[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> stephanie: yeah, thank god jim is here. hit it, chris. here we go. jackie speier's mother's birthday. ♪ yeah, let's show ♪ jackie speier's ♪ mother love ♪ in the club ♪ >> why are you calling me jackie

speier. >> oh, because she's coming on the show. because i'm celebrating your mother's birthday. >> it's my mother's birthday. >> did you say jackie speier's mother? >> i did, four times. >> thank god this isn't love. jacki schechner. >> jackie speier is coming up with alan grayson. >> you don't say. [ laughing ] >> and charlie pierce. it's a big show despite the fact that it's off to a disastrous start. here is mrs. speier's little news girl jacki. >> good morning. caulking mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts, today spotlights the state's debt. >> massachusetts was number one, number one in state debt. more debt per person than any

other state in the country. >> a fact that was pointed out massachusetts law requires a balanced budget so romney was not racking up yearly deficits but long-term bond debt did go up under romney. voters in arizona's eighth distribute will decide who takes over gabrielle giffords' seat in the house. kelly who ran against giffords in 2010 and lost, a poll out shows that barber has a double digit leader more than 120,000 people have turned in absentee ballots, but voter turnout will be key among independents because eighth district leans republican. the most referendum on the ballot is in north dakota where they will decide if they change

their name from the fighting sioux. it is my mother's birthday. happy birthday to you. we'll see you after the break. [ music ] on current tv, this is the "bill press show." after the commercial. >> it is a combination of low self-esteem, low blood sugar and missing red wine with my -- and mixing red wine with my painkillers.

to go to that extreme or be that extreme because that's not what the american people want. we do not have that kind of a candidate in mitt romney. he's given -- he's supported paul ryan and john boehner and mitch mcconnell on everything

>>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> stephanie: i know, right, the dingo did eat her baby. >> i saw her walking into the courthouse yesterday and she looks nothing like merle streep. >> stephanie: already, it is

"the stephanie miller show." 1-800-steph-121-800-steph-12 the phone number toll-free from anywhere, hmm. >> interesting way to start the show. >> stephanie: "the stephanie miller show," diagnosed with me mena, but that meansmean--with pneumonia that means i was able to stay home and watch "the stephanie miller show" live. thanks for the recommendation from pro flowers.com for mother's day. i'll send some to mr. schnecn er who i called mrs. speier. [applause] it's another testimonial from the sponsors. >> how about them apples. >> did they have a, i'm sorry i

was drunk and screwed up your name bouquet? >> they might. >> stephanie: hey, sexy liberal alan grayson star of the recent sexy liberal show in boston, charlie pierce of esquire adult.com. and representative jackie speier speier. >> no relation to jacki schechner. >> stephanie: no. >> but there was a great article in the l.a. times. >> stephanie: oh, a veteran gave her his purple heart. i didn't know the details of the story. she never talks about it. she was shot five times. she was going to investigate the-- >> jones town. >> stephanie: she waited 22 hours for help. >> the congressman she was working for was killed. >> stephanie: yeah, yeah. >> she ran for the seat and got it. >> stephanie: just a touching-- >> tragic. >> stephanie: yes, she's a hero her own self. let's see, michael in newberry port massachusetts went to the

show in boston, had a great time. i was in the balcony. there were a lot of hats on the seat i gave one to my friend. i hope you don't mind. there were hats that appeared out of nowhere. i gave all my buds hats, even the conservative ones, who i convinced to vote for obama. they're easily bought. ii love this post citizens united world. will you vote for obama? yes, here is a hat. >> 100 gajillion dollars or a hat. >> stephanie: they all looked cute in the hat. blah-blah-blah, now i have no hat. i gave it away. note the guy without the steph hat. that's so a gift of the magi. he gives and he gives. >> the hat made of frankincense. >> stephanie: no. >> let's talk about the owe o'henry

story. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: the tickets are going fast. and then next up in august. >> we have what makes you k sick. >> i just threw up in my mouth just a little bit. >> stevie miller is coming to the capitol theater august 16th. join hal sparks john fugalsang and talk show goddess stephanie miller. >> who is laughing now? we are. >> tickets are table at www.ticketmaster.comor call 1-800-745-3000. this is the show that will put the ooh back in ohio.

that's "the stephanie miller show" coming to capitol theater on august 16th. buckeye state, you're going to love our nuts. >> stephanie: yep, thank you for that. yesterday we announced the breaking news that l.a. apparently has a hockey team. >> yes. >> stephanie: i--we don't have ice here but-- >> it's called the stanley cup. >> and it's going to live in los angeles for the next year. >> wow won't it melt? >> stephanie: in a concludes the sports report for this show. >> congratulation tots l.a. kings. >> stephanie: and congratulations to them. linda writes, just so you all know, there are cherry eating tv viewing nhl following members in the race me, and my mi familia apparently another hockey team from detroit. [applause] >> sure. >> stephanie: they have ice there. they have ice so, you know.

>> ice and drinks. >> stephanie: listen, the reason why i know the entire french connection to the buffalo sabers, we have a lot of ice in buffalo. >> so i lettered. >> not now. [ ♪ "jeopardy theme" ♪ ] >> stephanie: i always screw this up. rennie reber john martin. there you go. >> pepe lepew. charles de gaulle. >> stephanie: what is that smell. okay, bill in warsaw proud retired union public teacher-- >> warsaw like poland? >> stephanie: no, we thank you for your service. why are teachers the enemy? we can't be outsourced. thank you, bill. very smart. after the president's press conference you wonder when firefighters, police officers and teachers became the enemy. the answer is our jobs cannot be

sent to another state or country, that threat would not work with public employees. these jobs are community based and outsourcing does not work. it assaults workers able to bargain and its disgusting. bill. [ bell ringing ] thank you, bell. that was a very good point. [applause] you could outsource teaching to india, but that's a lot of busing in the morning. you got to pack an extra lunch there. all right, we-- >> and the curry does not keep very long. >> stephanie: no, no. >> peanut butter and chutney sandwich. >> yeah. [laughter] >> stephanie: and we were celebrating at the mere notion

that bobby gindel might be the pick. >> that's crazy talk. >> stephanie: yes, rocky mountain mike with a tribute. ♪ good luck ♪ bobby jean ♪ although i never thought ♪ you had it in you ♪ to pick someone ♪ who could make you ♪ look that sane ♪ and it seems to me ♪ bobby jean ♪ never knowing ♪ when his brains set in ♪ and i would have like ♪ to have seen you ♪ but it came down ♪ long before ♪

>> stephanie: thanksgiving rocky mountain mike--thank you rocky mountain mike. awesome. the race for--it's gabrielle giffords seat. did you see her campaigning? oh, i just love her. and this is the really exciting news. ron barber, who we've had on the big show leads by 12 points in the election today. >> good. >> stephanie: exactly. 53 for him. 41% for jesse kelly, the guy-- >> the guy who had the gun in the ad. >> stephanie: he had a shooting range, this is before the shooting. >> yeah, yeah. >> stephanie: but he had a shooting range. >> one of his campaign posters was send a warrior to congress and shown with a machine gun. >> stephanie: there was early voting and with that group barber enjoyed a 21-point

advantage, and people going in to vote are more leaningly split leaning--more evenly split. 46-41. and here are facts about jesse kelly. you have to go way back with him. he made a remark about social security in the 2010 race. you have to take steps to reform it and phase it out. he said that. he criticized giffords during the 2010 campaign saying quote now she stands there with her smile and pretends to be a hometown hero. she is the hero of nothing. >> wow. >> stephanie: that's that if you're listening. >> so that happened. >> stephanie: if you're listen listening in tucson today. just saying. so yeah, we have a big show coming up. representative henry cuellar coming up, former and future

alan grayson. [ screaming ] >> he's dreamy. >> stephanie: with his fancy new haircut. it's really freshly shorn. >> shag. >> a justin beeber shag. >> and jacki schechner tweeted. said mom had been looking for a name change for years now she's considering speier. >> stephanie: one syllable for her mom. kids why don't kids have carbon night with the why would you risk your mind thinking you could have power outage have your lap stop stolen and there goes everything in your computer. it will say kblooey on your screen. >> maybe if you lived in

new york with an at at abicus. >> stephanie: i don't think they are watching right now. wherever you're connected, it's all in the cloud. >> it is. cloud storage is important. because if something happens to your house, your external hard drive goes kablooey as well. >> in the cloud, when it rains does it not all fall out. >> stephanie: it's your way of saying to the world, get off of my cloud. i have all my stuff in the cloud. it starts at $59 for the entire year for back up. put in code stephanie for your subscription. 18 minutes after the hour. right back after the stephanie miller. >> announcer: there is a tea party in her pants and you're invited. call now, 1-800-steph-12.

