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genius day today? lewis black and judy gold. all of that coming up. we were talk about the irs hearing yesterday. lois lerner took the fifth. >> i have not done anything wrong. and while i would very much like to answer the committee's questions today i have been advised by my counsel to at cert my constitutional right not to answer questions. >> stephanie: this allows rush limbaugh to go on for hours. of course we know that making the fifth means you are guilty. he is like -- if it were i would have kept her there all day. and then he started doing the questioning he would have asked which literally included everything from the sinking of

the titanic to the lindbergh baby. i would have kept her there all day. it literally was when did you start beating your wife. i hope rush limbaugh is indicted for something and takes the fifth. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. oxycontin questions. >> i will not answer on account of, oh, look over there. >> stephanie: now these trips to the dominican republican -- >> right. >> now many young boys will dance on the head of a pin. >> stephanie: i'm just asking. she said one of the basic functions of the fifth amendment

is to protect innocent individuals. republican of south carolina. >> she just waved her fifth amendment right to the privilege. you don't get to tell your side of the story and then refuse to answer questions. >> you said that she waved the fifth amendment -- >> by giving an opening statement by saying i didn't do anything wrong. >> ah-ha. >> stephanie: nice try. twenty-nine minutes after the hour back with more on this as we continue on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside.

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>> how come you ain't got boobs? you like a runner or something? >> stephanie: all right. our music machine broke once again. >> stephanie: yes. >> stephanie: thirty-four minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. isn't that cute that i called it our music machine. someone forgot to wind it that's probably what happened. 1-800-steph-1-2, the phone number -- ♪ >> stephanie: that was 35, 40 seconds after i hit the button. >> stephanie: yeah. okay then. this is good. this is the best show i have ever done from my mom's basement. buddy you are on the "stephanie

miller show." >> caller: hi momma this irs stuff has me on my last nerve. this is 100% bs. what is the total number of tea party groups that did not get the tax-exempt status? >> stephanie: yeah. none. >> caller: zero. how much more can a koch brothers group take? my god? zero of them got denied. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: and they go on and on and on -- this is just benghazi spelled another way. >> stephanie: yeah. yeah. exactly. all right. honey thank you. doug shulman, he was the bush appointee. no, he was the acting commissioner. >> i'm very sorry this happened while i was at the internal revenue service. >> he sounds like an accountant. >> one, one, one, one, one -- >> stephanie: i have been told

i'm going to have to move to storage room b. >> i only thing in binary. >> we're going to need to move you downstairs into storage b. we have some new people coming in. and we need all the space we can get. >> stephanie: yes, he was the bush appointee. pardon me. he was in charge while this was going on. when he read the ag report last month he was dismaid by the mismanagement of the program. who's watch could this have hand on? hum? oh, me. >> the president didn't help matters by apologizing so profusely. >> stephanie: yeah but i think max baucus nailed it. there needs to be better guidelines on both sides. it's just like you said jim, the explosion was in these tea party groups. >> and they need to change the

wording back to -- >> stephanie: but they are not doing social welfare. >> yeah. >> stephanie: darrell issa. >> it was your job to make sure people weren't abused, stop abuse and also to report it. >> stephanie: yeah what ninny appointed you anyway? oh gorge busch. eleanor clift rights -- >> wrong! no, you are wrong! she's wrong! >> stephanie: she must have john mcgloklin pstd. >> yeah. >> stephanie: lots of outrage bluster. >> wrong! >> stephanie: nothing like a smoking gun. a senate hearing in the irs

scandal produced more heat than light, mid-level irs employees could undertake on their own the political targeting that the inspect general's report uncovered. an on slot of quasi political groups seeking tax-exempt status. to me that's the story. so that was doug shulman, the bush appointee who apparently had no idea what was going on while he was in charge. >> herp. and herp determine. >> and ermahgerd. >> i didn't know. >> stephanie: and also doy. >> he sounds like a character from family guy. >> stephanie: he said i certainly am not personally responsible for creating this

list. this happened on my watch, and i very much regret it happened. mistakes were made by somebody, clearly not me. i quoted max baucus talking about it -- this to me is the crux of it, and again, it happens -- jim, you did the -- i can't remember the huge percentage of these groups were republicans, they were tea party groups -- >> 34 to one. >> stephanie: right. there were zillions of them. he says a mac truck is being driven through the 501 cloophole. who really believes -- >> it's in the name. >> stephanie: what social welfare are you doing? >> well, stuff, you know, things. i gave a homeless guy a quarter. >> stephanie: right. yeah, we had a right-winger that said in his tea party group

politics was not discussed at all, ever. >> that's bull. ♪ you are a lying sack of crap, you're a lying sack of crap ♪ ♪ you are a lying steaming sack of nasty crap ♪ >> stephanie: as we were saying chip monks, would you like earl gray? how about sleepy time? the irs made foolish mistakes but didn't intentionally play favorites. steven miller who turned in his resignation last week, said -- this was a dumb idea -- said it was his idea to have lois lerner the official who heads the tax-exempt division plant a question in the meaning of -- to ask whether irs targeted conservative groups. why did he think it was a good idea to have a government

employee secretly plant a question? obviously it was a bad idea. that's the problem is the it makes people look guilty when -- >> yeah. >> stephanie: oy vey. elijah cummings. >> we want to be able to trust the irs, but for this moment on this day, we need to be able to trust your word. >> just change the wording back to its original -- >> stephanie: right. right. there is a problem here. but it's mostly that. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: ken in south carolina you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, ken. >> caller: good morning, stephanie, thank you very much for taking my call. >> stephanie: yes. >> caller: i mentioned to your call screener, my accent doesn't lead itself to south carolina. i'm a retired new york city police officer. and you are right, these tea party groups were not given -- nobody was denied but

there are still groups out there that haven't been approved and it has been over three years -- >> stephanie: the only group that got denied was a democratic group. it's a democratic group to get democratic women elected. >> caller: yeah, okay. so it's one -- how many tea party groups out of 70? i had to remain as a police officer, i had to remain, you know non-bias, and -- so to take a look at this and target -- this is what -- what you would -- everybody would put on to the police department as stereotyping. you know? and that's all it is. >> stephanie: right. but ken, i don't think it is. >> caller: oh, you don't think it is, but one group -- one group that was -- that had -- >> stephanie: there was an explosion of these kind of groups ken that all were political. >> caller: okay. after the 9/11 hijackings there

was an explosion of now not all muslims, but everyone on those planes that attacked 9/11 -- on 9/11 were muslims. steph if everyone running the red light is wearing a green shirt and a black hat with a peace sign on -- [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> stephanie: what? >> caller: that's who i am going to look for running the red lights. >> stephanie: yeah, i didn't do it. >> caller: these were all one-sided groups. i understand that. they still didn't given tax exempt statuses. >> but they were groups who were fighting taxation so of course they are going to look into them to see if they are skipping out on taxes. >> caller: okay. look -- look into them. that's right. give them their tax-exempt

