[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: hello current tv world. here is the difference between our happy little family with jacki schechner is my best friend did you see ann curry -- >> i saw that. >> stephanie: curry, he goes

good morning, ann nice to see her. she just went good morning. and then did the story. >> no eye contact. >> stephanie: at the end of the segment he goes good to see you. >> she is not even bothering to hide the disdain. didn't she get like $10 million to keep her leader spots and she doesn't have to pretend to like people. >> stephanie: now here's jacki schechner. hi, jacki. >> um, whatever. i can't even not smile. good morning, all. the obama campaign is not letting mitt romney's latest line of attacks go unanswered. it is out with a new ad today countering the claims that the

president wants to strip work requirements with welfare. >> the obama administration is not removing the work requirements at all. obama is getting states to move 20% more people from welfare to work. >> it uses president clinton in saying that these statements are entirely untrue. at the same time the obama camp is also keeping the pressure on mitt romney and his tax pact. they are not only going after his personal tax history, but now they are talking about romney's role with marriott international at the time it engaged in a tax avoidance scheme. >> we go now that romney personally approved over $70 million in fix shunnal losses to the irs as part of the noter toous tax scandal. one of the largest tax avoidance

schemes in history. >> and while harry reid is still not revealing his source, an aid is reiterating that the informant is very real. we're back with more stephanie after the break. stay with us. ♪ 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.

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the party friday. you know what that means? ♪ ♪ fugelsang's just all right with me ♪ >> stephanie: oh, yeah all three hours in the new york bureau, good morning, sir? >> good morning, folks. how are you? >> stephanie: we are ripping it up at the box office at the new york beacon. >> please tell. >> stephanie: it is going crazy. we only have four vip tickets left, something like that. so go, get it. [ applause ] >> two and a half years since our last show in new york. >> stephanie: extravaganza, and it's going to be right before the election, so exciting. and who knows who the republican nominee will be! [♪ dramatic music ♪]

>> who knows instead. >> stephanie: things are getting betterer and betterer, aren't they? >> back in 1962 they have not picked their candidate until the convention. >> stephanie: i have never -- at least in my years talking about politics i have never heard this much talk of maybe he's not going to be the nominee. that there are enough mine field things that -- >> can you imagine all the super pac dollars that will be wasted. [ laughter ] >> and the whole staff is a gaffe crew. ann culter went on sean hannity's show to complain about his advisor, and she said shawn there is no point in doing your show if you are going to be like

this. >> right. yeah. >> it was beautiful. >> stephanie: this is a thing of beauty -- john you started it with the mr. etch-a-sketch. >> eric fehrnstrom. >> stephanie: does he not have the worst advisors in the world. >> oh, they make eric fehrnstrom look like the godfather. >> stephanie: right. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: they are saying -- radio silence from romney camp. >> right. >> stephanie: we don't even know whether this is deliberate or a crew up. so you have rush limbaugh and ann culter -- they are calling for blood. but now they're thinking this might be another flip from our favorite flip flop. because she did it twice? [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪]

>> twice? >> stephanie: she turned heads by glowingly siting the massachusetts health care blah blah, blah. they don't know if this is part of a new strategy. because a lot of people said that was a mistake. but she did it twice. didn't you notice that? >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: so it wasn't an offhand comment. >> she did it even after people started criticizing her for it. >> and she told the truth. that's it. all of these romney gaffes are when people on his staff tell the truth. >> stephanie: the difference is the romney press conference he started mentioning his health care law in his speech. >> oh, no. >> stephanie: trying to finesse that that this is different. >> i thought he was going to simply repeal obamacare but now he's going to fix it? >> he is so desperate that he

has to fall back on the things we has done. >> stephanie: it looked like he was trying to finesse, we all know there are things that need fixed with health care and as you know i did it. so this might be a deliberate strategy. is this like the auto industry where that was my idea. >> he needs to do something, because now obama is winning outside of the margin of error. >> nine-point lead in a fox news poll. >> stephanie: that's the other thing. we did a break down of the latest poll and the issues, and he is way out ahead of romney on health care, so maybe this is deliberate. it is stunning. this story they are saying as of thursday afternoon, romney surrogates offered no

explanation to smooth conservative tempers. so it's just a muddle basically. >> he has bill clinton calling him a liar. >> yeah. >> it's a great week. >> if he embraces romney care -- he is cutting off his nose to spite his face -- >> and he is going to lose his base by giving health care to sick people like jesus commanded. [ applause ] >> stephanie: he has a seven-point lead over romney at this point and it feels like a downward spiral to me. >> yeah nine-point lead in the fox poll. and you know who is here to make it worse? [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> jacki schechner. who is a helper. you happened to send this story to chris and i yesterday. as the speculation deepens as to

who harry reid's source. he said it was a republican. >> but then he walked it back which makes me think that he just overspoke, like he wasn't trying to correct himself. like no, no, no. don't give any clues. >> but the new rumor is fascinating. -- >> can i put on my speculation hat and not my news hat? >> they are both very stylish. >> stephanie: you look super in both hats. >> dynamite. >> marcos over at -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> he has got his speculation up on the blog that he thinks it's one of the huntsman. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> it's john huntsman, sr. >> stephanie: i'll get to the details of what marcos has.

