♪ world. all right. jacki schechner gets the quote for you. who said andrea fall's appearance on fox was a potential gold mine for obama supporters. >> harry truman. >> stephanie: no that was a really bad guess. rush limbaugh yesterday. >> she knows how to play this game. >> i do. i have been watching. >> stephanie: yeah, conservatives went crazy yesterday. was that deliberate? what do you think that was? >> i don't know what that was.

my joke about the romney campaign, is they dislike him so much that nobody wants to be his spokesperson. and every day it seems like there is a new spokesperson making the news. >> stephanie: yeah they are the drummers for spinal tap. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: it's like taking the number two at al-qaeda job. here is a sputtering rush limbaugh to interviews jacki schechner. [ mumbling ] >> sounds good. good morning, all. for the very first time starting today, the united states is going to be helping vietnam clean up the effects of agent orange. this is 50 years after the americans first sprayed the product on the jungles. agent orange is linked to

cancer, birth defects and other disabilities. the u.s. army sprayed as much as 20 million gallons of it. washington has given vietnam about $60 million for environmental research in the past five years but has said that it needs more evidence that it was actually causing health problems before it can give more money. vietnam says millions have been affected by this. 150,000 kids have been born with birth defects because of the chemical. and goldman sachs employees are giving more to republicans than democrats this election cycle. that may not seem like much of a headline. but bloomberg took a look at the 25 companies who's employees give them the most money to campaigns, and found the most dramatic shift in goldman sachs.

this year 70% are going to republicans. we're back after the break. ♪ >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth just as much as donald trump's. we must save the country. it starts with you.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ah. ah. ♪ push it real good ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome it to. 25 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. willie in florida you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, willie. >> caller: i couldn't be longer

that i held on stephanie. i found you channel tripping this morning. >> stephanie: oh yeah! >> caller: so bottom line is -- >> stephanie: he is getting any trouble here. >> caller: that's okay -- bottom line is -- like i said to your screener, the biggest problem is nobody wants to listen to anybody else's opinions or thoughts on anything. and that's where the trouble comes from. i watch guys like bill o'reilly and i watch you, because i think there might be something i can learn from. we need to eliminate the president from the itself just let the house, senate, and supreme court run it and we'll be fine. >> stephanie: all right. somebody get busy on the constitution right away. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ]

>> that would require a rewrite of the constitution. >> or let's have a boat out a rudder. >> stephanie: i don't know. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> bill press is awesome. >> stephanie: david shuster was on yesterday -- >> oh, god. >> stephanie: the first thing he wasn't making a joke. he was taking a point that some other people have wondered why mitt romney is so awkward. but the headline is -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: saved saved says romney must have autism. >> i haves a as burgers. >> stephanie: he has been making the point there are brilliant people that have assburgers.

what he thinks is funny is not so funny. >> i had parents of children with asburgers who says he might be on to something. i think he is so far removed because he is -- >> stephanie: yeah it's elitism. joe writes steph my condo cost $120,000. how is it that mitt romney can bully the tax man? >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: we were talking about him getting the assessment lowered -- i guess his point is most of us can't hire teams of

lawyers to try to again get out of paying property taxes. >> and teams of accountants to search for every loophole possible. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: mitt romney started bain capital with money tied to families involved in death plans. romney was worried that might be tied to illegal drug money, but pressed for capitol he pushed his concerns aside and flew to

miami. they provided 40% of bain capital's initial outside funding. members of these prominent families were also at the time financing either directly or through political parties death squads in al-salvador. their killing spree sparked international condemnation. to learn that a man that may become president of the u.s. is ironic. it's morbidly funny. >> wow. >> stephanie: that is just one story of two that one and the italian one. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

>> we talk a lot about the influence of money in politics. it is the defining issue of this era. the candidate with the most money does win. this is a national crisis.

>>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa.

♪ >> lesbianism means i am a dike against the rising waters of mediocrity. >> good for you! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: this hour brought to you by go to meeting. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. look at you scamp. >> what?% >> stephanie: kevin in orange county. you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hey, really quick cat comment. my cat is a total ninja she doesn't only kill birds, she kills humming birds. >> stephanie: oh wow.