status -- >> stephanie: but none of them were denied tax exempt status. that's what i'm saying -- >> caller: yeah, i'm no expert on this but it's -- >> but they were given tax-exempt status. what is wrong? >> none of them has it revoked. >> caller: there are still some waiting over three years -- and one group -- >> stephanie: our point is they should haven't gotten tax-exempt status and neither should groups on the left that are explicitly political. >> caller: there was one group denied for well over two years. he changed his name and -- >> stephanie: what sort of social welfare work are they doing? what social welfare work are tea party groups doing? >> caller: i have no idea. i don't work with these groups. i stay neutral. i look at the candidates but there is this one group, and just let me finish this

statement, there was one group that was denied for well over two years, and he changed his name -- >> stephanie: ken, i got ya. i think everyone is saying it is inappropriate. we're just saying how do you change it going forward. >> how do you change it? get rid of the irs. >> get rid of the irs! >> stephanie: all right. >> he likes to look at both sides. >> stephanie: right. he just stumbled across my show -- >> it was decimate home purchasing -- >> no one would buy a house -- >> and no one would donate to charity because there's no incentive to do that. it's not realistic. >> again, all it takes is changing that word back to exclusively social welfare, and not primarily, which can mean anything you want. >> stephanie: exactly. it cannot include i threw a dinner roll to a homeless person

on my way out -- [ sound effects ] >> there's your social welfare. >> i got it right here! [ sound effects ] >> stephanie: i hit a homeless person with a dinner roll. how do you like that. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: red white and steph. it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter).

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>> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. fifty minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. jim, you are right, that trending now thing is very deceptive. rumsfeld gay. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> stephanie: donald rumfield doesn't know if he supports gay marriage. however, he suggests that gay marriage could lead to polygamy. my stars and garters. >> polygamy happens among straight people. >> stephanie: right. there's that. and jacki schechner reminds us that our last caller talking about the tea party groups -- >> yeah the groups dely -- delayed for years still were

able to operate under tax-exempt status. >> stephanie: oh there goes your -- oooooooooh. [♪ somber music ♪] >> stephanie: marvin in chicago, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hey, marvin. >> caller: i have no doubt that donald rumsfeld has spent hours in those steamy bathhouses. >> stephanie: you do not have any information in that regard marvin. >> caller: anyway, the big story for me. i'm a big supporter of obama, but there's no story at all with the irs, no story with benghazi. it's just these republicans frothing for anything, and yet they are ignoring to me the troubling story, which i'm open-minded, the "new york times" wrote these stories of concern about the tapping of ap

the reporters, the encroaching on first amendment rights, which is a legitimate concern. >> stephanie: i agree. >> i'm wondering if the gop supports that kind of encroachment. >> stephanie: yeah, we have talked about that. they are on thin ice with that. we're tough on national security party and had been pushing the president to prosecute these leaks harder, so it's a little like -- you know it's hard for them to keep twisting themselves into an anti obama pretzel on every issue? >> right, but there is one that they could latch on to. even clarence paige, making comparisons with nixon paranoia, and that is being ignored, whereas these made up -- come on impeachable offenses. benghazi there's nothing there.

and these guys ignore that and they have also ignored drones which i also had a concern with but that's the gop they probably deep down support tapping people's phones. >> stephanie: that's the thing, it's hard for them to have much ground to stand on with this. jay carney. >> i cannot comment on the specific ongoing investigation, i certainly share -- and i think most american's do -- the president's belief that we need to have a precedence, able to pursue investigative journalism and defend the first amendment i also think it is very important that we need to make sure leaks are not tolerated, because leaks that can endanger the lives of our men and women need to be taken very seriously.

>> stephanie: yeah, the "new york times" wrote an editorial, this is a tough one, because of course a fox reporter right away you are like -- [ sound effects ] >> stephanie: but james rosen -- and it's hard to know this whole story, north korea planned to launch a missile, and the justice department investigated the source of the article, and later indicted a security advisor on charges of leaking classified information. and the "new york times" pointing out, leak investigations normally focus on the source not the reporter but in this case they also asked for permission to examine mr. rosen's emails arguing that he is an aider and/or abetter in the leak. he tried to play to the man's

vanity and ego. i'm not sure why somebody at the state department would do that too? >> yeah. >> stephanie: fox news said it was down right chilling. he was named as a co-conspirator for simply doing his job as a reporter. >> what if george bush's justice department had tapped andrea mitchell's phones? >> stephanie: well, he would hear a lot of bathroom sounds -- >> i'm being herous here. -- serious here. >> stephanie: i no. >> i'm not happy with that. >> stephanie: i know. let's go to les in nevada. >> caller: good morning, thanks for taking my call. i love your show.

i just wanted to remind everybody to think out there of the damage that is being done by the republican party doing everything they can to make things worse instead of better. >> stephanie: yeah. i got to say ben bernierky said a lot of great stuff about the economy, and the definite reduction stuff is hurting the economy. and my goldman sachs boyfriend, huge ben bernanke fan. and that was a very good point. my mind always goes to an alan greenspan joke. i just imagine they would hear a

lot of splashing -- [ water slashing ] >> stephanie: hold on, alan you look like a raisin you have been in the bathtub too long. >> he always looks like a raisin. >> stephanie: oy vey. fifty-eight minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." [ water splashing ] >> stephanie: alan! ♪

[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: okay. comedian lewis black coming up this hour comedienne judy gold coming up next hour. jacki schechner who is the smartest little girl in the world? [ bell chimes ] >> i don't know. >> stephanie: you. >> i put it up on twitter -- i can send it to chris. there was a great write i think eric eric bole letter retweeted it and how no one was affected by this irs scandal.

there is really nothing there if you read the report. >> stephanie: yeah, but what you addressed specifically -- these groups were able to operate as if they had tax exempt status anyway. >> nobody was inhibited or hurt in anyway. and the three that actually were denied denied status were progressive groups. >> stephanie: yes. >> good morning, everything. a new report shows extremely poor materials caused the collapse that killed more than 1100 people in bangladesh last month. the facility was not okayed for industrial use and the weight of the machinery and vibrations caused by the machines also contributed to the collapse. the owner used poor quality iron