but jacki don't you love this. it's like a murder mystery, because everybody hates him. it could be anybody! [ laughter ] >> it was jon huntsman in the library with the truth. it was bob dole in the study with the truth! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it's jon huntsman sr., right harry? [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> harry reid as a respect source, who could have had that much information, john huntsman's dad sounds like the source. if anyone knows the machinations that bain took it would be the guy in charge of the finances. >> i -- i guess my favorite part of all of this is that nobody is letting up.

and it's fun to speculate who it might be, but i stand by my assertion that reid would not go out with this if he didn't have somebody he thought was really credible. and i don't know if you saw the new ad that the obama campaign has out that is attacking mitt romney with his time with marriott international. >> stephanie: yeah. >> they engaged in this really shady tax-avoidance scheme, and romney was there and present when that took place. but in terms of that all ad they are talking about how much did he pay? >> stephanie: yeah yesterday we did the italian thing where bain ripped the italians off. and then the el salvadorian death squads.

jon huntsman, sr., we'll call him colonel mustard. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: the huntsman gave some serious scratch to reid's recollection campaign. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> stephanie: we know they hate each other jon huntsman, jr. and mitt romney. >> mormon fight! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it was on governor grandholm's show that his daughter -- >> she is switching to democrat. right. >> stephanie: he is not going to the rnc. as marcos writes sure the evidence is circumstantial but still pretty solid wouldn't you say? >> yeah, the other thing they say it is huntsman who wrote the article that had sources that romney wouldn't have run for president if he knew he had to open up his tax files.

and i think you are right this is death by a thousand cuts. it says a lot about the fact there is somebody who dealt with him along the way who dislikes him so much that they are willing to put this out there. >> stephanie: yes. everyone in the world hates him. it's like that movie with jack black. >> bernie. >> oh, bernie? >> stephanie: yeah. >> that's a real popular flick. >> i won. >> stephanie: i just saw the trailer, but you guys know what i mean. [ laughter ] >> harry reid's behavior is so confusing because they are not used to seeing democrats go on offense. and if he claimed that mitt romney was a muslim born in kenya who was a socialist with no evidence reince prebus would

be forced to defend it. when you think about them saying i disagree over the birthers but they can say what they want. harry reid looks like a milk shake. it could be anyone. because the entire republican party hates mitt. the people gives him 10s of millions hate him. >> he has the most milk toast endorsements of anyone. yeah, yeah i guess if i have to. >> stephanie: that's what the said the bumper sticker could have, mitt romney ahh.

i think occupy started it. john and i were going to a lot of those on the sexy liberal tour on the road. the conversation has become about income inequality and we have central casting for the 1%. >> exactly. >> stephanie: it's harry reid finding his balls or whatever. [ laughter ] >> that was the problem the presidents had with the democrats all along, we wanted them to stand up and be stronger. there was a lot of sense that we were backing down a lot. >> as opposed to most democrats. >> yeah, that's the problem. >> stephanie: and now the president has become more deranged that morgan freeman. [ laughter ] >> yeah i read an article that said he genuinely dislikes mitt romney as a human. that's why he -- like he respected john mccain as a war

hero and a statesman, but he has no respect for mitt romney. >> stephanie: yeah, even more evidence that the president is in touch with what most of us feel. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> stephanie: jacki schechner completely unlike ann curry and matt lawyer we just don't want to let you go but we have to. >> oh. >> jacki i want to thank you again for coming on stage at the sexy liberal show in l.a. a couple of weeks ago, and coming on "the young turks." everyone needs to watch our brilliant jacki schechner is. >> stephanie: and i get more pervy email now. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: thank you jacki schechner, love you! >> my pleasure. [ applause ] >> back with more john fugelsang

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john i have the cnn poll. obama has a seven point lead over mitt romney. this is looking worser and worser. the republicans no longer believe the economy will get better if romney is elected. 52% to 45. among independent voters the president holds a nine-point advantage over women, and a six-point edge over men. that's the first advantage i have had over men, right john? i thought i couldn't hear john fugelsang. >> oh, there he is. were you in the totty.

>> no, i was tuning in to current tv. >> stephanie: i was saying he is up six points among men. who do the americans think will win the election? 63% say obama will win. >> incredible. >> stephanie: in august of previous election years, the public accurately picked the winner. >> damn you, romney. >> stephanie: damn you. coredel you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> caller: i have to say, jim and chris. very hot. >> stephanie: they are handsome and romantic. >> caller: john fugelsang also very hot, and i would love to work with you on your new show. >> stephanie: oh there you go.

