[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. hello tv world. oh, it ought to be a really incomprehensible show, chris, as it always is the day before a three-day weekend. >> yes. >> stephanie: hello, jacki schechner we have already begun the party. what are you going to do? >> i'm going to a friend's wedding this weekend. >> stephanie: oh nice.

>> i'm actually older than that age, but i'm at that age. >> stephanie: when i have to buy a baby gift i'm like someone who landed on another planet. >> i went to a baby store in miami and handed them a credit card, and i said they are going to call me and say someone else has your credit card because there's no way you would be spending money in a baby store. good morning, everybody. president obama is traveling to annapolis this hour where he'll give the commencement address. he is speaking today at a time when the military is facing some challenges, and the white house is making some changes. the pentagon is working through $42 billion in mandatory cuts and figuring out what its next steps need to be when it comes to stopping sexual assault in

the military. president obama also likely to repeat some of yesterday's message delivered when he gave a speech at the national defense agency. limiting the use of drones and the threat has to be continuing and imminent in order to warren their use. >> obama: after i took office my administration began briefing all strikes outside of iraq and afghanistan to the appropriate committees of congress. let me repeat that. not only did congress authorize the use of force. it is briefed on every strike that america takes. >> speaks like a man who knows what may be coming in terms of attack. there is no reason the congress should continue to hold up closure of the closing of guantanamo bay.

and talked about an media shield law that would protect journalist as they do their job. we're back with more show after the break. stick around. those types are coming on to me all the time now. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me. >> absolutely! >> and so would mitt romeny. >> she's joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv.

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? [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: aha. happy friday happy friday long weekend. whoot. happy memorial day weekend. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. stephaniemiller.com the website. that jodi areas killed my hit on cnn last night. now she is a bitch. now she should be killed just for that. i could stab her. really? interruption of a great cocktail

hour. drive all the way over there in hair and makeup. i'm getting better at this. i'm like i'm bumped. they are like no no, no no. everything is good. hair and makeup. on my little box waiting. and i'm like waiting -- yeah steph we going at the top of the hour with this. i'm like of course you are! psych. now i hate her. now she is really a jerk. okay. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: can i just say it is such a confluence in that hair and makeup with the cnn news people and us regular cnn political geeks. there is a lot of -- i don't know what to say. could be surgery -- maybe just prettier -- they are the heathers, and she said we have

much lower -- a lot more cleavage on headline news. you can tell who is who. they were all very exercised over the whole jodi areas thing. >> it's not the end of the world. they treat it like it is though. >> stephanie: exactly. i thought nancy grace and jane velez michelle were going to battle! [ explosion ] >> stephanie: there are two universes of people in the country of what we do and what we care about. >> yeah. >> stephanie: i didn't even know who she was two weeks ago. i'm like she did it right. and marsha clark was like, yes, she admitted she did it. and i'm like. okay, what is the problem? >> that is more than marcia clark got out of o.j. >> stephanie: stop it that's not true! [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: apparently i'm

rebooked tonight. we'll see. unless jodi areas killed someone else. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: i made news busters. i know they are watching. >> is this the one that came out this morning. >> stephanie: was there a new one? i wasn't even on last night. >> let's see. >> stephanie: the conservative guy that is on with me on the panel, rehahn slaps down stephanie miller's defense of weiner. i mostly got in good jokes. i sort of defended him a little. >> is this what cnn told you to do? >> stephanie: no, would you stop that. they ask me what i think and then i tell them. >> okay. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: lefty radio host -- >> lefty. >> yeah. >> stephanie: tried to be funny.

all right. while [ inaudible ] anthony weiner's twitter scandal was just an 8th grade stunt. which middle school did you go to stephanie? conservative contributor -- >> it wasn't middle school then it was junior high school. >> stephanie: yeah. shot her down. yeah, that was a good one. snap, ow. still bleeding from that. and host aaron burnett wouldn't have miller's hackry either. i got to do my joke -- >> i still don't think most guys do that. >> no. >> i really don't. >> stephanie: i don't know any women that do it i'm just saying -- >> it's a perv thing. >> stephanie: miller the guy thing, blah blah and i said if his wife forgives him -- whatever. the rest of us -- yeah, so that

was the whole -- news busters kind of like slim picking these days. they like me so much, and want to cover me so much that they are fluffing. >> you're so not funny. i still have my dinosaur. >> what? >> stephanie: okay. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: here is what is funny. the new internet thing. kat cat bearding. >> i don't know if i could get my cat to do this. >> stephanie: most cats you would have to sedate them. >> show jim -- >> stephanie: this is cat bearding. this is the thing. >> all right. you are just asking to be scratched. >> yeah, i know. i wouldn't even attempt that with jazz. >> i thought it was bearding in

a marcus bachmann kind of way. >> stephanie: no it has made us realize it is futile to claim a new internet low. the internet will always be more pointless and absurd. so let's hear it for cat bearding. [ applause ] >> you make your cat look up somehow. >> stephanie: it looks like their nose is your nose and the cat is your heard. except someone snuck a dog in there. >> although it looks like a dog beard. >> stephanie: right. so now i guess there will be a whole other website of dog bearding. >> sure. >> stephanie: i would look like i was lost in a snow drift. you wouldn't even be able to see me. i would look like a bumble.

>> yes you would. >> stephanie: a lot of experts say this was one of the president's best speeches. the way he handled the heckler, was pretty extraordinary. i have never seen that before. he let her speak. he didn't like make fun of her when she left. he said that woman had a point. but of course on cue, somebody on the right-wing said the president apologize for america -- >> shut up. >> stephanie: what? no? >> it's smartly switching the strategy to a targeted war on for -- terror. >> stephanie: right. and any usa is number one in total crimes rapes, co2 emissions, between suicide, plastic surgery, and prisoners.

>> yeah, we're number one! >> stephanie: exactly! ♪ america ♪ ♪ america ♪ ♪ america [ censor bleep ] yeah ♪ ♪ merck [ censor bleep ] yeah ♪ [ applause ] >> stephanie: yeah. yeah. all right. oh, by the way on cues the right wing's head did expleas with the president's prom picture. where he is mr. smith and he has a hot blond. >> where are the white women at. >> they are upset he was with a white woman? >> stephanie: i'm guessing they are. but he's handsome. >> when you wear a powder blue tux that's mockable. >> stephanie: it's white. >> oh it is.

