oh, do we have charlie pierce., what a morning. >> stephanie: yeah i know. happy memorial day to you. >> oh to you too. >> stephanie: so we have been talk about the irs, you read the peace in the "new york times," as it turns out, gee, who could have seen that coming many of these tea party groups are engaged in political activity. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and deserve scrutiny is the point right? >> yes because if you accept the fact -- which i don't, that the irs is the one who should be policing the insane way we finance our politics in this country, then, yes they deserve to be scrutinized. for me i prefer to have sensible campaign reform, and prefer that citizens united have not been devised the way it is and i would prefer that people don't gain the system. but if people gain the system they are going to get caught. if they get caught using inappropriate criteria, that's something we need to fix. >> stephanie: yeah. you write, oh look, the "new york times" is trying to remind us all that -- we have been talking

charlie pierce next on the "stephanie miller show." the loop.and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >> 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). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage 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.

let's bring it back to our guest, charles pierce of "esquire" magazine. charlie, what do you make of the fact that senator ayotte didn't address the question. like many of our nra friends she just changed the subject to mental health? >> because that's the default position of the people who are opposed to even the most minimal attempts to regulate our absurd affection for our firearms. i think kelly ayotte is in a lot of trouble. i don't believe jeff flake is. i don't believe mark begich is. the poll numbers are interesting. they're also about two and a half years premature. kelly ayotte is a rookie senator from a purple state. she might be in trouble over this. i can't imagine, for example that jeff flake is going to get in trouble because he's going to be attacked from the left on guns in a state where jan brewer just signed a law mandating that all guns and gun buyback programs be resold. >> john: i respect jan brewer as i would respect any governor serving on an outpatient basis. do you think there is a chance that politicians are learning from this? >> no. b

we have charlie pierce coming up.ible cleveland story. >> yeah, let's reset it. >> stephanie: these three women were missing for ten years and were found. these three brothers have been arrested. one of the women has a six year old daughter by obviously one of the captors. >> and one of them escaped with the help of a neighbor and the neighbor is hilarious. >> stephanie: yes, but it is elizabeth smart times three. the son of the alleged captor wrote an article about one of the missing women back in 2004. apparently he didn't know that his father -- and there's questions about that. i guess he was -- i don't know if he didn't visit. i don't know what the relationship was between he and the father. ariel castro was arrested along with his two brothers, anthony castro, 31 wrote an article about the missing women back in 2004. and it was headlined gina dejesus's disappearance has changed the neighborhood. i mean -- >> didn't interview his own father apparently. >> stephanie: i guess not. talking about how it has changed t

and charlie pierce on the "stephanie miller show." gets that i actually mean it.so a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. joy behar: you can say anything here. jerry springer: i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar: your mistake was writing a check jerry springer: she never cashed it (vo) the day's events. four very unique points of view. tonight starting at 6 eastern. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage 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? >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance w

a new writer at "the daily beast" -- >> stephanie: he is my knew favorite writer -- shhhwhen charlie piercegoing to have another vote and we're going to win on this background check. >> yeah, and a lot of conservatives feel it too. >> stephanie: and fresh off of a huge victory over president obama the message from the nra is clear the fight has just begun. they gather in houston this weekend for the annual convention. organizers anticipate a texas-sized gathering. they are celebrating victory -- >> celebrating victory. and they used the filibuster celebrating that harry reid is more spineless than something that lives in the bottom of the ocean, and blocked it so we can't even have a vote. that's lame to the 7th degree. >> stephanie: if you are an nra member, you deserve to be proud. look what you did. they exemplify everything that is good and right about america. including the ability to market guns to five year olds. have you seen the cricket rifles, you have to go to the website, john. it's incredible. >> yeah, it's creepy wayne lapierre is so evil the dark side turns to him. and he use

charlie pierce and i talked about how irritating this article was. who criticized the white house for not deploying pitbull legislative aides to depict votes liking michael douglas did in the movie the american president. no one likes the world to be more like the american president than me. >> we don't know the difference. >> stephanie: exactly my point, jim. obama joked michael what's your secret? could it be you were an actor in an alan sorkin liberal fantasy? [ applause ] thank you. we talk to hot brie, melissa fitzgerald about this. some people go oh, why isn't it like the west wing? because it's not written by alan sorkin. republicans don't get their lines from alan sorkin. they're douche nozzles. 45 minutes after the hour. i'm in a state today. >> are you! you need some smelling salts and a fainting couch? >> stephanie: i haven't even gotten started on the plan b thing. 45 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> this is the dirtiest show -- [ laughter ] >> i have ever been on in all of my life. >> announcer: it's