>> buttering us up -- >> no one since the early '90s has called me up and asked how i'm doing. >> stephanie: how are you doing? sorry i missed that call. john, trust me welcome to my world. >> i never knew i had so many friends. >> i hear you won the lottery. how are you doing? >> caller: i want to talk to something serious that has been bugging me over the last week. >> on this show? [ laughter ] >> caller: ever since the super pac released thatted a about [ inaudible ] i have been seeing some very hateful and very rude comments about his wife and his situation. >> stephanie: right? isn't that amazing they turn on them. and to me i don't get it. it's like no one is saying that mitt romney killed her instantly. it's like yeah she died a few

years later. how does that change the story. >> caller: i just want to say that cancer is nothing to joke about, and the reason i'm tearing up is because i'm going through something similar. there's a possibility i may be getting diagnosed with leukemia. >> think positive now. >> caller: i understand but the stress it puts you through and the way it messes with your psyche, and to see the awful things these people say. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: they need to cut it out and stop being mean to people who are facing life changing --. >> stephanie: i'm so sorry,

coredel we're at a break. love you honey. >> no problem. love you guys. >> stephanie: we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >>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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>> stephanie: yay! [ applause ] >> stephanie: i didn't even know. a couple of floaties, for next weekend, john in columbus. a couple of floaties. >> yes. >> stephanie: and seattle going very, very fast. >> i'm so excited about columbus. >> stephanie: right? we're going to be swinging in that swing state. >> we're going to get our rob portman freak on. >> stephanie: that's right. and we finally have reached into the romney camp. >> thanks for playing grasping for straws! [ applause ] >> stephanie: now mitt romney has started poking obama from all sides. in recent days he has criticized obama in tv ads, i thought it was my imagine a decision that he [ censor bleep ] all over the place.

literally tv ads include farm policy, military voting rights religious freedom, and they are all based on lies. >> focus, people! >> stephanie: focus. >> for a guy who has been running for president for five years, you would think he would have had this planned out better. >> stephanie: he seems to be kind of free styling. >> yes we want to see a stiff white guy try to free style. >> stephanie: yeah. he's like to skap sing. >> does he have add? >> stephanie: yes. don in fresno. >> caller: good morning. long time no talk. before i get to the romney thing. you guys were talk about the guns. when they register guns why

don't they issue these swipe cards so that every time they buy ammunition they are kept track of? >> that might impinge on the free comes to of the guys that shoot up civilians. >> caller: yeah but if somebody is buying thousands, i would think the police could go to that guys house. but you can regulate them with the card. just keep track of them. and that way atf, everybody knows what somebody is buying. but my question was -- and john brought this up last week about the mormons. i am an ex-mormon, and i used to get an invoice if i didn't do my tithing. >> stephanie: wow. i thought the catholic church they got a little pushy with the

plate, and you are just like no. >> and by tithing you mean giving to charity. >> i think he probably paid more in taiting than he did in income taxes. >> stephanie: john i was always a prankster in church every now and then i would say go thank you. [♪ circus music ♪] . >> i don't think you can say that to a bill that comes in the mail. >> i would go to confession and confess about impure thoughts about other religions. i tried to convert to judaism but the rabbi said i was too neurotic to join. [♪ circus music ♪]

>> stephanie: here is romney. >> romney: i don't know what happened to hope and chain. >> stephanie: i think the republican party is hoping for a different candidate. [♪ circus music ♪] >> someone who is not mitt romney. >> stephanie: wouldn't that be funny if they sat him down we're going in a different direction. it's not you -- you are so great, but we're going in a different direction. >> you also know a showbiz meeting is bad when they start telling you how talented you are. >> well, what are they going to say. >> you are the most talented guy we don't want we have ever seen. >> stephanie: i have had al gore's partner call a couple of times, and i pick up the phone, and go it's either really good or really gad news. you are always like commissioner gordon is calling.

i see a giant s what does that mean. janet in florida you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: good morning, hi stephanie. how are you? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: republicans are always throwing smoke screens up because they are diverted attention. this is a guy that is bragging and shows off all of these expensive properties in all of these different states nobody is looking into his property taxes. >> stephanie: well i did a story out here about the length that they went to about the lengths they went to get their property taxes reduced. they claimed it was worth 40% less six months after they bought it. it is one story, one sliver to what degree he has gone out of

his way to try to not pay his fair share. >> and, i.e. -- i equate that to patriotism. real patriots believe in taking care of the sick. and instead he'll boast about things that he has no right to. the guy's priorities are all completely backwards. and the stuff he should be -- i think it's great after 9/11 he went to d.c. and begged for earmark money for the olympics. >> stephanie: exactly. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: i'm reading this piece how likely is it that romney paid no taxes? and the tax experts answer. most of us wouldn't have any idea how to do this. the tax avoidance techniques that are available to the people

that has the kind of money mitt romney has. romney's severance could have flowed directly into its tax-exempt ira. how do you get a hundred million dollars in your ira? >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: to rerace his federal fax liability he would have had to askew other sources. this is why as his dad said one year can be -- you know can throw you off. >> right. it can be an anomaly. >> stephanie: exactly. the fact this was last year. this was not from any of the years where he accumulated this incredible wealth. >> accumulated this incredible wealth. >> stephanie: thank you. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: he had like $20 million in other income.