that's a fast cat. >> caller: i don't think the election is going to be as close as the polls are talk about. i think it will be as wide as it was in 2008. >> stephanie: really. >> caller: but there's an interesting scenario if obama lost every state that he lost by 5% or less then it's an electoral tie. i have been doing on electoral map for an editorial column, i'm doing. and it turns out that it would be an electoral tie, and the senate will pick the president. >> stephanie: oh boy. what makes me nervous is somebody was saying the other day, there could be a bunch of florida in terms of vote counting. i'm like -- although rush limbaugh says we will be spared

that because it will be a landslide in favor of romney. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i don't know if he still thinks that after yesterday. >> yeah. >> stephanie: wouldn't you be anything to be a fly on the wall in his palm beach estate. [ explosion ] >> what a whore. >> ann culter said she would be fired immediately for saying the truth like that. >> stephanie: exactly. here is romney yesterday. >> romney: when i was serving as governor, my legislature passed a bill that would have taken out some of the work requirements and i vetoed it. >> stephanie: the obama administration simply giving the states the ability to experiment with new work programs along the

line. >> republicans like states rights. hum. >> stephanie: bill clinton came out and called romney's charges against obama untrue and disappointing. >> romney: it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government dependency. we must restore, and i will restore work! ♪ you are a lying sack of crap ♪ >> stephanie: ron haskings helped write the original welfare to work legislation. he said if people would think and sit down and reason

together, they would come up with a plan similar to what is being proposed. and they tried to counterpunch with newt gingrich on a conference call. gingrich had high praise for romney while -- he has clinton speaking for him. >> are you okay over there? >> stephanie: i'm fine. mittens yesterday. >> romney: if they vote to re reelect president obama they have a pretty good idea of what is coming and the potential for economic calamity given the massive debt this country has. i have a very different view about where america can go. >> stephanie: we know where you

would like us to go. >> straight to hell in a hand basket. >> stephanie: wow, a calamity. >> he'll find a way to profit off of it. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: america's ten largest corporations paid 9% average tax rate last year. >> that's outrageous! i won't pay it! >> stephanie: america's ten most profitable companies paid an average of just 9% in 2011. it includes oil companies and tech companies. the two companies with the lowest tax rate exxon mobil and chevron. exxon played 2% chevron 4%. >> good, god. >> stephanie: none of the companies paid anywhere near the 35%. >> if i have to pay 35% or -- i think it's around that -- 30%,

maybe. why don't these companies have to pay 30%. >> stephanie: 2. >> they think the government should pay them for the privilege. >> they do. they get oil subsidies. >> stephanie: the president yesterday on the campaign. >> obama: when it comes to our economy, it's bad enough our to the same policies that got us into this mess in the first place, the same policy that ended up seeing jobs going overseaing, policies that culminated in the worst financial crisis since the great depression, and we have spent three and a half years trying to recover from. >> stephanie: carey you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: i'm calling about john mccain and the whole mitt romney tax mess.

he was interviewed and asked directly if he thought harry reid has gone too far, and his only comments were that number 1 harry reid has been known to be erratic. which is funny coming from john mccain. >> stephanie: yeah, right. >> caller: and secondly that he thought maybe harry reid has gone a little over the line. this is the man who has seen the tax returns. he could say straight out, harry has it wrong. i saw the tax returns. so it makes me think harry reid has got the goods. >> stephanie: you are right. the fact that he is so carefully parsing, because he is probably thinking the same thing. what if they do get released then he'll be a liar too. >> caller: yep. >> stephanie: hi judy in california. >> caller: hi, my stephanie and

mooks. here in opposition on msnbc your competition is the dressage competition. >> oh, boy. >> caller: [ inaudible ] are waiting for the results of the things. >> stephanie: yeah, i'm on the edge of my seat. on mitt romney and the right-wing, the only way to describe them is what my daddy used to say, i think the inmates have taken over the asylum. but they have to give mitt romney an enema, because they would bury him in a match box. >> stephanie: oh, boy. >> caller: bye-bye honey. >> i think he is saying he is full of crap, and if you gave him an enema he would be the size of a match box. >> stephanie: that was descriptive. there is a story about the convention lineup for the rnc. >> uh-huh.

>> stephanie: this looks like it could be a cluster [ censor bleep ] of epic proportions. >> you think? >> stephanie: for entertainment value. the republican speakers young and old, rich shally diverse, and women, in short not the republican party usually seen on tv. they will expose some of the divisions of the gop on the national stage. the lineup so far includes -- are you ready -- this is kind of perfect for having the presidential candidate be the biggest flip flopper ever. anti-abortion supporters nikki haley who signed a state immigration law, the former nominee who recently called for american planes to bomb syria, so the senator who claims

unconstitutional wars. >> what? >> stephanie: it's a motley crew. but with the gop going through a pitch battle it's unclear if everyone will able to play nice in such a high-charged environment. [ applause ] >> stephanie: yeah seriously. what do they stand for? you can't tell from one tea party whacko to -- >> their speakers in no way represent the rank and file of their party. they are going to turn off their base big time with this parade of weirdos. >> stephanie: did you see how claire mchassell punked her opponents. we got to talk about that guy. [ applause ] >> stephanie: we'll talk about the president on the campaign trail in denver city by the

bay. we'll be right back. >> announcer: dammit jim, you just made me snarf on my keyboard. it's the "stephanie miller show." the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true!