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[ music ] >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> stephanie: mm-hmm, okay, all right, we're trying to compete with florida, aren't we. >> yeah, yeah. >> stephanie: this is just in. >> a pair of lungs were found on a sidewalk in south central l.a. nobody mere by. >> stephanie: south central does it like nobody. >> nobody near buy. >> stephanie: that's how we do it here. >> that's what i heard. i thought i'll rip your lungs out was just an expression. >> stephanie: we win today for weirdness. take that for naked face eating

zombies. >> and jim surmised that a medical truck lost its load. that may be something you want to tie down. put a tarp over it or something. >> stephanie: secure your lungs, people. >> yes. >> stephanie: wow, this is just weird, and you got in a twitter fight? >> yeah, it was a twitter fight with a right winger. he was disparaging the ratings of the stephanie miller newscast. i did research on this fella. and he's radio host. i wonder where he's an are a host for. he's the fill-in host on number 17 rank station in washington, d.c. >> stephanie: when you're disputing what he said. >> he said i had a small. [ bleep ] >> stephanie: awesome. >> who can argue with that. >> stephanie: that's rubbing slat in the wound. >> and you can see it on twitter

at chris. >> stephanie: okay. >> or as tom brokaw would say. >> little 'ol lady got mutilated late last night. >> stephanie: i never thought of that one before. i'm really proud of myself. wow,. [applause] speaking of rate eggs ratings wow wee. my sister actually wrote me. wow, i'm going to throw up at the news of glenn beck's new radio deal, $20 million. that's weird because i don't know if you know this the fun facts, chris, you don't-- >> he doesn't read or produce radio at all. >> stephanie: they replaced our show in san francisco, and glenn beck ratings went down 90%. >> maybe we should let our ratings go down. >> stephanie: maybe i could get

$20 million a year if i got that bad. i probably would be dumped off the stations i'm on. but because right wingers invest in right wing infrastructure. they don't get it. they still had him because of--well the syndicators is owned by the same station but yeah okay. >> those are the facts. [applause] >> stephanie: all right, i went out to go to the bathroom yesterday and all the lights were off out there. i said to rebecca i blame bain capital. did we not pay our electrical bill? bain did, they came in and bought clear channel. a lot of friends lost their jobs. we're not talking out of our ass when we talk about when bain takes over. they made a lot of money though. >> yeah, i think you would do it for half of what glenn beck is getting. >> stephanie: i would give and

give like that. >> you would have to spew right wing propaganda. >> stephanie: that's why our salute our new boss. fine america al gore. exciting current news. joy behar is joining the team. 3:00 p.m. pacific 6:00 p.m. eastern show. >> coming up in the fall. >> stephanie: coming up in the fall. she'll be filling in for eliot spitzer next week. so we're very excited. go joy, it's your birthday. >> so what, who cares. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: all right, obviously we've been having this whole debate of private sector versus public sector jobs. the president yesterday. boone >> obama: the point is teachers matter. a great teacher can change the course of a child's life. so the last thing our country needs is to have fewer teachers in our schools. >> those greedy teachers, cops and firemen, clearly. that's the problem, according to

mitt romney. >> people who rushed in on the world trade center on 9/11. >> greedy. >> gotcha. >> stephanie: i've said this until i'm blue in the face. but this whole debate so rankles me. this is not union people being greedy. this is the deal we made with them. this is why we said, will you take this lower salary because we'll give you this pension. this is their money. this is not our money that we're being nice enough to give them. >> they pay into it. >> stephanie: this is their money that they paid into their whole life and now we're breaking the deal. sorry, we spent it. >> we pulled the rug out from under you, sorry. >> stephanie: some how they have to some degree won the spin cycle in the last wisconsin election. i heard rush limbaugh, oh, they're asking the unions to give up a little bit. they already agreed. that's not what this is about. scott walker testified to that in congress. it won't do anything for the

budget. he just wanted to strip their collective bargaining rights. the whole thing makes me ♪ crazy ♪ do we have time for jay carney. >> the recovery has seen 4.3 million jobs in the private sector created and seen a situation because of massive layoffs of teachers firefighters and police officers, a reduction in the public sector. that was the context in which he was speaking. >> mm-hmm. >> stephanie: and mitt romney in every carbon base life form knew that but it's election season. 29 minutes-- >> it's the silly season. >> stephanie: isn't it great. 29 minutes after the hour. speaking of jobs in the economy we'll talk to representative henry cuellar from the great state of texas next on "the stephanie miller show." [ music ]

cyber warfare against iran's nuclear program. if that shuts it down, i am all for it. it's a hell of a lot better sending in marcheens or bombing them or whatever else john mccain will want date of birth, bomb, bomby, bomb iran. we always save a seat for you at the ability to.

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[ ♪ music ♪ ] >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> relax. this is just temporary. like lesbianism at women's colleges. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: this is the stephanie miller. 1-800-steph-12. representative henry cuellar joins us from the great state of texas, one of our close personal friends. good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: i'm doing good. we're talking about jobs public sector, private sector, the economy. representative, when did teachers firefighters and cops become the enemy?

>> caller: it's amazing. right after the 9/11 we were praising the policemen, the firefighters, and then ten years later, you know, here we are cutting their jobs. i just don't understand. we got to be consistent with our support for the firefighters, the police, and especially the teachers. the teachers are the ones that mold our kids for the future, and this is how we got to show them support. >> stephanie: wow, representative, i hadn't thought of that until you just said it. here is a party that the republicans use firefighters as campaign props, i'm sorry after 9/11. you're absolutely right. you can't use people when they it's convenient. now they're union thugs. >> caller: i hope that we pay the folks who deserve the respect, and let's continue. but you know, it's amazing.

we're looking at an economy economy--we're talking about why they're going after those folks. but we got to remember in december of 2008 we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. now even though some of the growth has not been as big we wish it would have been but overall it's going up, not going down. i'd rather have 125,000 that has been created in one months instead of losing 750,000 jobs. the private sector, the public sector, we got to make sure we find that right balance. >> stephanie: that's exactly right. but here is this party. the republicans talking about the, you know, tough on crime and beefing up the police force and keeping us safer, and like i say, it is amazing how this discussion has evolved, don't you think? what was your reaction when you heard mitt romney say that. that america doesn't want more teachers firefighters or cops? >> caller: it's amazing.

i always look, and i recall--if you remember in the 80s everybody presidential republican candidate would always be out there. they would have the policemen behind them. it was until president clinton came in and started talking about putting 100,000 cops on the streets and all that it shifted at that time, at least a little bit over to the democrats. but the republicans used to be out there with the policemen. now they're saying, no, no, no we got to cut back. we got to cut back. at the federal level they say well, government is getting out of control. if you look at the o & b numbers. and the number of federal{^l"^^}. the number of federal employees we have right now. it's the lowest since 1944. the only area where they've grown a lot has been in defense and homeland security.