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[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it, six minutes after the hour. comedian lewis black coming up this hour. comedy royalty, i tell you, judy gold next hour. very, very exciting. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. stephaniemiller.com, check it out. you can email us all there, executive producer chris lavoie, voice deity jim ward, or me stephanie miller. like a lot of people did with the video of women's dog who appeared in the middle of the interview -- [♪ somber music ♪] >> stephanie: i was like oh no. >> the dog didn't make any noise. >> stephanie: it just looked

bewildered. >> it just looked like it was in shock, which it probably was. >> stephanie: anyway here is another magical story about a dog. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> stephanie: two year old chinese sharpey -- aren't they supposed to be wrinkled? >> yes. >> stephanie: apparently this one was too wrinkly and they gave him a little facelift. [ applause ] >> stephanie: why can't someone do that for britt hume so we can understood him. [ mumbling ] >> stephanie: i was looking for a musical tribute to -- >> oh. >> stephanie: there you go. >> stan not all journalists are bad, you like brit hume don't you? >> you damn well i like britt

hume. [ mumbling ] ♪ thank you ♪ >> say what? [ mumbling ] ♪ >> stephanie: okay. that's actual audio for hume who is completely incomprehensible to me. even a clothe pin at the back of the neck -- >> yeah. >> stephanie: or one of my neighborhoods she put a shower cap on him when they went for a walk because his ears and face -- >> i suggest a chip clip. >> stephanie: yeah, what do you think of that idea brit? >> the -- the -- the -- the -- house -- come -- come -- come -- >> stephanie: i'm sorry, what? okay. uh-huh. robin writes steph according to

alex jones -- hum -- the government can create and stare groups of tornados. seriously. this is where we are as a nation these days. global warming is a hoax and a scam but the president has a weather machine that can destroy cities at his command. at some point even the feebleminded are going to have to ask what the acid flavored mushroom wine have we been drinking? [ applause ] >> stephanie: yeah. president sent the tornado. >> kenyan muslims will do that. >> stephanie: right. michelle obama. >> the resilience that has defined that situation as we watch the people in oklahoma

recover and work together that that's the kind of resilience that has defined this country since its inception. >> and my husband has a tornado machine. >> stephanie: oh, my god, was that the part i wasn't supposed to say. the president will visit oklahoma on sunday to inspect damage from the tornado that he sent with his destructo machine. >> sure. >> stephanie: tom coburn of oklahoma. okay, janet napolitano. >> we will be here to stay. at some point the cameras will leave, the national ones will leave first, then the local ones, but on behalf of president obama and fema we will be here

to stay until this recovery is complete. >> i'm glad janet is on top of things, but she needed to get the lipstick off of her teeth yesterday. >> stephanie: she is so girly anyway -- >> and it was all over -- >> oh, no. >> i love her -- i love her. i loved living in arizona when she was governor but -- wow! >> stephanie: i didn't see that. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: that's so catty of you. could you take your organ out, please. how about this new pope, everybody? he is really poping. pope francis rocked of minds said when he declared that everyone was [ inaudible ] through jesus including atheists. during his homily on wednesday at mass in rome he emphasized the importance of doing good to

support peace. he said atheist should be seen as good people if they do good. >> wow. >> stephanie: i'm digging the new pope. >> he is not going to be suicided like john paul -- >> stephanie: i don't understand pope francis, that doesn't sound very popy does it? >> wolf is jewish. [ laughter ] >> even stranger that he berated that woman yesterday. >> stephanie: thank the lord! >> so poor so black, so godless. >> stephanie: oooooooooh. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: aisha tyler who uses the line every day with her husband at lunchtime. i'm so poor, so hungry so black. feed me. i'm sorry for those of you that just tuned in we're referring

to wolf blurting that out during hurricane katrina. seriously google it. >> to his defense he was on tv for a very long time. >> stephanie: way past nappy time. you know the things i burt out when it is past nappy time. >> yeah, and when you have been on the red carpet for hours you end up asking kevin costner strange things. [ mumbling ] >> message in a bottle. >> stephanie: all right. duly noted. lovie you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: i just wanted to make another point about the irs thing. it's obviously they love it, because it gets us to change the

channel, but there's another element at work, and that is discrediting the irs is very important to the people that hate the health care law. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: anything they can do to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of the irs is just another front in that battle too. >> stephanie: exactly. it is ridiculous the irs is going to have nothing to do with denying your health care. alfonzo, good morning. >> caller: hey, steph, hey mooks, i love you guys you are fantastic. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: yesterday you had a 24 caret gold-plated troll on the line. >> stephanie: yes. >> caller: he was former military and saying that the president essentially has to resign because of somebody in the irs -- my god -- or something, and she used an

trample of her troop or platoon -- >> stephanie: right. one also wondered if she is a small business owner, wasn't one? >> caller: yes. i wonder why bub didn't resign over the overgrabbing. >> stephanie: yes. >> well, pretty much everything. >> stephanie: brett in louisiana, welcome. >> caller: one thing i wanted to point out here is you guys are rightfully so complaining about the tax exempt status for these people. but what gets my goat is senator levin and representative sheila jackson lee, and numerous other ones have written the irs and asked them to further scrutinize these conservative groups while supporting groups like acorn, and even gave them government funding with our tax dollars, which would be no different than

giving tax dollars to a tea party group, which i would object to. >> stephanie: but acorn actually did social welfare. that was not the largest part of what they did, the voter registration. >> caller: yes, but none of these groups -- if you are involved in politicking, you should not get anything -- >> stephanie: but largely what acorn did was other stuff -- >> this goes back to the wording of it. it used to say exclusively social welfare. now it says primarily, which is a slippery slope. >> stephanie: exactly. all right. so there's that. the other thing i heard [ inaudible ] going off on is sheldon whitehouse talking about climate change on the day of the tornados. but he is politicizing a tragedy -- and it was a speech

criticizing republicans who revoke climate change. it's just -- i -- that's the thing -- you have got to -- yeah. >> it's not politicizing it. commenting on the reality of global warming. >> stephanie: exactly. and i was mentioning the right-wing host beating up on senator boxer about it -- >> they don't believe it. so therefore it's politics if someone talks about it. it's just a political football. >> stephanie: tragically and unbeknownst to the senator at the time a series of tornados were hitting oklahoma at the same time. he regrets the timing of his speech and offers his thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. the white house cited hopes that the republican party has returned to its senses we are

stuck in this together, when there are damage, you come to us, and the damage doesn't just hit rhode island and texas, it hits minnesota with dying force, and like it or not we're in this together. are those some sort of radical comments? >> no. >> unless you are a climate change denier. >> i think that's the radicalism. >> stephanie: thank you. all right. we have lewis black coming up at the bottom of the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> oh, i like her. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show."

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that the attitude of the republican party to the democratic party and to the governance of the united states is the same type of attitude that the islamist terrorists have in inhibiting the political function, the legislative function of the united states of america. same attitude. then the second point -- >> stephanie: they are doing a pretty good job destroying the economy, with the sequester and other ideas that terrorists wouldn't even have hoped to. i mention ben bernanke basically, you are doing it wrong. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: president obama appears generally unaffected either way. the president sustaining an overall approval rating around 50%. drat, curses. >> drat.