it has nothing to do with the $20 million. that year he paid almost 14%. which is still really low. but i think harry reid could be right that he found a way to pay zero or almost zero. >> well there's an easy way to prove harry reid is a liar. >> stephanie: exactly. a lot of these tricks you are going, really? how do you -- huh? >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: john like you are saying -- to what degree -- i'm not saying of us wants to pay more taxes and we don't all use what is available us to but the degree it looks like he went to not pay taxes. >> on an enormous amount of wealth. >> right. and some of us who pay taxes are decent enough to not mind. it was first under the clinton

administration when i made my first decent amount of money, and i was thrilled because i care about the country. this is a conservative idea laid out back in 1776. rich people paying more money is conservative. >> stephanie: did you see the cartoon with romney standing there and it was mr. burns from simpsons, and they are like you are making us look bad -- >> scrooge mcduck. >> and there was one where he asks siri about mitt romney and siri thinks he is too mechanical. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: 45 minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> it's fun. it's healthy. it's good exercise. the kids just love it. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa.

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ [ inaudible ] ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ >> stephanie: oh what a little pack of losers we are. this is what we do during the commercial breaks is we discuss various names for our dogs and cats. what is her names boots? >> yeah, she came in off of the streets. >> stephanie: is she crypt or blood? >> i have no idea. she always looks like she is up

to something. >> stephanie: my dog fred, my friend calls him the rapy one. [ laughter ] >> he plays with the french basketball team. >> stephanie: yes, scrotum punching it is a new event. >> apparently they are really sick of them taking drives. >> stephanie: it is so eighth grade. because they keep pretending they were fouled and so the guy goes, i wanted to give him something to cry about. >> there is never a reason to hit anyone.

>> stephanie: exactly. the "stephanie miller show" would like to officially be against nad punching. hi, you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: my thoughts and prayers are with the previous caller. i want to talk about what the scum bags here in ohio are doing now. you know how they are trying to get rid of as many voters as they can here? >> uh-huh. >> caller: all of the counties are taking away early voting. >> stephanie: yeah i saw that. >> caller: so the counties are evenly divided. >> stephanie: yeah this is a perfect story about the difference between democrats and republicans. >> caller: yeah, they got together and voted whether we should have early voting or not.

and it was a tie. our darling attorney general was the tiebreaker, and he said there will be early voting in all of the republican counties. >> stephanie: yes. they are only going to have early voting in the republican districts. >> caller: oh, no, they are not. we're not going to let them get away with that. harry reid finally found his balls. and the whole party needs to. they all get in -- in this area right here alone. michigan, minnesota, ohio the republicans have pretty much taken over. we need to occupy the voting

booth. >> stephanie: yeah. we need to go in there from dog catcher on up, get rid of every stinking one of them. and then we'll have the democrats take over this country, and it will be a lot easier for mrs. clinton when she is elected. [ laughter ] >> or mrs. warren when she is elected. >> stephanie: hi, jennifer. >> caller: yes. four quick ones. will you all please tell mitt romney that this president is not about to outsource his job to him. >> yeah. >> caller: he keeps crying about how the president is unfair to me. come on, you are a big guy now. you stepped into the big arena. >> stephanie: put on your big boy magic underpants. >> caller: yeah.

and then he has the nerve to say president obama should pull this ad about the guy who lost his job and lost his health care. the man said his wife probably had cancer all along, but she didn't say anything, because she knows he couldn't do anything. but they are not saying mitt romney killed this woman. no. that's the guilt part on mitt romney and them side. next thing he got the nerve to say in the ad that when candidates are putting out distorted ads they should snatch him. how dare he. that means everything he has ever put on the air he should pull himself. he should go somewhere and sit down. and last but not least. >> stephanie: yes. >> caller: would you all lease at some point in the someday talk to our democratic party.

and tell them to quit going on morning joe's show. >> stephanie: i'm with you on that. >> caller: a lot of them going over there pretending like they are democrats, letting joe just talk all kind of voodoo to them. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: jennifer, i love you. get away from my future wife. >> caller: if you do that i will be your wife. [ applause ] >> stephanie: all right. i'm going to accepted joe a message, you just keep that voodoo crap to yourself. here is bill burton creator of this ad. >> what this ad does we talk about the impact that mitt

romney has had on people's lives. mitt romney thinks that his business experience ought to be why he should be president of the united states, and they say no, that guy should not be president of the united states. >> stephanie: by the way, chris the right-wing world has obviously gone insane. i don't get the whole she died a few years later -- >> right. >> stephanie: that was part of what he said in the ad she probably let it go too long. which is what happens when you don't have insurance. >> that's right. >> stephanie: and she had her own insurance for a while. how does that impact one guy telling his story -- >> it doesn't. >> stephanie: and then i heard somebody say that plant would have closed anyway. >> bain hastened it --