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♪ on the air on the -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ on the radio ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ on the radio ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 49 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. oh, we're having a little bit of a technical -- >> yeah. >> stephanie: what would you call that exactly? we're sharing a head phone jack. >> yeah, you and i have different requirements in head phone levels? >> stephanie: huh? >> you are very very loud and

my ears are bleeding because you are deef. >> stephanie: huh? let's go to carman in new york. >> caller: hi, good morning, stephanie. i love your show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i haven't heard this comment on your show so far. the republicans are against [ inaudible ] for romney. i mean poor lady all she did is make a mistake which is the truth. >> stephanie: yeah, it's so jarring when someone in the romney camps the truth, that you are like oh that's right, if she lived in massachusetts she would have had health care -- >> caller: yeah, she made a mistake and didn't stick with the lie. and now everybody in the republican party are just crying. >> stephanie: exactly.

by the way what is this like fake outrage, this ad is -- it didn't say like mitt romney strangled the woman. because they are going she died years later -- >> she died because she lost her health care. >> stephanie: right. this is one of many stories that are very similar. >> right. they are just trying to muddy the waters. >> stephanie: it is one of many stories that are very similar. >> exactly. and that romney spokesperson was absolutely right. had she lived in massachusetts she would have gotten the coverage she needed. >> for many we had obamacare for everybody she would be alive. >> stephanie: yes. >> i'm so sick of people complaining about negative

advertising. >> stephanie: yeah. they say this is just complete lies about military voting in ohio and gutting welfare. >> yeah. >> stephanie: i can understand some points about the ad, but this is a real guy with a real story, and it wasn't again like he directly said oh mitt romney killed my wife. he is saying i, like a lot of other people that bain capital took over lost my job, lost my health care. i don't even understand how it is relevant that years later my wife died -- he is talk about their specific set of circumstances. >> yeah. >> stephanie: the president yesterday. >> obama: we have to keep building an economy where no matter where you come from you can make it if you try, and leave something behind for the next generation that's what it

is about colorado! >> stephanie: socialists. >> rachel [ inaudible ] looks like a dude. [ laughter ] >> what skeeter thinks so. >> stephanie: president obama and a romney spokesman make the same point. >> obama: four years ago i delivered on my promise to pass health care reform before the end of my first term. [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: that's what we did. the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. [ cheers and applause ] >> crowd goes wild. >> obama: i actually like the name. [ laughter ] >> obama: because i do care. >> stephanie: good for him for embracing it. let's go to rebecca in minneapolis. >> caller: i want to point out

the lying in the illustrious his history of the republicans super pacs and actual campaigns trashing and nobody being outraged about that like reagan and the dukakis mind blow about lilly hornton. and how about bush, jr.? where was the outrage? >> stephanie: right. >> caller: those were totally false, and lies. >> stephanie: yeah the president talks about that this false equivalency in the main stream media. >> right. >> stephanie: and -- look i'm not saying political ads haven't always been tough, but some of them are based on facts and some are just not. so that should be pointed out. >> and then there is the daisy ad. >> stephanie: that's -- i'm saying unfair! unfair!

[ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: my father hardly ever talked about blowing up little girls with bombs. >> well there was that one time. >> when they were circling around. >> stephanie: that was unfair. clay in maine you are on the "stephanie miller show." welcome. hi, clay. oh, clay is not ready for prime time just yet. barbie in illinois you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hey, stephanie. i love you, i love your show. >> stephanie: i love you. >> caller: i want to be the official grandma barbie in illinois. [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: there you go. >> caller: bain capital is currently shutting down a factory that employs 100 people and they will lose their job by

halloween, and they will lose everything. protests go out every week pat quinn is trying to find out if they can do anything to keep his jobs from being shipped to china. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: he keeps saying he is running on his record mitt romney, and he worked for a company that is continuing to do this terrible practice of throwing people out of work. >> stephanie: exactly. he is like, i'm running on my record. don't talk about my record. >> yeah. >> stephanie: the president on the campaign trail. >> obama: when it comes to the women's right to make her healthcare choices they want to take us back to the policies more suited to the 1950s. >> stephanie: thank you. and one more time. >> obama: i think there's one person to make these decisions

on health care and that is you. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephanie: and the crowd goes wild. >> it did go wild. >> stephanie: he was introduced by sandra flock. >> that's right. >> we have a president who understands the importance of women getting the healthcare they need when they need it. and we have another candidate, mr. romney who wants to take that all away. >> stephanie: and she had a message for mittens too. >> mr. romney, you are not going to be the candidate we choose! >> stephanie: yay! >> rush limbaugh fuming at his tv! >> stephanie: yeah, you just wonder what expletives he was yelling yesterday. let's go to clay? maine real quick. >> caller: hey, clay in maine.