>> stephanie: say republicans. this is a good piece in "the daily beast." you are doing it wrong. that was the opening statement of ben bernanke. the fed is doing its job, but congress and the white house is being counterproductive. and my goldman sachs boyfriend said the same thing to me. >> the one you made out with? >> stephanie: i did not make out with him. asset prices are getting a nice lift and in part from the fed's easy money policies, the stock market at an all time high and bernanke basically said while noting all of the positive developments, he said the economy is still sort of, na. what is the problem? in a world government. the combination of higher taxes, the sequester and growth are

helping bring down the deficit rapidly. it will be down 41% -- anyway he said that is huge but it may be too much too soon. fiscal policy was dampening growth. over the last four years -- over the past four years state and local government have cut civilian government. this is what we were saying about them roots to fire public employees. i dub this the conservative recovery since all of the jobs growth has come from the private sector. that's not how it usually goes. over the four years following the trott of the previous recession, government jobs rose. the expiration of the pay row tax cut, the effects of the

budget caps, the onset of the sequestration, declines in defense spending are expected to exert a substantial drag on the economy. congress of course is the main culprit here. so too are the deficit hawks who continue to advocate for more cuts. he suggested that congress ease up on the whole budget-cutting thing. to boost short-term growth and ward off giant long-term deficit, the congress and administration should consider replacing some of the near term cuts. what he is saying is get off all of these nothing burger scandals and get to work. the economy could be improving at an even faster clip.

house gop panel approves agency budget cuts far deeper than those approved in march. so they made the analogy in "the daily beast," it used to be the fed and the rest of the government were like two horses pulling together, and now they are galloping in the opposite direction and do the wrong thing for economic growth. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: all right. got that out of my system. brenda, good morning. >> caller: good morning, stephanie and mooks, the tea party want us to be all fired up about this irs scandal, and benghazi and all of this other stuff. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: what they are actually saying is they are upset that they believe the irs is cheating, when they caught them cheating and it's all a red herring. they want us to not focus on immigration, gun control, and

the final steps for the health care plan. we need to change back and set our topics. when they start talking about hearings for this, hearings for that, we need to contact those republican offices and tell them we want them to focus on what the united states needs. >> stephanie: that's right. get to work. and i think you need to aware quotes every time you say scandal. twenty-nine minutes after the hour. comedian lewis black next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking?

this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room.

>> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> i'm an entertainer. you can't entertain and inform at the same time.

but if you are access hollywood you do neither. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome it to. thirty-four minutes after the hour. lewis black joining us now. hello, sir. >> hi, stephanie. >> stephanie: how are you? >> i get better every day. we get closer every day to the world i envisioned as a child. >> stephanie: yes. i love your quote, i can't wait to see what our leadership isn't going to accomplish next. >> it is true. >> stephanie: it is scandal palooza, right? >> the proof in the pudding with this group -- which has been all of them -- as far as i'm

concerned, all of them everybody, is that when i was a child in -- but -- you know born and raised around washington, the -- those in congress and the government was accomplished more and those people were drunks. >> stephanie: yeah you and kathleen madigan and i discussed this. in my dad's day it really was madmen, they went drinking every day, but they got stuff done. >> yeah they got something done, because they would sit around and go no, your bill is better than mine i'm nothing. you are the best. and it was bar time and they go we have to figure this out now, and then have another shot and go home. >> stephanie: exactly. >> the [ inaudible ] doesn't help the country, your [ inaudible ] don't help us. i'm glad you are happy, we're

not. >> stephanie: exactly. if paul ryan would stop doing p90x and come to some agreement on things. >> they are unbelievable. and the only upside of [ inaudible ] when i first started watching and was watching the first responders which is where we really -- with -- that's when we're at our best is -- is that. >> stephanie: right. >> the good news is congress wasn't the first responders. >> stephanie: yes, thank you, exactly. negotiating over who should help who? >> yeah, and you really should drive an extra hundred miles to get the cheaper lumber to build this house. >> stephanie: right. right. we were saying that lewis, you absolutely right. in tragedies like this, people aren't asking who is democrat and who is republican when people are in need and when it gets to the floor of the senate

or house literally you have senator who voted against hurricane sandy relief and now this is different and they need relief. >> yeah. it is stunning. i think the whole thing to the rest of the country -- no matter what people think -- like this is something -- people want this government to be like this. nobody wants the government to be like this. and part of those people are democrats and part of them are republicans. get a grip on it. >> stephanie: yeah. >> stephanie: you have to do what has to be done. what they have to do simpler! it's simple! you don't have to lift stuff up looking for a body you schmuck! >> stephanie: just lift your pen. sign something. >> really. how tough is it? you are sitting in a chair? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: lewis, so we were

saying yesterday, it reminded me of clinton days and the whitewater stuff. it just seeming like fishing expeditions, the irs and benghazi -- >> benghazi is nonsense. it was terrible. that's a given. then you get to the fact that -- okay, really good idea on any level no matter -- don't tell me that those folks in congress didn't know he didn't have protection either. >> stephanie: yeah. >> i knew he didn't have protection. and i know nothing. i had no information and i knew that. >> stephanie: yeah, and it's the same congress people that voted against funding for security for embassies. >> exactly. so it's like come on guys, really, and they also were -- were really -- we don't get the whole idea of -- of the

fact that you -- also who's idea was it -- what do we -- what -- we have an embassy in a country that doesn't exist anymore. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. well, and this irs stuff, we were saying -- the main thing i have gotten out of this, is what social welfare do the tea party groups do? why should they get tax exempt status? >> and aren't they supposed to be looked at anyway? >> right. >> doesn't it show you in the end there were probably more of those groups than there were left-wing groups. much the same way when nixon investigated this stuff. and why do we have to go through the reputation. both sides do it. it's a given, move on. >> stephanie: right, exactly. so the president is giving a speech today on drones and the

like. what are you hoping for? >> i'm hoping he just doesn't want to shoot us. that's what i'm hoping for minimally. that -- and then that they might pass a law that people can't have personal drones. a might help too. when i saw that -- of all people, my friend opi and anthony have a show and i have huge fights with him about stuff, because he's philosophically crazy. he had a drone that he would fly around his neighborhood. >> stephanie: really? >> yes. i'm going this is unbelievable. because you can have one. >> stephanie: yeah. there has gotten to be -- we were just talk about alex jones saying -- i believe he implied that the president has a weather machine that caused the tornado in oklahoma. >> i heard that today.

where did that come from? is that -- >> stephanie: yeah. >> weather machine. that's great. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: that's -- that's -- >> that is really great. >> stephanie: and there are people in this country that are obviously nodding their head listening to the radio when he said that. >> it's really good because it means that blizzard of oz was basically a documentary too. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: are you following all of the trial coverage? did you hear jodi areas say he feels betrayed by the jury. >> no, you know where i get my trial coverage from? kathleen madigan, who considers herself an alternate juror. [ laughter ] >> of course she does. >> stephanie: at least she makes it more entertaining. >> and i'm going to share the line -- i'll beat her to the punch, because she owes me because i opened for her. i just did her special and i am the opening act.