>> stephanie: yeah. and can i have some love music. [♪ romantic music ♪] >> stephanie: they have the writing in his yearbook. >> have a bitchin' summer. >> stephanie: don't go changing. >> kali it has been so nice getting to know you this year -- >> i bet. >> stephanie: you are extremely sweet and foxy. >> he didn't say foxy? >> stephanie: yes, he did. >> oooooooooh. >> stephanie: potus did. potus a player. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i don't know why you would want to spend any time with me at all. oh, he's being humble. you really deserve better than clowns like us. you even laugh at my jokes. i hope we can keep in touch this summer even though greg will be gone. call me and i'll buy you lunch. >> who is greg?

>> stephanie: the other friend. anyway good luck in everything you do, and stay happy, your friend, love with a little heart, obama. oh. oh. >> she's a hot '70s chick. >> stephanie: right. >> she looks like she stepped right out of a sunkissed soda commercial. >> the other girl is cute to. >> stephanie: jim you okay? >> she looks like she uses gee your hair smells terrific. >> stephanie: with some aqua net. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and tommy writes us, steph, the only benghazi scandal is republicans in congress falsefying white house emails. no doubt darrell issa and lindsey graham are going to call for a hearing to find out who

changed the white house emails. yeah. the white house released email on benghazi don't just disprove republicans accusations, they also show these lawmakers falsefied emails written by the white staff. if boner wants to know who should go to jail! it seems like it should be someone. which republicans in congress deliberately falsefied the emails. who knew about it? who is approved it. >> boehner: who is going to jail? >> stephanie: right. indeed, boner. who indeed. who indeed. wouldn't he look good in an

orange jumpsuit. >> we would blend right in. >> stephanie: right. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: all you could see is his eyes. >> even his teeth are orange because of all of that smoking. >> stephanie: all right. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> at least it's a good place to see celebrities. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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way to go. and i'm glad the woman spoke to the president. she didn't call him a liar like the ass hats do but she did criticize his policy and i don't blame her. >> stephanie: as i think he said to her, though. these are tough issues. the guy we got in the strike was a really bad guy. and the other guy we got in the same strike was a really bad guy, and they called killing the 16-year-old a mistake, but i'm just saying -- really as compared to iraq or afghanistan the amount of people we have killed? >> it's not as bad as that so you can't criticize it. >> stephanie: right. but i'm just saying that probably saved a lot of american lives, that one strike and the problem is there is collateral damage in any war. and he made changes yesterday

that i think are good. >> and nestcessary, yeah. >> stephanie: yeah. you know what we missed yesterday. happy world turtle day. happy world turtle day to you jim. >> and mitch mcconnell. >> duck and cover. ♪ >> stephanie: thank you. all right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: thanks for bringing that to our attention, mike, we appreciate it. all right. yes, the president gave his big speech yesterday on national security. >> obama: it did not direct the attacks in benghazi or boston. we did not carry out a successful attack on our homeland since 9/11. >> stephanie: i was reading a piece in "the daily beast" about this, and that's one of the reasons we are able to change this policy because it has been so effective. and i think he made good points

like that, it's just -- when you have rag tag kids in boston that say they are inspired in al qaeda, that's not the same as where al qaeda was when they were able to strike on 9/11. the president yesterday. >> obama: beyond afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless global war on terror, but rather as a series of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks on violent extremists that threaten america. >> stephanie: that was what was made more clear in this -- they have a play book now. and obama made it clear that he is going to make the decisions himself. he announced reforms that would ratchet down the drone program. his involvement in making individual kill decisions which is what is knew despite the fact that the military made an aggressive push back to wrestle

control from the commander in chief. so he has transferred it to the u.s. military. >> that makes sense. >> stephanie: and i thought it was interesting. he, a, said he wants to take moral responsibility, and he said he wanted to personally exercise supervision away from conventional battlefields. the reason why he embraced the program is obviously it is a smarter way to fight the war on terror than to invade oh let's say the wrong country or stay in afghanistan forever. darren in massachusetts. >> caller: hi, stephanie. hi mooks. how are you this morning? >> stephanie: yes, good go ahead. >> caller: stephanie i saw you at the beacon theater. it was great. i guess i'm going to call myself

a liberal hawk. i get really tired -- we really don't want to see soldiers killed and i know the drone program scares a lot of people but i think people who whine about -- oh so many soldiers are getting killed, and then we have an effective solution like drones that can do exactly what they did in awalkky who i still believe should have been blown to bits with a missile. the guy was on tv steph, absolutely -- not tv -- but he was like i told everybody who i was. it's not like someone had to go to trial and figure out exactly who he was. he made it very clear. >> stephanie: yeah i hear ya. twenty-nine minutes after the hour. more on this on the "stephanie miller show." >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block.

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. >> my biological clock is ticking like a bomb. i call my uterus the hurt locker. >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome it to. thirty-four minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number. stephanie in atlanta. hello, steph. >> caller: hey. >> stephanie: hi go ahead. >> caller: hi, i just wanted to -- >> stephanie: yeah, go ahead. >> caller: i wanted to talk about the young lady from [ inaudible ] yesterday. i thought actually i'm kind of fed up with her time and all of the sympathy for these people who want to hurt us whether they are american citizens or not. it's almost as if they are saying, so many a gang member is shooting at you, because they are an american citizen, do you

not shoot back? >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: i'm trying to figure them out. yes, before you give me a smart answer -- >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: i'm trying to get my point of view out. at what point does being an american stop protecting you from wanting to stop serving -- >> but this is also for kids -- the people they are going after. yeah, it's collateral damage but still -- >> caller: excuse me. excuse me. you name me one war where there has never been collateral damage. you name one where it only hit the people that it was supposed to hit. >> stephanie: yeah. do you feel like we shouldn't have gotten bin laden, because we obviously killed people in there that were not bin laden. i'm with you steph, i don't care. >> caller: honestly i'm really waiting on his answer, because i

get tired of the discourse, when we kill the kids name one war that we have ever engaged in -- >> but this isn't like world war ii. this is very different. we're going after individuals. >> stephanie: right. and that's what he changed the parameters yesterday. i think it's better than unnecessary wars -- >> caller: they are going after something that is completely impossible. how in the world can you just hit one person and not get anyone else. even when people go in and have a shootout. you are going to get somebody else. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: you are not just going to hit that particular person. so i would like for them to give me an example of what they are talking about that they would prefer. >> stephanie: good question. >> i think you stumped jim.

