supreme court. rick scott is saying it is necessary to purge voters. an official in the state has stepped up and advised counties to freeze the process. it has been going through an outdated driver license day bah base to find non-citizens and

gives them 30 days to prove their citizenship. and get this in dade county the notices turned up two. we'll be back after the break. what makes hershey's s'mores special? pure chocolate goodness that brings people together. hershey's makes it a s'more... you make it special. pure hershey's.

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kathleen madigan! but all they are covering is that we are apparently british. >> yes it's raining. it's phrasing. >> i wet myself. >> they just interviewed the only gay in the village. >> richard quest is in hyde park, with his trousers around his ankles it's so exciting. [ buzzer sounds ] >> apparently at cnn we are still a colony of britain. >> if i was home i couldn't watch this with my dad, because princess di's funeral, he is like really?

you want to watch these people that just tried to kill us. i'm like really dad? can we move on. >> kids big day, recall day. this is boogady cheese day. >> sure. >> we have three people on the ground in wisconsin. including david shuster. >> he has been uncovering dirt on walker. >> oh, yes, and if he doesn't get recalled he could be indicted! [ dramatic music ] >> yeah. yeah, there's a -- [ suspense music ] >> okay. [ laughter ] [ horn honking ] >> we don't have enough drama bits. >> exactly. we're hoping today is the day from all accounts and i know a

lot of people on the inside there in wisconsin it is going to be really, really close, so you have got to get out and vote. ♪ we're governor walker's greedy heartless band ♪ ♪ we hope that we don't have to go ♪ ♪ governor walker's greedily clan ♪ ♪ you know we're funding by the koch ♪ ♪ governor walker's greedy, governor walker's greedy heartless band ♪ [ applause ] >> whoo! rocky mountain mike. he is in vail now and he is sent a picture, i can't believe

he is getting anything done. [ romantic music ] >> i would going wow wee. i said you, marcia clark, and i walked into a bar in my house. >> yeah. i was wall to wall oj. and i walked in and saw her and trip with my beer. i was leered. i did a double take though. >> she is awesome. >> i was like look at stephanie raising the bar? wow! who is in the kitchen. >> stop it! stop poking me with the pink stick! >> i was supposed to do the tonight show once with elton john, and he canceled and so

instead they got willard scott. >> willard scott? >> yeah. >> oh, boy. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> you should get some money back -- >> i was all fired up because -- and ready to go, because i still am because of the president's historic support of gay marriage. so i ponied up -- >> are we talking four or five figures? >> oh, no. what do i look like a koch bother. any way pink is in the hospital with the stomach flu. >> oh, come on. >> kathleen madigan i will get

dancy. >> so what you are still a rock star. [ whacky comedy music ] >> so they got somebody named ellen degeneres -- >> you know who they got to replace pink? >> who? >> blaine from "glee." [ wah wah. ] >> i am told "glee" is quite good. >> oh. >> it's kurt's girlfriend. >> oh. it is going to be exciting ellen degeneres was added a few days ago. but i love pink and you couldn't be happier when things go wrong for me. >> i thought it was something related to this show.

he just couldn't wait to tell me. >> i'm sorry but that -- >> adam lambert would be worth it. >> you paid money to support the president? >> yes i just thought there would be raise your glass involved. >> she may skype in. >> or that country guy from "american idol." >> scottie mcquery? >> yeah. that's the one. >> maybe she will phone you on your ipad. >> she has never face toned from anything. >> what is that? >> i call you like this. but it is horrifying don't ever take your picture like this.

>> right. tom in wisconsin you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, tom. what is the happens on the ground in wisconsin? >> literally thousands of people across the state are in the streets right now. registering voters. things are just amazing. the one thing that i did want to point out to your listeners though, is there has already been some pampering that the republicans were putting out phone calls last night telling anyone who would listen that if you signed the recall petition you already voted. >> did you hear about this getting phone calls saying if you signed the recall petition we already have your vote. don't worry. >> yeah. and a number of us got phone calls today saying please register and vote on wednesday.

and when we called back it was the republican party of wisconsin. >> wow. >> yeah. >> as you know we have been on the ground there twice for two sexy liberal, and i have never seen energy on the ground like that. it is all going to be about turnout. it's dead locked right now? >> yes. if we can get milwaukee's voting base to turn out at least 50%, it looks like we can win it. >> all right. tom. go badgers! >> yeah, we'll be talking to graeme zielinski of the wisconsin democratic party in about 15 minutes about what they are doing to get the vote out. >> i'm in my captain america

underpants. captain america had a happy ending or something. hi, scott. >> hey how are ya this morning? >> good. >> yesterday i called about fox news -- >> yeah. >> i went back downtown just to kind of check in i guess, if you will, and they had actually -- we have these really nice [ inaudible ] that welcome people. and barricaded one of those fountains off and had all of their equipment there. but what really got irritating to me is that there was trash in the fountain. they had set their camera cases like inside the stream that comes into a base in, if you will, and i just got really irritated and thought it to be super disrespectful. so i asked the fox person if they had a permit to be there.

and they said that they did. and i said can i see it? i was greeted with three sort of puffed up individuals two in suits and one security guard telling me that i was being disrespectful to visitors to the city, and that it was really none of my concern if they had a permit or not. then i said are you from wisconsin to which they looked at each other and i said i live in madison and pay taxes, so this is my business get your cameras and camera cases out of the fountain and start treating this place with some respect. >> good for you. ♪ let's give the boy a hand ♪ >> in madison, wisconsin we expect those people to be communicating with satan. >> really, he said that. >> in the mad -- madison

wisconsin. >> yeah. from the outset of the john doe case regarding scott walker. his administration claimed that he personally called for the investigation, which as it turns out -- ♪ you're a lying sack of crap ♪ >> one of the latest developments documents deleased by the defense lawyer aid to scott walker suggests otherwise. scott walker did not personally call for investigation according to his testimony. whether or not walker is recalled today, he may very well face indictment in recent month. he is the only governor you know with a legal defense fund. keep that in mind.

and that should tick people off in wisconsin. all of these boat loads of money came from outside of wisconsin. i can't believe the amounts coming in to him from out of state. the legal fund the first of its kind. under wisconsin law, you can only establish a fund if you are a target of investigation. [ dramatic music ] >> thank you. >> the republican party is is a lot better though like the calls -- >> but they do it and get in trouble later, but the democrats they never catch up to that game. where are our calls? if you catch up to us we'll give you $20. but no one does. >> you heard her wisconsin. kathleen madigan will give you -- >> i will give you all dollars. no kathleen is in milwaukee.

she is a total liar. [ laughter ] >> all right. 19 minutes after the hour. kids carbonite carbonite, carbonite, what would we do without it. there is a better way to back up your files on your computer, automatically on line with carbonite. there is no hardware of equipment needed. you never have to remember to do it, and for unlimited backup $59 fore the entire year. >> woe! >> we use it on all of our computer right here on this ramshackle operation we call the "stephanie miller show." go to carbonite.com and the offer code is stephanie. >> oh, my god, i'm already having a fantastic time!

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>> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're swimming against the tides.