and i'm thinking of getting out of it, and just do the opening for her. she said about the jodi areas trial -- she got in hair and makeup, and kathleen said i do those things and i don't get hair and makeup, obviously i have to kill somebody. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: lewis black, the rant is due is his new comedy tour. how do we get information about that? >> you can go to that fabulously titled lewisblack.com. >> stephanie: awesome. >> and you can go to my twitter at the lewis black, or my facebook page lewis black, and they are all the same! when did we realize that? [ laughter ] >> it's like, you have to go to twitter page to find out where the facebook page is so you can

find the website. >> stephanie: yeah, the kids today you can't have a stray thought that goes unannounced to the world. >> i don't know how they do it. i do a little bit of that -- i tweet out one thing -- i can't write in 144 characters -- by the time i get to the last character, i have barely started a sentence, so it's impossible for me. but once in a while i get something out. but it's unbelievable and up loading a photo -- i don't get it. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. just when we think we're done they add instagram or some other thing. >> my favorite was instagram which was a company that had 13 employees, and bought it for a billion dollars, and the company never made a dime. >> yeah. >> stephanie: i'm staying put on myspace. >> well, good, now i know how to find ya. >> stephanie: thanks, honey talk

to you again real soon. >> stephanie all the best have a good weekend. >> stephanie: you too. [ applause ] >> love him. >> stephanie: kat line madigan is the best. i invited her to the thing this weekend, and she said i can't i'm going to fleet wood mac and just pray that what's his name does don't a drum solo. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: don't you wish your girlfriend was a freak like her? it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld.

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>> isn't there a size guide? >> stephanie: yes, i misread it. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: rick -- no ordering during cocktail hour. rick in oklahoma you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, rick. >> caller: hi, stephanie. you know president obama's first term -- there are people in oklahoma to like president obama and voted for president obama, but we don't get much port. but the first time he was in office, he come and gave a speech here, and governor left town. i just wondering if she is going to leave the state this time? >> stephanie: i'm sure not before he gets his check. >> great big giant check. the kind you get at telethons. >> stephanie: right. all right. so this story, yesterday, man was tied to the boston bombing suspect was shot during fbi questioning. >> well, he pulled a knife -- >> stephanie: yeah, there's that. >> that would get you shot.

>> stephanie: is not suspected of playing any role in the boston bombing. we heard about this actually from people in boston about this other murder. he did confess to being involved in a brutal boston area slaying two years ago that tamerlan was suspected to be involved in as well. and they were questioning him, and it looks like the fbi agent sustained injuries. violent confrontation was initiated by the individual. during the confrontation the individual was killed and the agent sustained non-life-threatening injuries. oh, boy it's another russian name. no zubeidat but still. they had spent time in the boston area together. he was a mixed martial arts fighter, avenue tamerlan

tsarnaev there. he confessed we played a role in the 2011 slaying of three men who were found with their throats cut and their bodies covered with marijuana. he became violent as he was about to sign the statement. they say he had some connections with radical chechan rebels. ♪ zubeidat, zubeidat ♪ >> stephanie: okay. thanks. [ applause ] >> stephanie: it is bad that every time there's a new development, i'm like oh, no, not this story again?

it is always packed with russian names and chef chan names. >> stephanie: yeah. speaking of terrorist attacks. did you see this video out of london? >> holy cow! >> stephanie: they obviously were waiting for people to come and film them. they had blood all over their hands -- >> yeah. >> stephanie: man killed with a machete style knife in london. the victim was a soldier returning to his barracks. several witnesses described the attack as a beheading. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: obviously the prime minister said the strongcation is the brutal attack is terror related. no kidding because the guy said it was on camera. they were driving, hit the guy and then got out of the car and

hacked at him. but on purpose in brood daylight in front of witnesses -- >> right. >> stephanie: this is the cleaver yielding guy. >> i apologize that women have to witness this. but they have to witness it in our home country. >> stephanie: that was grizzly. and the other guy standing there with a knife and there's a woman standing right next to him, and they were like chatting -- >> she was trying to talk them down, because she realized there was nothing she could do for the guy that was dead, so she was just trying to talk some sense into the guy to keep him from hurting anybody else. so she is a complete hero in that respect. >> stephanie: yeah. let's go to snooefteve in pennsylvania. >> caller: hey stephanie, hey mooks. i was just trying to figure out this irs thing.

they claim the irs is attacking republicans, but yet the tea baggers tried to sell the whole tea party idea that it is bipartisan, so if it is bipartisan, then they are just checking out a regular group that is trying to get tax exempt illegally. >> stephanie: yeah, you are right. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: hey, they are targeting conservative groups! got ya! [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> stephanie: janet in georgia you are on the "stephanie miller show." hello, janet. >> caller: hell he, stephanie, how are you doing? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: this is in reference to a story you aired earlier this week about the young lady's daughter -- the lesbian that was accused of sexual misconduct with a younger student. >> stephanie: right. kaitlin hunt. >> caller: right. and jim had made the statement that he had never heard of an incident where that involved

heterosexuals -- >> i think i said i hope that they are prosecuting heterosexuals at the same rate -- >> caller: okay. okay. well the reality of it it did happen here in georgia. a young man was 17 years old, had consensual sex with a 15 year old, and he was convicted, was originally given ten years in jail. >> right. >> caller: and he -- the verdict was overturned by a higher court. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: but he did serve three years, and as matter of fact, [ inaudible ] this past weekend. >> stephanie: yeah. that's insane. >> but if you are a still a minor -- >> caller: right. >> at the age of consent that makes no sense. >> caller: that did happen here in georgia unfortunately but

fortunately the case was overturned. >> stephanie: yeah with so many cases of real sexual assault the fact they would be spending time on this is absurd. fifty-eight minutes after the hour. comedian judy gold next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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>> stephanie: all right current tv land, hour number 3 comedienne judy gold coming up in just a couple of minutes. jacki schechner? >> yes. >> stephanie: don't be scared. >> that sounded tentative. >> i never know what is coming. >> stephanie: i'm just not going to do the sex jail burn my gentiles story. mine. >> i have this thought that is probably wildly inappropriate, but the british guy with the cleaver and the hatchet, he gets up and apologizes, like sorry you have to see this, which is kind of like national lampoon's rip that the british are so polite they keep apologizing for everything. >> stephanie: yeah and then when you hear a brit use the

word appalling, it was a little bit more than appalling. >> i'm quite bothered. good morning, everybody, even though oklahoma senator tom coburn said any federal aid must be offset with cuts elsewhere. he now argues that fema has $11.6 billion it can allocate to oklahoma for relief. and he said we won't need to talk about offsets at the moment. ashley judd has decided not to run against mitch mcconnell for senate, but another woman may. heather french henry is reportedly contemplating a run as a democrat. while some state democrats say

that she would be a solid viable candidate, she would have some past history to contend with. her husband was fined for misusing campaign funds, and filed a lawsuit over campaign funds. and she struck and killed a bicyclist back in 2003 but no charges were ever filed in that case. we're back with more of the show after the break. ♪ now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say

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well, you know broken down old comedy battle axe that i am i have all of my favorites, judy gold, my personal favorite! >> can i say one thing i have been watching you on your various television appearances, and you look fabulous. >> stephanie: thank you. >> you do. and do you remember that we used to run next to each other at the y? >> stephanie: i do remember that. >> yeah, you were faster. you were faster. >> stephanie: can you please say it's judy's show! >> it's judy's show! [ applause ] >> which is coming to the geffen. >> stephanie: i loved you since the day i first saw you. >> oh honey. >> stephanie: it's the judy show, my life as a sitcom.