>> stephanie: i guess he has no -- but even code pink look at the way the president handled that. first of all no other president would let her talk that long. and he said that woman has a point. i thought that was extraordinary, didn't you steph? >> caller: i sure did. and i just think he was extremely -- she was extremely rude and extremely disrespectful, and she has no answers. he kept saying what if they hurt us again. if they are so concerned about us, please stop gang violence first. >> stephanie: and he calmly said ma'am, i am about to answer that. george bush she would have been in gitmo after four seconds out of her mouth. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and i thought it was extraordinary.

he let her talk. he didn't make fun of her. he said she made some good points. >> yeah, he handled it very well. >> stephanie: let's go to nancy in new york. >> caller: hi, stephanie thank you for having me on. i am so upset with the liberals and that lady screaming yesterday, just because he was 16 -- the underwear bomber was young, the boston bomber was young. and if they don't think they weren't grooming him they are crazy. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: i'm glad that they got rid of him now. i'm sure his father influenced him and everything -- >> stephanie: and our last caller -- >> caller: i love jim. >> stephanie: there is a difference between 9/11 where they killed a bunch of innocent

people, and we're trying to kill people that are actively involved? killing americans, and obviously they even said it was a mistake to kill the 16-year-old. but as the president said these are difficult issues. >> caller: yes, and i'm glad they killed him. because i promise you, i think he was being groomed. those people are out to kill. his father was a strong presence, know he was influenced by his father -- >> stephanie: yeah. i think jim's point is well-taken. we do believe in a rule of law, but her point is also -- so if we took his dad without a missile, what do you think he would grow up -- >> caller: right. right. and also, you know this -- i can't stand [ inaudible ] they see somebody okay. like those guys that chopped up that man in london they are going to waste time and have a

trial and everything when you know -- this is what i don't like -- some people don't deserve it, get rid of them, they are need to be gotten rid of. >> stephanie: well, we can't -- we didn't throw out due process, but i'm just saying -- >> what if witnesses finger the wrong person -- >> stephanie: i know that's not within the rule of law, but the 16-year-old doesn't get hit he watches his father get hit -- that was a guilt by association argument -- >> but every time we do have collateral damage we create more people who hate us so it's kind of -- i don't know how it -- it's kind of a losing proposition. >> stephanie: yeah. yeah. >> if you create more terrorists by trying to wipe out the bad guys. >> stephanie: we create more terrorists by unnecessary wars. robert in albuquerque.

>> caller: hi i absolutely disagree with our drone program and killing of alfal offal -- of alwaki he was basically the pr guy for al qaeda. he never killed anybody. but the thing is we try him. we bring him in for a fair trial, and we don't have to kill his son -- >> stephanie: i think that was one of the cases the president was talking about where capture was not feasible. in some cases it's not. >> caller: and to obama's credit he is curtailing the drone program, which in my book is state-sponsored terrorism. when you have those drones flying over these people and they don't know when the next missile is going to drop i

think that's terrorism. >> stephanie: but the people that would argue against you would say those people sitting in the world trade center didn't know as well. >> caller: that's right. and it was a crime. >> stephanie: do you think it was feasible to capture osama bin laden? >> caller: well, we had him. he was there. we could have captured him and pulled him into the helicopter alive. >> oh, wow -- i don't know -- >> stephanie: everybody is an expert. >> i don't know i could say they could have done it better than navy seal. >> well if their mission was to get him alive, they could have done that. >> stephanie: someone was saying how does an unarmed guy get shot

by three fbi guys. i'm not one for second-guessing -- >> no, not at all. >> stephanie: people in that situation. char in madison. >> caller: hi. i admire the president a lot to his response to that code pink lady, but why doesn't he do the same thing when he responds to congress in his hearings and stands up maybe in front -- about these accusations from the irs and say, let's fix it. you have got a point. let's fix it. >> stephanie: he has said that. >> caller: let that be the bottom line. let's get together and fix it. the accusations don't fix it. >> stephanie: that is exactly what obama did say. he found out about it. he was furious. he said let's fix it. >> well, i think he was giving

them too much ammunition and credit for their outrage at this supposed crime. it was tempest in the teapot. they did not deserve this status. >> stephanie: and jonathan chase writes a good piece about the irs scandal becoming a conspiracy theory. >> yeah. >> stephanie: all right. forty-five minutes after the hour. back with more on drones and the irs as we continue on the "stephanie miller show." [ laughter ] >> i don't get it. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you

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♪ [ inaudible ] ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ >> stephanie: yeah, get it. it is the "stephanie miller show." get it. get it. >> ride it. ride that choo choo. >> stephanie: the president yesterday on drone policy. >> obama: this war like all wars must end. that's what history advises. that's what our democracy demands. >> stephanie: all right. he went on to clarify, he has -- there is a play book, as

they call it, but lays out a number of reforms to the targeting killing policy. among the most important a cod codification codification. >> obama: i do not believe it would be appropriate to target any u.s. citizen with a drone or shotgun without due process. and before any strike is taken, there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. the highest standard we can set. >> stephanie: yeah, that's -- jim, those are the ones you are talking about. as they are called signature strikes. where groups have been targeted. believed to have lead to civilian casualties. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: the president yesterday. >> obama: i am lifting the

moratorium on transfer of detainees to yemen. >> stephanie: and he talked about the hunger strike at gitmo. he said he saw it as a way to keep the pressure on an enemy. lessening the u.s. footprint i think is a really good thing for a somebody of reasons. over time two things have hand which lead to the reform of the program, one has been the increasing drum beat of criticism, the other paradoxically has been its success, in dramatically degrading the power of al qaeda in pakistan. an opportunity to wind down some of our most aggressive and controversial actions. senator mccain yesterday on gitmo. >> on the issue of guantanamo