hey you got me. >> yes clay in maine. >> stephanie: i think i'm just going to move on. damon in new york. >> caller: good morning, i love everything you are going on the show. >> stephanie: thank you, honey. >> caller: i think it's hilarious romney is dodging everything left and right and it shows the lack of transparency he has, as well as if people are voting for this cat, this is what you are going to get. if you want people paying 2 and 4% in big companies, keep voting for the rich people and stay broke. >> stephanie: there you go. 58 minutes after the hour. back with mudcat saunders and more as we continue on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ "stephanie miller show."

[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. good morning, current tv land. all right. yesterday we did a jacki schechner healthcare corn we are -- because papa john's pizza guy said the pizza was going to cost us more because of the affordable care act. >> yes. steven kobert made an interesting point yesterday. >> i put something up on twitter this morning. it was a link about healthcare reform, and it explains there is

no employer mandate. there's no requirement that employer provide health care. they just push their employees off in to the tax-payer-funded subsidies of the exchange, that employer would have to pay a penalty for doing that. >> stephanie: yes, i was going to say jacki schechner said that yesterday. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> i just researched myself. >> stephanie: yes, here is jacki schechner in the current news center. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, everyone. the right seems to be doing a last-minute conservative push for paul ryan. the wall street editorial said everything that makes him risky is what is making him the right guy for the job. they call him bold and represented a new gop generation of reformers. and rich laurie writes in an op-ed on political that ryan would inject a jolt of energy into the campaign.

and ryan said if he was picked he would be up for the fight. a d.c. man orders a tv on line and gets a gun instead. the man ordered a flat screen tv from a third-party seller on amazon, and when he got home he opened up the package and it was a high-powered assault weapon. he called the police to come get the gun, because it would have been illegal for him to transport it via card. there's no word from amazon or the third-party seller on the mix up. and why buy a tv ad when you can buy a whole tv channel. linda who is running for senate in hawaii has bought an entire channel. starting saturday it will be all linda all the time.

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tickets going very fast. only a few single seats left fore next saturday in columbus. and tickets going very quickly for the show in seattle. >> broadway doesn't go for booze and grope. >> stephanie: oh it's going for grope that's for sure. michelle writes steph long-time fan i couldn't listen all the time until i retired. but now your show is what i look forward to every moment. i enjoy it both on sirius and current tv. i wanted to send you a quote. who said mark my word if and when these preach get control of the republican party, it is going to be a terrible problem. these christians believe they are acting in the name of god so

they can't and won't compromise. who said that. >> barry goldwater! [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: yes, my dad's running mate. speaking of awesome things from the south. ♪ mudcat ♪ ♪ excellent ♪ ♪ it's mudcat ♪ >> stephanie: mudcat saunders joining us now. [ applause ] [♪ circus music ♪] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: good morning dave mudcat suanders. >> that is beautiful. if y'all can put a banjo on there that would be perfect. >> stephanie: you don't know how

excited about our new jingle. can you write this stuff that the romney spokesperson said? >> i haven't heard. i have been working on getting after eric cantor. >> stephanie: well take a listen. >> the japanese could have bombed pearl harbor again. >> stephanie: yes. this ad where the guy lost his job when bain put them out of business and lost his health care and his wife later died of cancer. the romney spokesperson said this. >> obviously it is unfortunately when anyone loses their job, this particular case with the plant that was closed years after governor romney left the company and to that point, if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's healthcare plan, they would have had healthcare. >> they are grabbing at straws.

[ laughter ] >> like all of this welfare crap. it's an old strategy and let me tell you something the republicans and including eric cantor and george allen here in virginia running for the senate, and naturally mitt romney. going back to 1980s, [ inaudible ] wedge politics. >> stephanie: yep. >> and i don't think it is going to stick. i really don't. eventually they are going to have to come with some new ideas, and quit talking about taxes, dividing americans on that and dealing with the politics of hay. >> stephanie: yeah. mudcat you just brought up -- obviously this welfare ad the welfare ad, of course, just based on a complete lie, right? bill clinton came out and said as much yesterday.