>> stephanie: yeah, absolutely. well, there are two stories i wanted to run by you. good news and bad news. i don't know if this is a crack in this partisan gridlock, but did you appear senator bacchus said that they will vote for revenue increasing reform? he said i'm making progress on a detailed tax reform proposal that will bring bipartisan support. do you have optimism for that? >> caller: that's the senate. the house is a little harder to crack. back in august when we were doing the debt limit vote, boehner got up on on the house floor and i remember that when he said president obama wants $1.4 billion in new revenues. i put $800 billion of revenues out there. they wanted more so i decided to walk away. $800 billion. boehner was at one time talking about revenues out there but

the republican tea party folks are the ones who keep pulling them back norquist and other folks, keep pulling them back. i'm hoping eventually we'll find some sort of balance. there are a lot of loop hopes and we got to make sure that we take the taxes simpler and a little bit more fair but again it's going to take a little bipartisanship doing that. democrats can say that. if republicans say no either from the house side, they control the house right now. just right now. and we got to get them to come over and work with us. >> stephanie: congressman, here is the story the disturbing story i wanted to get your take on. here is our post citizens united group, or era. the yg network a secret group runtoreward members of congress who back canter and key leadership

votes. isn't that bribery? if you vote our way you can get an ad in your district. >> caller: well, you have to look at the federal law on bribery, and you do this, and you get this. i mean, i don't know. i'd have to look at that. [chuckling] it is kind of interesting. you go in and do that, we'll give you favorable ads. it's quid pro quo. again, i don't know if it just happened by accident. i'm trying to be as fair as possible. or if it's quid pro quo and what the bribery law is. >> stephanie: i just shake my head what this citizens united ruling has brought. when you get a pique from senator bacchus, and then here comes the super pac money to buy votes to stop stuff. that gets depressing. >> caller: it really is the--the

super pacs have just changed the dynamics. it used to be one candidate against one candidate. democrat against republican. then the parties came in. and then, whatever the parties plug in. now the third scenario, you have those two levels, but the third level are the super pacs. when you're able to come in and not disclose who is putting money in and how much and who they are you know that's something that has just changed the dynamics. i remember in the house we voted on legislation at least it disclosed who was putting money in and making sure it was no foreign nationals putting punish in--money in. when you're not disclosing that

that's hard. and then the efc from disclosing donors, you might want to look at that. i believe it's one of the appropriation bills the republicans said fec, you can't go into this transparency rules that they want to go into. >> stephanie: representative before go, i want to get your reaction to jay carney the press secretary talking about the jobs act. press is secretary. >> one element of the president's jobs act was aimed specifically at the need to putting construction workers back on the job. unfortunately, republicans rejected that. >> stephanie: there is no hope is there, for the jobs act. infrastructure, which i thought used to be a nonpartisan thing, but before the election they are just not going to help, are they. >> caller: you know, it's amazing. some of the very basic by bipartisan things like highway

and construction that we used to do so easily in the past, now they're talking about another amendment. we passed a few things from the jobs act, but the things that i think can create jobs really really quick, highways construction, and all that, our republican friends have held that back. the senate passed the bill for 18 months. we want it five years but the republicans would not even put the senate bill out there. they wanting to their own way. when they try to push it their own way or the highway no pun intended, then the american public, they're losing out here. it's unfortunate, the bipartisan thing. it can't be passed now. >> stephanie: if only we had socialists like dwight eisenhower around. [ laughing ] representative henry cuellar. thank you so much, bye byement bye bye, now. [applause] i always wonder what you're

smirking about looking at the under web. >> i'm taking care of producing business. it is nothing about you. oh god. >> stephanie: i'm just suspicious. >> what have you heard? >> stephanie: david axle rod. >> we've lost teachers in the last several months as we're gaining the private sector jobs. does anybody really believe we don't need more teachers and we can keep whacking teachers and we're going to advance as a country. >> stephanie: here is a news bulletin romney. the we would like to have our kids not in a class with 50 other kids. this stuff used to be bipartisan, but by the way, when i say our kids i don't mean me because i'm childless, elderly loser shut in. [ ding ding ] >> you still pay property taxes and you help to fund kids even

though you don't have kids. >> stephanie: why am i doing that. >> and when your dogs go to college. >> why would you get into that. i don't have kids. why am i paying taxes. >> stephanie: why am i paying taxes for schools. >> i'd rather have hooligans running through the neighborrish leaving people's lungs on the sidewalk. >> stephanie: this is what comes when you don't have enough teachers. lungs on the sidewalk. that's where it ends. 40 minutes after the hour. he'll be right back on "the stephanie miller show"." >> announcer: call stephanie now. she's easy. 1-800-steph-12. innovation matters now more than jennifer granholm is politically direct on current tv. >>the dominoes are starting to fall. (vo) granholm is live in the war room. >> what should women be doing? >> electing women to office.

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[ ♪ music ♪ ] >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> this is how you do it in south central. >> stephanie: lungs on the sidewalk, hmm, 50 minutes after the hour. >> this is how we do it. [ coughing ] coughing up a lung. >> stephanie: you're just trying to be a drama queen when you have a cold. i coughed up a lung, seriously. >> literally, both lungs. >> stephanie: in case you just tuned in. it's not a skit. two lungs were found on the sidewalk of south central. >> who lungs walk into a bar. there was no body found nearby. just lungs. >> stephanie: is the news getting more ghoulish. >> a little bit.

>> stephanie: hmm, all right 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll-free from anywhere. what you do in l.a. during commercial breaks, we discuss the latest lindsay lohan stories in the news because-- >> we're directly effected by it because we have to drive on the same streets. >> stephanie: she ran into a 18-wheeler in her porsche. she said the cut truck her off. >> because 18-wheelers are much more maneuverable than a porsche. >> stephanie: she said what? she said-- >> she told someone on the scene she was driving, but then she told the cops she wasn't driving driving. >> what's the difference. >> it's getting worse and worse. >> stephanie: now it wasn't her porsche, but a rented porsche. >> rent-a-porsche. >> stephanie: and you have insurance? >> yes, if you're lindsay lohan.

get extra insurance. what is the credit card limit $1 million? it's going to be tight. >> stephanie: i didn't know porsches were for rent. >> you can rent anything. >> stephanie: like business pro, that guy can rent a porsche. >> she has crashed many things. that should have been a warning sign. >> stephanie: i don't mean to be sexist but that may be too much car for her. she's just a girl. >> geo metro. >> stephanie: let's start with a smart car. >> make it a dumb car. >> just by virtue of sitting in it. >> stephanie: wee, wee wee. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] let's dive into the right-wing world and see what is happening. >> a somewhat challenged car. a night so bright car. i'm not a strong driver. >> stephanie: do you have stump

cars. bill o'reilly. >> the same 'ol criticism of president obama. he doesn't understand the economy. he doesn't the private sector. he wanted the economy to stimulate it, it doesn't work. big debt, and it goes on and on and the president keeps feeding into that. >> no, you do. >> stephanie: he doesn't understand the private sector although he has created how many jobs? president bush created--i have got the statistic. he created more than president bush created in i don't know how many--it's stunning. >> ee, well, bush was losing 750,000 jobs a month. >> stephanie: per month. >> when he left, so that's kind of a low bar. >> stephanie: yes, yes, a yeah. >> any jobs gained above that. >> stephanie: just repeat the same lines over and over. they're not saying anything

about bush. >> losing 750,000 jobs. >> stephanie: he understood the private sector. >> how to kill it. in a recession you have to stimulate the economy. and through that the way to do that is through public works. it's not just busy work. >> stephanie: i got a flat tire on my bike to prove it. it looks like the service of marchs is in the park near my house. >> there is a potent attack from the center on the left. he's out of touch. he's aloof. he doesn't understand what is going on. he has failed, he's weak. all the negatives on jimmy carter which were not ideological, which many thought him to be incompetent inexperienced and unprepared to be president. i think what is going on now is romney is waging not just a campaign to get people to switch to him but a campaign to get

liberals to stay home because this administration is not worth going out and voting for. >> stephanie: wow, the message from fox news just has been--i see the light. the elections are over. >> yeah, don't even try. >> stephanie: i could have sworn every poll i've seen, 80-something, 90% of democrats are happy with obama? and are going to vote for him? >> yeah, an if we have problems with obama we sure as hell not going to vote for romney or stay home. it sounds like dick morris is talking out of that substantial ass of his. >> stephanie: and jim ward a helper, glenn beck $20 million for his radio deal he's talking out of his ass. >> he's talking liberally. >> stephanie: the way stephanie miller speaking liberally. talking out of my ass. >> the picture of glenn beck ass flapping. >> i did not need that mental image. >> stephanie: because you're

going back to his botched ass surgery. that was horrifying. that video. >> there is a video? >> yeah, well. >> stephanie: right, he didn't he do a-- >> i don't think there is a close up of glenn beck's ass. >> stephanie: did he a video. >> when he was talking about medicine school. he was talking out of his mouth at that point. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: okay. >> see what he did there? don't do that. >> stephanie: don't botch my ass surgery. that's where i talk out of it. that's my money maker. [ laughing ] >> i think what the president is portraying in what he's saying is his belief that they are equivalent to private sector jobs. if you have, say the private sector is doing okay or somewhat stalled, you want to buff it up by increasing the numbers of government bureaucrats who are hired. that's really what he believes. >> yes, when the public--when the private sector is not stepping up to the plate, that's

the only thing you have left, the public sector. you put people to work, public works, building stuff, fixing things that will about to collapse, before people get killed. >> stephanie: thank you. we collided. >> woe. >> stephanie: ann coulter. >> an enormous enter fries and a midas touch man comes in and turns around the government money, it is not just bain. it is everything he touches. >> stephanie: yes, or the touches turns to gold. [ ♪ magical ♪ ] >> he was just saying if we do not vote for-- >> stephanie: we will lose. >> she's a flip flopper. ann coulter noted flip flopper. >> stephanie: rush limbaugh. >> as nice as they are to have, teachers police, and firemen. they are all paid for by

citizens. they don't grow the number of private sector jobs. they reduce them. >> stephanie: oh, oh. >> oh. >> this is marxist 101. >> putting people out of work. >> stephanie: we need to get rid of all of them. there will be lungs on every street corner. no more cops, firefighters, no teachers. >> are there street lights. >> stephanie: get naked and eat somebody's face at your leisure. get it. [applause] wow, marxist. >> yes marxist 101. >> stephanie: good to know. >> and according to rush limbaugh they don't pay taxes. >> they're not american. >> stephanie: they're not american and they don't pay taxes. good to know. they're the ones destroying the private sector. right back with the former and future alan grayson on "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ music ♪ ]