bay, we pledge to work with the president and this time we hope there is a coherent plan for addressing that issue. >> stephanie: well, work with would have to be other than let's figure out how to close gitmo and you say no. >> there's that. >> stephanie: and here is his side kick, well-known southern bell lindsey graham. >> i believe we near a war that is morphing, i support the concepts that the president talks about in my ways but if he doesn't change his policies, the middle east is going to blow up. to president obama your foreign policy is not working. >> stephanie: what did he say in the middle. >> i believe we're in a war that is not winding down. we're in a war that is morphing. the concepts that the president talks about in many ways, but if

he doesn't change his policies, the middle east is going to blow up. >> stephanie: oh middle east. that was a little lambsy divy. >> i believe in unicorns that fart glitter. [ farting sounds ] [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: okay. let's go to stephanie in canton ohio. hey, stephanie. >> caller: hi, i love your show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i just wanted to say in answer -- when jim -- that lady was talking, stephanie also about collateral damage what if her i child was the collateral damage, would that change the conversation? >> stephanie: i think her point would be she wouldn't be engaged in terrorism. >> caller: but a lot of these kids that are killed aren't engaged either. >> stephanie: and her point was her dad was radicallizing him as well -- >> caller: yeah. i'm with jim. >> stephanie: lots of folks are.

>> uh-huh. >> stephanie: let's go to ian in chicago. >> caller: hi, how are you doing? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i wanted to ask you a question, actually because i don't want to back pedal too much on these drones, but we're doing this military incursions into these other countries with drones to kill specific tartar tartar -- targets. what if the chinese have this policy, and they decide to use these drones because that's a similar concept. and i just want to know how you feel about that. another country using these drones in our country. >> stephanie: yeah. >> well, then we would be at war with that country. that's the difference -- >> stephanie: right. get your point. >> it's single actors basically in pakistan and afghanistan, not

huge armies or air forces we're doing with. but if china were doing that to our country, we would be at war with china. >> stephanie: the president said that early on. he said if i have actionable intelligence that osama bin laden is in pakistan and they won't help i will go get him. gonna get him. yes, i would think we might take exception of the chinese firing drones around here throw. brad in washington you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: good morning, everybody. a word that you don't hardly hear very often anymore is dove. >> yeah. >> caller: i'm a liberal, i'm anti-war. this whole war on terror is -- i mean i have been hearing about it for 12 years now.

terror is a tactic. no matter how many people you kill, you are still going to have terror. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: i mean, we're killing people for their ideas before they even do anything just the idea -- >> stephanie: no. i don't think -- >> they have done things. >> caller: i mean, is that right? >> stephanie: and we're all -- i can't say his name for god's sake for the life of me -- no, they have done things. >> ask tom brokaw. [ mumbling ] >> stephanie: right. much better. >> stephanie: tony in ventura. >> caller: good morning, you guys. good morning, jim and chris. i love the show. i really love and i'm proud that we have a president that goes out there and explains thoroughly what -- what he is doing with our national security, you know? for all of us to understand. you know, i mean look at the way

he treated that protester also, and he -- he stated the example, he is being polite and explaining what is going on. gitmo wasn't on his plait. i mean it was thrown on his plate when he became president, but it wasn't his idea. but you go around and start asking people who -- who started gitmo, i bet you, especially down in the south, i'm pretty sure they would say it was barack obama. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: so i'm very grateful that we have this president, and me and my brother -- my brotherlies in oklahoma, and just give a shout out to oklahoma, we love you guys and we're with you, the whole country is. my brother always tries to accuse me by being a partisan and i say yes, i am a partisan. i am proud to be a democrat for all of our ideas and everything

that the democrats have done for the country, social security -- >> stephanie: there you go. absolutely. all right. speaking of terrorism. tom brokaw we have not even gotten to the story in london. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: the wool which -- the mutilators. >> the mutilators -- >> stephanie: yeah. not a little old lady like last night, but -- >> stephanie: that is an unbelievable story. the woman -- the woman her -- heroin in the middle of it. >> stephanie: yes, we have some audio from her. >> stephanie: fifty-eight minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show."

[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: hello, current tv hour number 2. here we go. sexy liberal john fugelsang coming up for fridays with fugelsang. nurse jacki? >> yes. >> stephanie: i wanted to get your quick take, i hear trouble brewing with your union friends over health care. we talked about this before about how their benefits will be effected or not. do you know anything about that? >> a little bit, when we were fighting for reform there was discussion over the taxation and the plans that a lot of the unions negotiated for in lieu of salary increases along the way. so there is some concern that

there will be additional taxes on worker's benefits. i don't know where the argument standing right now to be perfect list honest. >> stephanie: perhaps we'll wedge a corner in at some point. >> sure. i'll take a look at it. >> stephanie: now here she is. >> good morning, everybody, the boy scouts of america are going to allow openly gay youth to join their group. more than 60% said yes they can go ahead and lift the ban. here is the boy scouts of america president, wayne perry. >> now that the decision has been made, it's time to move forward, and it's time to stand together. america needs scouting and everyone within the scouting family needs to work to stay focused on that which unites us reaching and serving young people to grow into good strong

citizens. >> gay rights advocates say it does not go far enough because they will still bangay -- ban gay adults from participating. 37% of people surveyed say the budget cuts effect them personally. the poll also asks whom do you trust more to handle dhef it is the president or congressional republicans. the president wins that matchup by five points. speaking of sequester, four federal agencies are closed today due to budget cuts. today becomes an unpaid holiday for those agencies. we're back with more show for you after the break. you'll want to stick around. compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you?