♪ na na, na na ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ so-so what i'm still a rock star i got my rock moves ♪ ♪ i'm in the hospital ♪ ♪ i got ulcers ♪ >> stop it. we wish her well. >> of course we do. >> you are a bastard person, chris lavoie. >> do you want me to play some of the blame game. >> yeah. >> all right. 25 minutes after the hour. >> blaine did a great version of

teenage dream. let me see if i can find it. >> please do. if you can't, i'll look up the lyrics on the ipad. >> you and chris are bullying me. all right. it is recall day in wisconsin. >> they look at wisconsin and they see america's battleground, between people who want to work together to solve problems and people who want to divide and conquer. >> yeah. paul in wisconsin. you are in the "stephanie miller show." >> hi, steph. i just wanted to let you know the turnout looks great. this morning there were close to a hundred cars in the lot, and for two blocks it was parked solid on both sides of the

street. >> have to say, paul, what did you get like a million signatures? you can't tell me there isn't enormous enthusiasm there. >> i live in one of the more progressive areas outside of madison, and for every scott walker sign i have seen, i have seen about a thousand recall scott walker signs. >> yeah. let's hope that translates to votes. >> it would seem odd if it went the other way. >> all right. tom barrett. >> my value is to make sure we get our wisconsin values back. we don't want to be the experimental dish for the tea party in the country. wisconsin has never been a state that has veered to the far right or far left. it's a state for people with common sense, and they want to

have a governor who is going to focus on jobs. >> there was that one time with the german-american gunt. but that was a long time ago. but scott walker is probably going to appear in army boots -- [ buzzer sounds ] >> all right. did you get that? >> yeah, bringing in the nazi reference. >> katy good morning. >> good morning, steph. i wish i would have known about kathleen madigan's offer when i was canvassing on friday. >> yes we have a chiron with kathleen madigan perpetual

liar. >> okay. they have a 1-800 number you can call. because we cannot lose this. >> that's right. birthplace of the american labor movement. it is really ground zero today. >> for a sure. go scott walker. >> all right. get back to the bar. oh, she did. no further questions. i'm sorry. who is our chairon person. i bet somebody did put that up. kathleen madigan the liar. [ laughter ] >> this is blaine, steph. >> louder, louder. ♪ >> okay. ♪ when you look at me just one touch, now baby i believe, this is real don't take a chance and

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♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> isn't completely oblivious, she just has a basic cliff note's list of all events. [ laughter ] >> okay. big recall day in wisconsin of course. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> that's the big news for today unless you are watching cnn, and then it's the queen.

>> there is a lot about the queen. [ laughter ] >> it is really patriotic. okay. graeme zielinski is the communications director for the wisconsin democratic party. he joins us now. good morning, graeme. >> good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, happy recall day. >> yes, and it is also grand jury day for scott walker's purposes. >> oh, really? [ dramatic music ] >> it seems to me that is starting to resinate because the polling has gotten so close, are people aware that their governor could be indicted? >> i don't think they are. i don't think people understood what the john doe corruption issue was. scott walker has done a masterful job of avoiding any questions about his role in a

criminal conspiracy where we are told he is a target of a federal probe as well as a state probe. he didn't answer the basic question -- which i think anybody walking down the street can answer. are you the target of a criminal prosecution? but that doesn't matter. we want to beat him on the ballot. he can be taken away in chains later, but it certainly speaks to his integrity, trust, and telling his billionaire patrons that he was going to get right to work. this is somebody who hasn't been honest for a long time. he was getting kicked out of marquette student elections back in any day. so he has had a lot of experience in this behavior. >> and he just transferred another hundred thousand dollars to his defense fund. >> yeah. one of his lawyers represented

an axe murders, and the other one represented a mob boss. >> wow. his campaign topped $20 million. i think barrett brought in around $3 million or something. is this not going to resinate with wisconsin voters that this is all money from outside of wisconsin? >> yeah, $250,000 checks from casino owners in las vegas and oil billionaires in texas, and that's not even half of it. because the money that can't be tracked are the independents. the dirty secret that scott walker doesn't the people to know, that labor people don't have unlimited resources. >> graeme, that makes a lie right there of all of that. all of this union money? oh, really? >> yeah, that was just for one

reporting period. i mean, we probably are going to get outspent maybe eight or nine to one here. if you look at all of the expenditures with all of this bs too, pioneered by preibus who is so close to scott walker he is named in the criminal complaints against scott walker. >> wow. here is scott walker yesterday. >> i have said all along that i have been villainized by outside specialists for about a year half. [ laughter ] >> i was there graeme. >> right. >> there were a hundred thousand teachers firefighters you know, cops from wisconsin that had been protesting. >> oh yeah and these are not just in madison. this is the length of the state. there were these little towns like elk horn and washburn.

the first actual protest was in a little town called orecon where it was working people from that community who came to the assembly speaker's front door to tell him to not do what he was doing. i was there for that first reality in the recall movement. and it was people from this state who were fed up. scott walker compares himself to ronald reagan who started his time in office with these notions of grandyour. >> yeah, exactly. like he is some kind of hero. the pink call from the fake koch brother. that was my favorite -- that he couldn't get off the phone. >> he had 27 minutes. he didn't have a second for the democratic leaders of the assembly or senate, he didn't have a second for the hundreds

of thousands of people from wisconsin outside of his door, but he had 20 minutes to talk about how he was just like ronald reagan. >> yeah. you can tell the guy is like, i got to get off of the phone. >> yeah, what else was he going to say? he was going to fly him out to his ranch. and then he said thanks a million. >> yeah. >> just big, big day there. it can't be underestimated. >> yeah, we'll feeling good, we are hearing good early numbers. and you don't run television ads with images of dead babies if you are a confident candidate. so we think we have him on the run. [ applause ] >> all right. thank you so much. >> scott walker hangs out with

reince preibus! [ buzzer sounds ] >> those are two nazi references in the last hour. >> i would have to see the context of the dead baby ad -- >> eight-hour workweek causes dead babies. >> and you get a lawyer because he defended an axe murder. that's odd. if i but in trouble, get me lizsy boredon's lawyer. >> did lizsy have a lawyer? >> i'm not sure. i'm not even sure she did it. but that's a different matter. >> wow, you know way more about it than i do.

>> i read the hundred worst women book. and you know who else wasn't in that book, pink? [ buzzer sounds ] ♪ na, na, na, na ♪ >> i hate you all equally. bringing up murders gave me an opportunity to say, and now a story about a bear. black bear euthanized after eating canadian murder. >> yeah exactly. >> wouldn't he get a reward. >> have a picnic basket. >> smarter than the average bear. >> he was already dead. he was just cleaning up. >> yes he ate a convicted murder. they suspect -- right, the bear pulled his body from the car after he died. >> okay. why don't they just sick this bear on that canadian porn

guy -- >> lukeca magnotta. >> wait, this is news to me. what is it? [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> canadian kid. kind of boring. and he murdered his roommate and then dismembered him and sent parts of his body to steven harper. >> oh, no, i have heard of that one. >> yeah, he was apprehended in berlin while he was looking at news accounts of himself in annika annika annika -- an internet cafe. >> why wasn't he executed? >> yeah. as soon as he was extradited --

>> i love this. his death was no suspicious. really, he was eaten by a bear in what isn't suspicious about that. >> how dead is it? >> let's hope. hey, look, it's jan in amherst, everybody. hey, jan. john? hello. >> oh, he was eaten by a bear. >> john was not eaten by a bear. they are mostly in tan wanda. >> carolyn in sacramento, you are on the "stephanie miller show." welcome, carolyn. >> hi. first of all i'm the official short pudgy jewish grandmother of the "stephanie miller show." [ bell chimes ]

>> it brothers me tremendously to hear that this election or recall in wisconsin is going to be close, because that means that old kathy nicolaus from walksaw has the chance -- >> i think she stepped down. >> oh, did she? >> yeah. >> oh, that's good. or pulled them out of her imagination -- >> yeah. >> or her ars. >> yes. no glitter though. >> yeah. there's some missing votes. >> if they have actually gotten rid of her one way or the other that that makes me happy. >> yeah. my personal laptop. all right 45 minutes after the

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>> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're swimming against the tides.