>> stephanie: so his story is not valid -- >> it's worth his advisor say if only we had obamacare nationwide she would have lived. right. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> stephanie: that's right. and we still don't know whether that is deliberate. i think either way he loses. politically he just looks like a complete -- he is literally going to do the thing we joke about with that commercial. i'm going to give you health care, but i'm going to do this. >> exactly. and he is walking around in clown shoes after five years of prep time. >> stephanie: right. back with more fridays with fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ right back with the former and future alan grayson on "the

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that. i'm from massachusetts i know more than anyone, we do not want mitt romney in office. >> that's why he is not campaigning in your state. >> exactly. >> stephanie: isn't that one of the most indicative things you could say about mitt romney. >> even his home state wants nothing to do with him. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: so i understand the need -- america does not want him president. i get that. however, my disappointment has been the lack of coverage about the house of representatives. it has been the most in house. >> stephanie: if you have seen

polling, i believe the slightly higher poll rating goes to chlamydia. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: so people are paying attention. this is like supergonorrhea. the cdc kicks all of the fun out of sluttiness. here it comes super gonorrhea. they announced we're down to one last effective antibiotic. this is the way they explain it. if this is the olympic 400 meter, [ inaudible ] the guy from mall doe va. >> wow. that's exactly how i would put

it. >> stephanie: glen in wisconsin. hi, glen. >> caller: hi, how are you bunch of unpennant hedonists doing? >> stephanie: rooting for the supergonorrhea, thanks. >> caller: i would like to be considered the official bishop of the church of gravity for the "stephanie miller show" show. [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: okay. >> caller: and the second is i think what we're seeing between romney and harry reid is a schism in the mormon church that i don't think romney has been paying his tithes enough. i think they are going after him for it. >> stephanie: awesome. interesting. this just in. speaking of mormon man fights. we're going to have marcos on after the break, who broke this story, and it's his speculation,

but that it's hasn'tsman actually more specifically jon huntsman, sr. >> very interesting. >> very interesting. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> stephanie: for not paying taxes for ten years. interesting. [ mocking laughter ] >> or the schism in the gop that we're waiting for. >> stephanie: mary in chicago. hi, mar. >> caller: hi. as far as the economy and everything, i know how you seem to hate romney -- >> stephanie: i don't hate him. >> you know what i used to be middle class. i don't consider myself middle class anymore. >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> caller: i have a handicap daughter, my husband works. my bills are more money than my husband makes. i guess i'm not one of the

entitled people because we don't qualify for anything. >> so you want to vote for the guy that gives more tax breaks -- >> caller: obama is not a millionaire. >> stephanie: john hang on. we only have 20 seconds. >> caller: people can't survive. >> stephanie: how do you think romney is going to help? >> caller: well, i hope he is the next president. >> stephanie: why? well, number 1 i live in chicago, and we have a mayor now who is worried about chicken, okay, makes remarks -- >> he is worried about chicken among other things. >> you are not saying what romney is going to do for you. >> stephanie: 29 minutes after the hour.

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♪ >> you have to call president clinton. >> out of the question -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. . >> -- will never forget us for hitting her during the 1999 convention. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." this breaking news scamp. marcos of the daily coast. hey, marcos. >> good morning. >> stephanie: look at you causing scampering on the net. i came in and said get me marcos on the phone this morning. this is fascinating stuff about

who harry reid's source is. it's jon huntsman, sr., right harry. >> i'm pretty convinced this is the guy. who would know about mitt romney's taxes? his accountants. and they are not allowed to talk. it could be family. but you would think they are going to stick together. the other people who know would be people who managed finances with bain. because they structured it ways that would pay off for the partners. turns out that the long-time managing director at bain. the guy who literally manages the company's finances is a business partner with jon huntsman, sr. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> so suddenly now jon huntsman

of course his son ran for the nomination, and was treated rather shabilly. and harry reid and governor huntsman would have worked together. >> stephanie: during the primary there were story after story of how romney and huntsman, jr. hate each other. >> exactly. the evidence is very circumstantial obviously. and huntsman, sr.'s friend say it's preposterous. so until there's an actual denial from huntsman, sr. himself, i'll take those things with a grain of salt. >> stephanie: marcos the one thing i didn't know and you say

the huntsmans gave serious scratch to reid's recollection campaign. why would that do that? >> because there is a strong relationship. we're talking pretty seriously sized checked. so the relationship there, the reason to know that information since huntsman is partners with the former managing director at bain capital, who else could it be? i guess it could be somebody else at bain, but really the -- the hint had been there, this guy is a bain investor well $600 million into one of huntsman companies. is huntsman himself an investor in bain? that i haven't seen.