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[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. six minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. stephaniemiller.com check it out. you can email us all there, like kevin in chicago did. by the way, jodi areas killed my hit on cnn last night. >> that wasn't the first thing she killed. >> stephanie: yeah, now she's a bitch. >> that's the real crime. >> stephanie: exactly. i was going to be on i think tonight at 4:45 pacific, the indicate of kaitlin hunt. she is now 18 and she had an underage consensual affair with another girl and the other

girl's parents have had her arrested now that she 18. and somebody called yesterday jim and was telling you about a case in georgia that was similar. because you said how often does it happen with heterosexuals. kevin said that case in georgia involved a black older male and a white female. >> oh. >> stephanie: i was just saying that doesn't happen very often. [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> if they are going to stick to the age of consent laws -- >> yeah, they either fallow them or they don't. >> stephanie: yes, but when they are both under age -- >> but once you turn 18 you are not anymore. >> right. >> stephanie: this is like you can be a gay boy scout now and

magically when you turn 18 you can no longer play in their reindeer games. boy scouts of america voted to end the divisive ban of not allowing openly gay boys to be in the boy scouts. some conservative churches wanted to continue excluding gay youths and in some cases threatened to leave if the been were lifted. >> scout units. [ laughter ] >> they are underage! >> stephanie: this seems like a good idea. sports camp offers to help men struggling with same-sex at

traction through exercise. >> yeah because no gay people go to gyms. >> and hit a pillow with a tennis racket. >> stephanie: exercise the gay urges away. a pennsylvania sports camp claims to help men through christian fellowship. >> right. >> stephanie: hut, hut, hut, hey. >> hey. >> stephanie: christian fellowship comradery, and lots of team sport sweating. the camp advertising an exhilarating expeer -- camp for

men. urges them to change their ways or of course achieve peace through a life of celibacy. some people as you might imagine are somewhat offended by this. just the idea that gay men have to heal some sort of sports wound shows how out of touch these people are. the idea that sports has anything to do with one's sexuality is confusing science and religion. jim you know all british humor, one was saying -- that it reminds them of that sketch

about how everybody in britain is so polite because he was actually like sorry you had to see that. he is literally holding a cleaver and dripping blood, sorry you had to see that. i apologize. that was beyond bizarre. >> yeah. in brood daylight. >> stephanie: yeah, on purpose obviously. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and they were just waiting for people to come film them on cell phones and stuff. david cameron. >> this country will be absolutely resolute to stand against terror. >> stephanie: so that lesbian den mother can serve anymore, but this gal in britain was their equivalent of a den

mother. now -- i would have pooed myself and run away. this woman, the woman who stood up to the -- mutilators. [ mumbling ] >> stephanie: right. in woolrich. [ mumbling ] >> stephanie: thanks. >> jewelry. >> stephanie: her name is ingrid lolan kennet. up to the london wool rich mutilators. >> unfortunately there weren't more mothers with children walking around. >> stephanie: can you have imagine they were both holding cleavers covered in blood. she got off of a bus in south

london yesterday when she saw the man lying, injured in the street and rushed to give him first aide he was obviously dead. and she saw the two men with cleavers and knives, one of them had a gun. and she confronted them. she said i thought i better start talking before he started attacking somebody else. so i said what do you want? yeah, i would not have cared. but she said what they wanted was to start a war in london tonight one of them told her. one of them had butcher's tools, and he said move off of the body. i asked him if he did it and he said yes, and he said why? and he said because he has killed muslims. and he said i killed him because he killed muslims i'm fed up with people killing muslims in

afghanistan. the alleged killers apologized for the fact that women in the neighborhood had to see the carnage on the street. she said i should just keep him talking before he notices everything around him. waiting 10 minute, 15 minutes, still the cops hadn't come. wow. that is not a good response time. >> we're at the pub, we'll be there when we've got time. i'm still waiting for my sheperd's pie. oh, i have lost my appetite now. oh bloody hell. [ mumbling ] >> very british. i don't think you can get more british than that. >> stephanie: can you imagine if he is the one answering the 911

calls? what? >> or potted dick. >> stephanie: excuse me? >> it's a pudding. >> stephanie: she turned her attention to the second killer. i went up to him and said what about you? would you like to give me what you have in your hands. >> oh god, no! you know what cornwall is a rule part of britain and i don't think a person from the city would do this. >> stephanie: i'm from the country, might i have your knife. >> they approach other people in the country. >> stephanie: i did not want to say weapons, but i thought it was better having them aimed at one person rather than everyone there. children were starting to leave school. finally the police arrived. they at attacked the police and

they shot and wounded the alleged killers -- >> alleged? >> stephanie: thank god that little old lady did not get mutilated last night. >> and did not have a liverpool or newcastle. >> stephanie: donald in aurora you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi donald. >> caller: hi, stephanie, i was calling in in regards to what they were saying about the collateral damage with kids, and i agree with those people. i'm a veteran. when i was drafted in 66 and every time we would walk through rice paddies we created more vc. and they don't care. all of the good that we pretend to do by getting rid of terrorists, we're just creating

more terrorists. my advise is let's get the hell out of their world and mind our own business. >> stephanie: yeah, but what i'm saying what you just said is -- one of the primary things is getting us out of iraq and afghanistan, and we need to get rid of these huge troop presences. >> caller: yeah, people like lindsey graham want to put us in a perpetual war. we're going to become the biggest threat to world peace than any nation on this planet. >> stephanie: i agree. and i think the president echoed that. i think john mccain and lindsey graham have one view of how we conduct ourselves and the president has another, and i think he made it very clear yesterday. what was the -- this is what kills me about republicans. reagan when they bombed the bare

racks, he said because of solders in that part of the world, cut and run. he took them out. >> yeah, he did. >> stephanie: and now they pretend like there is no republican that has never done that. eighteen minutes after the hour. we continue on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: call steph now. she's easy. 1-800-steph-1-2. you know who's coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys who do like verse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me. >> absolutely! >> and so would mitt romeny.

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♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ got mutilated late last night ♪ ♪ werewolves of london again ♪ >> stephanie: right. ah woo! tom brokaw it almost happened. >> a little old lady got mutilated late last night. >> stephanie: almost, but thank god she didn't. [ applause ] >> we're getting crowds and

letters saying it is pronounced woolich. >> stephanie: thanks for that. >> woolich. is there a wool's worth in woolich. >> stephanie: hello mark. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i just wanted to comment i think that jim -- i think you and a lot of the other [ inaudible ] out there are way off base. i respect and love life and think all life is precious but i think we have unrealistic expectations that we place on ourselves as progressives, and we lose people that way. i am sure that a drone strike on ayman al-zawahiri was not designed to kill as son as well. but it happens.