>> of course. but it goes back to that lee atwater style, the -- obviously the welfare queen edge. and it's time -- we have got to quit dividing people in america we have got to united, and it's happening. i see it talking to people out here, you know supporters of [ inaudible ] and republicans, and this is the new age of economic populism. and i said something and it was picked up right from the beginning, you know, us is screwed, and us is hit, that's just the way it is. and it's coming. it is a storm on the horizon of true economic populism, economic fairness, and it is not going to be stopped. >> stephanie: you know mudcat don't you think that that's -- first of all what i

sense behind a lot of these romney attacks is sheer panic over his records don't you think? and i think it's just economic inequality in this country. >> well i think harry reid is doing a good job. he is a good job. i wish his -- you know personal persona would come out better, you know, on tv and stuff, and people -- but he -- he's a tough guy, and i tell you what, he is not going to let lose of this. and harry reid would have never said that if he didn't have basis in fact. >> stephanie: yeah and they could destroy harry reid's career and credibility in one fail swoop if they are telling the truth. >> the thing with harry reid is

he doesn't care. he is going to say the truth, and like i said he doesn't care, and i love that about the man. and you take somebody who is not afraid, and somebody who just doesn't care that's dangerous. >> stephanie: yeah. >> you know to the opposition. >> stephanie: i think he's pointing out just really to me the breath-taking arrogance that is behind this for the first time in history we're going to give you the job of leader of the free world -- i have had so many people call the show saying i had to show three years of taxes just to get a house. >> yeah, mitt romney is never going to be able to connect with regular people. >> stephanie: right. >> and you can't fake that. back when he was saying y'all -- >> stephanie: but mudcat -- >> he just comes off so

disingenuous. this guy is not like the overwhelming majority of american people. >> stephanie: just yesterday, mud he bought a bucketful of hardware stuff like regular people do. >> really. but they don't know where to go with this. >> stephanie: yeah, it seems to me the polling is shaping up pretty pretty well for the president, right? >> well, i think so. a lot of it is negative feelings towards mitt romney. and, you know, naturally in this part of the world, barack obama faves are a very high, but his unfaves are very high, and i think they are continue to diminish as mitt romney continues to rise.

mitt romney is the kind of guy who would deal -- his whole demeanor, he comes off, and he is the type of guy who would deal in that type of activity. and i've always thought it was a tough -- going to be a tough fight, and i have always thought that the president had an uphill battle, but i'm going to say this today on your program, this is the first time i have ever said it, i think barack obama is going to win. >> stephanie: yay! [ applause ] >> and you know your stuff. >> stephanie: speaking of 1% how is our buddy eric cantor doing? >> did you hear what he did last thursday night? >> stephanie: no. >> that spousal exemption? >> stephanie: right. right. >> the last vote of the night, and dana [ inaudible ] of cnn did a great job. he pulled that out last thursday night before the recess and pulled it out then and got it right like the intent of the

bill was that spouses would not be exempted and got out of town. >> stephanie: wow. >> i didn't want it to f up my weekend. >> stephanie: yeah. >> the more we look into this guy, and i saw something this morning that i think is going to be a blockbuster, some research that we're having done. it's -- bernie maydof. all he did was screw a bunch of rich people. here is eric cantor screwing everybody and they are doing nothing. >> stephanie: yeah. >> i just don't get it. all we got to hope is people will keep going to powerfulvirginia.com, and

cancantor.com, and if we get the money, we're going to beat this guy. >> stephanie: i think you are, and i think obama is going to win virginia if the polls hold from what we're seeing right you, yes? >> i think so. i really do. i think culturally and in many areas of the commonwealth including where i am today, in many areas it is socially and culturally unacceptable to identify yourself as a democrat. and that's because of the cultural wedges god, gays guns, and all of that stuff. >> stephanie: yeah. yep. >> but this stuff is not settling well now. people want to know what we're going to do about the economy. what we're going to do about jobs what we're going to do about these ridiculous wars and

this deficit that eric cantor -- he calls himself a fiscal conservative, and paul ryan and all of these -- you know -- i can't say that word. [ laughter ] >> they talk about fiscal conservatism, and they increased the national debt by $6 million every ten years. give me a break. >> stephanie: dave suanders is it wrong that i just want to sit on a porch with you somewhere and whistle. >> absolutely. >> stephanie: all right. thank you, honey see you next week. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> cancantor.com. or powerfulvirginia.com.

>> stephanie: all right. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> i just don't let those screeches bother me. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ line to stephanie miller. >>the only thing that can save america now: current television. >>join the debate now.

♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." 23 minutes after the hour. chris, i want to join you on the porch whittling with mudcat. [ applause ] >> he has a crick going through

his front yard. >> that's how i got the house because of the crick in front of me. >> stephanie: bring some box wine. >> no you have moon shine. >> stephanie: suzanne you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, suzanne. >> caller: hi, i used to be such a proud republican. i only voted one, i voted for bush. shame on me. >> stephanie: all right. >> caller: i'm so ashamed now -- and now i'm a prerogative liberal. >> yay. >> stephanie: yay! >> caller: but i haven't voted in an election, i'm still down as a republican. but i can't be a republican anymore. i have to feel like i have to be a bible pounding -- it's like a

stephford person. i think i voted for reagan -- >> stephanie: me too. i voted for reagan. i come from a very republican family. >> caller: me too. >> stephanie: but it's not that unusual anymore. >> caller: you know what is really scary. the cheney daughter. >> stephanie: liz. yeah. rachel madder was advocating for choosing her as vp. >> stephanie: can i get the exorcism music. [ exorcism music ] >> stephanie: jingles writing on exorcism gets new at attention. speculation that robby is on the short list on the v.p. list. i thought he helped perform the exorcism. >> he did. >> stephanie: political analysts say romney might be hesitant to

choice him because his religious background right drum up uncomfortable situations. >> yeah. >> stephanie: he wrote about the physical dimensions of warfare. he writes kneeling on the ground my friends were chanting satan i command you to leave this woman. he described a student ban dishing a crucifix. >> check. >> stephanie: his friend responding to biblical passages with cursing. >> okay. >> stephanie: he ends the writing by describing his belief in the reality of spirits,

angels and other related phenomenon that i can neither touch nor see. she was cleansed though like a spiritual douche. >> sure. >> i'm not a witch. >> stephanie: i'm nothing that you think i am. will bobby jendel have to do an ad saying i'm not an exorcist? [ applause ] >> stephanie: that was in the miami herald. ken you are on the "stephanie miller show." go ahead. >> caller: a shout out to current tv for airing your show. >> ste: thank you. >> caller: and shout out to

chris because he is a cutie patuty. [ bell chimes ] >> thank you ken. >> caller: he talked about religious liberties and how obama is squashing some religious liberties. and i saw a post from a bishop urging all democrats to quit the democratic party and to vote republican. >> stephanie: hum. >> caller: how are democrats going to combat this issue? i'm scared that this is an issue that might tip the scale with our upcoming election. so how can we combat that? can we get some pro democrat religious leaders on the show. >> stephanie: we have reverend jim wallace. he should have him back on. >> thank you. >> stephanie: herman cain his 999 slogan would bobby jendel's

slogan be 666. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: he said he hopes gas prices hit $4 a gallon. it will wake people up. lower gas prices are sometimes manipulated by oil-producing countries that want barack obama to win. >> herman cain hates america. >> stephanie: uh-huh. 999 times. >> we already do have $4 a gallon gas. >> stephanie: all right. 29 minutes after the hour. eliot engel next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >>oh really?

>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true!

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>>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa.

[ ♪ music ♪ ] [ laughter ] >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> is the single-funniest hour in america. >> stephanie: unfortunately it's three hours long. >> only an hour is funny. >> stephanie: we space it out so as not to hurt you. >> exactly. >> stephanie: representative eliot engel joining us now. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, stephanie. >> stephanie: it's so nice to talk to you again. the president on the campaign trail talk about as usual the economy, and i think making a pretty good case of it. >> well, i think so too. we have been struggling for the past three, four years. people need to remember that struggles started under the bush

administration, and the hole we dug ourselves into was done in six of the eighty years of the bush administration when the republicans controlled both chambers, and i think it's ironic that they are now saying elect us elect romney and we will continue with the same policies that got us into trouble in the first place. >> stephanie: right. and the president said this. >> obama: we have to keep building an economy where no matter what you look like or where you come from, you can make it here if you try! and you can leave something behind for the next generation! [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: that is what is at steak, colorado. >> stephanie: and the -- the romney camp has previously sited them romney's plan will cause taxes to be raised on 95% of us right? >> of course.