but he has an investment firm. >> stephanie: right, and jon huntsman not going to the republican national convention his daughter was on governor grandholm's show saying she is totally switching to the republican party. a lot of circumstantial evidence. >> not only that but the same daughter wrote a piece in "huffington post" saying romney would never have run for president if he had to release his taxes. >> stephanie: we were saying if this were a murder mystery, it could be virtually anyone because everyone hates mitt romney. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: but like you say i have taking to calling huntsman, sr. , concernal

mustard. >> yeah, he has to really be confident that his source is correct. so you have to have confidence in your source. and if it's huntsman, sr. obviously that is a pretty solid source. but beyond that he has to know that if the source is revealed it has to be somebody that the media respects. >> stephanie: i think -- go ahead. >> but the final thing is he has to make sure people find the source, otherwise he will have this cloud hanging over his head that he played dirty politics. he wants the source revealed. he has been leaking stuff every day. which is fantastic to see the republicans scrambling.

but he is the one guy that didn't come out and say the claim is preposterous. >> stephanie: i agree he wouldn't be doubling down to this degree, and the most compelling evidence is romney could destroy his credibility and career in a heart beat by just releasing them. this would make his campaign implode, wouldn't it, if he actually released them. >> oh, absolutely. now we're at the point where it's funny, yesterday's spokesman said the source is a republican, and again it makes headlines, keeps the story alive. and a couple of hours later he backs it up and said well maybe he's not a republican. so again he was ronald reagan chair in utah and george bush's chair in utah and then he donated to reid again. who knows!

>> stephanie: the plot thickens. >> marcos do you think the white house has any say in this brilliant strategy of actually getting mitt romney in this slap fight with harry reid? >> other than cheering him along, i don't think there's any coordination. >> really? >> i haven't seen the coordination that everybody is talking about being bain and release of taxes, but if reid suddenly he is playing golf with huntsman, sr., huntsman said this is why he's not releasing his taxes. and reid decides i'm going to totally be a thorn in your side i don't think there's any real coordination. there might be -- >> stephanie: yeah, i don't think so either. >> i don't think there has to be coordination. you have this kind of information and that kind of source backing you up and he

managed romney's finances for 12, 13 years. this is >> stephanie: look at the latest newt gingrich thing, it's like -- the people have to be his surrogates now hate him. i love watching newt gingrich because they play a different clip on every show from a republican primary. and this latest thing they bring him out and say, oh yeah the welfare thing is good -- and now he has to come out and say there's no proof of that. >> this -- this is a good year. here is the thing. i don't know if you guys have been following the polls, but there has been a sort of disconnect between national polls and state polls. in national polls, it was pretty much tied. in the states that will decide

this election obama had good six, seven-point leads. and the operator theory was that people in the battleground states were seeing the candidates more. this -- what harry reid has done is nationalized the election. people focused on the battleground states, and everybody now knows about bain and romney's tax, and suddenly the national polling looks like the state polling. >> right. >> suddenly the national polling looks like the state polling, at a time, remember when the olympics are on. usually politics don't happen during the olympics, because people don't focus on politics. well, they have because of harry reid. >> stephanie: yeah. it is spectacular. this incredible -- i think the headline was radio silence from

romney camp about health camp. now they are saying -- she obviously said it twice. and then romney started talking about health care yesterday, and how he obviously has some experience in fixing things. i'm reading [ inaudible ] all agrees this morning it's pretty clear andrea wasn't ad libbing. it was intentional. is he really going to do that now? flip flop on health care? >> i hope so. [ laughter ] >> the only people that still support him are those guys that absolutely loathe obama. we might have a mondale situation at this point -- >> except mondale won his home

state, and mitt romney won't win massachusetts. >> good point. obviously we have got to fight to the end blah blah blah. i think the presidential race is pretty much over. but the more mitt romney gets beat the better it will be for the senate and house democrats. peyton manning doesn't preten he was winning at 10 points he is running up the score. >> stephanie: yeah. >> i felt like oh, my god, we're going to get crushed, and this is what republicans are starting to realize now. you basically say okay. screw it i'm going to cut my losses and wait until the next cycle. they hate their nominee. their nominee is terrible but

now the president should run up the score and crush him so we can take back the house. >> stephanie: this has to be causing heart burn in republican circles, how democrats got their groove back. it has been almost a perfect storm of having an awful candidate, and it all is sort of a perfect storm isn't it? >> absolutely. i love [ inaudible ] occupy was because in the republican primary it was that occupy message that republican presidential candidates were using. when you have newt gingrich and rick santorum talking about vulture capitalism -- >> stephanie: thing of beauty. >> newt gingrich won south carolina, he won south carolina by attacking bain.

and then he went after the establishment. but he won south carolina on a populous anti-bain message. >> by telling the truth which always comes back to haunt them. >> stephanie: yep. marcos how does this tax issue play out particularly with your latest scampery. >> romney doesn't want to release his taxes, and he thought he could get by maybe take some hits. and if the source is huntsman then he can't even hide behind reid is some sort of disgruntled uncredible person. that's why i'm convinced it's huntsman because it bolsters his case as opposed to weakens it. but he still thinks no matter how bad things are now, and things are bad -- >> stephanie: i agree with you,

this is what romney wants us to think. this came from the obama white house. and that's why i disagree with john, that that's why it is so damning. >> and how could he release his taxes now? they don't like him. they don't trust him. they are angry. i followed the right-wing very very closely, and they do not like mitt romney, but they -- this is the one issue they rally around. they didn't defend during his overseas trip they don't defend ann romney's silliness but this issue they have vested themselves in. obama has to release his college transcripts! >> stephanie: right. we got to go. marcos great stuff as usual.

daily post honey thanks for coming on on such short notice. >> pleasure any time. >> stephanie: keep up the scampery. [ applause ] >> love marcos. >> stephanie: oh, my god. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> what the hell was that? >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ 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. wall st., not vice versa.