we do our very best but sometimes it happens. >> but -- >> caller: go ahead. >> i was just going to say we had a previous caller vietnam vet who said every time they tried to take out vc they created more vc. >> caller: agreed. so the question is do we just sit back and turn the other cheek peacefully every time someone attacks us, or if we know they are going attack us do we use harsh language before they blow us up. >> stephanie: and that goes to another great point. dumb war, as the president called afghanistan. a lot of vietnam vets have called in and said i wish we had drones back then. >> right. we are doing our very, very best to do something and yet be strategic, tactical and only

hit the right parties. what i saw yet from president obama is this is a man who is struggling to protect the american people while at the same time be moral courageous. this is the real world we live in -- >> stephanie: yeah, and then you become the benghazi crazies, he should have sent space monkeys with laser beams, why did he just sit around. what was the caller -- why did the president fall asleep? >> because he was asleep when benghazi happened -- >> because it was the other side of the world. >> stephanie: exactly. annette in michigan. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: hi, i would like to comment on two different things actually, the drones and the boy scout thing.

the drones have been around for many years. this isn't something that just happened when president obama came into office but the republicans have done everything they can to discredit him and we have been using drones for years. it only became an issue when president obama came into the office. >> stephanie: uh-huh. yeah. >> caller: and the other thing on the boy scouts you know, they are saying, okay. it's all right if you are gay, you can be in the boy scouts, but you can't be a leader. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: maybe they should push it further and say okay you can be a leader if you are gay, you just can't be a flaming homosexual. >> stephanie: it makes no sense, and sends a really poor message to the kids. it's like, okay but it better be a stage you get over when you grow up.

>> stephanie: barb in phoenix, you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, stephanie. thanks for taking my call. first of all i want to tell you i'm a huge fan. i have seen your sexy liberal tour. i saw you in phoenix when you and cc goldwater were running -- >> stephanie: oh, my goodness. our failed presidential run. thank you. >> yes, it was awesome we still have our t-shirts. >> stephanie: oh, good. >> caller: but i want to [ inaudible ] benjamin. i also -- >> stephanie: and by the say so did the president defend -- >> caller: i know i appreciate that he let her talk. i'm also a code pinker. i voted for the president i have made calls for him. i have supported him. i do not support him as far as the war.

now madea's point as far as the drones -- she has the book out about drone warfare and her point was we are creating so many more enemies. please have her on your show let her speak >> stephanie: barb i mean this respectfully. what would you do in terms of terrorism? what would you do? >> caller: i certainly would not have expanded the use of drones as much as we have under this president, and again, i -- i'm -- i don't want to trash him, because i admire him. >> stephanie: yeah but let's say ald zawahiri how would you have gotten him? >> caller: i would not have used drones. drones are creating so much more

animosity against the country -- >> stephanie: but as much animosity as iraq or afghanistan? >> caller: well, none of us wanted iraq -- >> stephanie: but i respectfully, i asked how would we -- you can't do neither i don't think. >> you can't have another 9/11. >> stephanie: yeah. twenty-nine minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> 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,

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jumpsuit. just a little set of eyes. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: as i was mentioning earlier, the new york magazine on how the irs scandal is becoming a conspiracy theory. this is what they are after in every scandal. as an obama scandal the irs is following the same trajectory as the benghazi story. the sinister character of the obama administration is the predicate for interprets all of the information or lack thereof. and deeper occurrence of left-wing masanations. an obama directed effort to punish his enemies. the irs inspector general, the republican appointee, deep

reporting from the "new york times," and wall street journal all found the same thing. peggy noonan now. she sees dark patterns of republican -- >> dark patterns. [♪ eerie music ♪] >> stephanie: facing audits. apparently unaware that there are lots of audits every year. >> yeah. >> stephanie: larry conners a local reporter in st. louis became a right-wing hero by claiming they started persecuting him, after asking tough questions. but i should disclose that my issue with the irs preceded that interview for quite sometime. i have been a tax cheat for quite sometime.

my bad. nancy pelosi >> i think the american people would like answer i wish she would have provided them. >> stephanie: lewis lerner. marcus owens was director of the same irs tax exempt organization. he said it was inevitable that something was going to happen. a culture of disorganization and communication, instead of having clear oversight, in an effort to save money, he said the safety valves that existed to move questionable or politically charged exemptions were shut off as part of a rational allocation of scarce resources. the inspector general should have made it clear these

organizations were voluntarily submitting applications. what they were really doing was opening the morning's mail. because there was such an explosion of these kinds of groups. >> right. and there wasn't enough funding to higher more people to look into these groups so they had to come up with a shortcut -- it's how you handle excessive work load. >> right? >> stephanie: the irs is really a collection agency for the government. there were a about of 501(c)(4)s. that's basically what this whole thing is about as nefarious as they try to make it seem. the tea party largely inside the irs. looking for ways to widen an investigation that so far as

been contained been the tax collection agency. there is no evidence that anyone outside of the irs authorized -- >> and what does this have to do with white water. >> stephanie: right. exactly! mike in l.a. on this little old lady that almost got mutilated last night in woolrich. >> caller: good morning, all. on the police response the official response time from the first emergency call was 13 minutes, but we should bare in mind that most british police are not armed and the call required an armed officer's response. also in the south of london, if they had been going after someone in whitehall someplace like that, there would have been an armed response within an

minute i'm sure. and also you see many fewer policemen on the street in britain generally because of austerity cut backs in funds. >> stephanie: there you go. the wonders of austerity again. >> these nutters. >> stephanie: these nutters. robert in savanna. hi, robert. >> caller: hello, stephanie. >> stephanie: hi. >> caller: i wanted to talk about this caller earlier who was comparing shoot outs and street crimes to the drones if you will. if you look at neighborhoods and localities where there's high crime rates, what you also find -- and -- let me back up a second. only about 50% of crimes are reported, and there's a reason for that because in areas where there are high crime in those neighborhoods, what often happens is you get overpolicing

and harassing of people in those neighborhoods to the point where they stop trusting the police and as a result the reporting of crime goes down not the actual crime, and it allows crime to fester. if you are going to draw the analogy between street time and drone strikes you have to start there, because when we have drone strikes and shrug up crime, i think our intelligence official know where these people are to do drone strikes, because they work with the good guys in those regions, and the good guys in those regions are our friends because they trust us. but if you keep having these drone strikes, many of them hitting innocent people, what you do you turn people against us, they become hostile towards us, and they will stop working with us, making it harder to