and i got on the house floor last week and essentially said it.the republican party and their nominee wants to protect millionaires and billionaires, and there is nothing wrong with being a millionaire or billionaire, except you don't need the government to help you, you are doing quite well yourself. you get money in the hands of working people, they spend it it stimulates the economy. it's just a difference in philosophy and the republican party has always been the party of the rich. it's not a crime to be rich but it's a crime to have policies that only benefit the rich and don't benefit anybody else. >> stephanie: yeah this race is really crystalized. mitt romney is central casting for this. that's why his taxes are such an issue, don't you think. you want to be the president of all of us. i think that's very relevant

don't you? >> yes, you know i think mitt romney is the gift that keeps on giving. i think that -- that he is clueless -- i don't think he is a bad person i just think he was raised in privilege this is all he knows. he has obviously been successful being in privilege, and i don't take that away from him but i don't think he really understands the average person what it means to struggle and live paycheck to paycheck and live hand to mouth. i think that president obama understands that and yes, he has made some mistakes obviously. everyone makes mistakes but i think you can't beat somebody with nobody. there were two choices here, barack obama and mitt romney. and i think that a lot of people ultimately, even some who may be disappointed with some of the obama administration will say you know what, i don't want to go from the frying pan to the fire, and what is romney

offering? he is not offering any kind of change that helps the average person. he is offering the same kinds of policies that -- that helped the privileged people who were doing quite well thank you. and i think that is just the problem. i think he is clueless. i think he would like to understand it, but i think romney just doesn't understand it. and i think that's the problem, and i think ultimately -- i don't want to get complaisant, but i think people who may have some misgivings about some of obama's policies will decide at the end that obama is still the better choice. i also think democrats are doing something that is smart for once. we always think we are outfoxed and out classed politically by the republicans, and that is we are defining romney before he has a chance to define himself. usually it is the republicans

trying to define us. i think it's very important that we are framing the issue to talk about -- about romney. he won't release his taxes. you got to wonder why, and i think harry reid is probably right on the money. i think mitt romney has either paid no taxes or very little or less taxes than the average person, and i think that's why he is afraid to release his taxes. >> stephanie: of course. i also think that's why -- they are trying to distract with one ad after another which is so easily proved false. the president is trying to disen franchise military voters in ohio, which is exactly the opposite. this welfare ad even bill clinton has come out and said this is completely false. >> right. and who are republicans to talk

about disenfranchising anybody when they are passing laws to try to make it impossible for poor people or minorities to vote. so they are really no one to talk about suppression of voters. i think president obama wants everybody to vote. and that means everybody. i think the more people that vote the more accurate an election we'll have and the better it will be. and the election is two different choices. you talk about tax policy. right now in congress as you know, with the republicans in control of the house of representatives, we have done next to nothing. we have passed bills that we know have no chance of going anywhere in the senate but the

republican leadership refuses to pass a middle class tax cut unless these ultra wealthy get the tax cut as well. so they are holding the middle class and working people hostage to rich people millionaires and billionaires getting their -- their tax cuts and we have passed legislation, the democrats in the senate which would give a middle class tax cut, and not -- not of the wealthy, and the republicans won't pass it, so, you know it's quite obvious who they are protecting. >> stephanie: well, that brings us to yesterday, you know, i think this ad -- i don't know what you think is fair game. this employee that was put out of work by a company that bain took over talked about losing his health insurance and his wife passing away. could you believe the romney spokesperson actually cited if they lived in massachusetts they would have had health care and she would have been fine. >> if it wasn't so tragic, it

would really be funny. i love mitt romney cam page against, quote unquote, obamacare. i just love it. when the affordable healthcare act was patterned to a great degree on the massachusetts plan which romney pushed. i was in congress in the 1990s, when bill clinton put forward his health care plan. and the republicans said no no we need an individual mandate. that's what we need. >> stephanie: yeah. >> this was a republican think tank law in the early 1990s, but since obama did it they are opposed to it. >> stephanie: and i think it's concrete proof how far to the right the republican party is -- this is bob dole's plan. it just seems impossible to get anything done. but we appreciate you keep trying. >> well somebody has got to try. >> stephanie: that's right.

representative always a pleasure. thanks so much for your time. >> thank you stephanie. always a pleasure. [ applause ] >> stephanie: there he goes. let's go to dannet in georgia, welcome. >> caller: hey, stephanie, i'm going to have to call y'all tomorrow, i have a theory on why mitt romney is doing the welfare deal, because if the unemployment numbers go down the republican governors will get welfare going in their state, then obama is going to win. >> stephanie: aha. either it's my headphones again or she sounds like she is understood water. >> stephanie: oh, okay. >> she said she was in line at the bank. >> stephanie: oh okay. ann go ahead. >> caller: romney is such a slime that probably they'll get to the convention and pull a

ringer out of the hat like a jeb bush or somebody like that. >> stephanie: yeah, pam i'm hearing more and more about that this year than ever before. i have never heard it mentioned this much, have you? >> no. >> stephanie: and whether it's his taxes, something with his bain record, something literally imploding before the convention. >> and nobody seems to like him in the republican party. >> stephanie: and there is that. mike in new york you are on the "stephanie miller show." welcome. >> caller: hi. >> stephanie: hi, go ahead. >> caller: i just wanted to say, maybe their plan is to lose the presidential election this year and then they can focus on more obstructionism in the congress and senate. >> stephanie: oh. well, that -- that's pretty convoluted conspiracy theory. >> stephanie: what was the