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lakalaka. charlie pierce lakalakalaka. >> laka boom no shaka. shaka khan. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and the in tucson big election day. hi andy. >> caller: hi, stevie. i want to piggyback on what you just said. it's hugely important here today. i'm a volunteer with boreber's office. we were fortunate to have a visit from gabrielle giffords and ron barber in our office and kelly. and it was so inspiring, and this election is so important if you are in the least bit interested in politics, you have to get out there and vote for ronberber today because jesse kelly is a tea party-- >> stephanie: jerk. >> caller: scary, scary person.

i don't know how else to describe him. during the last election he was vile in his remarks. >> stephanie: i know, he said she was a hero of nothing. i read the quote last hour. he said she's a hero of nothing. andy, was that as touching as it looked on tv the visit from gabrielle giffords? >> caller: yes, i came in to do mirage calls, and i didn't know we were going to have this lovely visit. the parking lot was full. i walked in and they said, guess who is coming soon. so when she walked in, there were tears in people's eyes eyes{^l"^^}. we're all supporting ron barber, but the emotion connected with gabrielle giffords and what she stands for in this community, i have a personal feeling towards this. my husband is a pharmacist in the walgreen's where the shooting took place outside of the walgreen's.

we had a lot of personal interactions with things that happened there. >> stephanie: oh, boy. >> caller: so it's--it's just hugely, hugely important. >> stephanie: i know. >> caller: for this community. >> stephanie: i've been to tucson since. it was a traumatic experience for everybody. but it also showed so much the best in people. that's certainly--you know seeing the way people have pulled together for ron barber, who we've had on the show. i wish you well. thanks so much for doing the volunteer work. >> caller: thanks, and thanks for getting the word out for us. >> stephanie: there she goes. 29 minutes after the hour. charlie pierce of esquire gate come with great stuff this week. next on on "the stephanie miller sh0501 -1 çcurrenttvñ 50 p p0502 -1

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♪ ng. she's the reason why you can't buy beer after the seventh inning at dodgers' game. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: don't make me get my calf out because i'll do it. there is the freaky calf. my mom has that, too. she's 89. >> you're the reason why we can't buy beer after the second period at a kings game. >> stephanie: we have a hockey team? and congratulations to them. [applause] >> we have an ice rink? >> stephanie: we have ice in l.a. >> some flat surface. >> stephanie: we just have ice in our drinks, right? all right.

jill in ithica. hi, jill. >> caller: which can play warn zebom for the last party thing, i'll rip your lungs out jack. >> jim. >> stay away from him. i'll rip your lungs out jim. >> caller: and karl rove is at it again. he accused john bryson of being drunk because he was in a horrible accident. but the poor guy had a seizure. >> stephanie: commerce seasoning of three crashes in five minutes and how could alcohol not be involved. mad skills hashtag skills. and the hashtag about the attempted levity was communicated poorly. the regret the tweet. >> caller: really funny. one more thing. for jim. >> stephanie: yes? >> caller: jim, the 9/11 architects and engineers are on tour. >> mm-hmm.

>> caller: they'll be out in california i think towards the middle of july or something like that. >> stephanie: all right, thank you, jill. by the way, can i get props to our news woman jacki schechner. >> why? >> stephanie: she gave us the update in the middle of the show that secretary-- >> commerce secretary. >> stephanie: bryson that was a sue sure. i'm driving home after the show, and ab "abc news" was not reporting that. they were still reporting the crashes, just saying, jacki schechner, you're on it. >> i watch a lot of "abc news." they've been faking a bit of a right turn. >> stephanie: that's what i mean. they're leaving out the information. by the way [♪battle hymn of the republic♪] it says he is my boss. he's a good and kind man and does not drink or smoke. he lives in the pasadena area.

>> i know her. she was my house mother in college. >> stephanie: aah. it's tuesday. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> stephanie: charlie pierce political columnist for esquire.com. >> why is everybody laughing at me. >> stephanie: oh god, we missed you, charlie pierce, in boston. >> caller: i know, they're just putting the bricks back on the theater after you tore it down. >> stephanie: alan grayson had to fill your considerable shoes. >> caller: oh man, alannable was there? i was at the racetrack. [ laughing ] >> caller: by the way, the 9/11 architects for truth are on tour? >> yeah. >> caller: there's not going to be any beef stew left in any bus stop in america. >> now you're hurting. [buzzer]

>> stephanie: you say back when we tried to save it we were under the distinguished i'm out of here romney when his heart belonged to iowa. he managed to get past the major reform of healthcare system. your point here it works. >> caller: it's not me saying it. it's thethey're saying it. it has not had an effect on unemployment. unemployment went up because the economy cratered. >> stephanie: i like the way you put it better. you said george bush ate the world. something like that. >> caller: he allowed people to ate the world. >> stephanie: the worst president to allow the financial system to eat the world. >> caller: possibly contain it all over to him. he is not smart enough to eat the world. >> stephanie: but you make the

cogent point. we had chaos and it's a measure of how nutty the republican party has become. it's the only thing people in massachusetts remember him for and he pretends it did not happen. >> caller: it's the only progressive legacy he left there. he can't mention it. i can barely mention massachusetts. >> stephanie: if he does, then he has to explain what a freaky bunch you are and then you end that he's really a remarkable liar, which is the point that cannot be made enough. [applause] >> caller: it's getting more obvious by the day. i mean, this whole business about school teachers and firemen. he does not really believe that. >> stephanie: no. >> caller: no thinking human being believes that. >> stephanie: and he knows perfectly well, what the president meant. anybody did, that he meant as compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine. but here we are in silly season.

>> caller: yes, but he should find a more artful way of saying it. at this point he has got to know how silly season works. >> stephanie: you're talking about the president? >> caller: yeah. is jay carney surprised that republicans take the quotes of the president out of context? my goodness. >> stephanie: he was quitting john mccain and they were using it in an ad as if he was saying it. >> caller: i know it's hard, and it's hard to measure your based how they may be interpreted by lunatics, but that's what you have to do. which is something that alan grayson never learned. god bless him. >> yes, we love him for it. >> caller: the governor on his internal monologue is set to about 19 ethic. [ laughing. >> stephanie: charlie great piece on the recall. you say i've grown up patient with the idea that the recall was a bad idea to begin with. more of your thoughts on that.