>> right. >> stephanie: you said you had fantasies of running away to the brady bunch as a kid. >> the project on good times was better than where i grow up. yeah, i lived -- when i think of my childhood, i think of my dysfunctional family and -- but those sitcomes were such a huge part of my life, and who i am, and they were so socially relevant, because everyone watched them together. there was no dvr, or vcr or anything like that. and they would create a dialogue that normally we didn't talk about -- do you remember when maude had an abortion. edith got raped. >> stephanie: right. all of the stuff of great comedy. >> norman lear is a genius, and

i always thought every comic gets a deal for a sitcom pretty much, and 99% don't. but i never got a deal and my life is the perfect recipe for a sitcom, but, you know, i happen to be a lesbian. >> stephanie: and a 6'3" one. you were taller than all three brady bunch boys put together. >> i know i identified with robert reid, mike brady. i actually think i am 6'2" now, because i had a total knee replacement, and i shrunk a little. >> stephanie: so you are somewhat less intimidating. >> no, i didn't say that i grew in my ass and stuff, so i made up for it. >> stephanie: how old are the kids now >> 16 and 11.

henry the older one is going to prom. he is a junior but his senior girlfriend, who is 18 -- >> stephanie: scandal. >> is taking me. >> stephanie: scandal! >> scandal. and ben is 11. >> stephanie: i'm going on cnn tonight to talk about the kaitlin hunt case. she just turned 18 and her girlfriend's parents had her arrested. >> i'm sorry, but you know what if she were with a boy would this be going on? >> stephanie: no. i had a 17-year-old boyfriend when i was 14 and can you imagine my parents having him arrested when he turned 18? >> no. it is beyond ridiculous, and what it is going to do to those kids is awful. the parents should be ashamed of themselves. >> stephanie: yeah it's clearly

homophobia. even the one mom is saying she blames my daughter for her daughter being gay. >> what is she going to get her pregnant? i don't think so. >> stephanie: be glad. >> it's a little unlikely. >> stephanie: and i'm going to be on with a psychologist who says this is justified because an older person can sometimes influence a younger person. and i'm like my high school boyfriend wasn't doing it then because he didn't turn me straight. >> a psychologist said that? >> stephanie: is going to say that tonight. >> and when she says older person is she talking about like 18 or like, you know, 50? really? there is a difference. i really don't think an 18 year old -- >> although we just heard about a kid in georgia who got prison time for that very thing. >> stephanie: right. tony perkins -- american family association guy -- [♪ "psycho" scary music ♪] >> yeah, he is terrific. >> stephanie: he blamed sexual

assault in the military on don't ask don't tell being repealed. >> of course! of course! then keeping quite and actually coming out made these other people sexually assault the opposite sex. oh, god they make so much sense. i don't understand why we are always the butt of everything. why are we still the group that is allowed to be vilified by these people? why? >> stephanie: the best -- west borough baptist church said -- >> yeah, and they are allowed to say it it's amazing. >> stephanie: all right. so let's get back to judy's show. >> the judy show! are you coming? >> stephanie: yes! yes! >> come. i'm not kidding.

>> stephanie: i know. listen, and it's not too late to get a sitcom deal. >> that's true but -- olg. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: yeah, i got a sitcom deal, and i quit my fancy radio show in new york to move out here and the minute i got her, i called -- i think it was warner brothers and everyone had gotten fired. [ crickets chirping ] >> but i gave it all up for this. nothing. i know. i never even got that opportunity. >> stephanie: okay. i'm out here with a little bag and a stick. stick with a bog on it. >> yeah. >> stephanie: what else is in judy's show? >> it's really a play. you know, i -- this is my second one-person show. my first one-person show, 25 questions for a jewish mother that ran off broadway for a year and a half and it was about -- i had interviewed jewish mothers

all over the country and it was based on those interviews and this show is sort of a follow-up, and it tells the story of me growing up becoming a comedian and trying to get a gay family on television. and i'm talking about a gay family. like the brady bunch. and the partridge family. and everybody loves raymond where the center of the show is a gay family. where people can watch it and say wow they have the same problems that i do, and this is funny, and i forgot they are gay, and some kid sitting in north dakota somewhere -- i just picked that state, i'm not picking on it -- who has a kid that is gay can say i can be normal. and i love that genre too.

>> stephanie: yeah, and look at how far we have come. i read that ellen just bought another 26.5 million montasino -- >> yeah, and i have one bathroom and two sons. >> stephanie: i think our friend rick overton said i'm telling the wrong kind of jokes. >> oh i love rick. >> stephanie: so judy what -- so you -- it -- this -- this one is about obviously how you were affected. what about the partridge family? because it really did all come together when mom sang along, did it not? >> right. [ laughter ] >> here is the thing. it's so funny because i was doing an interview yesterday and we were talking about this about how the brady bunch was so milk toast, and it was really -- if you read about sherwood schwartz i wrote this article for the "new york times" when he passed away in 2011 and

when you read about him, those shows -- like "gilligan's island" and the brady bunch were socially relevant. he had seen that his kids were going to school with people -- kids of divorce, and single moms and he wanted to put a blended family that wasn't like everyone else's on tv. >> stephanie: right. >> and "gilligan's island" was people from different socioeconomic backgrounds forced to get along. and there really was something about them that i think hit a nerve. i love the partridge family. here is a single mom. you never saw a single mom. >> stephanie: and clearly gilligan and the captain the first gay couple. >> exactly. and we know who the bottom was there. [ laughter ] >> hey little buddy.

>> stephanie: it's the judy show, my life is a sitcom comes out here to the play house. we have a link on stephaniemiller.com. judy i love you. >> i love you! hope to see you soon. you better get your butt to my show. >> stephanie: i will. [ applause ] >> stephanie: i believe that she and kathleen mad -- madigan did comedy in front of the styrofoam cows. >> stephanie: really? >> and susie essman. >> wow, that was a lot of estrogen. >> stephanie: right. and a lot of cows. >> a lot of strong women up on stage all as once. >> stephanie: right? seventeen minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie

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climate change believers. [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> stephanie: oftentimes logic and religion don't -- >> yeah, don't gel. >> stephanie: that's why the wolf blitzer moment is even more precious. do you thank the lord? >> do you! do you! >> stephanie: no i'm an atheist. >> stephanie: okay. dan in atlanta. hi, dan. >> caller: hi, stephanie. listen, i'm not quite the happy clappy liberal like you are. i grew up more a teddy roosevelt person. but as i sit back and watch this thing in oklahoma and because these guys it is just -- at what point -- i know we are going to help these folks out

and everything, and i know people in oklahoma at what point do we start to call some of these guys out? >> stephanie: dan, we did yesterday. because at what point -- again, disaster relief was never political in this country. and now you have him saying sandy relief was a slush fund but this isn't. what? >> caller: right. and you made a great point yesterday too. you look at oklahoma and texas and rick perry -- if you remember when rick perry was running for president, he made a statement saying here is proof that [ inaudible ] economics is a failure, which if you were to ask him today what is that he would have no idea. >> oops. >> stephanie: oops. >> caller: and the great point you made yesterday here we are and we're barely even talking about what happened with that fertilizer plant. here are these guys who are mr. free market mr. private

sector, but rick perry couldn't get hissing hand out fast enough to take federal aid -- >> stephanie: that's the thing, dan. it's not to put blame. but there is cause and effect for certain things. that was not a, quote unquote, accident. it was the complete lack of regulation. 1,650 times as much nitrate that was allowed. and there is their hand out asking for government help. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: something in that case that could have been preventable. it's -- yeah. okay. oh, looky here. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: house gop holds anti-abortion event held mostly by men. look at that. >> yeah. >> stephanie: an anti abortion

press conference for the bill he intends to reintroduce, a direct challenge to roe v. wade. just this week an appeals court struck down a 20-week abortion ban enacted by his home state in arizona. michele bachmann, the only woman sited. >> we know she's not in danger of getting pregnant. >> stephanie: whatever could you mean, chris. >> i mean that her husband is not going to give it to her. >> stephanie: you don't know that. >> yeah, we kind of do. >> stephanie: you could in fact be a bastard person couldn't you for even bringing it up. >> and i'll tell you why i can't put up with you people because you are bastard people. >> stephanie: curtis go ahead. >> caller: i loved it when lois

lerner invoked her fifth amendment rights and then that idiot from south carolina, did he not think that those three high-priced washington, d.c. attorneys sitting behind him had any clue about what was going on? >> stephanie: exactly. exactly. >> he's not just a little bit gowdy, he is trey gowdy. >> stephanie: yeah. he is trey. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike sent me this -- it's a thing they are just like us. kanye west $750,000 car destroyed by kim kardashian's security gates. they aren't anything like us. >> i remember the last time i

lost a $750,000 lamborghini. >> stephanie: me too in a kardashian gate. what? >> huh? maybe she sat on it. >> stephanie: stop it! [ buzzer ] >> she is looking large in her prggers state. >> stephanie: come on. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current.

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. >> stephanie: yeah, that's me. thirty-four minutes after the hour. fridays tomorrow with sexy liberal john fugelsang, whoot, before a three-day memorial day weekend. diane in jersey. >> caller: hi stephanie. love you, love the guys. i have a comment about the anti-abortion groups always lead by men, and they want to force everyone to have baby's regardless of your circumstances, but they don't want to fund wick. just have the babies and after you have them, you are on your own. >> stephanie: when i saw the picture of all men, i was just like shuush. >> caller: yes. >> stephanie: let's go to arnold

in north carolina. >> caller: hey, steph, i want to ask the mooks a question before i get to my point. >> stephanie: mooks! >> caller: how come they never use that camera off of that movie with eddie murphy [ inaudible ] she would say, maaaacus, karling. >> stephanie: we have got to get that. >> i haven't seen boom rang since 1989. >> caller: it's an old movie. >> stephanie: congratulations on the [ inaudible ] kitt reference. [ laughter ] >> caller: i just called because i got so sick watching mr. rand paul make love to apples the other day. >> stephanie: oh god! apologizing to apple.

sorry we're not helping you hide more of your profits. sorry. >> caller: talk to you later, stephanie. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: okay. competitive martial artist is suing a philadelphia sex shop and the makers of a gel he said burned and scarred his gent talls. >> was it a gentle gel? >> stephanie: it was the pleasure balm prolonging gel. >> it's not the kind of pleasure he was looking for. >> i guess not. >> stephanie: it left him permanently disfunctioned and dysfunctional. >> oh, dear. >> stephanie: right? so that happened. just saying -- and it apparently is off the shelf now. >> maybe somebody got ben gay in the wrong container. >> stephanie: yeah that's like

that low t stuff we always talk about. it is magical, oh! [ screaming ] >> don't get it on your duck! >> stephanie: we were talking about the jodi areas trial. >> she is disappointed. >> stephanie: she is disappointed in you jury. >> i feel -- i feel a little betrayed by them. i don't dislike them. i just was really hoping they would see things the way it was, and i don't feel that they did. >> i just want to chap them to shreds. [♪ "psycho" scary music ♪] >> stephanie: so they are still delibber-taiting. is there going to be a verdict today? i was at cnn and jane velez michelle was beside herself that they did not have a verdict yet. [ screaming ] >> when i was on a jury we

heard the case from monday through the morning of friday of the week, and we went to lunch, then we started to deliberate and we're like we're getting out of here before the end of the week, and we all agreed on it, and it was fine. we were out of there by the end of the week. >> stephanie: you don't seem that interested in justice. >> justice was done, but we wanted to get out of there. we didn't want to come back on month. >> stephanie: i encouraged you not to do your civic duty at all. >> yeah, thanks. >> stephanie: is that illegal? >> kind of. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: jury duty. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: by the way lot of controversy out of colorado. they are deliberating in the jodi areas trial on death penalty or not. she said right after the thing

that she wanted the death penalty, and now she says she doesn't. but governor hookenlooper's decision to block a death row inmate. it -- this was really kind of -- he had -- he appeared to be searching for a middle way. he said i wrestle with this pretty much on a daily basis. he said the death penalty was used inconsistently across colorado. and racially too in this country it is definitely applied inconsistently. and obtaining the drugs required for lettel injection, he also

said many states in the nation are moving towards banning execution. so we'll see what happens, but spotlight on colorado now with the death penalty. would you like a really creepy story? >> kind of. maybe. do we. >> stephanie: o.j. compared me to nicole ever day, ex-girlfriend said. is it wrong to say she does not seem like the sharpest pencil -- >> do you think he would pick the sharpest pencil. >> stephanie: i was reading another story about dzhokher's girlfriend -- he has all of these little groupies now. >> whatever! >> stephanie: i did that story in the "new york post" about jihadi, because he is too cute -- and he has thousands of teenage girls --

>> ji-hotty. >> stephanie: yeah. i'm trying to get into the mindset of a girl that goes -- [♪ "jeopardy" theme music ♪] >> stephanie: hum, o.j. asked me out. okay. >> maybe danger turns them on. >> some women are like that. >> yep. >> stephanie: she claims o.j. was so obsessed with his ex-wife he mentioned her every single day during their long-term relationship. now he is a bastard. >> but he also talked about something bad happening to her. >> stephanie: yeah, he said nicole did this nicole did that, you should do this. that's what she did. he would say things to me like you better watch out so something bad doesn't happen to you like nicole. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> stephanie: jim what could you be infers. >> implying.