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>> i should, really. [ laughter ] >> 50 minutes -- poor blaine. blaine was probably a big fan of the show, and how hates me. >> yeah. >> he is filling in for pink -- are they still talking about me? i hate her. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> the "stephanie miller show" apologizes to blaine. i am just a big pink fan, and i am disappointed that she won't be appearing at the obama show that i paid a lot of money for. >> now that we made fun of him it would have been nice if you didn't says his real name. >> we all know our fragile performer egos, i remember on broadway i went to see gypsy with tine bailey, and she was sick that night.

and you always have to feel sorry for that under study, because they go, attention ladies and gentlemen, i apologize, but tine daily is not going to be performing today -- [ dramatic music ] >> and then the next thing you hear is a gunshot. >> that announcement should always come with something else to make people feel like they are not getting ripped off. >> it's like a free cocktail. >> first i wanted to see tine daily, but cindy was fabulous. >> i was so drunk i hardly noticed the difference. [ laughter ] >> there you go. that's the answer. >> the other thing -- i don't know why i'm obsessed with the bear story. the bear that was euthanized

after eating the canadian murder? >> right. >> the canadian conservation officer said the animal was put down because bears remember food sources. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> once again. good. >> yes maybe we could send him after scott walker -- >> no, that's wrong. >> you would fire the mounties. >> they would have to fit him with one of those red jackets and hat. >> now because he ate person, they think he is going to go on a rampage. >> he obviously only likes murders. >> they don't have the death penalty in canada but we do have hungry bears. >> they also have freezing cold. they could just drop them in the

northern territory. that's their death penalty, yeah. >> and you still give them a chance to make it. >> it would be a reality show. >> jim in alabama welcome. >> stephanie, thank you very much. i just want to make one observation, my wife and i really love your show. it is such a breath of fresh air down here in alabumer. we have a problem in alabama with voter apathy, but i cannot conceive of a state that would allow such blatant lies to be put up, can they not crank the grand jury up? we got to do something about

this? >> kathleen was saying, this is what happens. they run this play all the time and they do it last minute. so what, you are going to be able to prosecute them by today. in wisconsin they had these robo calls goes out saying if you signed the recall petition you don't have to vote today. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> that is not true. john in milwaukee, welcome. >> good morning, everybody. >> hi go ahead. >> i voted this morning in milwaukee, but we had like four elections in the last year, because that's just what we like to do up here, and by the time i was there, i was number 206 to vote. so there are a lot -- a lot of people voting. there might have been 206 people total who voted last time when i was up there.

and this was in the first hour. >> wow. tom barrett yesterday. >> people in wisconsin are smart people. they get it. and they know instinctively there is something wrong when they have the only governor in this country who has a criminal defense fund. this is all about being the rock star of the far right. that's who he wants to be. >> uh-huh. speaking of the far right it's jan in amherst. >> i am here now. i really misyou. this is a free direction condolence why did barack obama render no support except for a tweet this morning. and bill clinton was there for maybe three hours -- >> oh, i see. >> steph, i'm just trying to

have a conversation. >> no one wants barack obama's support. they don't want him in his state -- >> that's not true. he is organizing for america -- >> this is a hotly contested contest. >> say that again? >> steph, we're just trying to have a conversation. >> this is a brand new patronizing tone, i like it. [ romantic music ] >> have a conversation where i do all the talking. [ overlapping speakers ] >> to talk all about me -- >> so you are just going to keep talking about me -- >> there is no reason to get snippy, john. >> i'm sorry? >> there's no reason to set snippy. >> i'm sorry if it came off snippy. if i am wrong then you can

chastise me all you want -- >> you generally are. >> i am not. >> i think you called to taunt me before the last election that obama went down in a land side. that was wishful thinking. this is not wishful thinking. >> stephanie always remembers when she is right. >> i have got barely one chardonnay brain cell floating around, but i always remember when i'm right. oh, john. [ applause ] >> wasn't that nice? >> just trying to have a conversation and you shut the hell up. you shut your pie hole. ♪ >> i don't -- i'm going home. when we come back it's the kathleen madigan show. [ laughter ] ♪ i would rather get in ♪ ♪ could only see such good in

you ♪ [ theme music ] uh-huh. it is the "stephanie miller show." yes, hello current tv fans. hour number two. yeah, that's right. >> uh-huh. >> uh-huh. >> and i'm wearing my wisconsin red. go badgers. this hour we have charlie pierce who has some great stuff. and he is also on the ground in wisconsin, and then david shuster current superstar next hour in wisconsin. >> superstar! >> exactly. speaking of current superstars it's jacki schechner! >> that's the last time i try to

make a joke. >> you will forever be schechny to me. >> you are the official child of barbara walters. >> that is so much better. >> we all know barbara got her own. here she is jacki schechner in the current news center. >> good morning, stephanie. good morning, everyone. we do know some democrats have been frustrated with barack obama to appear in wisconsin to she his support. but barrett said he didn't want the president to show up and make the election a national spectacle. and went on to say he wants the outcome to be about wisconsin

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1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. >> i hope the fire department hasn't taken notice of the giant plume -- >> right. unless she has been removed. charlie pierce joining us on the ground in wisconsin for scott walker recall day. [ applause ] >> don't forget this saturday sexy liberal in boss season. >> progressive patriots of boston, leave your pure tan roots behind and join stephanie miller for a sexy evening of bebotchry. because stephanie and her helpers are coming back for a second helping of boston. [ flatulence sound effect ] >> on june 9th 2012, the stephanie miller comedy tour proudly returns to the boston area. tickets are available own line at ticketmaster.com, by calling

or by going to the wilber theater box office. at 246 treemont street. it is sure to be both wicked and awesome. >> wicked hot. >> awesome! [ applause ] >> there is something very exciting about boston, but i can't tell you yet. >> is pink going to be there? [ buzzer sounds ] >> if you just tuned in, chris lavoie thinks it is hilarious that i paid a fortune to see pink and the president, because she canceled for a rumbly in her tummy. it's almost like if we replaced kathleen madigan with folger's

crystals or something. or a right-wing comic from fox news. >> she knows we are talking about her. >> that's all right. we said it would be like replacing you with victoria jackson. >> that wasn't be fun. >> you right-wing -- mumbling ] . >> [ inaudible ] that was guy's name. >> oh, good call. i would not have been able to that. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> kathleen madigan and i have already learned this. drinking too much booze keeps the bed bugs away.

bed bugs are more likely to leave you alone if you spend more time at the bar. >> and if you pass out at the bar, they certainly won't come. >> yeah, they don't like it. in case you are having a bad day, let's just say you paid a lot of money for a fund raiser, or you have been eaten by a bear. but venomous spiders have taken over a town. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> this story is horrifying. >> and they have talken over all of the call centers. >> hello, my name is jerry i'm an arracknoid from bangalore.