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not the backseat. i'm a good girl. >> did you hear about john mellencamp's son. he joined the duke football team as a walk on. >> wow. >> yeah who knew. >> stephanie: in america anyone can walk on. wanda is on the phone. she is running for illinois 16th district, i believe. wanda, good morning. >> good morning, guys. how are you. >> stephanie: good honey how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. i'm working full-time in my hospice social work and campaigns. >> stephanie: tell your story briefly so people know who you are. . >> i'm running in illinois against tea party freshman adam [ inaudible ]. no official democrat ran in the primary, so i had nobody to vote for, so i had to convince the better part of 14 county chairs

to caucus me in and get on the ballot the hard way. put together an all volunteer campaign -- >> stephanie: tell your personal story, briefly. >> oh, yeah, nine years ago while riding an atv i hit a sink hole and i flipped it and it landed on top of me and crushed my spine, and crushed my forehead, even though i had a helmet on, practically ripped my left arm and broke my right. i lost all of my health insurance. i am divorced. have got two kids. have been engaged for six weeks, and really didn't know what i was going to do.

i'm paralyzed from my rib cage down. so the social worker was great and help me figure out how to apply for services. and i never thought at 23 years old i would be on social security, but i was, and it saved my life. >> stephanie: you make a great case that this is what these programs are for. you need them you use them you got off of them and you went back to school and you are working. the republicans are like everyone on these programs is a slacker, right. >> oh yeah. and the actual -- honestly the people on medicaid most of them are children and the elderly. yes, sometimes there are people who break the rules, but if you look at it we spend more money at the top, and never means test everything at the top, but we

also means test everybody at the bottom, because everybody has been told that the welfare queen is cheating think system and sitting large. and it's awful. it's incredible how we need to be able to take our house back because the civil discourse in this country is getting worse, and if we don't help each other out, it is going to become a place we don't recognize. >> stephanie: what a divergence in illinois between douche nozzles like joe walsh, and tammy and you. >> thank you. i heard you talk about me the other day. and i was like oh thank you so much. >> what is your website.

>> stephanie: rohlfor.com you can find us on facebook and if you can donate $5 we would really appreciate it. [ applause ] >> thank you guys. >> thank you. >> stephanie: she is awesome. i wish i lived in illinois. we have -- we have -- >> we all have at one point. >> stephanie: yes, we have. we have right-wing world coming up. we have an ask jacki coming up. >> ass jacki? [ buzzer ] >> ask jacki. oh, i hate boys. >> this is news? >> stephanie: 58 minutes after the hour right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ governor tomorrow night. she is awesome. we'll be right back on the

"stephanie miller show." [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: hello, tv land. all right. let's preview an ask jacki. i got this letter yesterday from somebody saying it took them only three minutes to catch fox news lining. that's a long time isn't it? >> yeah, i barely catch fox news. but i was listening it to on my way into work, and i was furious, and when i got in to work i told my producer don't let me do that again. >> stephanie: yes, i sent this

email to you. and it took you about two seconds, you are like this is so easy. >> yeah. >> stephanie: it can take you -- and people don't take ten seconds to debunk something on fox. >> you can use the googles and internet too. it's that easy. >> stephanie: we'll do ask jacki right after this. we're working her like a red-headed stepchild. >> it is bad i don't mind? good morning, everybody. "politico" has an exclusive this morning as to what obama advisors may have planned for the democratic national convention and it involves republicans. mike allen says the working plan is to paint mitt romney as heartless and rich and to do so democrats will use real people with real stories about how the

president has helped them. the documents that alan sites also spot lights gop leaders on at least two of the three nights of the convention as a way for the president to reach out to the intellectual voters. however, he is doing all right with that. because he has opened up a 11-point lead among independent voters. in 2008 organized labor gave $9 million, but this time around, "politico" says unions are not happy that the convention picked charlotte, a not particularly union friendly towns. some of the big names sitting out include the alcifo and the teamsters. we're back with more stephanie

after the break. stay with us. ♪ >>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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be a very interesting show. >> stephanie: kenny pick writes can i be a spinoff too? >> that's right. >> stephanie: would i be considered a spinoff? yes. >> absolutely. [ applause ] >> stephanie: he is producing tom hartman's now. we know that things did not come together until jacki. ♪ come on get jacki ♪ ♪ a hole lot of stories of what she's singing, we bring you jacki ♪ ♪ come on in jacki ♪ [ laughter ] >> stephanie: here she is driving up in her colored bus.