>> caller: i'm happy they did it. i really am. i mean, it was a long--it was a long haul up a dirt road, and i was enormously surprised when i got out there, the number of people who voted in the recall essentially against the recall. not because they didn't like the governor, but they didn't like the idea of it. to me that's the result of six months worth of television commercial telling them that they shouldn't like civics any more. recall is something that people worked very hard to get. the reason why they worked very hardhard to get was because the financial system of the country was at the turn of the century which we're growing more familiar now. >> stephanie: you said practicingcally in taking everything and time in account there would not have been a recall without the walker's name on the ballot. i love how you close, that the recall was a vehicle. if nothing else it kept walker

from calling legislature into special session and doing more damage before the election. >> caller: that's the consolation prize. walker can't call the legislature into special section because nothing will get passed. what that means is that the legislature won't meet until after the november election. if you couldn't flip the governorship, then the best you could do is keep him from doing more damage. >> stephanie: i couldn't be happier. >> caller: well, he's being--i didn't really mean to make people angry. i could have explained myself better which is a lie. he knew what he was doing and he got caught saying it to that woman. the notion that he's running around and buying reconciliateer and every week the john doe investigation is for real. >> stephanie: i was going to say, that's my happy clapy

thought. i think there is more chance he's going to prison than the governor's mansion come the next election cycle. >> caller: i don't know about prison, but very possibly he could be destroyed as a politician. something pretty plainly was really rancid in his time as county executive. as i said last week, if this guy russell has flipped that's the ballgame because he knows everything. then again you get the lieutenant governor, and believe me, she makes sarah palin sound like maggie smith. >> stephanie: that's kind of a bait. >> caller: this is the voice you do not want on your national television screen. >> stephanie: my favorite piece i saved to last. >> caller: there was no paint on the walls of the function room after she was done speaking. >> what's that smell? >> stephanie: pools were sand blasted. [ ♪ magical ♪ ]

tee highway hee hee. you say the president has a clear path to re-election and a damn narrow one. he has seen record of spoken by willard romney. >> caller: many of those left democrats have a point by the way. but the fact is he can get get re-elected. i think people in the white house are aware of that. but he's also--i mean, it's really a tough--it's a tough--i mean, again, all of this pales in comparison of what the money is capable of doing. the complete perversion of the democratic process of what the money affects. if you're driving around

wisconsin for three days, watching local television--well, i wasn't watching local television while i was driving but you get my point you don't have any idea what the money is like. i mean, it's overwhelming. it's utterly----it utterly besoons everything else. >> stephanie: you said what has blindsided them in the last few weeks, you talk about being off the reservation mark yapping who wouldn't stand--that's governor rendell. but you're saying that you didn't think that the obama campaign was ready to relive the the 2008 campaign. >> caller: that was interesting to me because i don't think--i happen to think that the lefty lefties have a point. but the lefties have no point. he has governed like a clinton. what they're talking is about is

maybe he doesn't have the political performance skills that bill clinton has well nobody does. in fact, hillary clinton doesn't have them. >> stephanie: but i think you're referring to the cory bookers out there. if it weren't for the concerted effort to roll back the stone of the too many, the president would not have to leap the campaign the president can't point out that the opponent is on the wrong side of issues. that's me react. >> caller: i don't get it. and i don't get it coming from middle of the road to slightly right of center democrats. that one i don't see. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: he don't have done very much more. all he was saying was marginally unpleasant things about what mitt romney did at bain capital which is the only--which is is

entire political life. he has decided not to mention the one office he has been elected to in his life. >> stephanie: the one thing i love about you you make movie references correctly, which is the complete opposite of me. you say, i do not envy him walking this narrow path and it reminds me the truck drivers of wages of fear while getting the glycerin over the fault. this is why this is brilliant and charlie pierce. you say the path he'll have to walk through as president is the same path he'll have to walk as life. the barack obama failed in his promise to bring the country together, and campaigning like he wants to be president all over again. engaging in politics. he's absolutely right. it's been like pushing a rock up a hill in some ways. >> caller: are we not all aware that they'll use presidents to get re-elected?

are we all not shocked by this? >> stephanie: no. >> caller: i've lived through enough--you know richard nixon campaigned as the president. he didn't even call himself nixon. he said reelect the president. >> stephanie: in my favorite movie reference, i'm andrew shepherd, and i am president. you see what i am saying? [applause] >> caller: let's make him president. >> stephanie: you talk about people like david brooks. >> caller: i can't walk that much. i can't walk and talk. i have to sit and talk. >> stephanie: you say, david brooks irritates me, too. you say it's his duty to be all the things that david brooks wants him to be so he can lose nobodily and the country can go back to the rightful owners. the [♪battle hymn of the republic♪] the fact that americans elected a black man still maintains to awe and inspire. you can't full use of that

either but virtue of his very election race is no longer an issue in this country. it's time for abram to barack obama to be as bold as he wants the country to be. great stuff and great advice to him, i think. >> caller: he won't take it, and he'll be cautious and look for 51% re-election. no one lives to me. >> stephanie: i listen to you. >> caller: from another movie, i have vision and everyone else is wearing bifocals. >> stephanie: i'm host of the insteadstephanie miller. >> was something talking there welcome about beef stew. >> stephanie: 49 minutes after the hour. "the stephanie miller show"." >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ music ♪ ]

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mcdermott was shaking hands in my coffee shop on saturday. i told him you called him the most giggly congressman, and he giggled. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: jim mcdermott. he does have an awesome man giggle. wow, if you think the fight is bad in congress, have you heard about this, britain, wow wee. this is bad. residents were given a display of ice-cream cone ice cream vendor who is were at it in the middle of the road. witnesses are still trying to process the certificate real altercation. one said, i couldn't believe it when mr. yummy jumped out of the van and snatched smashed mr. whippy's window. you don't expect that. mr. whippy. >> not mr. whippy. >> stephanie: no, no.

what's going on in the world. >> good heavens. >> stephanie: linda, welcome. >> caller: hey, good morning. >> stephanie: good morning. >> caller: i have a great comparison of hardcore businessmen like romney and psychopaths. i got this from the--this comes from the "criminal minds" tv show where they profile criminals. and they say that the--they have the same characteristics, they just use their skills differently. they have many narcissistic traits in common, including grandiose sense of self-importance, deceptiveness and lack of remorse. is that what we want for president, a psycho bath. >> stephanie: thank you, linda. >> watch out, jim. i'll rip your lungs out. >> stephanie: i can hear my mother from here going, oh dear. oh, john writing about yesterday we played rush limbaugh saying that the president is not manly. he throws like a girl. john rights let's not forget

that rush limbaugh got a deferment from serving his own country because of a ass pimple. it was a cyst. i'm sure a manly man would have popped his ass assist and ponied it up to serve his country. >> stephanie: 57 afta. hello, wendy. >> caller: how are you guys? we used to live in massachusetts. we live in atlanta. we're moving back to massachusetts to vote for elizabeth warren. i think mitt romney was governor of new hampshire because whenever there was an emergency he was in his house in new hampshire. >> stephanie: wendy, did you ever hear the story--i loved this--when he had all these cutbacks that hurt the homeless and needy. he was going to do his photo op

serving turkey dinner and apparently that place he was going to go he cut back. they said i think we should have him go new hampshire and serve turkey for his photo op. >> caller: we had six feet snow drifts and where is romney? an in new hampshire. this slap fell on a woman, and she died. where is romney? he's in new hampshire. >> stephanie: exactly. exactly. >> did he even live in massachusetts. >> stephanie: one of his many homes was in new hampshire. >> close enough. [ mocking laugh ] >> i know you just can't do a good breathe. >> stephanie: we've patented our rich party laugh. mitt romney, ready? [ mock laugh ] westephanie miller. discussed earlier this morning. first, the republican attack on firefighters and police.

i remember when bill clinton implemented the more cops on the [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] all right, jacki schechner what's your mom's name? jacki schechner are you there? >> yes hello? >> stephanie: what's your mom's name. >> diane. >> stephanie: now we really have to do it up. ♪ diane it's your birthday ♪ >> stephanie: where is she? >> in miami. ♪ show me love ♪ >> this is the last time i ask you for anything. >> stephanie: is she going clubbing in south beach. >> totally. she's on the vip list for a couple of places.

getting to the front of the line. >> stephanie: going partying with diddy and biddy. >> of course, it's a tuesday for her. [ laughing. >> stephanie: all right, now here is her lovely news daughter, jacki schechner. see, i'm looking down because jackie speier is coming up in a minute. not now. >> she's going clubbing and i'm going to bid at 5:00. >> stephanie: jacki schechner and the current news center. >> mitt romney is promising to repeal healthcare reform again. this time in an campaign event in orlando. he's offering up replacements like this. >> we'll have to make sure that the law we replace obama-care with assures people who have a pre-existing condition, who have been insured in the past are able to get insurance in the future so they don't have to worry about that condition keeping them from getting the kind of healthcare that they deserve. >> stephanie: sound familiar? that's exactly what national healthcare will do. it will protect people who have never had health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. >> mitt romney said he wants to treat insurance like a consumer

good, if he was economically inclined which he knows you can't do because healthcare is not optional and cannot be treated like a commodity. look at who would be president. betty white, the 90-year-old actress visited the white house and got a tour. she expressed her support for the president three weeks ago. and in january the president erred a special 90th birthday message for her saying he didn't believe her age and asking to see her birth certificate. they have a nice little relationship going on there. and it's been a week since scott walker beat the recall in and he'swisconsin, and he's hoping to bridge the gap with food. walker calls the cookout an effort to forge relationships that make it easier to work together and create jobs. probably going to take more than that.