>> chaos erupted -- [ screaming ] . >> -- as attendees trampled over each other to escape the massive group of spiders that appeared out of nowhere. >> there is a picture on line. they are huge. >> it is similar to a trantula. some of the victims say the spider latched on to them after biting. [ screaming ] >> oh! it's like one of though face hugging aliens. >> victims have had witch doctors treat their wounds. calling dr. bombay. [ laughter ]

[ applause ] >> so at least -- >> may not have a bad day you may not have a job, but you don't have a giant spider on your face. >> these kind of things don't happen in maui when you are planning your vacation. >> anyone coming home from india should have their luggage thoroughly checked. >> not the face! [ laughter ] >> great. like i needed something else to worry about. [ laughter ] >> let's go to dan in chicago on the recall today. hi, dan. hello, dan. >> -- official storm chasing trooper of the "stephanie miller show." [ bell chimes ] >> boy howdy. chris please stop torturing us with blaine. those covers are terrible. >> oh, don't say that. >> he is going to be raising money for the obama campaign i'll have you know. >> well, bless him for that but, oh, please, no.

anyway, i'll give you an update of what is going on in small town wisconsin. i just spoke to my grandmother about a half hour ago in princeton, a small town of about 1500 people about an hour north of madison. and she said there were about 60 people waiting in line to vote. so small town wisconsin is getting out to vote to. >> good. good. by the way 866-to-vote if you are having any problems. rich in minneapolis. hi, rich. >> steph, if you were under investigation by the state and federal government and you were asked by a reporter if that was true? you would [ inaudible ] because you are almost normal. but governor walker put on his

cute face. that man is a psychopath. >> that's right. scott waneker yesterday. >> i will continue to stand with the hard-working taxpayers of this state. >> what? you mean stand on them. >> yeah. >> wow. wow. >> the hard-working taxpayers are in unions. >> right. okay. scott walker. >> the opponent has no plan except to attack us. >> yeah, that's what a recall is about. they are recalling you because you suck. seriously. >> it's the arrogance of money. he really believes i have enough money and i will win. i think the people in wisconsin, they are tired of all of this, and then you go now all of the money is coming in from other

places, it's like what am i supposed to do? just start playing the game they play, and step it up. >> if you are too lazy in your trickery -- >> my trickery can all be done in my pam ja mas. maybe it's not true but so what neither on the republicans. and then throw out nice things like they had brat worsts at this one rally. >> oh. >> i'm in. >> yeah, it is never too early for bratwursts. >> i'm in. >> maybe they will serve that instead of pink. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> you now what -- >> beer brat and blaine!

what? [ whacky comedy music ] >> all right. looky here it is another -- >> wheel of right-wing hypocrites. >> another republican -- anti-gay republican caught in a -- >> compromising position. >> the gay thing. >> just trust me it was a gay thing. >> what do you think of that? >> knoxville. knoxville county commissioner republican arrest last week on indecent exposure. he says he will not resign. he was caught with john mccracken. they were spotted performing oral sex on each other in the park -- >> i think we should request a report! >> no, there is no report. >> richard quest is in london in hyde park.

>> yes. stop it. >> his pants were around his ankles. >> they were republican and did not attempt to hide their actions. yep. do you mind? >> privacy? >> okay. sharps ridge has a reputation to where men go to meet other men. >> sharps reach. >> yes. the republicans have taken mostly a conservative stance to republican spending. [ whacky comedy music ] >> i have a very wide stance. what do you think of that? >> let me be clear, i am not gay. i never have been gay. >> but i am a dirty nasty nasty, filthy, nasty boy. >> all right. 17 minutes after the hour. kids go to meeting i wouldn't live without it. in fact you just helped me install it on all of my devices.

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18 minutes after the hour. ♪ so raise your glass ♪ >> maybe he'll sing pink. >> maybe he'll wear her outfits too. >> then you'll be even more disappointed. >> i well be right back with the face-sucking spiders on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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iraq, the who created 4 million new jobs that guy, president obama and michelle are coming to my house for dinner on june 14th, and i want you to be there too. but you have to go to joinobama.com. and the contest ends tomorrow night. join us now. because we need him, and he needs us. >> i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >> the contest ended last night. >> yeah i hear pink got the last seat. [ screaming ] >> and blaine is going to be performing. [ laughter ] >> they have such double standards for right-wing women and left-wing women. the war on women is over and we're now in the bitchy cat fight on women. this is the mtv movie award, and

they did this spot with sarah jessica parker. and they said there is nothing that makes them more nervous than their lack of supporters. this is perhaps the most petty think i have seen them do. the big headline heads horse race and then a picture -- >> based on her looks. >> but she is beautiful. >> she is beautiful. >> it says wealthy actress and socialite comparing her to a horse -- >> that's how unhip they are. call sarah jessica parker a wealthy actress and socialite. first of all she is an actor. >> and ann romney is a socialite.

>> if you like a socialite that likes horses i'm just saying. >> right. >> let's have a contest and see if anyone will join us. >> see if we can get any of the little people. >> president obama calls in the cavalry. [ affected laughter ] >> before low the story is an article, latest target of larry flint's -- what? sarah jessica parker likes obama? what an ugly bitch. [ laughter ] >> god. >> what an ugly bitch misogynist she is. >> yeah. >> rush limbaugh was picking on little girls again yesterday. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> and i read the news

yesterday. >> this teenage girl at a track meet -- a girl fell in front of her, so she stopped to help the girl, instead of winning the race. so there was this whole monologue about i guess this is what we're supposed to be applauding now, you are a hero on twitter if you don't care about winning. what? she got a standing ovation -- >> i hate sportsmanship! it's liberal propaganda! >> she collapsed. she might have been seriously ill in some way, and he turned it into a whole thing about liberals not wanting to be offended. what? she is a teenager? >> yeah, she did something nice. he is clearly out of subjects clearly. >> i bet she's a slut too. i bet she is on birth control my

friends. >> uh-huh. speeching of which, etch-a-sketch guy, he accused democrats of using women's reproductive health as shiny objects to avoid discussing the economy. he said they will use all sorts of shiny objects to distract people's attention -- [ mysterious music ] >> so they ran their whole republican primary or social issues and now look over there. [ mysterious music ] >> let's go back to the economy. >> exactly. all right. 29 minutes after the hour. ♪ just silly love songs ♪ >> all right. really? [ laughter ] >> charlie pierce is next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ some people want to fill the world with silly love songs ♪ ♪

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♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> she was only pretending to be drunk. >> is -- is rum alcoholic? [ laughter ] >> it is the "stephanie miller show." 34 minutes after the hour. kathleen madigan live in studio obsessed with the porn actor murder -- >> the real porn stars are mad because they keep calling this guy a porn star. >> they are sullying their reputation. >> that's right. this kid was in two movies, i have been in a hundred.

perhaps you have familiar with me. >> i did better work with the corn dog in iowa than that guy. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> all right. kids it's that time of the week, it's the author of esquire.com. ♪ why is everybody always laughing with me ♪ >> good morning, charlie pierce live from wisconsin. >> it is my opinion this is a great land of opportunity where almost anyone can call themselves a porn star. >> whatever. >> of course if you get sued you may have trouble making the evidence stand up in court. [ whacky comedy music ] >> speaking of that, let me tell you about scott walker. >> yes. what is happening on the ground in wisconsin charlie pierce?