steven cobert joke last night. mitch mcconnell can slip back into the ocean to go find a mate. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> stephanie: we started the mitch mcconnell turtle joke. >> stephanie: that's right. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: highbrow, low brow unibrow. it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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you a car. >> yes. >> stephanie: you are like a golden reliever! you are like oh. >> stephanie: jennifer lopez is bringing charges against a driver who demanded a million dollars or he would release some secrets. >> i wonder if those have to do with casper. >> stephanie: her dancer boy toy? >> the dancer boy toy that was seen coming out of the establishment. >> stephanie: uh-huh. he was buying her a gift, so i'm told. >> right. he just went in the wrong door. so to speak. >> stephanie: bridget nielson said no cause for alarm after passing out in a park.

>> i heard it was popoff vodka. >> stephanie: oh dear. she said i can understand the level of worrying. you ever seen a picture of yourself and you thought wow i hot. what happened? holy cow. >> oh, my god. >> stephanie: at that moment in time i felt like i needed a moment alone in the park. [ applause ] >> it's 11:00 it's popoff time. >> stephanie: sonia popped up on cable. also at least i'm not joan rivers. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: she handcuffed herself to a cart so protest of cosco banning her latest book.

she showed up unannounced to begin selling copies to stunned customers. >> oh my god. >> stephanie: okay! [ applause ] >> stephanie: yes! >> cosco doesn't sell every book published. >> stephanie: oh wow. oh, that kanye west he is a romantic. he has announced his song "perfect bitch" is about kim car dishian. >> oh, that is so sweet. >> stephanie: he has now found the perfect bitch. >> i found the perfect bitch, yo. >> stephanie: what is that prince lyric, your face is jamming, your body's [ inaudible ] let's get to

ramming. ryan locke insists he did not go on a benner as reported. >> glad we cleared that up. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: and this is somewhat disturbing olympic scrotum punching. >> what? >> stephanie: he delivered a closed fist to a spanish player. yesterday team usa yesterday took a fist to the no-no zone from a guy on the argentinean squad. [ applause ] >> that's a little disturbing. >> stephanie: all right. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: as you know, no parents here -- >> no. >> stephanie: parent-free zone. it is wise to let your kids play video games for -- i don't know 77 hours in a row?

>> no. >> stephanie: just saying. >> it was 72 hours. >> stephanie: a 15-year old boy collapsed after a four-day exbox marathon. he was playing call of duty three. a first-shooter -- >> i'm in that. >> you are, jim? >> stephanie: really, you are contributing to the decline of america's youth. in 2009 a teenager was arrested after murdering his mother and father for not letting him play video games. >> thank god he is not watching porn. >> stephanie: thank god he is not being raised by gays. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: robert go ahead. >> caller: how does the citizens united decision impact the 2012

elections? and why has the american public sort of overlooked this decision? >> stephanie: they are hugely up in the 80-something percentile against it, but -- >> and it has already affected the election. >> stephanie: right. >> i don't think -- thank god he is no irritating. >> stephanie: bill in virginia. welcome. >> caller: hello, i was watching a show about mount rushmore and it occurred to me that either lincoln nor teddy roosevelt would be allowed in the republican party today. >> stephanie: yes. i just read barry goldwater's quote about the christians and that was in the '80s or something. >> yeah. >> stephanie: linda you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi stephanie. you played a clip from mitt

romney where he was laying out what would happen if obama won? >> stephanie: right. >> caller: i think they want obama to win. they don't want mitt to win, because they are going to do that. they are not going to have the corporations give any jobs. they are going to raise the gas so high and they will get so sick of democrats, then in 2016 they are going to bring in a republican so they can finish their empire. >> stephanie: wow. >> if we get a democrat and a republican congress it's not going to be like that. >> stephanie: that's right. welcome you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: i was watching msnbc last night, and they were having an interview with donald trump about being at the republican convention, and he said ho had

some major reason to be there. >> stephanie: yeah something huge. >> caller: the first thought that went through my head is he can't be the vice president. >> apparently he is going to reveal what the $4 million obama spent to hide -- >> stephanie: oh. which has already been revealed and it's complete bull [ censor bleep ] like the whole birther thing. >> that's right. if you want something huge have chris christie reveal his health certificate. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. that's it for us. we'll see you tomorrow on the "stephanie miller show." ♪