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paper, jackie speier was shot five times and pete mcclowski was wounded twice in korea. he thought she should be recognized and gave her one of his purple hearts. i'm crying. good morning jackie speier. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: one of the reasons why you're a hero is because you never talk about this. the story is great. it talks about how you just don't mention it. i thought this was one of the most touching stories i've heard of in politics. >> caller: you can imagine how touching it was when i was surprised by him making that presentation. i just can't think of anything more moving than to have someone give you one of his purple hearts, which is what pete mc mcclovsky did. he was a congressman for 15 years in the house of

representatives, and his story was pretty powerful. he ran against richard nixon for president. he called for his impeachment. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: i was a republican earth day, the environmental movement, and just one of those republicans you just want to clone. he was really, and is an ethical, upstanding man. he was just such a great leader in our country and showed real courage in congress that is reflective of his history in korea, as well. it was incredibly touching. >> stephanie: just in this age of--first of all you're right, they truly don't make them like that any more. secondly, in this era of just partisan ranker, i mean, i just love our it started. the story of two politicians who share private horrors creates a special bond. speier was in the dark when she

took him on the invitation of a christmas party. when presented with the medal she had tears in his eyes. it says that you were as close to speechless as you have ever been, which is wear for a congressman. >> caller: this is true. it's like someone giving you their organ right? it's such a selfless gift. you know i know about these medals because oftentimes world war ii heroes have lost their medals and they've come to their member of congress and asked to replace them. we always do a ceremony in the office when we hand them their replaced medal. it's just--it was really quite moving. and the rest of the story is that i finally brought--it's in a shadow box. it's beautifully framed. i brought it to washington. another colleague was in my office, and we were celebrating my birthday. and we ended up talking about

medals. i showed it to him. he went back to his office called the local reporter for one of the papers, and told the reporter about it, and she then wrote a piece. that's how it kind of was picked up by the l.a. times. >> stephanie: the last time we did you on, you were talking about fighting for veterans and that they would get their benefits. i thought this was so fitting. i mean, this guy has two purple hearts, a silver star, a navy cross. he's so humble. he said he described the purple heart was being received for being nicked with a barks ayonett. i don't think you get nicked by a boyonette. you don't get purple heart for being nicked. amazing. >> stephanie: i've always admire admired your courage and speaking out on women's issues, but i had not known this whole

story. you were shot five times. this was when you were a 28-year-old in jones town investigating that, the human rights abuse there is. you waited 22 hours for help. howhow do you get through something like that? >> caller: it's mind over matter. i was so--so wounded that i had no idea. i was so close to death i had no idea. but i had just in my mind was thinking i'm going to survive. when they actually airlifted us out of there, and i tell the story to kids when they put me on this u.s. medevac plane, it was like someone had wrapped me in the american flag. there is never a time that i say the pledge of allegiance or sing the national anthem that i don't remember that moment, and how lucky we all are that we live in this country. sometimes we are so filled with ranker and animosity that we forget what makes this country so great. and forget that even when our founding fathers had disputes, i mean, they worked it out.

so it's a lasting memory for me for many, many reasons. but it's a very powerful reminder of how fortunate we all are. >> stephanie: i mean, i was reading this story and we're fortunate that we have both of you arrest representatives. he pointed out you still have two bullets lodged in your body. he said that you were never publicly recognized for your sacrifice just hurt him. he said, she earned it. she got hurt worse than i did. is there every a time we can get back to the politicians being human beings like this? [chuckling] >> caller: i got to believe that or i wouldn't be doing the job. i do think we have got to return to a time when we could agree to disagree and come up with compromises to very thorny problems that really cry out for solutions. i think the american people have had it. i mean, i go around the community now and i can sense

it in people people's disgust, disappointment and angst for wanting something better than what we're offering them right now. >> stephanie: well, and i love that you were a teenager when you first met him, and mcclovsky. what he sauce was corruption in the g.o.p. and he came out political retirement in 2006. i was just looking at groverer norquist lashing back at jeb bush for daring to suggest this is not his party any more, not ronald reagan's party, but that's absolutely true isn't it? >> caller: it is. jeb was talking about taking back his party. we got to take back our country. we've got to stop preening for the press and for the sound bytes and for the more outrageous comments. when you think about the

president giving out a state of the union and a member in the audience yells out liar, and some how that is okay. it was a fundraising tool to raise campaign cash. we got to get beyond all of that. >> stephanie: i mean, to have that kind of disrespect rewarded is really sickening. speaking of profiles in courage, gabrielle giffords your colleague, former colleague out there yesterday, a big election in tucson today. >> stephanie: that's right. and her aide, her district director mr. barber, is running to take her seat. she's fully supporting him and has been on the trail for him. i guess i'm going to be joined, hopefully, by another staffer who has been wounded in the line of duty and is now serving in the house of representatives. >> stephanie: thanks a lot. i had just finish crying for jackie speier, and then i go on the l.a. times there is

gabrielle giffords. what are you doing to me, people. jackie speier, i wanted to take a second and honor you because i just appreciate you and all your hard work. thank you so much. talk again real soon. by the way she doesn't mean to preen for the cameras. she's really pretty. she's one of the prettiest congress people. >> i cut myself shaving but people don't know that about her. >> stephanie: because she doesn't cut about it. >> i bumped my knee from playing soccer. >> stephanie: all right, jim thanks for that. your country thanks. >> you did you wait 22 hours to get medevaced off the soccer field. >> i got the bus. >> you took the bus and put a band aid on it. >> stephanie: sherry hi, sherry. >> caller: hello, this is sherry in virginia. i have been thinking about the pledge that groverer norquist wrote and erected republican congress signed to never ever raise taxes on the rich under any circumstances.

>> stephanie: mm-hmm. >> caller: my question is if they have allowed that pledge to supersede their oath of office, and redirected their allegiance aren't they violating their oath of office? >> stephanie: yeah, you don't sign a pledge to grover norquist. you sign a pledge to uphold the constitution of the united states. by the way more cracks in the grove. >> oh no. >> stephanie: lindsey graham says read my lips. don't sign no new tax pledge--oops. starting to crap, jeb bush. [ talking like grover ] >> not that grover. >> stephanie: remarks that ronald reagan's republican, yeah, that's foolish, said grover norquist. it's bizarre.

>> stupid. >> stephanie: that's what he sounds like. >> who do you think you are. >> stephanie: he's stupid. >> i'm smarter than you. >> stephanie: there is a guy who watched his father throw away his presidency on a 2-to-1 ratio on spending cuts--he's talking about george wh--and he's sophisticated by taking a 10-to-1 promise he does not understand. he just greed to walk down the same alley with the same gang and he's just smart. you walk down that alley you don't walk out. that's grover. >> is that a threat. >> stephanie: who is scared of a guy named grover. >> a pant load may seem grover. >> i'm telling mom if you don't sign the pledge. >> stephanie: jeb said just what i was talking to representative speier about, they got a lot of stuff, reagan would be criticized for doing the things that did he, yes, you mean by

giving amnesty to how many. >> a zillion. >> stephanie: yes, undocumented--yes, raising taxes, saying anybody, buhler. based on his record of finding accommodation and finding common ground, they would have a hard time if you defined the republican party that does not allow for disagreement and does not allow for finding common ground. very good jeby. [applause] dear god he said loving same sex parents should be held up as examples for others. is he trying to get thrown out of the party? we'll talk about that when we come back. 18 minutes after the hour part right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> call the political party line now, 1-800-steph-12.

>> jeb has a little more compassion for immigrants. what happened to george prescott bush. >> no, he was jeb bush's son. >> oh, that one. >> the ricky martin look-alike yeah. >> going in another direction. the direction away from his father.