>> it is really kind of endearing. i say this on behalf of both sides. it's a lot of fun watching people be engaged in politics again. >> yeah, i got to say. it is really amazing. you know when you watch the original protests a hundred thousand people, we haven't seen that since vietnam. >> yeah. and it will be interesting to see what happens going forward. you can make me bet, i would say that probably tom barrett gets within the margin he lost though last time, but doesn't quite make it. that's my feeling anyway. although at the same time i looked at talking about 65, 66% turnout here. >> right. and i don't know how many people turn out like that to vote for status quo. >> that's exactly what i'm told. that it is going to be very, very close and all going to be about turnout.

and the turnout as you say already seems unprecedented. >> yes, it's presidential level or a little bit better. and the other thing i like to keep an eye on is if the democrats control the seats, so that even if walker wins they can mess with him a little bit more than they could last time. and the other thing, the great smelly dead elephant in the room is this investigation. >> yeah. >> i spent the morning at a hearing, where this guy tim russell who is very close to being scott walker's most essential aide as he was coming up politically, and it turns out that last week the mock journal [ inaudible ] ran a great story about how really the -- walker had been going around saying

that he had asked for the investigation of the possible political activities in his office while he was account executive, which is at the root of this whole thing. somebody leaked a document that said that actually the investigators have said that they called for the investigation themselves because walker's office has been stone walling. and this was enormously damaging. and it turned out in court yesterday that the source of the document was this guy tim russell's lawyer, which is a indication that either he was warning the governor to take care of him, or he has already flipped. and if tim russell flips that's the ball game. >> that's what you say without tim russell, scott walker would be another dropout working in wal-mart. >> i got the degree he failed to achieve. >> there you go. you say russell was a strange

mixture to [ inaudible ], and walker got disciplined at marquette for dirty tricks when running for student government. so he started early. of course he left without obtaining his degree under circumstances that could best be described as murky. >> interesting. what is your feeling -- i mean i'm starting to hear the polls tightening is partially due to this. that this information has started to get out there, right? >> barrett has been hammering it. and did it in the debate that occurred on the night of the journal sentinal please. and the journal sentinal has been doing a great job on this. and people are making a calculus that wait a minute, we are going to vote for this guy, and then in a couple of weeks he'll be indicted. >> yeah. and then he is going to be

unavailable, as they say. >> or he is standing in front of a mirror practicing the phrase to the best of my recollection. it is certainly, i would think relevant. >> it has become relevant. if barrett doesn't win, it's not going to be because people ignored the story. the national media has largely taken a pass on it because of the intricacies that go along with government. >> we were just talking about the war on women coming back. another etch-a-sketch lady part's edition. >> shiny objects. >> romney spokesman perhaps groggy from the beating he received in the debate over the weekend. this is the thing i just talked

about, about him saying that they are shiny objects. >> first of all, unless he is talking about piercings he is really being offensive. >> right. [ laughter ] >> now they are going, oh, look away from the social issues. they are just shiny objects. >> that's the entire etch-a-sketch philosophy. >> you point out you know what is a shiny object eric a fork. stick one in your career. he is can be extremely unhelpful. >> he is good at maneuvering in the back rooms but put him out front -- what happened to him over the weekend should not have happened to the worst dog you ever met. >> i was going crazy watching "meet the press," you can tell

when there is a new republican talking point, and they are trying to play down that he was 47th in job creation -- >> and he was really 30th. >> yeah, and gregory lets him get away with it. >> yeah. and we had a little trouble with job creation in the beginning but he really inherited a mess. isn't that the argument the president is making that mitt romney won't admit. >> right. mitt romney is not responsible for his first year in office. it's incredible, right? >> in romney's case he is not responsible for his first year in office, which is really half the time he did the job. because after that he checked out. we never saw him. >> this is how you judge a person's job record is over the four years. and he would 47th out of 50 in job creation.

those are just facts. >> yeah, people were leaving the state. and once he started to get his national aspirations, which happened about 11 seconds after he was sworn in he had to start bad mouthing the biotech community in boston, which is basically on stem cells. >> yeah and he was talking about sole len dra. >> yeah, that is as close as mitt romney will ever come to spontaneity. >> yeah. and the $1.5 million grant given in 2003 was made by a committee independent of the governor's control. that turns out to be completely untrue. >> of course not. i mean -- it's the same thing -- he goes on and on about

his blind trust when he argued the exactly the opposite when he was running against ted kennedy who always had a blind trust. >> exactly. and he talks about he is going to be a pro life president. once again that's exactly the opposite of what you were when you were governor. >> well yeah when he was running for the senate he was way over to the left and talking about he was going to uphold a woman's right to choose. that doesn't make you pro life, ask the pro lifers. >> exactly. exactly. charlie pierce are you going to be back in boston by saturday? >> maybe. i have to go to a horse race in new york on saturday night. i'll try to get back. if not have a great time. >> we're hoping to have you on panel, and if not i'll replace you with pink.

>> it depends on the most game drinking. all right. love you honey. [ applause ] >> i will replace him with pink or somebody from "glee." >> replace him with blaine. >> yes, i'll ask him tomorrow night. kathleen madigan live in studio on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: join the party, 1-800-steph-1-2. ♪

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♪ there goes -- >> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ kathleen madigan always had good advice too late. she is one of those friends. >> i am. i am that lady that makes you regret everything. yesterday they were talking about scott walker and he said he promised 250,000 jobs and he hasn't produced anything. and i said that's the problem. you high balled yourself and you need to low ball yourself. >> promise two jobs. >> yeah, and there you go there is six. >> all right. >> kathleen madigan my name in

wisconsinite talks even better. [ laughter ] >> i remember during the oj thing they were painting cueto kaylin as sufferer dude and he was like i went back to the house. [ laughter ] >> hi, christian in wisconsin. >> hi. i am the official girl having an orgasm at the sexy liberal. >> oh, yes. [ bell chimes ] >> my fiance was in the private sector, and he would have gotten a razor bonus for this for being a qualified raise.

but he has not gotten a raise in three years. we trade that for benefits and all sorts of puppet service. and it has killed me in the past month to see that being swept away. he is thankful that we're going to leave wisconsin and end up in the private sector. and it just kills me. because scott walker is taking that away. and if anything maybe it's oh not literally. it's fine. it's taking away the -- all of the pride. >> yeah, i hear ya. let's go to tommy in columbus. >> hey i don't usually get called tommy. it's just tom.

it's shea from the live bar. [ bell chimes ] >> oh, happy birthday, shea. >> thank you. i have two simple questions for my birthday. one is sharks with freaking laser beams attached to their heads. >> okay. on it. >> and the other is for the good people of wisconsin to get up out of their seats and get to for the recall of scott walker. >> do it for shea's birthday for goodness sakes. it's the only way to fight off face-eating spiders. there are a lot of weird stories going on today. pay, priscilla. >> hi, momma.

i'm the pink of delvan wisconsin. you made a little boo boo about this kathleen in wakashaw. people urged her to step down, but she was immovable. oh, i went to see bill clinton the other day over in milwaukee, and he was handsome and romantic. >> oh, he is. he is just a good boy. >> you are talking about the former president of the united states like he is a dog. >> he is handsome and romantic. >> sheldon go ahead. >> i can't help but think if obama -- all he had to do was

show up and just fly through. you have a lot of democrats here they are all pro democratic, but they look like they just emerged from a disaster. they are alive and ready to go, but they don't have a leader to show them what to do. >> it's sounds like a zombie apocalypse apocalypse. i think people are pretty fired up on their own. don't you? >> kathleen what do you say about the president not going? >> well i am still for hilary. i'm still waiting. she will be 94 -- >> she will not be that ole.