good morning. >> good morning, can i do a plug for john's caffeinated series. the latest one on the kardashians, not only great, but worth watching to see how you handled the hair. >> huh? >> your hair was a bit crazy. >> yeah, it is a bit animated. >> barney we have got to get you back to 1985. >> it was interesting to watch him talk about the kardashians and manage the hair. >> thank you, jacki. >> stephanie: all right. enough sucking up to each other. brody from chicago said only took three minutes to catch fox

news lying. that's not that long. hey, steph my fox new-loving republican mom said i never listen to the other side and it took only three minutes before i yelled out they lied! my mother said what are you talking about? fox news stated the government was paying for women's contraceptive devices was being paid for by the taxpayers. please give me the good news. jacki! it's for you! >> i can bring good news. i have no idea what he is talking about when he talks about taxpayer dollars.

unless you are talking about somebody on medicare, god bless you, i will pay for it. you are over 65 and still needing birth control, i will pay for it myself. under the affordable healthcare act they went out and found out what preventive services helped women to hold down costs and get the preventative care they need and a couple of things they looked into including mammograms, testing, was the ability to get contraception and birth control in particular, not only because of the contraceptive reasons, but always because there are a lot of health benefits to it. a lot of women go on birth control because they do have a heavy menstrual cycle or pain affiliated with the menstrual

cycle, there is also cancer prevention involved in certain pills. so those are some of the examples of why they are taken a closer look at some of these possible medical benefits and said this is worth it on reducing healthcare costs over all and extending benefits. and this is private money you are giving to the insurance companies, and the insurance companies actually have to pay for what you are having done. >> they are all sluts! >> i have no idea where this government money thing comes in to place. >> stephanie: i join rush limbaugh in the misunderstanding of birth control, because i didn't realize you don't have to take a pill every time but i'm gay. >> his is taking viagra. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: romney has been doing this thing about the

president is hurting religious liberty. blah, blah blah. that's completely untrue. >> if you are part of a religious institution and there is a reason why you don't want your plan to cover contraception, you are allowed to be excerpt from that. this is not an unreasonable administration i love when people have conspiracy theories about how the administration is trying to corral us all into this sex-crazed religious hating -- >> so obama is forcing them to have a choice! just like a nazi communist liberal! >> he is forcing them into cappalism. >> stephanie: yeah. obamacare closely mirrors a

measure in romney care! >> romney doesn't want to talk about religion because he doesn't want to talk about mormonism, except he uses a quote from the pope who is catholic. >> stephanie: thank you for that. >> romney is mormon. [ laughter ] >> it's crazy. and then highlights poland which we know is part of the three-nation disaster. >> stephanie: jacki do you presently have any information on whether it was a bear that [ censor bleep ] in the woods. [ laughter ] >> if you keep needling her she is never going to come back. >> she has me in the back seat of a car -- >> stephanie: i was defending

you. [ laughter ] [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: a lot of people are talking about this. the "new york times" health ininsurer refunds may stall in employer's hands. >> yeah that came out in the original news. when we talk about the medical is the amount of money the insurance companies have to spend on your medical care as opposed to marketing and ceo salaries -- >> and quirky commercials. >> exactly. >> flo and the gecko are mocking you. those are your premiums folks. >> in employer plans it has to be 85%. so a lot of people were getting refunds back because that number wasn't met. when it's a employer plan the money goes back to the employer not the individual. so you may get a letter like i

did, saying we didn't meet the standard. the money goes back to the employer, the employer is not required to pass that on to you. >> stephanie: in my case i'm using it to lawyer up for all of the sexual harassment lawsuits that are piling up all around me. >> yeah. she is going to pay us off in booze. >> and dope! >> stephanie: go ahead jacki -- so the employer it gives them up to three months and considerable discretion to decide how to spend the employees money. and it depends on who paid the premium in the first place. >> right. and how the employer wants to spend it do they want to reduce the premium next time around so you are getting money back but you may not persothat. >> stephanie: chris will never

see that. he didn't pay the premium, and i need it for wine. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: so should you ask your employer? >> you can have a conversation with the hr department. from what i understand, people are making calls, but ultimately it is up to the discretion of the employer. >> stephanie: oh chris -- call me on my big 1940s telephone and let's reenact the scene right here. [ phone ringing ] >> stephanie: hr department "stephanie miller show." >> where is my refund? >> stephanie: blow it our your ass! [ laughter ] >> blowing it out your ass contributes to your wellness.

>> stephanie: yeah i just performed a colonoscopy, right? >> yes, that is covered under the affordable healthcare act. >> where was my refund? >> stephanie: i was over excited about my role there. >> so you are the hr department too. >> stephanie: i'm everything. >> all right. 17 minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> that was strangely arousing. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show."

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