>>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> this is a vintage arizona state university shirt.

it's the only college mascot. >> stephanie: the won a stanley cup. >> yes, they did. >> stephanie: oh, good to know. >> the only college mascot to be designed. >> oh, good to know. >> stephanie: you think your college mascot is better than mine. >> stephanie: there were a pair of lungs found on the sidewalk here in south los angeles. any way you could fedex those lungs to me? they couldn't be worse than the nicotine damaged ones that i'm currently using. i'm going to have to you bath salts and chew a pair out of a man walking down the street. >> what do you mean your mascot is better. >> stephanie: whatever, braggy. the arizona state. >> this is sparky the sun devil.

the only college mascot designed by walt dismy. [ whatever! ] >> marvin the martian. we have the same hat. >> that's a stupid-looking mascot. >> i'm claiming this university in the name of marchs. >> stephanie: is it a trojan. >> it's a trojan. >> stephanie: i just remember the horse is in the way, and the horse would come out and he wiped out and tommy the trojan fell off him. it was funny. >> he had a name tommy the trojan. >> stephanie: tommy the trojan would fall off. >> would he run a condemn on his head. >> stephanie: and then we would yell charlie white, he was the heisman guy my freshman year. >> that means nothing. those are just words. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: all right, wait first, who is the other one, marcus allen my senior year won the heisman. >> he's 80 now, isn't he?

>> stephanie: he is not. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: bill in chicago, you're on "the stephanie miller show"." hi, bill. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i love your crew. i want to make a comment on your discussion with representative grayson. and as i recall back when the clintons were trying to do healthcare, the republicans, which included by the way mr. gingrich, were very, very, very much opposed to any kind of healthcare without a mandate. now all of a sudden they're against it. they make me want to cough up a lung ♪ you're a mean one ♪ newt gringrich ♪ >> stephanie: every time we bring up college weird old memories come into my head. [ ♪ magical ♪ ] >> what happened now. >> stephanie: another edition of that's so random. [♪ "world news tonight" ♪] i ran into a market, and someone

had drawn a mustache on the baby food. >> this was while you were in college. [ mock laughing ] >> stephanie: that's random. the field fleetwood mac song "tusk" and i remember in my dorm, i was looking in binoculars and i thought how did grace get on the field with stevie nicks. she had befriended stevie nicks from the board and dorm, and i thought she's got good seats. with a drunken stevie nicks. >> was there any kind of stevie nicks in the 70s. >> stephanie: i don't think so. she had a baton. i guess jeb bush is trying to get thrown out of the republican party. loving same sex parents should be held up as examples to others? first he poked grover with a sharp stick. you don't want to do that.

>> hey, don't poke me with a stick. i'm telling mom. >> stephanie: he said people don't need to be discriminated against because they don't share my belief on this. if people love their children with all their heart and soul and that's how they organize their life they should be held up as examples for others because we need it. it can take all sorts of forms. it should not be the one that i sanction under the law because he personally opposes same-sex marriage, blah-blah-blah. i'm just saying. [ ♪ magical ♪ ] >> what have you done. >> stephanie: unlike prime minister david cameron who left his baby in a bar. >> well, not quite a baby. >> you have a baby. >> just saying. >> in a bar. >> stephanie: straight parents. >> it wasn't quite a baby. >> stephanie: she was eight. >> eight. >> stephanie: prime minister david cameron accidently left his daughter in a bar. >> there is a difference. >> stephanie: that's a mix up. >> she was finishing his red barrel. >> stephanie: there was a mix up

after a family lunch at a publish. >> of course. >> stephanie: the prime minister was distraught when he realized that he left his daughter in a pub. >> pubs in britain were like community living room. it's appropriate to take children there. >> stephanie: they thought they had nancy o mad cap british comedy in a pub. >> without the naked ladies. >> stephanie: and music. [ humming ] >> where is my daughter. >> stephanie: all right. [ hum humwhere is my babe. maybe the dingo ate it. >> that's australia. >> stephanie: i had to it different news stories. we'll be right back. "the stephanie miller show."

[ ♪ music ♪ ] taxes for schools. >> i'd rather have hooligans running through the neighborrish leaving people's lungs on the sidewalk. >> stephanie: this is what comes when you don't have enough teachers. lungs on the sidewalk. that's where it ends. 40 minutes after the hour. miller. >> announcer: there is a tea party in her pants and you're invited. call now, 1-800-steph-12. [music]

of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our

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[ ♪ music ♪ ] >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> we were actually looking for a cheap miller but you're a sexy little trash, the second you started shaking the guys would drop dead. >> stephanie: all those years. >> look at all that that you're doing. >> stephanie: by the way, i'm not as good of a liar as mitt romney but i'm good enough. david bender thought i did work at the kitty-- [ ding ding ] >> it's been part of the stephanie miller lore for 15 years. >> stephanie: no, i was never a stripper. >> you were a waitress at fung wung. >> stephanie: in my kimono.

i was a horrible waitress. >> you sat there and eight all those crackers. >> stephanie: until my kimono burst. >> take that up with fung wung. >> stephanie: yes. mitt romney said that firemen, police and teachers are not middle eastern people but corporations are. [applause] oh, i got a hate letter. >> oh, boy. >> stephanie: custom music please. this never ends well for me when people find me by accident. bill in birmingham, alabama. >> hi, bill, i stumbled upon your show. >> stephanie: i sat on my remote and you came on. [ . [ farting sounds ] >> stephanie: even better. i have to say you're probably over paid whatever you're making. trust me, i am not. the good news for you. >> glenn beck is over paid. [applause]

>> stephanie: thanks, bill. some guy in alabama found his remote. hey, honey, this just came out of my ass. >> i crapped on the remote and out came that on tv. >> stephanie: he butt remoted me. he did not butt dial me but butt remoted me. hi bill. [ . [ ♪ romantic ♪ ] >> my dog always dances whenever you play. [ sunshine ] miranda is singing it, and the puppy is dancing it. >> stephanie: get up, sunshine. ♪ i'm walking on sunshine ♪ wah ♪ don't it feel good ♪ ou ♪

>> say hi stephanie miller. >> hi. >> stephanie: meanwhile some guy sat on his remote in alabama. [ farting sounds ] >> what in the sam hill is this. >> stephanie: i just want to see the look on his face when he was expecting nascar. [ nascar. [ ♪ banjo music ♪ >> stephanie: i don't know why he felt the need to write me to me that he ass-chose me this morning. >> we have no information that he's married to lorlene. >> stephanie: and all of a sudden, a lesbian in a baseball cap shows up on tv. is this still tv. >> what is this doing on tv. [ laughing ] [♪battle hymn of the republic♪]

>> stephanie: at least she should have the decency to do her hair and not wear a hat. what the hell. >> okay, justin beingber is on the news. >> stephanie: speaking of, it's billy in texas. >> hi billy. >> caller: good morning, steph. you're still all talking about scott walker this morning. >> stephanie: a little bit. >> caller: i don't see how you can spin this as a victory for the left. >> stephanie: i don't think it's a victory for the left. i think it's a unvictory for scott walker if you read the piece that we posted yesterday. >> caller: you go back to the start of the whole recall nonsense. we were all touting this as we're going to show them. the people are going to speak and we got all these signatures. the only poll that counts is the one they take on election day and y'all were thoroughly stomped. >> stephanie: stomped, okay, well, we took back control of the legislature. >> caller: you have one senate seat. >> stephanie: we go got one.

we took two before. >> caller: how come that wasn't the focus before the election? how come y'all it was all about scott walker. >> stephanie: wisconsin was recalling scott walker and that's what the whole thing was about. >> caller: and your candidate lost. >> stephanie: mimimi. billy, i heard you were cheating on me with ed schultz. are you paid to call progressive shows. >> you get around. >> caller: no, i don't. i get a couple of days off, and it happens to be during the middle of the week. i tune in to check on what you're wearing. >> you're a bit of a radio show. >> caller: say that begin? >> you're a bit of a radio show. you kind of get around. >> caller: you know, coming from you, i consider that a compliment. >> stephanie: ouch. [ meowing ] >> stephanie: what do you do? i aim he in the real estate

business. i give myself mondays and tuesdays off. >> stephanie: you're a realtor. >> you didn't sound too sure there. >> stephanie: how is the real estate going in texas. >> caller: real estate never has hit the bottom here in texas. there's always something going on. so i stay fairly busy. i live out in the middle the country. there's us something to do, and i enjoy being out here. i enjoy your show. the reason why i call your folks. most of the time i can't get anybody on your side to have a conversation. the way that i--ment-- >> stephanie: billy, you and i are practically dating. you an ed schultz. >> caller: you make a point and then i make a point and then you make a counterpoint. at some point we might say something that the other person agrees with. that's how we start to talk. my point for you folks is that unless we do sit down and talk about this and actually have a