>> and she is getting better looking as she ages. >> and she is getting more kick ass as she ages too. >> yeah, i said out of the gate, the reason i wanted her more than obama is i feel like she would punch you in the face. >> well, she wouldn't but just the theory that she might. >> she scares me. and i want a leader who scares people. i'm into fear, not love. >> that was a little peek into your psyche. >> it is. let's get out the fear. >> hilary clinton, 2016, it's time for fear. >> it doesn't look like it, but i'll punch you in the face. >> not the face. >> and the entire time i ran i wouldn't take off my sunglasses.

[ laughter ] >> good many joe in wisconsin. >> i was talking my dog for a walk, and i saw the cnns be and they are all unpacking -- >> wow all i'm seeing is the queen and the jubilee. >> but the fox thing they have a couple of rent-a-cops with security and everything. and another thing happened when i was walking my dog there was a very nice little dug, and she caught and killed a chip monk which i had to bury so i called the chip monk scott and buried in the dirt. >> wow. >> an omen. >> is that like the groundhog thing -- >> yeah. that was disturbing. there are a lot of disturbing critter stories on the show

today. >> yeah. >> sammy in arizona you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, tammy. >> i good morning, i just wanted to point out the great job creator never made an appearance to prop up his guy. >> oh romney. that's true. >> but maybe we should make a big deal out of it because after all sauce for the goose is good for sauce for the gander. >> yeah, that's right. we'll be back with more as we roll along, kathleen madigan live in studio 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 ] hello, it's hour number 3. nobody tell jacki that we're cheating on her with another current news person this hour. what i can hear you breathing jacki schechner. >> who is the pretty girl in the news window? you. we have david shuster on the ground as we roll along. all of the evidence so far is that the turnout is going to be

great. which i think is good news. are you covering the diamond jubilee instead this morning? >> yes we're all over it, wall to wall coverage. >> yeah, they preempted us they just haven't told us. [ laughter ] >> they haven't told us either. >> here agency is news superstar, jacki schechner. >> good morning, everyone. one of stephanie's great callers fold us earlier that governor scott walker has launched a wave of suppression calls, that if they signed the recall petition they have already voted. and now tom barrett's campaign is fighting back sending out an rooem and recorded call going out to anyone who signed the petition saying yes, you do need to go out and vote. a walker spokesperson in an email says they don't deny the calls are happening, but says they are not coming from the walker campaign.

emails from mitt romney's time at governor of massachusetts shows the now gop candidate was deeply entrenched in the fight to pass the health care reform in massachusetts. he and his aids also discussed the possibility of publicly shaming companies that didn't give enough credit to its employees. now he says he'll repeal national health care reform which is modeled in large part on the massachusetts plan. a quick update for you this hour on the trayvon martin. according to a post on the website. george zimmerman's team says it has decided to delay the motion for a hearing on a new bond. zimmerman is back in custody, of course, after he and his wife mislead the court on their financial circumstances. you can join us online and chat

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>> and ellen d >> [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> and the president. >> and no offense towards blaine, but how -- there's a lot of people in between pink and blaine. i don't understand -- [ laughter ] >> i don't know how they made that jump either. >> they needed someone with one name. how about beck? >> cher. >> madonna. >> gaga. >> that's right. >> madonna is very busy in israel where she called for peace in the middle east. >> and hilary has got it. why don't you just sing papa don't preach. i don't need to hear a speech from madonna about word peace while wearing an iron bra. >> from current tv, our good friend, david shuster. ♪ >> david shuster is coming up. >> he is the most interesting

man in the world. ♪ >> here he is. hello. good morning, david shuster. >> good morning, stephanie pink has a stomach ache, she must have had the brat worsts here in wisconsin. i hear ber -- barrett is closing the deal. he has had a good couple of days, i just hate to say it, it all comes down to turn out, but in this case it really does. if they can get the turnout numbers close to what they had in 2008, at least certainly better than they had in 2010 then barrett is going to sweep this out. the last place to report the results tonight is milwaukee. and milwaukee is a barrett strong hold.

so you may see the prospect of him being home by tens of thousands of votes. >> that's what i have heard it could be that close that we don't know tonight. do you think that's a real possibility. >> i do, and wisconsin has pretty generous recount provisions. if it's off by a percentage point, there's an automatic recount. and you are trigger a recount if it's a little bit wider than that, if you are willing to pay for it. both sides are already planning on a recount, but i think it will be a wild night. >> david as you said, we have obviously seen walker generally up in the polling, but it has really started to narrow, and that's what i'm hearing as of today that it is almost dead locked. do you think these criminal allegations are having an effect? >> i think they are.

walker has been getting hammered by the press for the past couple of weeks now. and a couple of stories of the last week including a legal defense fund that he poured $160,000 into it. he said it was just for himself, but under wisconsin law you can't set up a defense fund unless the investigation is pointing at you. government officials have confirmed that yes he is a target, and walker, even though he has denied it his attorneys have requested that the department of justice clear him, and they have been unwilling to do so. a lot of moderates are squeamish about walker's credibility in the first place, and i think this reinforces it. >> he is indeed the only governor in the country that has

a criminal defense fund. and that amount of money, that's o-[ censor bleep ] money. that's not normal. >> yes and you are talking about federal former prosecutors. he has got -- you know he has got some -- that indicate just by the types of attorneys he has got that the allegations are pretty serious. that staff spent the money on a wedding and walker's political obligations. walker new about a secret computer system that was set up. there are allegations of bid rigging involving one of his donors, so it's pretty serious stuff. >> yeah, and i have been hearing from everywhere you have doing

such a great job out of breaking those stories out of wisconsin. did i hear $20 million is how much scott walker -- when you speak about this kind of money, mostly from these out of state people, right? >> the 20 to $25 million is the amount of money that he spent before democrats even had their nominees. he came up with ads, defending himself or promoting his record throughout several months to try to keep his numbers up. then one the democrats have barrett, then it's another 20 to $25 million that walker and his super pacs have been flooding the airwaves with. so a 10 to 1 or 12 to 1 advantage that walker had that nobody can track. >> yeah. yeah. god that's why it buld even more satisfying if he loses this. and these are people that had nothing to do with wisconsin,

and he has gotten free help as usually from fox news. listen to britt hume. >> you might think with such results walker would win easily and maybe he will but the polls seem to have tightened of late and if he loses it will send a message to republicans across the country that reigning in spending across the country could cost you your job. >> wow. >> he lost 180,000 jobs since he took office. and that figure was put out by walker. that hasn't been confirmed by the department of labor. the labor department won't have those figures for a few more weeks. >> after the election,

convenient. >> yeah, fox has just become blatantly an arm of the republican party, right? >> yeah, and the other thing is you talk about walker's credibility. walker said it is because we had a budget that we needed to cut all of these union -- no the reason you had a budget hole is because of your tax cuts that you gave to the wealthy. >> right. >> but we'll see what happens, steph both sides are very energized. it does come down to sometimes the quirks of election day. the democratic lieutenant governor, an african american firefighter, very popular so the theory that african american turnout could be very high today, which would help barrett on that race. >> right. and they have already recalled two republicans, yes?