procure sources. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: you had caller earlier who was talking about the real world. well, that's the real world. we have seen it in street crime. there's no reason to believe when we harass people or bomb them accidentally incidentally or what have you, and it's not just an occasional situation, then there's no reason to believe that we're going to succeed in procuring more intelligent sources in those areas. we need those. >> stephanie: so what is your point? how do we -- what do we do about terror then? >> caller: what do we do about terrorism? well, she made the point about street shootouts, usually we try to avoid those. police try not to do those because those can be so bad. well, what do we about terrorism is sometimes you might have to do it the hard way. getting

getting getting bin law din, we chose the hard way -- >> but his point is not just about getting the bad guys it's also supporting the good guys. >> stephanie: yeah. >> but that of course means more boots on the ground probably. >> stephanie: right. by the way there are good guys and then there is tom coburn. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> oh, god. >> stephanie: senator of oklahoma fired back yesterday at those who criticized him for demanding that any aid includes offsets. the money is already there he argued. suggesting lawmakers only want to pass an unpaid disaster package to they can tuck other issues in it.

there is $11.6 million waiting to help oklahoma. congress approved $18.5 billion for disaster relief in 2013, and that was after hurricane sandy relief. he vocally opposed both packages. but lawmakers decided none of that aid should be subject to offset so the amount left is the $11.6 billion. don't you love -- >> look at what i did for you. >> stephanie: not if you had anything to do with it. he went on to suggest that most of the property damage from the tornados was insured. it would be a 200, 250, maybe $300 million cost -- the tornado is estimated to have left more than $2 billion worth of damage. i don't know what he is talking about.

there was an hysterical tv interview, he said you don't need the government, people help people. and in the shot behind him there was no people just rubble. when asked if the government should mandate tornado shelters. he said if you are living in that area the likelihood of being hit by another tornado in the same area is very unlikely. they are just anti-solution. like no, no, no. can't talk about guns after newtown, can't talk about safe rooms for schools -- >> if you get hit i will lightning that doesn't wipe away the chance of you ever getting

hit by lightning again. >> stephanie: these things just happen. >> god republicans were just idiots. well, that was a little sweeping -- >> stephanie: that was a little . . . true. oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> stephanie: forty-seven minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> what is all of that noise? >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv.

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swedish wife to a steph head. >> stephanie: oh, yay. all right. >> caller: i have been here in sweden for about 15 months and i'm looking into duel citizenship, and it's really easy to get it is inship. it's -- the things you do to lose your american citizenship, and one thing that is really big that -- that is to lose your citizenship is to take up arms against the united states. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: and so there is no such thing as drone strikes on u.s. citizens but that being said, i'm against drone strikes. they do -- they do two things. like gitmo, they recruit more terrorists, and the other thing they do is dehumanize our enemy. and if we can just lob a drone into a group of people we never

have idea of the [ inaudible ] of war. and the guy flying the drone leaves the base [ inaudible ] every day. >> stephanie: what is going on over there? >> sounds like swedish robots. >> stephanie: that might have been a wiretapping. i can't tell. >> i think you couldn't hear that because you shoved the q tip in your ear. >> ow! >> stephanie: this is obama's america. >> ow! >> it's like the soviet union. he said he would change the country. he said it. he said it. he said it. >> yeah. >> and a lot of people voted for him. and if you see any of those people today, do me a favor, punch them in the face. [♪ magic wand ♪]

>> what if he see someone like andrea tantrose who voted for mitt romney? should we punch her in the face? >> stephanie: i bet a lot of people who listen to that radio show go ow! speaking of the right-wing world. would you like to hear some tweets of what would be virginia's new governor. yeah, gop nominee for virginia lieutenant governor ew jackson, if you were to put the drugs of the internet comment section -- rawest most purest form of vitriol -- he was just nominated last weekend. he used the twitter feed to attack gays, muslims, obama,

even michael jackson. the president has proclaimed june as lesbian transgender pride month. that makes me feel icky all over, yuck. tony perkins was just ininvited as a spoker at the air force base. this is the gostopo. they actually killed the gays first, but that's not important. i do not believe that obama is the antichrist but christians who followed obama would probably follow the antichrist. are they christians. >> wow. deep thoughts from jack candy. >> stephanie: that's a waste of a twitter feed. the president on the associated

press. >> obama: journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. our focus must be for those who break the law. that's why i have called on congress to pass a media shield law to guard against government overreach. >> stephanie: yeah. john fugelsang next as we continue on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

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>> stephanie: all right. jacki schechner you know it's the friday before a long weekend vacation, because john fugelsang knows the actor in the ear wax commercial. >> the ear vacuum? >> ow! >> stephanie: yeah we got a email. >> chris writes can you imagine ear wax guy talking on his cell phone in a restaurant? >> you know who told me she loves that commercial hot brie. >> stephanie: i know. she does the best rendition of that commercial ever. >> she thinks she needs one. >> stephanie: she needs that hose. >> i would love the chillo. it's a permanently cold pillow. >> stephanie: we all know what we're doing for christmas. shopping on the current tv -- here she jacki schechner

in the current gift center. >> ow! >> president obama just finished giving the commencement address at the naval academy in annapolis where we talked about the government striving to build trust. >> obama: likewise those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime they threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military strong. that's why we have to be determined to stop these crimes, because they have got no place in the greatest military on earth. >> obviously an important issue. the pentagon estimated some 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual act in the military last year. a portion of a bridge collapsed last night sending two cars plunging into the river below. this is north of seattle. authorities say a tractor

trailer hit the overhead of the bridge and caused it to collapse. this particular bridge was inspected twice last year and did require and receive repairs. it has been classified by the federal highway administration and functionally opsol leet meaning while it is not structurally unstable it is outdated. the bridge received a 57 out of 100 when inspected in november of 2012, and the american society of civil engineers give washington state bridges a c-minus overall. president obama is always asking for more stimulus money to invest in our infrastructure. we're back after the break. those types are coming on to me all the time now. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me. >> absolutely! >> and so would mitt romeny. >> she's joy behar.

>> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain. it's hard to describe, because you have a numbness, but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point i knew i had to do something. once i started taking the lyrica the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing rash, hives, blisters, changes in eyesight including blurry vision, muscle pain with fever tired feeling, or skin sores from diabetes. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery

until you know how lyrica affects you. those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. ask your doctor about lyrica today. it's specific treatment for diabetic nerve pain. 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 [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: don't yell go at me. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: we were discussing

important things like how we would like to see hard-of-hearing darth wader in the ear wax commercial. >> what? ow! >> stephanie: carol writes momma climate change is like pregnancy, you can only deny it for so long. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. hey, everybody it's friday. ♪ thank god it's friday ♪ ♪ with fugelsang ♪ ♪ thank god it's friday ♪ ♪ with john fugelsang ♪ >> hi, everybody. >> stephanie: good morning, how are you? >> i'm great. i'm doing this from your boo radially insert studio where i get to watch current tv. cute shirt. >> stephanie: thank you. >> you get it? >> i get it so much, that i do know the actor who screams ow

when he doesn't realize that the q tip should meet resistance. >> stephanie: what is his name? >> his name is john aarons he used to date a comedian friend of mine, and i actually shot some pictures once for him. he asked me to shoot head shots for him, because he was dating my friend, and he was a nice guy, and i don't know much of what he has done but a very nice chap, and suddenly i see him on the tv all the time. this guy gets more air time than the catheter guy. >> stephanie: can you ask him what he auditions were like? how many owes did he have to do get the job. >> it's a dream gig. between him and the catheter guy, i just want to fire my agent. >> stephanie: the catheter guy

like the krinkle hose? >> no the catheter guy is the other one that dominates the airwaves. >> does he said ow. >> he should be saying ow. >> do you get paid every time that commercial comes on -- >> if it's non-union -- cable is -- >> stephanie: i don't think i have ever done an actual commercial -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> that dog commercial you did for your light-night talk show. >> stephanie: i have only done commercials for my own failed television shows. that's the one where they had to put liverworst on my zipper -- >> a lot of people in the

beastiality community have that problem. >> stephanie: and it was supposed to be that i met a guy in the park that i liked, as i do -- [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: and his dog wouldn't stop sniffing -- but they could not get the dog to be attracted to me -- >> even be liverworst. >> stephanie: and they put bits of bacon in my zipper as well. >> going to attract more than dogs with that probably. >> ow! >> ow! >> stephanie: ow! could you take your organ out already? >> already with the organ. >> no catheters though. >> stephanie: jay writes does god really hate oklahoma. steph i live 17 streets away from where the tornado hit, i

have heard several people say because we turned our back on god he is punishing it. oklahoma has a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. perhaps god is punishing us for not loving our neighborhoods as we should. >> he has a funny way of doing it, because there are lots of folks in oklahoma who support marriage equality who were hurt by the tornado as well. that's the fundamentalist god. >> the old testament god. >> stephanie: it's the drunken angry steph god. the old testament jesus they thought back then god was a presence, you live and work hard, when the greeks translated it they believed in the angry

zeus god. so you have -- in reality god doesn't hate oklahoma. but politicians in oklahoma hate government, and they could have spent the money to build more adequate shelters for people. it's easy to second-guess what people could have done to protect people. they had a 16 minute warning 13 is the average, but there is nothing more unholy than trying to use natural disasters to further your beliefs. >> stephanie: how about the new pope. he has embraced atheists, he said doing good is the important thing. which puts him to the left of wolf blitzer on atheism. >> yes, he is to the left of a lot of catholics at this point. but he doesn't believe women can go to priest school. he sucks on women issues sucks

on the gay issue. it was -- if you want to help the poor sell ab painting. >> stephanie: yeah, my trip last year to italy, it really is -- to actually -- if you ever get a chance to see it, john it really is stunning the amount of wealth and literally the people right outside the vatican just literally leapters and poor -- >> uh-huh. any questions? >> stephanie: any questions, people? >> yeah, it's really sad and really preventable, and everything you don't like about the catholic church that's the rome thing. you don't like all of that opulence and wealth, that's ain't the jesus part. that's the rome part, and a little bit of the roman empire has been kept alive behind those castle walls and it's creepy.

if you are someone who doesn't believe and you lead a christ like life that's all you got to do man. some of the most moral people i know are atheists and some of the most evil are christians. the no knob no job, sorry ladies. get off of it. >> stephanie: john fugelsang let's relive the wolf blitzer moment, should we. >> i guess you got to thank the lord, right? >> yeah. >> do you thank the lord for that split-second decision. >> i -- i'm actually an atheist. >> oh you are. >> but we are here and -- you know, i don't blame anybody for thanking the lord. >> of course not. >> did i just hear a guy from cnn ask someone if they thanked the lord? it is like you work for time-warner, you have to thank satan for your job, man.

>> stephanie: yeah. >> where is the separation of church and news. >> do you thank the lord? do you? do you? >> you want to be part of the cool kids don't you? >> or are you going to hell? >> stephanie: oh this is awkward. kathy you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: you guys have such a funny show this morning. and john i love "viewpoint." >> thank you. >> caller: [ inaudible ] foreign policy of barack obama. it's amazing that they aren't embarrassed about this. and that point on that lady in london. she is so incredibly brave. and she reminds me of the lady that tried to use her purse to knock out a gun. it's just brave. i just can't believe it. >> stephanie: you know who i

want her to marry? the mcdonald's guy in cleveland who -- by the way he gets free mcdonald's for a year. >> that's not the reward he deserves. >> charles ramsey. >> kind of a death sentence. >> stephanie: i said he should have gotten an endorsement deal. but we already were writing it right, jim? >> sure. >> stephanie: charles ramsey the man who famously put down his big mac reluctantly -- >> chris christie wanted to ban him from the state for that. >> stephanie: to free the captives in cleveland, will get free mcdonald's for a year. come on give him a commercial. [ applause ] ♪ when a little pretty white

girl ran into a black man's arms ♪ ♪ dead give away dead give away ♪ ♪ we eat ribs with the dude, but we didn't have a clue that that girl was in that house ♪ ♪ she said please help to get out ♪ ♪ dead give away ♪ >> stephanie: i love him. [ applause ] >> stephanie: seventeen minutes after the hour. right back. more fridays with fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." >> this is too we're man. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air

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