discussion, then this is going to go from bad to worse. schultz talks about it all the time. schultz is--he's off the wheal over there. [ . [ ♪ romantic ♪ ] >> stephanie: i had to talk to schultz because anybody who votes against obama does so because they're racist. >> stephanie: i did not say that. >> caller: he corrected himself. he said 96% of the people, the white guys who call in this show against obama are racist and the other four. >> stephanie: you know billy i hate it when you talk about your ex-s when you're with me. that was yesterday. >> caller: all my ex-s are in texas, steph. >> stephanie: really, really? [applause] ♪ all my ex-s ♪ live in oklahoma ♪ that doesn't work. >> stephanie: here is beloved governor wanker, it sounds like he's walking back a little bit. >> in the end the big issue the private sector still needs help,

and the answer is not still big government. in my state our government has allowed us to protect firefighters and teachers, that's not what i think of when i think of big government. >> stephanie: i'm sorry. [ ♪ magical ♪ ] >> we will stand by governor backtracker. >> stephanie: you were always for the firemen. >> mm-hmm. >> stephanie: and cops and teachers. i see. >> sure. [ ♪ magical ♪ ] >> stephanie: that was all a dream. and you were there, and you were there. and also we've always been at war. whatever. john mccain on the whole private sector. >> mccain: he believes having state, local governments hire more people, that's the answer to the way out. mitt romney believes that business creates jobs. >> stephanie: yeah, business doesn't--they're public employees. >> and he believes that they create kolob. >> stephanie: did i hear that wrong? does he want to privatize

everything? the fire department, the police department, the schools everything. >> put out the fire in your house, it will cost you. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. >> how much you got. >> stephanie: the romney surrogate. >> you have people in this country where the school population peaked 10, 15 years ago, and they have maintained it has not changed. the real issue that people ought to stop jumping on it and understand there is wisdom in the comments. >> there is wisdom in firing teachers and keeping kids stupid. they grow up republican. >> stephanie: there is wisdom in your kids being dumber. what don't you get about that duh. mitt romney is getting on the bus for the first time in his life, i think. >> good heavens. >> stephanie: look at this. [♪ "world news tonight" ♪] oh my goodness, is this all people. >> where is the first class section, i don't understand. >> romney has not flown commercial in years. he wouldn't know first class from coach.

>> stephanie: don't worry, mittens, it will all come together when mom comes along. the every town counts bus tour will kick off friday in new hampshire. it will put romney in six states overover the course of five days with the focus on small towns because he's just a small town boy. >> right. >> stephanie: hmm, hmm, hmm, can we pray once again that bobby gingel becomes the vice presidential nominee. then they could spinning on their bus tour. yes they can. [ elton john's "norma jean ♪ ♪ good luck ♪ mama jean ♪ although i never knew ♪ you had it in you ♪ to pick someone who ♪ made you look that sane

♪ it seems that bobby jean ♪ in the wind ♪ never knowing ♪ what to say ♪ before his brain ♪ set in ♪ and i would have ♪ liked to have seen you ♪ take just one more ♪ it's been dumbed down ♪ long before romney ♪ ever did ♪ >> thank you. >> stephanie: 45 minutes after the hour. we'll be back as we close "the stephanie miller show." >> on "the stephanie miller show" in suburban america this morning. >> it's "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ music ♪ ]

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> you are insane. >> stephanie: i'm getting ready to get out of here. this is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 50 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12. robert deniro's argument got caught fire, that's why you played "fire." but when we say robert deniro's apartment caught fire. it's third four fifth, sixth floor. >> a little bit bigger than an

argument. i didn't know it caught fire. it's so huge. >> stephanie: it was lint in his dryer. >> you would think that the guy would not have lint in the dryer. police department should be scaredbe--lint should be scared of me. >> how much lint. >> a little bit. >> enthusiasm. >> stephanie: i was wondering how we we were going to that one. >> in the apartment. >> stephanie: my new best friend cher. >> i don't know if she would say that. >> stephanie: the, the girl in the green pashmina. oh, i got to call bob mackey for her. louie wrote, hi, mom i thought i would help since everyone is seeing you for the great international pashmina incident. this is how you hang your pashmina to avoid wrinkles, like i'm going to get another chance to have my picture taken with

cher. i forgot how much i loved her. she hates mitt romney. she was on twitter again. she said when mitt gives a speech, white people. where are there people of color. there is no room for difference. why does mitt romney keep his money in tax havens. i keep my money here and pay taxes on it. >> and she has a lot of money. >> stephanie: by the way, she came under fire in may for another tweet. she said if romney gets elected i don't know if i can breathe the same air as his women-hating women-hating--rock on. we have all the cool celebrities celebrities. you have nobody, g.o.p. ♪ na, na, na ♪ we got betty white.

>> but they have chuck norris. >> stephanie: and kick you in the neck if you don't vote for mitt romney. [ laughing ] >> stephanie: betty white who endorseed president obama got some face time on monday. the 90-year-old actress met with obama. she told ap last month she very much favors obama. ♪ you go girl ♪♪ >> wow, so popular. >> stephanie: by the way, you think i'm exercise-obsessive. i hop to spinning class hiking running, miley cyrus flies her trainer wherever she is in the world and she flies him first class. >> hum sounds like she's making too much money. >> i know a little bit about fitness. how could i get a job like that. >> stephanie: you're not going anywhere. [ laughing ]

>> stephanie: your job is right here. >> you could be lindsay lohan's personal trainer. >> stephanie: your job is to wear something tight flex, and punch the button bam. >> stephanie: speaking of exercise. russell brand has invited charlie sheen to his exercise class. you think russell brand has fullen off the wagon. >> just a little bit. >> stephanie: tina turner is still not dead. that's another twitter folks over the weekend. she still however can't stand the rain. just so you know. i just try to find-- [ ♪ circus ♪ ] i should have asked cher about this. stars about my big fat gypsy wedding. >> where are the tramps and thieves. >> stephanie: have you a watched this big fat gypsy wedding on tlc. >> i've heard people make fun of

it but i have not watched it. >> stephanie: annie and josh who is relationship is permitted in their culture. there is a lesbian couple whose love is taboo. here is a fact, first cousins allowed to marry in 19 more states than those that allow lesbian marriage. paul singer is the republican guy who largely financed marriage equality in new york. his son is gay. it will be financed by paul singer. he's providing $1 million to start a super pac with several republican compatriots. it's named "american unity pac" and encourages candidates to support same-sex marriage by helping them feel shielded by blow backs from gropes who oppose it. i say very good for you. [ ♪ music ♪ ]

blow back from who could we be talking about, tony perkins? hmm. >> marcus bachmann? >> stephanie: no. who said beau? yeah, because i'm looking at this headline. is the g.o.p. ready for its own gay candidate? no. >> oh god, no. >> stephanie: no. >> i left my wife--well, they've had gay candidates. they just didn't know. >> stephanie: tsh, ths tsh. richard tezay are you, have you heard of him? he's openly openly supports gay marriage. >> he will be kicked out that have caucus. >> stephanie: this is worse. he's willing to do something that most republicans candidates are willing to do, say something positive about president obama. [buzzer]

you get nothing from the republican party. he went through the same process as most americans are in right now, interacting with a lot of gay people and recognizing that everybody should be treated fairly under the law. yeah. [ ding ding ] he thinks mitt romney might support guy marriage. >> he evolved the wrong way. mitt romney signed into law. >> stephanie: did you see the cartoon of him evolving backward, and now the tea baggers are saying now we like you now that you've evolved. lydia from tennessee. you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: i'm calling i'm a military mom. i'm asking people to get out and vote for president obama. it's really important that veterans keep their benefits. >> stephanie: yes, yes. >> caller: yeah. >> stephanie: and also to get veterans jobs when they come back. he's working on all of that. john in detroit gets to close us out today. john, welcome. >> caller: nobody is playing that clip when romney got into

an argument with laura ingram over economy getting better in january. >> we played that. >> stephanie: we played that we'll get it again and play it tomorrow. he said that. the economy is fine didn't he? hmm. >> and laura gave him a second chance. >> stephanie: yeah, she tried it again, still no good. no good for mittens. where are we tomorrow. hump day with hal. he's coming back from germany tomorrow. >> it might an bleary hal sparks. >> stephanie: a bleary hal sparks is still--liberal and sexy. l.a. july 28th. >> up in the club. >> stephanie: yeah, and then columbus, ohio and then seattle in september. get those tickets and we'll see you tomorrow on "the stephanie miller show."