>> stephanie: implying. yeah. what? [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: how much do we love this story the amy's baking company story. this whole thing. oh, there's a news which are l. they went ape dump on the social media, because he -- >> he walked out on them. >> stephanie: he quit them. he said your food is too bad and you are nightmares. the restaurateur can now add possible deportation to his mounting list of troubles. sammy [ mumbling ] >> sure. he is more rock can by way of israel. >> stephanie: right. he is the co-owner of the baking company and bistro. maybe they are trying to do many things. are you a bakery boutique or

bistro. >> they chose amy's baking company, so the initials would be abc. >> stephanie: oh i see. except she doesn't do any baking there. >> she buys stuff from costco. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: he has is mired in ongoing court proceedings that could result in deportation from the country. he has drug charges -- >> oh, dear. >> stephanie: he is also banned from entering france and germany, but that is just because of his food. [ buzzer ] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: we both made mismakes the past. we have done our time amy chimed in. wait a minute, what now? [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> what? no! >> stephanie: what do you mean we? she pled guilty to using another person's social security to pay

for a 15,000 -- >> oh! >> stephanie: meanwhile amy's bank company launched his week-long grand reopening to little fanfare. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> the publicity company that they hired quit. >> stephanie: yeah they were like we need to go work for jodi areas or something. >> i know the head of that publicity company, and he is not one to quit at all. >> stephanie: we have to go work for someone less awful than you. all right. forty-five minutes after the hour. right back with the remaining moments of the "stephanie miller show." >> wow, i can't believe it this can't be real. >> of course it's real. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ caribbean queen now we're sharing the same dream and our hearts they beat as one, no more love on the run ♪ >> stephanie: uh-huh. it is the "stephanie miller show." forty-nine minutes after the hour. as all of my friends tell me it's prom time. here are some pictures that will make the right-wing world's heads explode. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: there is a picture of the president when he went to prom. he has a bit of a link from mob squad haircut going on?

>> stephanie: he is handsome and romantic. hey, don. >> caller: good morning, i heard this rumor that the president went to sleep when the ambassador was under attack. >> stephanie: right. yes. that's the right-wing talking point that is completely untrue. which right-wing radio show did you hear that on? >> caller: no, i sanit the "new york post." >> stephanie: oh, then it must be true. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: where is my right-wing troll alert -- [ dial tone ] >> stephanie: i saw it in the "new york post." really? really? let's go to darren in chicago. you are on the "stephanie miller show" hi, darren. >> caller: hi, i just -- one quick -- quick question. i just wanted to say if there's nothing to this, quote unquote, scandal, why did she refuse to answer any questions yesterday? why -- >> stephanie: because that's what the fifth amendment is designed for.

>> caller: no, but if she had nothing to fear, she could answer all of the questions they wanted to ask. >> so anyone who takes the fifth is automatically gill any >> stephanie: that's a rush listener. okay. yeah it's time to -- >> this is a test. this is a test of the right-wing troll notification system. this is only a test. >> benghaziiiiiiiiiiiii. >> this has been taste of the right-wing troll notification system. had there been an actual issue, you could have been instructed where to tune in your area for half-baked information. >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> this concludes this test of the right-wing troll notification system. >> stephanie: that's why i listen to rush every day so i know what they are going to say. she is obviously guilty.

okay. as you were saying earlier -- i hope he is embroiled in some sort of scandal -- >> oh, god that would be great. i take the fifth! oh, god, i'm in trouble. >> stephanie: chris -- [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: just when i join team angelina i get pulled back to team jen. >> brad pitt is kind of a douche. >> stephanie: he needs to shut his yap about jennifer aniston. he is at it again making not so subtle comments about how unhappy he was when he was married to jennifer aniston. i spent years [ censor bleep ] off. in september 2011 issue of parade he said he was finally

satisfied thanks to jolie, and prior to that he was in a drug-filled haze while with aniston. >> whatever. >> food and cleaning products. >> stephanie: right. right. >> which movie is that from? >> stephanie: i don't know. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: madonna, no hanky panky for lordis! stop acting like a slut! weren't there mothers all over the country just waiting for madonna's daughter to grow up. she let her daughter go on a date, but then sent a burrly chaperon to go along to watch

them. >> there was a lot of hair in that book. like in places -- >> stephanie: yeah. all right. okay. >> what? >> places like cleveland? >> sure. >> yeah. >> if she took a picture in cleveland, yes. >> stephanie: our friend in the next studio who does the morning show, did a hilarious thing about he took a somehow we are his wife, and he dropped the soap, and he got halfway up and said oh hello, rabbi. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: oversharer's anonymous. a young person's guide to liberace. with the new movie coming out this weekend -- >> when will liberace marry? >> stephanie: a lot of kids don't know who liberace is. >> was. >> stephanie: right. was he really a housewife heart

throb. >> computer says yes. >> stephanie: yes, he was. the liberace show -- >> a whole country of michele bachmanns. >> stephanie: yeah, his show ran from 1953 to 1956 and was more popular than i love lucy. he is the only fella i know who leaves a chartreuse ring around the tub. the writer called the phenomenon a conspiracy of blindness. there is no much thing as too much for liberace, including the $750,000 black mink cape. >> that would be really heavy to wear. >> stephanie: and a red white and blue drum major's outfit

including hot pants. he was super rich he earned $5 million a year, which was a lot then. his net worth estimated $113 million. and he owned cars houses -- >> stephanie: i hope he didn't drive the mirrors limo around palm springs, because that would set things on fire as it drove past. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: what happened to all of the houses in palm springs. he was gay. what! but only in private. he sued the daily mirror in 1959 for an article that called him an giggling heap of mother love.

he persisted in publicly denouncing homosexuality. a 1973 press conference he stated he was against the practice of homosexuality -- >> i don't need to practice. >> stephanie: i'm a professional. because it offends convention and society. he had an affair with rock hudson, i didn't know that. and was rampantly promiscuous in later years thanks to a silicone penis implant. he didn't have children. he had dogs. he owned 27 dogs at the time of his death. >> that's a little bit excessive. >> stephanie: scott thorson was liberace's lover for six years and wrote the book about their relationship. let's see -- he was 16 and a run away when liberace took him

under his wing -- >> cape. >> stephanie: under his cape. i can't get to the rest of the fun facts, because we must be prepared for this weekend. >> i'm looking forward it to. >> stephanie: that's it for us i would like to thank chris lavoie jim ward and tee bone on phones and drums. we'll see you tomorrow on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

>> i'm jacki schechner. it's noon eastern, and here's what's current. former congressman anthony weiner says he knows voters may be bothered by his past but hopes they are open to hearing

his ideas. he admitted again he made a mistake. >> look i made some big mistakes and let a lot of people down, but i have also learned some tough lessons i am running for major because i have been fighting for the middle class my entire life. >> he said he knows he'll probably have to keep apologizing and even though his wife has forgiven him, it is still possible that other women may