>> in fact if the democrats picked up any one of those senate collections today, they will control the legislature and state senate and there is a lot of power there as well. >> all right. david great stuff. we'll talk to you soon. >> thank you stephanie. we'll talk to you later. [ applause ] >> another trick by republicans you release facts and then -- well they are not confirmed. >> kathleen madigan said it's in our laptop. >> can we know your source? >> no, no, that's private. ♪ we're scott walker really heartless band, we hope that we don't have to go ♪ ♪ governor walker's greedy heart less clan ♪ ♪ you know we're funded by the

koches ♪ ♪ governor walker's, governor walker's greedy, governor walker's greedy heartless band ♪ >> whoo. rocky mountain mike. thank you my friend. all right. 17 minutes after the hour. we continue with kathleen madigan live on the show. >> on the stephanie miller in suburban america today -- >> all right. >> i still never really got that. >> yeah. [ show playing in background ] >> you know what though he has mentioned you at least four times, so . . . >> i think he likes me. >> uh-huh. and we are still up on the thing, so -- >> hello, thing! >> say hi to current while you

can. >> hello current. >> okay. [ indiscernible ] >> now she's tweeting. >> [ inaudible ] >> oh. [ show playing in background ] >> i don't know how. it's not that i wouldn't do it. >> right. [ inaudible ]

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be-otch. >> you knew it was going to happen. you can't get away with being mean to blaine all morning, and not get a little bit of pushback. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> wow, and kathy nicolaus disobeyed a direct order to stay away from the accounting. residents emailed to ask that she be banned from the election process. and they filed a restraining order. but she will not be ignored apparently -- >> i'm not going to be ignored! >> yeah, after the incident they required her to hand off election duties to another court, however, in the may primary she still seemed to be running things. we need ann archer to shoot her

in the bathtub or something. >> all of the time i have been in wisconsin i have never really run into republicans, and then i thought, well, you know what kathleen, they are probably not hanging out in the christmas tree bar that you hang out in. i do -- i do -- >> and indian casino, maybe? >> yeah, i go to the local dive bars, and that's where the soul of the city lives -- >> republicans would not be caught dead in one of those. >> listen to that load of [ censor bleep ] it's where the soul of the city lives. [ laughter ] >> and i think wisconsin is the last place i have seen in a bar, setups $0.50. you can bring your own alcohol and -- >> what? what? >> i didn't even know you could do that. >> it used to be quite common.

>> kathleen it's your friend billy in texas. hi, billy in texas. >> yeah, y'all. i was watching you yesterday and you made a mocking comment about corporations being people too. and you said corporations are not people unions are people. >> yes. >> they were banded together in order to lobby for their -- >> holidays. >> yeah, they are taxpayers. >> so tell me what is the difference? >> okay. my point, corporations are not people. unions are made up of people -- >> corporations are made up of people -- >> romney is trying to pit, quote unquote, taxpayers against unions. unions are taxpayers. >> and y'all are trying to pit

union people against corporations. and they were put together for the same interest. >> and their interest is to hire the cheapest labor possible. >> according to you. >> that's not the point i'm trying to make -- >> i know. but your points are wrong. >> if unions are people then corporations are people too. they are both organizations of people. that's true. don't laugh at it. >> then you can say witches koven is also made up of people. >> in scott walker or whoever is not taken out, you all are portraying this that this is going to be the death of unions across the country. and that's just silly. >> there is is a historic recall

election today, because scott walker did not run on union busting. and that's what he is doing. >> do you think if he isn't recalled that unions tomorrow morning -- we're going to wake up and all of the unions will be gone. >> no -- >> oh, captain hyperbole. >> all right. bill in albany, you are going to the boston sexy liberal. >> yes, i am. >> yay! >> steph you have to play the crickets -- [ crickets chirping ] >> because the republican response to my recent purchase of $0.38 less a gallon, being the official courier drive of the "stephanie miller show." >> thank you. >> it is awful hard to get through to you guys now. >> i know, we are so popular. >> you are breaking down the red

curtain. >> there you go. see you in boston! >> kathleen our listener wants to know if you are talking about cleos in downtown madison? >> i am. [ fun-facts music ] >> the came had to do something with fish. >> in houston? >> she served baloney sandwiches -- >> wow. >> the owners were like 100. >> i bet ya someone is going to guess that bar. >> they will. >> at very venue the sexy liberal tour has been at they said we have sold more booze than any other show. [ laughter ] >> there you go. [ bell chimes ] >> we'll be back with kathleen madigan on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

>>the guys in the middle class the guys in the lower end got screwed again. >>i think you know which one we're talking about. the overwhelming majority of the country says"tax the rich, don't go to war." >>just wanted to clarify that.

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current tv. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> look what the homosexuals have done to me. >> forced you to listen to blaine. >> yeah. >> 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. kathleen madigan live in studio all three hours. >> she is going to be in vegas very soon. >> yes, the mirage the 15th. [ romantic music ] >> very excited. my family is coming there, and he said if we're winning we might not actually make it into your show. i'm like yeah, i know.

don't leave your video poker machine. i'll come out and do my five minutes just for you. >> you are in a pretty big theater. >> oh, it is a fancy one. [ applause ] >> i'm going to see who else is in town, to see who is working that week. >> yeah, exactly. >> i hope it's a lot of engelbird humperdink. >> yeah. not your crowd. goment! >> stephanie your show is great. the president did come to wisconsin. they forget those midterm election stuff. they voted for those idiots i

call them burgerdatz, they put him in office and now they got screwed, and they put the republicans back at the state house, at the senate is. what are they complaining about now? my president came, told those asses -- can i say ass? >> sure. >> little late now. >> they got screwed on both ends, and screaming and hollering with their underware down, and expect my president to come back and tell them what to do. he told them not to vote for him in the first place! >> yeah. >> she should be his spokesman. funny, interesting, and poignant. i already told you what to do. shut your mouth! [ laughter ] >> it's bold. >> there you go. >> blunt. >> yep. >> and it's true. >> there you go.

that was veering into your wanda psych -- sikes impression. >> you knew i told you he came and told you what to do. y'all want to be dumb ass then be a dumb ass. [ laughter ] [ whacky comedy music ] >> all right. mike huckabee. >> if people only watch the three networks, and if they watch bs nbc as i like to call them. >> that's clever. >> sometimes we assume that obama is really doing a great job and he just can't get those crazy republicans to help him out. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> that's exactly what he is doing. because they wanted him to be a

one-term president. >> paul krugman wrote a great piece on that. he should run on the do-nothing congress. because the economy would be doing better if they freaking did anything he asked them to do. rush limbaugh. >> if you are going to talk about gay marriage within the context of equal rights but you are talking about 2.8, not even 3% of the population do we really want to totally redo cultural standards established from the beginning of humanity from the beginning of population. >> yeah. >> how it is overturning billion years of culture if it's only 2.8% of the population? >> yeah. >> you destroyed your own argument, you dope. >> so we need to get more. is what is happening.

[ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> we better start recruiting everybody. america for rush to be happy would need to have a higher number -- >> first of all that number is low. from any study i have ever heard it's like 10%. but whatever there's too few of them so it discriminates? what the hell is that. >> it is exactly what his listeners are thinking. >> okay. tony perkins. >> you can make something legal, but you can't make it right. same-sex marriage violates reason. if the court declares there is a right to same-sex marriage that will not resolve the issue. this will create great unrest in this society. >> oh. >> i have great concern over what will happen if the court simply comes in -- [ mysterious music ] . >> -- and tells the majority you

are out of sync and you will have to recognize same-sex marriage. [ screaming ] >> and you to drink coke. >> you are just being so unreasonably gay. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> i will reason you into being straight for god's sake. >> a lot of unrest. i done even know what that means. >> like it's coincidence we're moving towards marriage equality, and there's suddenly face-sucking spiders. >> and according to the mayans it is all over anyway, so shut it. >> people have the right to not feel comfortable about anything. [ mysterious music ] >> and porn star cannibals -- >> it just continues, people will have the willies and the screaming heeby geebies. and that is just not right. >> all right. brian kilmeade. >> the justice department needs

to halt its efforts to fight voter fraud, but now denying the order. the search turned up over a 180,000 registered voters who are not u.s. citizens and therefore may not be eligible to vote. the doj say it violates inviter's rights. he is trying to incite racism. it's eric holder that is injecting race -- [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> you need to obey the voting rights act because it is our law. >> some of the people who are excluded have actually fought wars in this country. >> yes.

good morning you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hey kathleen is your middle name susan? >> no. >> we moved to san diego -- >> michael there is one way you may be related to kathleen. are you drunk right now? >> i'm trying. [ laughter ] >> give me a break. >> you are probably related. [ applause ] >> there is -- >> kathleen rocky mountain high has done some research for you and found out that your competition is george wallace, carrot top and [ inaudible ]. >> oh they are always there. >> kathleen madigan is the draw

in las vegas. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> i would go see loui -- no not over me. >> i wouldn't see any over you. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> i saw loui anderson in 1987. >> don't promote people that aren't kathleen madigan. >> irene in maryland, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, irene. >> hi, stephanie. i wanted to spoke about voter fraud. >> yes. >> those people who make a decision to purge people from the voter's list, could they be charged with voter fraud? >> well, it is definitely against the voting's rights act. which is why the justice department is getting involved here. it's not just in florida, in texas -- [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> hang on. in texas 300,000 eligible voters targeted. this is their only play they know how to run.

300,000 eligible voters were warned they may be removed from texas voter rolls. already the lowest in the nation when one out of ever ten is currently suspended. a would be 1.5 million voters that could be purged if they fail to vote. they are just trying to get the least amount of people. >> right. >> they are making it incumbent upon the voter to prove they are eligible to vote. rather than making it incumbent on the state. >> right. and across texas such removals often result in the wrong people being sent cancellation letters. >> yeah, john smith is not eligible to vote. well, that could be a problem -- >> and no offense to good american volunteers, but have you seen how old the ladies are

working at the polls. hi honey, here is your ballot i voted for task. >> what? [ laughter ] >> they are -- i swear to god i went to vote a few years ago, and there was a sign on the wall will you volunteer to work on this polling place, and i thought i should come down here because i'm probably the only person that can read without glasses at this point. so i signed it. and this old woman came up, and said, honey that's not where you vote. >> i go really? [ laughter ] >> that's too bad, because i just put mow, and so far i'm in second place right underneath gladys. like why would you think that i thought that. i'm just going to vote for

myself. i'm going to write on the wall of this grade school, kathleen madigan. >> she has probably seen dumber things than that. working as a polling place worker. >> i know. but what about this irish face screams dumb? that's all i am asking. >> and by the way, tyler too. >> are you done with your row rowlodeck of old names. >> there's no kathleens -- bell [ applause ] . >> i knew i had a feisty. >> i wonder how old shirtly is on line one. >> i don't know. we'll take that after the break.

but in texas hispanics are the ones that have the same last name. and students with student id can't vote. and mitt romney youth cap. president obama remains more popular with young voters. just 4 in 10 have a positive view of romney. so it is very systematic the groups they are trying to make sure less people can vote. 47 minutes after the hour. back with the remaining moments with kathleen madigan live on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show."

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>> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ doctor doctor, i need me a doctor ♪ >> silt the "stephanie miller show." 52 minutes after the hour. kathleen madigan at kathleen madigan.com, i assume. >> yeah. >> twitter? >> yeah. >> facebook? >> facebook people talk too long. i'm eating a doughnut today. i don't really like doughnuts. oh, stop! that's why i like twitter, 140

characters. edit your thoughts. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> mark zuckerberg being sued. class action lawsuit filed by facebook shareholders claims he had insider information that the facebook stock was overvalued and he told a billion dollars of stock before -- [ wah wah ] >> chris in yankton has gone through his old-lady rollodex i forget bee as well. >> and my grandmother ethyl. >> yes. shirley how old are you in >> i'm 23. no just kidding. [ laughter ] >> i want to thank citizens united for introducing us to all of these billionaires. these people are so much fun.

and i don't think scott walker has made it to cally because after today these koch brothers are going to drop him like nobody's business. >> yeah. >> if he loses today and then gets indicted as well, there go all of his rich friends. >> either one of those things will lose these boys. >> yeah, exactly. something for you, jim, there is a naughty image here. madonna has pissed off the french again. she slapped swastika on the face of a french leader -- >> oh, boy. >> she pledged to reform the parties ways after taking over for her father who is also a holocaust denier. >> oh, dear. >> she said we understand how old singers who need to get

people talking about them go to such extremes. >> woe. [ fighting cats ] >> that was her response? >> yeah. >> she is getting very chatty at these concerts. stop with the chatty more into the groove. papa don't preach is really the only reason i'm here. and please act it out like you did in the video. don't just stand there. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> all right. trial is expected to open monday against kevin costner. the lawsuit claims costner and his business partner duped baldwin. >> he seems easily duped. >> yeah but i remember when

alec alec baldwin said he was going to fix the oil spill with that sucking thing. >> yeah we should start a thing of things that alec baldwin can be tricked my. [ fun-facts music ] >> what was the best dive bar ever? still waiting. >> hey we found out who the latest gay superhero is. it's the green latin? >> he came out. >> he was always gay. >> yes, he just didn't admit it to us. >> a guy in tights with a cape. the million moms are mad. they said presenting -- no, the guy that wrote it presenting

that kind of heroic matter will hopefully be a good thing and show gays in a good light for those who are a little smaller minded. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> the million moms things there is a very small amount, but again, it's tricky -- >> it's marketing. >> right. it's a million moms and it's really like four ladies at a bridge club. >> it may be just one mom who is gay. [ applause ] >> how did that work out for you? >> all right. andy sanburg is leaving "saturday night live." his parting gift will be a

[ censor bleep ] in a box. [ whacky comedy music ] >> all right. linda in wisconsin before we go. you are on the "stephanie miller show." welcome, linda. >> hi, stephanie i live in minnesota but i'm here in wisconsin to get the vote out, but i need to tell your audience about something really clear, about a voter robo call that is going on. they are telling people in wisconsin that if you signed the petition, you don't have to vote. >> yeah, recovered that earlier today. get out and vote wisconsin. kathleen madigan you remain delightful. >> aquarium lounge. >> there you go. >> out of nowhere i just yell out flames! >> all right. that's it for us. we'll see you tomorrow on the "stephanie miller show." ♪